FB: Region 3 fan poll

[jknezek]

With TLU destined for the ASC their non-conf schedule is pretty smart prep for next season.

I don't disagree. But if all these teams are as good as the poll says they are, they are playing the 9th, 1st and 3rd best teams in the South before September is over. With LC squeezed in and no bye week. Smart or not, that's a brutal first 4 weeks. Especially for a team with no Pool A opportunity.

[Coolrey]

It's a very challenging schedule for TLU.  But if the goal is to win a championship in the future, they will have to beat teams like this week in and week out. They are replacing several key players on both sides of the ball, so the first 3-4 games are going to be tough. However, teams lose key players every year so it is just part of the deal.  It, in theory, might be better to play these tough opponents early in the year when everyone is just trying to get in sync.  Special team blunders and turnovers are typically more prevalent in early season games so anything can happen.

[crufootball]

Its going to be very interesting to watch the progression of TLU throughout the season. They have every reason to be optimistic since their only losses last year were a last minute defeat by HSU and a competitive game against the Cru, but it is very possible this year their playoff hopes will be dashed as early as Week 2 or 4. Will the team lose motivation if they are 2-2 going into SCAC, too confident if they are 4-0?

All that to say my goodness I am happy that we don't have to wait much longer to see what happens. 

[ADL70]

The first 10 South Region teams in number of votes from the Top 25 are:

UMHB
HSU
TMC
JHU
W&L

#21 TLU
#24 Huntingdon
W&J (44 votes)
Hendrix (29 votes)
ETBU (28 votes)

followed by:
Guilford (25 votes)
Westminster PA (8 votes)
etc...

Our top 11, including all of the teams that were listed on more than one SRFP ballot, are the identical Top 11 South Region teams in the Top 25.

You omitted CWRU (18 votes ). Tho not Top 11

[Ralph Turner]

The first 10 South Region teams in number of votes from the Top 25 are:

UMHB
HSU
TMC
JHU
W&L

#21 TLU
#24 Huntingdon
W&J (44 votes)
Hendrix (29 votes)
ETBU (28 votes)

followed by:
Guilford (25 votes)
Westminster PA (8 votes)
etc...

Our top 11, including all of the teams that were listed on more than one SRFP ballot, are the identical Top 11 South Region teams in the Top 25.

You omitted CWRU (18 votes ). Tho not Top 11

Thanks, ADL. I had not seen that CWRU had been moved from the North Region to the South Region when they affiliated with the PAC.

I will send that reminder out with the next call for ballots.

+1!

[ADL70]

Will be moot if they don't beat Chicago.  In what other world are Cleveland and Chicago in the South?

[jknezek]

Will be moot if they don't beat Chicago.  In what other world are Cleveland and Chicago in the South?

Canada?

[Scots13]

Will be moot if they don't beat Chicago.  In what other world are Cleveland and Chicago in the South?

Canada?

I see what you did there. 

[Ralph Turner]

Will be moot if they don't beat Chicago.  In what other world are Cleveland and Chicago in the South?

Canada?

Beware!  Dudley Do-right on horseback and Sgt Preston of the Mounties with his dogsled are poised at the Canadian border for the invasion.

[hasanova]

Will be moot if they don't beat Chicago.  In what other world are Cleveland and Chicago in the South?

Canada?

Beware!  Dudley Do-right on horseback and Sgt Preston of the Mounties with his dogsled are poised at the Canadian border for the invasion.

The invasion will have to wait ... Snidely Whiplash has tied Nell to the railroad track again!

[jknezek]

Tough to place this week but I got it done. I imagine we'll have lots of variation.

[Ron Boerger]

Tough to place this week but I got it done. I imagine we'll have lots of variation.

Sports would be boring if everyone always agreed

[Ralph Turner]

One ballot remains and he is demonstrating heroic efforts to post it.   

I will wait for him to cast the ballot.

[jknezek]

Any luck with the poll? I know it's like herding cats, but the time and place for the poll is at the beginning of the week when people are still discussing what happened last week. By the end of the week, people only care about the games for this week.

[Ralph Turner]

Week #1 South Region Poll

Thanks to my fellow pollsters: Hasanova, jknezek, roocru; Scots 13.

1)	UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1
2)	JHU	43	2,2,2,3,3
3)	H-SU	42	2,2,3,3,3
4)	W&J	31	4,4,5,5,6
5T)	Thomas More	23	5,5,7,7,8
.	.	.	.
5T)	Huntingdon	23	4,4,5,8,x
7)	ETBU	20	4,6,6,8,10
8)	Guilford	13	7,7,7,10,x
9T)	W&L	9	8,8,10,x,x
9T)	Hendrix	9	6,9,10,10,x
.	.	.	.
RV	CWRU	4	9,9,x,x,x
RV	TLU	2	9,x,x,x,x

As always, corrections are appreciated.