East Region Fan Poll

[fisheralum91]

rams- i was thinking the same thing.
Especially since they didnt even play

[lewdogg11]

I am corious how Alfred got ranked #9. They were not in the Top 10 in the preseason poll, and did not play last week. I really don not understand this distribution stuff. I thought Cortland should have been #10 even after their visit to Buff St and this is coming from a Montclair homer who has no love for Cortland but does respect them. No disrespect to Alfred on my post. Await responses.

I had them at 8 in my original poll.  I have them at 6 this week.  As far as Cortland goes, they didn't just lose, they got crushed.  5 of my original top 10 lost.  As the games are played it will straighten out one way or another.

[dlippiel]

I am corious how Alfred got ranked #9. They were not in the Top 10 in the preseason poll, and did not play last week. I really don not understand this distribution stuff. I thought Cortland should have been #10 even after their visit to Buff St and this is coming from a Montclair homer who has no love for Cortland but does respect them. No disrespect to Alfred on my post. Await responses.

A good question rams. Dlip has the Saxons at #9 (if he remembers correctly, he is at work). He just feels that they are going to be a decent squad, they were picked 3rd in the E8 by the coaches and have a decent QB and SOME o.k. skill players. dlip thinks this will all play out after some more games. Really just a crap shoot now. Also, Cortland's D got smoked pretty bad by a still somewhat unproven (but impressive) Buffalo State offense. We shall see, to dlip, there are a handful of teams that fall very close to each other. Gonna be an interesting year in the East. We may see quite a bit of turnover in spots 4-10 throughout the year.

[AUKaz00]

And really, the difference between 9th and 11th place is negligible eith only 5 voters.  Each of those teams received essentially the same number of points.  I like to look at the totals and consider tiers, whereby it currently seems there isn't much faith in any team beyond the top 6 in the region.

[Bombers798891]

You're clearly all biased against Ithaca. Clay Ardoin ran for 55 yards in the time it took me to write this. Le'Veon Bell called him from East Lansing and was like, "What's your secret?" They've been playing since Saturday, and Moravian still hasn't scored. And yet, no love for the Bombers. Unreal. Nearly 350 rushing yards? This team would be a three-touchdown favorite over the '88 Bombers and they don't even get an honorable mention? You're all a bunch of haters.

[SJFF82]

You're clearly all biased against Ithaca. Clay Ardoin ran for 55 yards in the time it took me to write this. Le'Veon Bell called him from East Lansing and was like, "What's your secret?" They've been playing since Saturday, and Moravian still hasn't scored. And yet, no love for the Bombers. Unreal. Nearly 350 rushing yards? This team would be a three-touchdown favorite over the '88 Bombers and they don't even get an honorable mention? You're all a bunch of haters.

Even from you Bombers, I am trying to decipher the sarcastic/cynicism from the genuine claim that Ithaca should be in the poll....please elaborate...although I think the clincher on the side of sarcasm certainly appears to be the mention of the '88 squad...no?   

[Bombers798891]

You're clearly all biased against Ithaca. Clay Ardoin ran for 55 yards in the time it took me to write this. Le'Veon Bell called him from East Lansing and was like, "What's your secret?" They've been playing since Saturday, and Moravian still hasn't scored. And yet, no love for the Bombers. Unreal. Nearly 350 rushing yards? This team would be a three-touchdown favorite over the '88 Bombers and they don't even get an honorable mention? You're all a bunch of haters.

Even from you Bombers, I am trying to decipher the sarcastic/cynicism from the genuine claim that Ithaca should be in the poll....please elaborate...although I think the clincher on the side of sarcasm certainly appears to be the mention of the '88 squad...no?   

Yeah, I hoped the Le'Veon Bell/'88 comments would tip the scales. Someone I know got an e-mail extolling how good the Bombers looked on Saturday, and as they were reading it to me, I was just like, "Seriously, it's Moravian." I'm not saying the Bombers may not be better than they were last season. But Ardoin played in one game in 2011, and had 373 yards in 9 games in 2010. Now all of a sudden he's putting up a line like he's Jamie Donovan circa 2004, and I'm going to remain moderately skeptical until another week or two goes by

[AUPepBand]

I am corious how Alfred got ranked #9. They were not in the Top 10 in the preseason poll, and did not play last week. I really don not understand this distribution stuff. I thought Cortland should have been #10 even after their visit to Buff St and this is coming from a Montclair homer who has no love for Cortland but does respect them. No disrespect to Alfred on my post. Await responses.

UNDEFEATED, BABY!! Saxons practiced all week. They are much better this week than they were a week ago. Amazing what a week of practice will do. 

On Saxon Warriors!

[rams1102]

I am corious how Alfred got ranked #9. They were not in the Top 10 in the preseason poll, and did not play last week. I really don not understand this distribution stuff. I thought Cortland should have been #10 even after their visit to Buff St and this is coming from a Montclair homer who has no love for Cortland but does respect them. No disrespect to Alfred on my post. Await responses.

UNDEFEATED, BABY!! Saxons practiced all week. They are much better this week than they were a week ago. Amazing what a week of practice will do. 


On Saxon Warriors!

Great Post. +K

[Bengalsrule]

I just had a chance to look at all fo the scores and submitted my poll.  WTF happened this week?  What a crazy first week.  2 NEFC teams beat LL teams and WPI beats Curry?  And Cortland, Montclair, Kean, all lose?  Delaware Valley isn't a huge surprise because Rowan knows how to play football.  Wow.  Will be an interesting season.  Is Buff St. back?

One 1 word........YES! The BENGALS are back! I was at Saturdays game and whats really scary is that the final score should have been 56-24. Cortland should have been held to 1 F.G. in the 2nd half! CSU Humphrey's 78 yarder in the 2nd half should have never counted. Replays, witnessed by yours truly yesterday, clearly showed that his entire forearm hit the ground as his defender pulled him down near the mid field ( picture Clemson reciever rolling over the Auburn defender last sat and then bouncing back up and contining to run). Difference was Humphrey was down. Give the kid credit. No whistle blew and he just popped up and kept going!! Couple that with a BENGAL turnover at the Cortland 1 yd line with 15 seconds left in the 1st half and you see where I get the 56-24 from.

  This is my first time looking at this poll, (I'm really a SUNYAC basketball fan at heart). Hopefully my beloved BENGALS will continue to rise!!

  Off to Eunice Shriver Stadium this sat vs arch-rival Brockport for the annual "I-90 bowl".

[Upstate]

One 1 word........YES! The BENGALS are back!

You do know that you have 3 top 10 teams left on the schedule right?

Not to mention Alfred and Ithaca.

[Bengalsrule]

One 1 word........YES! The BENGALS are back!

You do know that you have 3 top 10 teams left on the schedule right?

Not to mention Alfred and Ithaca.

Thats why Head Coach/A. D. Boyes left NJAC to join the E8. Better comp affords 1 the opportunity for a stronger Strength of schedule and, if you win, a better seat win the dance selections gurus come calling!.

#1 D3 Champ Wisconsin- Whitewater, #5 Salisbury and #10 Fisher (fan poll) certainly help create a schedule that will scare some. I believe that Boyes knew what he was doing, when he put this schedule together. Time will tell. Hopefully I'll see you at Brockport this weekend!!!

[Upstate]

One 1 word........YES! The BENGALS are back!

You do know that you have 3 top 10 teams left on the schedule right?

Not to mention Alfred and Ithaca.

Thats why Head Coach/A. D. Boyes left NJAC to join the E8. Better comp affords 1 the opportunity for a stronger Strength of schedule and, if you win, a better seat win the dance selections gurus come calling!.

#1 D3 Champ Wisconsin- Whitewater, #5 Salisbury and #10 Fisher (fan poll) certainly help create a schedule that will scare some. I believe that Boyes knew what he was doing, when he put this schedule together. Time will tell. Hopefully I'll see you at Brockport this weekend!!!

Agree with that mindset 100%, however get through those 5 games and then you can say that the Bengals are back...

[Pat Coleman]

Hi -- St. John Fisher is No. 9 in the real poll.

[fisheralum91]

Pat took the words out of my mouth!
Thx Pat!