Flames Ranked #19 in Lindy's Preseason Poll

Flames Ranked #19 in Lindy's Preseason Poll#177651

By Sly Fox - May 28th, 2008, 11:40 am

- May 28th, 2008, 11:40 am #177651

As flameshaw referenced in the AGS poll thread ...

Top 25

1. Appalachian State
2. North Dakota State
3. James Madison
4. UMASS
5. Montana
6. Richmond
7. Eastern Washington
8. McNeese State
9. Delaware
10. UNH
11. EKU
12. UNI
13. Montana State
14. SDSU
15. SIU
16. EIU
17. Elon
18. UCA
19. Liberty
20. Hampton
21. Delaware State
22. SHSU
23. Georgia Southern
24. Coastal Carolina
25. Southern

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I have to admit that these seem rather odd selections. Two Big South teams ranked in the top 25? I guess at least somebody is taking notice of of the league's improvement. Here is how Lindy's sized up the Big South:

BIG SOUTH

OFF POY: Tim Maypray, RB, VMI
DEF POY: Mario Brown, LB, Gardner-Webb

1. Liberty
2. Coastal Carolina
3. Gardner-Webb
4. Charleston Southern
5. VMI
6. Stony Brook
7. Presbyterian

Maypray? I mean he was a nice player in Reid's gadget run offense but come on. And both SB & PC will likely be better than CSU or VMI IMHO.

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By Hold My Own - May 28th, 2008, 11:46 am

- May 28th, 2008, 11:46 am #177653

How official is this? Does BJ vote for this poll?

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By Cider Jim - May 28th, 2008, 11:49 am

- May 28th, 2008, 11:49 am #177655

Top 20 in preseason sounds a lot better than "others receiving votes".

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#177657

By jcmanson - May 28th, 2008, 11:51 am

- May 28th, 2008, 11:51 am #177657

Hold My Own wrote:How official is this? Does BJ vote for this poll?

Seriously though, I wouldn't put this ahead of AGS much, if at all.

Wasn't this the one we were preseason top 25 last year?

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By RagingTireFire - May 28th, 2008, 12:02 pm

- May 28th, 2008, 12:02 pm #177661

Lindy's likes to take long shots on sleepers. They've always done that.

Maypray wasn't -- and isn't -- even the best player on his team, let alone the conference. Without Abegesah, those guys would have been --be-- in far worse shape than they were -- are.

I expect CSU to bounce back a little this year. Their offense wasn't up to their standards last year and they've addressed that. Unfortunately, their defense is going to be horrible. I don't expect PC to make much progress in the conference this year since they've had so much turnover and they won't sneak up on anyone this time around. Early prognostication says:

1. Liberty
2. Coastal
3. G-Webb
4. Stony Brook
5. CSU
6. PC
7. VMI