East Region Fan Poll

[SJFF82]

I think 'Wick is going to rise again as well.  They will be tested on the road this year, but their offense is not a fluke.

IC by1 at home overtakes SJF who loses by a relatively modest 30 at MUC...OK fine for now...just trying to rile things up around these desolate boards   

[labart96]

I think 'Wick is going to rise again as well.  They will be tested on the road this year, but their offense is not a fluke.

IC by1 at home overtakes SJF who loses by a relatively modest 30 at MUC...OK fine for now...just trying to rile things up around these desolate boards   

Personally I think MUC called off the dogs in last week (showed class in doing so IMO). 

Kmic was pretty rushing untouched and MUC could have scored again b/f the end of the first half but called a bunch of passes instead.

Regardless, the general impression is that the East is not up to snuff in comparison to our mid-west counterparts.  Still, the region will be entertaining to us as usual.

[SJFF82]

Huh?  I was at the game and MUC hardly called off any dogs at any point.  They did finally bring in second string offense late in 4th Q, and the back-up QB promptly launched a deep pass down the middle that was a good tackle away from 6 more.

I cannot believe that you think that Larry K. actually tried not to score at the end of the first half only up by 20.  Now granted, no team has probably ever overcome a 3 score deficit against Mount (has MUC ever even lost a game before?) but I am pretty confident that LK takes nothing for granted, especially in the first half.  Besides, you note the passing as the evidence of stalling at the end of the first half.  Not so....MUC was in the air with success as much if not more than on the ground in the first half.  If they wanted to sit on it, they could have and taken a knee.

In any event, I didnt want to get into justifying the result.  I have already posted that SJF was dominated.  I also posted that the score could have been much closer (despite the statistical and actual domination) as even some MUC fans that I attended the game with agreed.

I think 'Wick is going to rise again as well.  They will be tested on the road this year, but their offense is not a fluke.

IC by1 at home overtakes SJF who loses by a relatively modest 30 at MUC...OK fine for now...just trying to rile things up around these desolate boards   

Personally I think MUC called off the dogs in last week (showed class in doing so IMO). 

Kmic was pretty rushing untouched and MUC could have scored again b/f the end of the first half but called a bunch of passes instead.

Regardless, the general impression is that the East is not up to snuff in comparison to our mid-west counterparts.  Still, the region will be entertaining to us as usual.

[dlippiel]

I was hoping deep down that SJF would have kept the score closer and had a better showing. It is good to hear that at least they "could have" kept it closer. I am waiting for the day when the East will rise to be taken very seriously on a yearly basis when it comes to competing for a national title. Did SJF look outclassed or respectable overall? Or maybe somewhere in between? It seems as if some of you were there. It just really would be nice for the east to finally be able to play with the big dogs.

[labart96]

Huh?  I was at the game and MUC hardly called off any dogs at any point.  They did finally bring in second string offense late in 4th Q, and the back-up QB promptly launched a deep pass down the middle that was a good tackle away from 6 more.

I cannot believe that you think that Larry K. actually tried not to score at the end of the first half only up by 20.  Now granted, no team has probably ever overcome a 3 score deficit against Mount (has MUC ever even lost a game before?) but I am pretty confident that LK takes nothing for granted, especially in the first half.  Besides, you note the passing as the evidence of stalling at the end of the first half.  Not so....MUC was in the air with success as much if not more than on the ground in the first half.  If they wanted to sit on it, they could have and taken a knee.

In any event, I didnt want to get into justifying the result.  I have already posted that SJF was dominated.  I also posted that the score could have been much closer (despite the statistical and actual domination) as even some MUC fans that I attended the game with agreed.

I think 'Wick is going to rise again as well.  They will be tested on the road this year, but their offense is not a fluke.

IC by1 at home overtakes SJF who loses by a relatively modest 30 at MUC...OK fine for now...just trying to rile things up around these desolate boards   

Personally I think MUC called off the dogs in last week (showed class in doing so IMO). 

Kmic was pretty rushing untouched and MUC could have scored again b/f the end of the first half but called a bunch of passes instead.

Regardless, the general impression is that the East is not up to snuff in comparison to our mid-west counterparts.  Still, the region will be entertaining to us as usual.

fair enough.  i wasn't at the game - just my impression based from listening online.

[SJFF82]

I was hoping deep down that SJF would have kept the score closer and had a better showing. It is good to hear that at least they "could have" kept it closer. I am waiting for the day when the East will rise to be taken very seriously on a yearly basis when it comes to competing for a national title. Did SJF look outclassed or respectable overall? Or maybe somewhere in between? It seems as if some of you were there. It just really would be nice for the east to finally be able to play with the big dogs.

I guess they are somewhere in between.  There is no question that they had no chance of winning.  It is just that it was 20-0 at the half, yet they were just 3 plays from being 0-0.  One incredible 3 and long scramble by Micheli that led to score 1, 1 fumble by Bailey (SJF QB) deep in own zone and pick six with 1 min to go.

One thing is for sure...they would not beat MUC in any game this season with this team.  Need a power running game like the '06 team with Mark Robinson.  Need to create turnovers.  The thing I did notice is that MUC is no longer physically bigger than SJF squad.  In 06, I thought my god when I saw pre-game.  Last year close to the same.  This year, SJF was indeed physically bigger on the lines, and looked fairly even in the linebacking corps.

[defenseiskey]

Games come down to 3-4 big plays and obviously MUC is a big time Div III school and knows how to get things done against a good SJF team. It'll be interesting to see how well SJF responds this week.

[lewdogg11]

I agree ... Bridewater is a good NEFC team but Rowan didnt look all that impressive... also i believe the team in the NEFC who should be getting votes in the poll is not Curry but should be Plymouth State who had an impressive win against St. Anselm a Div. 2 school... but i understand the logic in some people selecting Curry because of their dominance over the conference the past 5 years.

Woops....

Plymouth State  7  Mount Ida   24 

[Jonny Utah]

I agree ... Bridewater is a good NEFC team but Rowan didnt look all that impressive... also i believe the team in the NEFC who should be getting votes in the poll is not Curry but should be Plymouth State who had an impressive win against St. Anselm a Div. 2 school... but i understand the logic in some people selecting Curry because of their dominance over the conference the past 5 years.

Woops....

Plymouth State  7  Mount Ida   24 

Ive seen these guys practice (mt ida).  They arent notre dame, but they have some talent there.........

[superman57]

to me this is tough... who do you put at #1 Ithaca is 2-0 but has not yet been impressive against average opponents , and Fisher is 1-1 but lacked the ability to put Buff State away....

and did auburn REALLY only beat Miss State 3-2.... are we playing hockey

[pg04]

With Springfield losing to Union, the E8 is looking down these first two weeks of the season.  Voters may look for alternatives to Fisher or Ithaca at number 1.  But then again, wins shouldn't be punished should they?  We shall see. 

[pg04]

And Delaware Valley beat the number 3 team in the nation... that should mean something, I would think. 

[union89]

to me this is tough... who do you put at #1 Ithaca is 2-0 but has not yet been impressive against average opponents , and Fisher is 1-1 but lacked the ability to put Buff State away....

and did auburn REALLY only beat Miss State 3-2.... are we playing hockey

Maybe not the right answer, but I had RPI at #2 until Fisher lost to MUC, then moved the Engineers to #1.

Can't really say they've been tested yet though....

[Jonny Utah]

Yea still too early for that many predictions.   The only thing I can go by this year is this now.

-Del Val proved something
-Union doesnt usually have more than 1-2 bad years in a row.  This could be year 1 of a 1-3 year nationally ranked team.
-Springfield is probably down this year with key losses on offense and a defense that has been questionable since 1977.
-SJF is young but still kept the MUC score under 77 points.
-Ithaca has not looked that impressive against unknown opponents, but Kings at least beat a real good 2007 team (Randloph-Macon) in week 1.
-RPI is unproven
-Mt. Ida should win the national championship this year.

[DanPadavona]

-Mt. Ida should win the national championship this year.

But they will have to go through Becker to do it.