Preseason picks are out

Preseason picks are out#201966

By Realist - October 14th, 2008, 1:14 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 1:14 pm #201966

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#201968

By Realist - October 14th, 2008, 1:17 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 1:17 pm #201968

Anthony Smith is preseason POY

https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticl ... ID=1602926

#201972

By RagingTireFire - October 14th, 2008, 1:23 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 1:23 pm #201972

We're picked 4th. What were we picked last year?

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#201976

By SuperJon - October 14th, 2008, 1:57 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 1:57 pm #201976

6th.

#202042

By paradox - October 14th, 2008, 3:13 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 3:13 pm #202042

Being picked fourth is actually good for LU in terms of expectations. We can only go up from there, with a tremendous opportunity to move up this year.

I doubt Peele is very happy about being picked first this year. They'll most likely finish below that expectation. The question is, how far?

Gardner-Webb is my biggest concern this year. It will be interesting to see how well LU matches up with them.

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#202048

By TDDance234 - October 14th, 2008, 3:17 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 3:17 pm #202048

Athlon has LU finishing at #5 as well.

#202115

By paradox - October 14th, 2008, 8:47 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 8:47 pm #202115

Realist wrote:Anthony Smith is preseason POY

https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticl ... ID=1602926

Smith seems to be the consensous pick of all publications combined. Smith, along with Curry as top newcomer seem to be the only two things that most of them agree on. And since none of them are actually picking us to win, then I guess it's pretty safe to say that LU is regarded as somewhat of a dark horse in this race. A race with no clear cut front runner at the moment.

#202134

By SuperJon - October 14th, 2008, 10:06 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 10:06 pm #202134

This was dumb. I waited too long to delete it.

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#202135

By TDDance234 - October 14th, 2008, 10:08 pm

- October 14th, 2008, 10:08 pm #202135

paradox wrote:
Realist wrote:Anthony Smith is preseason POY

https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticl ... ID=1602926

Smith seems to be the consensous pick of all publications combined. Smith, along with Curry as top newcomer seem to be the only two things that most of them agree on. And since none of them are actually picking us to win, then I guess it's pretty safe to say that LU is regarded as somewhat of a dark horse in this race. A race with no clear cut front runner at the moment.

Which I don't think is a bad thing at this point. We could totally stink or could be one of the top tier teams in the Big South. I like being a bit of an enigma--doesn't add any extra pressure.