FB: Region 4 fan poll

[Dr. Acula]

Based on the links on the schedule page it certainly looks like a nice chunk of these teams will have video available Saturday.

12:00 pm:  Berg
1:00 pm:  Wabash
1:30 pm:  Witt, Mount (PPV),  IWU vs. Franklin
2:00:  Wheaton
5:00 pm:  Adrian

[USee]

The NRFP is voted on by: Captain_Joe08, Dr. Acula, FCGrizzliesGrad, Li'l Giant, Mr Ypsi (abstained this week), NCF, and wally wabash.

Hmmmmm? I count 7 voters with one abstention.  Someone is missing.  Must be someon really important!

[Sir Battlescars]

Based on the links on the schedule page it certainly looks like a nice chunk of these teams will have video available Saturday.

12:00 pm:  Berg
1:00 pm:  Wabash
1:30 pm:  Witt, Mount (PPV),  IWU vs. Franklin
2:00:  Wheaton
5:00 pm:  Adrian

Thankfully most schools do it now. Live internet video streams has to be the best thing to ever come along for division 3 athletics... Other than the development of these websites of course. 

[Dr. Acula]

Yes, it really is a huge addition to D3 athletics.  While I would love for Mount to offer a free, high quality stream similar to Wabash's top notch one, I must admit that I don't mind paying to watch Mount games.  If they wanted to charge $9 (the price of a ticket) I'd pay it every game.  I just want them to broadcast all home games not just the ones being televised!  End of rant.

[USee]

Not sure what to make of the Benedictine over Central (in Pella) and Albion over UWSP results. Despite that, my ballot is in.

[wally_wabash]

No need to sit on this until tomorrow...here is your North Region Fan Poll thru Week 1:


1- Mount Union         80 points (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2- Wheaton             72 points (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)
3- Wabash              63 points (3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4)
4- John Carroll        54 points (3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5)
5- North Central       50 points (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6)
6- Wittenberg          39 points (5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8)
7- Illinois Wesleyan   28 points (6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, x)
8- Albion              14 points (7, 7, 8, 10, 10, 10, x, x)
9- Adrian              11 points (8, 8, 9, 9, 10, x, x, x)
10- Benedictine         8 points (8, 9, 10, 10, 10, x, x, x)

ORV:
Ohio Northern           7 points (7, 8, x, x, x, x, x, x)
Franklin                5 points (9, 9, 10, x, x, x, x, x)
Olivet                  5 points (8, 9, x, x, x, x, x, x)
DePauw                  2 points (9, x, x, x, x, x, x, x)
Wisconsin Lutheran      2 points (9, x, x, x, x, x, x, x)


The NRFP is voted on by: Captain_Joe08, Dr. Acula, FCGrizzliesGrad, Li'l Giant, Mr Ypsi, NCF, USee, and wally wabash.

[Captain_Joe08]

Not sure why Benedictine is getting the major hype even after a solid win over a Central team (then again the IIAC did not have a good week one all together). IMO thought WLC coming back from a 21 point deficit and beating a solid Lake Forest team was a tad better.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Central is a better team than Lake Forest. Also Central was picked to finish 2nd in the IIAC behind only Wartburg and coming off an 8-2 season. Lake Forest was picked to finish 4th in the MWC South coming off a 4-6 season.
I'm interested to see how BU does their next two games... they've won @ Central, next they have Carroll and @ Adrian. That's a tough slate, but they certainly have a chance to win.

[USee]

I wouldn't call it "major hype" around Benedictine.  But winning at Central and doing it w defense, is more impressive than Albion over UWSP or any other North Region result.  They deserve to be in the top 10.

[Captain_Joe08]

I agree. It was a nice win for the NACC and a good week for the league overall. I should stop trying to post after 12:30 in the morning lol.

IMO the BU-Carroll game lost some luster after Lakeland beat Carroll in overtime but it should be a good game for the Eagles. WLC has NAIA member Trinity International next up. I want to see if the Warriors can put two halves together unlike last year.

[wally_wabash]

I wouldn't call it "major hype" around Benedictine.  But winning at Central and doing it w defense, is more impressive than Albion over UWSP or any other North Region result.  They deserve to be in the top 10.

For me, the most impressive result was IWU going on the road and beating Franklin who I think is the best team anybody else in the region beat this week.  But IWU won that game last year as well and a couple of weeks later scored three points against Simpson, so you never can tell how these things project. 

Close second was Benedictine beating Central.  That's a great win for that team and a great win for the NACC. 

Albion was also impressive.  You have to hold your nose a little bit at the 50+ conceded there, but after 60 minutes they beat a not-really-bad team from the WIAC...that beat North Central just a year ago.  That's worth something. 

On the other end of the spectrum, it wasn't a particularly great week for the OAC teams that we've recognized here.  Heidelberg lost and John Carroll was in the fine-but-not-super-impressive arena.  Also, Wittenberg giving up a ton of points and yards to Capital wasn't a great sign with two tough games left in September for them.  Not a lot of time to get a lot better before things get serious around Wittenberg. 

The MIAA is going to be an intriguing league to watch.  Here in the NRFP, we've got three different MIAA teams on ballots and the league went 5-2 against one of the better schedules played by a league.  I'm interested to see how the CCIW/MIAA battle royal shakes out this weekend.  Some interesting games on the agenda there. 

[wally_wabash]

The ballots are in!  Movement at #1?  Probably not, but find out tonight at (roughly) 6:00.   

[USee]

The suspense is killing me

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

The ballots are in!  Movement at #1?  Probably not, but find out tonight at (roughly) 6:00.   

I don't see how Mount can stay #1 this week... they didn't even manage to win on Saturday

[wally_wabash]

And here is your North Region Fan Poll through Week 2:



1- Mount Union (1-0)        80 points (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2- Wheaton (2-0)            72 points (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)
3- Wabash (1-0)             63 points (3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4)
4- John Carroll (1-0)       53 points (3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5)
5- North Central (1-0)      51 points (4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6)
6- Wittenberg (1-0)         39 points (5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8)
7- Illinois Wesleyan (2-0)  31 points (6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 9)
8- Albion (2-0)             24 points (7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9)
9- DePauw (1-0)             8 points (8, 9, 10, 10, 10, x, x, x)
10- Olivet (2-0)            7 points (8, 9, 9, x, x, x, x)
10- ONU (1-0)               7 points (8, 9, 9, x, x, x, x)

ORV:
Franklin (0-2)              2 points (10, 10, x, x, x, x, x, x)
Adrian (1-1)                1 point (10, x, x, x, x, x, x, x)
Chicago (1-0)               1 points (10, x, x, x, x, x, x, x)
Rose Hulman (2-0)           1 point (10, x, x, x, x, x, x, x)


The NRFP is voted on by: Captain_Joe08, Dr. Acula, FCGrizzliesGrad, Li'l Giant, Mr Ypsi, NCF, USee, and wally wabash.