FB: Region 4 fan poll

[BashDad]

Also, I'm fairly miserable this season and so I would just like to take this opportunity, Franklin fans, to remind you that your little toy program sucks.

Hugs and kisses,
BashDad

[GRIZ_BACKER]

Also, I'm fairly miserable this season and so I would just like to take this opportunity, Franklin fans, to remind you that your little toy program sucks.

Hugs and kisses,
BashDad

Finger nails already gnawed down trying to figure out how we can make the playoffs this year and you kick us while we are down.  LOL

[Mr. Ypsi]

I really hope they can do enough against Wheaton on Saturday that I can (re)join you!  Since the Thunder can't seem to dominate ANYONE, it may take an actual upset win, unless someone else falls out of the top ten (IWU has, by default, moved up to my #11 slot).

Yeah I've hemmed and hawed between them and Benedictine. And I guess we'll see what they do against Wheaton.

And no, I was not a prospect for IWU though I do remember hearing about y'all a lot when I was at Wabash because y'all won a natty in hoops.

Well, now I know roughly your era.

I assume you are talking about the 1997 men's hoops title, not the 2012 women's hoops title!   Is there ANY following of women's sports at Wabash?

[cave2bens]

  Is there ANY following of women's sports at Wabash?

Being of your era (non-PC / no safe spaces / 1970-ish), Mr. Y, it was solely attire dependent for this cave man. 

[Gregory Sager]

I really hope they can do enough against Wheaton on Saturday that I can (re)join you!  Since the Thunder can't seem to dominate ANYONE, it may take an actual upset win, unless someone else falls out of the top ten (IWU has, by default, moved up to my #11 slot).

Yeah I've hemmed and hawed between them and Benedictine. And I guess we'll see what they do against Wheaton.

And no, I was not a prospect for IWU though I do remember hearing about y'all a lot when I was at Wabash because y'all won a natty in hoops.

Well, now I know roughly your era.

I assume you are talking about the 1997 men's hoops title, not the 2012 women's hoops title!   Is there ANY following of women's sports at Wabash?

And the winner of the 2016 award for Best Attempt To Use A Question In Order To Shoehorn In An Unsolicited Comment About An Alma Mater National Championship In A Sport That Has Zero Relevance To The Questionee is ... [drumroll] ... Mr. Ypsi, for, "Do Wabash guys care about women's sports, and did you know that we won a natty in women's basketball once?"

[Mr. Ypsi]

I really hope they can do enough against Wheaton on Saturday that I can (re)join you!  Since the Thunder can't seem to dominate ANYONE, it may take an actual upset win, unless someone else falls out of the top ten (IWU has, by default, moved up to my #11 slot).

Yeah I've hemmed and hawed between them and Benedictine. And I guess we'll see what they do against Wheaton.

And no, I was not a prospect for IWU though I do remember hearing about y'all a lot when I was at Wabash because y'all won a natty in hoops.

Well, now I know roughly your era.

I assume you are talking about the 1997 men's hoops title, not the 2012 women's hoops title!   Is there ANY following of women's sports at Wabash?

And the winner of the 2016 award for Best Attempt To Use A Question In Order To Shoehorn In An Unsolicited Comment About An Alma Mater National Championship In A Sport That Has Zero Relevance To The Questionee is ... [drumroll] ... Mr. Ypsi, for, "Do Wabash guys care about women's sports, and did you know that we won a natty in women's basketball once?"

Thank you, thank you.  I couldn't have won this award without the inspiration of iwu70 and opera!

[Gregory Sager]

I really hope they can do enough against Wheaton on Saturday that I can (re)join you!  Since the Thunder can't seem to dominate ANYONE, it may take an actual upset win, unless someone else falls out of the top ten (IWU has, by default, moved up to my #11 slot).

Yeah I've hemmed and hawed between them and Benedictine. And I guess we'll see what they do against Wheaton.

And no, I was not a prospect for IWU though I do remember hearing about y'all a lot when I was at Wabash because y'all won a natty in hoops.

Well, now I know roughly your era.

I assume you are talking about the 1997 men's hoops title, not the 2012 women's hoops title!   Is there ANY following of women's sports at Wabash?

And the winner of the 2016 award for Best Attempt To Use A Question In Order To Shoehorn In An Unsolicited Comment About An Alma Mater National Championship In A Sport That Has Zero Relevance To The Questionee is ... [drumroll] ... Mr. Ypsi, for, "Do Wabash guys care about women's sports, and did you know that we won a natty in women's basketball once?"

Thank you, thank you.  I couldn't have won this award without the inspiration of iwu70 and opera!

LOL!

[smedindy]

Just cast my NRFP ballot. I had no changes. However, while #1 is clear, and so is #2 and #3, #4 through #8 aren't separated by much. So I may be low on Franklin, but in reality, it's just close.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Just cast my NRFP ballot. I had no changes. However, while #1 is clear, and so is #2 and #3, #4 through #8 aren't separated by much. So I may be low on Franklin, but in reality, it's just close.

Yeah, last night I just copied last week's ballot and submitted it - totally boring week for a voter!

[GRIZ_BACKER]

Just cast my NRFP ballot. I had no changes. However, while #1 is clear, and so is #2 and #3, #4 through #8 aren't separated by much. So I may be low on Franklin, but in reality, it's just close.

. Franklin an enigma as style points are sacrificed in lieu of letting second and third string play half the game.

[HScoach]

Just cast my NRFP ballot. I had no changes. However, while #1 is clear, and so is #2 and #3, #4 through #8 aren't separated by much. So I may be low on Franklin, but in reality, it's just close.

I don't think #1 is clearly Mount. 

[smedindy]

State your case for North Central or Wheaton!

[HScoach]

State your case for North Central or Wheaton!

It's simple.  Mount is very un-Mount right now.   Average defensive line, inexperienced secondary,160 lbs TB that looks great against bad teams but can't run against the good ones or break a tackle, and 2 freshman QB's.   

Unless they get a very favorable draw, this is the year that the unbelievable semi-final streak ends.

[Dr. Acula]

I figured HScoach's case would be a prosecution of Mount as opposed to a case for NCC or Wheaton.  I don't see how you can make a case for Wheaton to be honest.  I've had to talk myself into keeping them at #3 most weeks.

And I agree 100% with HScoach that the semi-final streak is in serious jeopardy this year.  My fear before the season was that this was going to be 2013 minus Burke.  Well, Burke absolutely willed them to Salem in a year they had no business being there.  They have a similar defense minus a Gagliardi caliber QB. 

[wally_wabash]

I understand the hand wringing up in Alliance, but from my perspective, Mount Union has lapped the North region field...probably twice.  So a Mount Union in some kind of flux is still probably better than anybody else in the region.  Maybe not miles better, but better.  Certainly better until proven otherwise. 

I think Mount Union is seriously vulnerable to a handful of teams, I'm just not yet convinced any of those teams are on this top 10 list.  We'll reassess in another four weeks and these young Raiders have had another month to figure stuff out.