Athlon 2011 Preseason Top 25 (5)

[Screamin_Eagle174]

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We got hosed... bumped down to #3. If that's not East Coast Bias at it's finest, I don't know what is. Then again, I hope people doubt us and keep us under the radar... we play best as the underdogs.

1. Georgia Southern (SoCon)
2. William & Mary (CAA)
3. EWU (Big Sky)
4. Montana State (Big Sky)
5. Appalachian State (SoCon)

 

[clawman1]

I wish polls did not even start until Oct 1. If both Eagles teams end the season with comparable records So Go could get a higher seed because of early season polls

 

[EWURanger]

Funny, very funny. Good thing these polls mean two things.......jack, and....

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Funny, very funny. Good thing these polls mean two things.......jack, and....

shit.

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Here's the rest of the poll.

1. Georgia Southern
2. William & Mary
3. Eastern Washington
4. Montana State
5. Appalachian State
6. Delaware
7. Richmond
8. Wofford
9. Jacksonville State
10. Northern Iowa
11. North Dakota State
12. U Mass
13. New Hampshire
14. Lehigh
15. Sacramento State
16. Chattanooga
17. Villanova
18. Southern Illinois
19. Montana
20. Liberty
21. Northwestern State
22. Eastern Kentucky
23. Indiana State
24. Central Arkansas
25. Jacksonville



I'm surprised to see Sac State that high. I know they will be good and gave us a hell of a game last year, but surprised that anyone outside of the BSC would give that much credit to a 6-5 team. Good to see 4 BSC teams in the top 20. :nod:

 

[wineguy]

Surprised Southern Utah isn't in the Top 25. I think they are going to surprise this year.

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Surprised Southern Utah isn't in the Top 25. I think they are going to surprise this year.

Wow, I didn't notice that. Yeah, that definitely surprises me. SUU and JMU are two teams that I think got snubbed and should be in the top 20.

Jacksonville, and EKU/Indiana State/Liberty to a lesser extent, have no business being in there.

 

[eaglesfootball]

this poll is actually fairly decent but I'd say Lehigh is too high and why is Indiana State even on there is Larry Bird suiting up?

 

[Obzerver]

Some of you probably know that Indiana State is led by former Washington Husky QB Ronnie Fouch who was Jake's backup for a couple of years.

.........Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g
Fouch, Ronnie 11 142.96 168-289-5 58.1 2252 20 72 204.7

 

[EWURanger]

Impressive numbers but I'm not sure a 5-6 record justifies being in a pre-season top 25 poll.