East Region Fan Poll

[pg04]

I have 6 polls in (not including mine) -- and there are already 5 different #1 teams...

[theoriginalupstate]

I have 6 polls in (not including mine) -- and there are already 5 different #1 teams...

Too many questions for teams all over the place...

[lewdogg11]

I have 6 polls in (not including mine) -- and there are already 5 different #1 teams...

Too many questions for teams all over the place...

I got my poll in last night.

[pg04]

There are too many polls in my inbox...

[theoriginalupstate]

There are too many polls in my inbox...

Wow...

Just wow...

[stimulator]

A word on these polls (not the LLPP polls) but preseason polls in general from the Sporting News and Lindys rags et. al.

On the LLPP board I was making a point about the D3 ranking Hobart 15th or so and Neither Union or more to the point I was making, RPI getting nary a single vote.

Stopped in to Borders to see the Sporting News college preview in which a family members name was mentioned. Took a look as well at the Lindys mag and their D3 ranking.  As you can expect the ususal suspects at the top but as I scanned the bottom half of the top 25.... no Hobart and RPI at #22.

My point is not "look at RPI told 'ya" but instead how f'd up the polls from some of these mags are. 

You wonder how much research actually goes into some of these.  Hell one of the "Expert College FB Previews" had Herzlich from BC as the starter at LB for BC.  The Globe article announced his cancer diagnosis in May.

So have at it boys.... for fun, entertainment and conversation.  I think the PP D3 posters in the east know more about the LL, E8 CC, etc. than many of the pundits writing for Lindys, Sporting News etc.

[AUPepBand]

Were the Alfred Sun to publish a D3 Football Pre-Season East Region Top 10 Poll, it might look something like this:

1) Cortland State
2) Hobart
3) Ithaca
4) Montclair State
5)  Alfred
6) St. John Fisher
7) Delaware Valley
8) Curry
9) Lycoming
10) RPI

But more than likely it would look like this:

1) Alfred
2) AU Jayvees
3) Bartlett 2nd Floor Intramural
4) Cannon 3rd Floor Intramural
5) Tinkertown Tigers of the Backyard Brawls League
6) The Brick Blondes
7) Openhym Outlaws
8) Tefft Tuffies
9) Justin and Micah McClain
10) AU Pep Band

On Saxons Warriors!

[theoriginalupstate]

My breakdown for teams per conference went:

NJAC: 3
E8: 3
LL: 2
MAC: 1
NEFC: 1

[Knightstalker]

I have almost the same breakdown.

NJAC 3
E8 3
LL 2
MAC 2

Curry was right there, but they lost the mental coin toss.

[union89]

I have almost the same breakdown.

NJAC 3
E8 3
LL 2
MAC 2

Curry was right there, but they lost the mental coin toss.

Interesting how Curry beat the E8's best last year on the road, yet they don't crack the Top 10 and the E8 get's 3 on.....

[AUPepBand]

Yeah, Curry beat "the E8's best" at Butterfield, then was devoured by Dragons, who were, a few weeks prior, slain by the Bombers. Hard to figure.

Equally disturbing is that Delaware Valley's Aggies last year grounded both the national-contender Wesley Wolverines and the Salisbury Steak Seagulls, but succumbed to the Devils of Fairly (Charles) Dickens-Floored-'em.

These polls are opinion-based. That's why they play the games on Saterdays...to alter our biases.

On Saxon Warriors!

[lewdogg11]

If it makes anyone feel better, I had Curry at 5.

[AUPepBand]

If it makes anyone feel better, I had Curry at 5.

Pep feels much better now...Pep had the spicy boys at #8. Thanks, LD.

[lewdogg11]

If it makes anyone feel better, I had Curry at 5.

Pep feels much better now...Pep had the spicy boys at #8. Thanks, LD.

Pre-Season polls must take last year's end into account.  The LL folded and Curry flourished so I had to not only have them in the poll but rank them relatively highly.  It was only fair and they deserve it.  1 loss and they are banished forever.

[pg04]

I think there are two I'm still waiting for... With any luck there should be something posted this weekend!