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Post by FUBeAR on Mar 20, 2017 6:33:50 GMT -5
Southern Pigskin has Mercer ranked in the Top 20 of its "Way Too Early" poll. That said, they have the Bears ranked 5th in the SoCon - same spot they finished in 2016. 6 SoCon Teams are ranked in the Top 25. With this kind of pre-season respect, I can easily see AT LEAST 4 SoCon Teams in the Playoffs again this year. 5 is definitely possible and 6 should be a SoCon 'stretch goal.' Your thoughts on all of this? Southern Pigskin's Robbie Ross Releases His Way Too Early Top 25 for the FCS1. James Madison 2. North Dakota State 3. Eastern Washington 4. South Dakota State 5. Richmond 6. Wofford
7. Jacksonville State 8. Sam Houston State 9. Samford10. Villanova 11. Youngstown State 12. The Citadel
13. Chattanooga
14. North Dakota 15. Central Arkansas 16. Montana 17. Northern Arizona 18. New Hampshire 19. Northern Iowa 20. Mercer21. Lehigh 22. Illinois State 23. Furman24. William and Mary 25. Kennesaw State |
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Post by Guest on Mar 20, 2017 7:55:44 GMT -5
If the "way to early" SP poll had any credibility, they lost it all by putting KSU at #25.
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Post by FUBeAR on Mar 20, 2017 9:49:23 GMT -5
If the "way to early" SP poll had any credibility, they lost it all by putting KSU at #25. Higher or Lower? From reading the AJC, I would think the Owls should be pre-season #1 and actually won the FCS Championship last season. |
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Post by Guest on Mar 21, 2017 18:14:51 GMT -5
If the "way to early" SP poll had any credibility, they lost it all by putting KSU at #25. From reading the AJC, I would think the Owls should be pre-season #1 and actually won the FCS Championship last season. You typed that with sarcasm, right? |
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Post by FUBeAR on Mar 21, 2017 22:23:35 GMT -5
Higher or Lower?From reading the AJC, I would think the Owls should be pre-season #1 and actually won the FCS Championship last season. You typed that with sarcasm, right? Nope - from the amount of column inches and glowing praise that the AJC has heaped upon KSU the past 2 (or 3) years, they must have won HUGE and they must be the only FCS Program in Georgia. |
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Post by BearDownMU on Mar 22, 2017 9:59:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not clear on "Guest"'s post either. I can't tell if you're saying that's too high or too low...
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Post by guest on Mar 25, 2017 6:14:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not clear on "Guest"'s post either. I can't tell if you're saying that's too high or too low... Probably about 25 spaces to high. |
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Post by BearDownMU on Mar 26, 2017 20:50:18 GMT -5
I don't know. They were #39 Massey Rating at the end of the season (Mercer was #36). They won 8 games and didn't really lose any players, did they? And they had a bad opening day loss to ETSU, but their other 2 losses were to ranked teams.
I mean I get that it's probably a stretch, but I don't know if it's a huge stretch.
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Post by FUBeAR on Mar 27, 2017 5:48:13 GMT -5
You typed that with sarcasm, right? Nope - from the amount of column inches and glowing praise that the AJC has heaped upon KSU the past 2 (or 3) years, they must have won HUGE and they must be the only FCS Program in Georgia. 2 columns (full page, top-to-bottom; with pictures) on KSU's Spring Game in the AJC yesterday. |
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