
There are only two pre-season polls that are legit. The D3football.com top 25 and USA Today's top 25 and the only reason why the USA Today Top 25 is legit is because D3football.com's publisher, Pat Coleman, is the one that puts the USA Today's poll together in the first place.
Honestly, WC11 puts zero stock into the preseason polls. They are fun for fans to look at and talk about but they mean zero, zip, nada, about what will happen during the upcoming season. There is only one poll that matters and that's the one that comes out on D3football.com and AFCA.com after the Stagg Bowl has been played.
Again, you may say "WC11, why turn your back on free pub that pumps up your program." Well, it's a matter of respect for Divsion III. Let's just look at the top 10 of Lindys' DIII 2010 pre-season pool.
1. UW-W
2. Mt. Union
3. Wesley
4. Linfield
5 Trine
6 Bethel
7 Delaware Valley
8 St. Johns
9 Wittenburg
10 UMHB
You notice a few GLARING mistakes that ANYBODY that follows DIII football should notice:
1) Where the heck is St. Thomas? That team is returning 20 out of 22 starters this season, finished 5th in the D3.com 2009 final poll, and should be a contender again in the west region. Unless the person in charge of this poll is a Saint John's grad there is no excuse for this.
2) and 3) Just what business does Bethel and Trine have in the top 10 and in the top 6? Sorry if this is mean (not really), but those two teams have no business in a pre-season top 10 for 2010.
Just that alone tells you how much effort these mags put into Division III and they are just designed to steal $10 out of your pocket. To lift a line from Mr. Coleman from D3football.com, when these publications start putting out a poll in week 2, 3, 4, etc then maybe Catdomealumni.com will start to care what these mags have to say.
5 comments:
Thank you, Ryan -- appreciate the support!
No problem Pat. Just calling it like I see it and those publications can't touch what D3football.com does for Division 3 football.
While I must admit to buying these magazines you are absolutely correct about the knowledge of them. They really would be better off just copying the last D3football.com poll and calling it their pre season poll.
BTW this is a great site as well, maybe one day someone with UMHB can get something like this running.
Thanks Anonymous!
Hey, it's free to start up a blog though blogspot, Wordpress, etc. You just need someone who's borderline obsessive, like myself, and just start posting away.
We have the ability to provide our own coverage in Division III!
Thanks for ALL the great Linfield info, plus DIII as well. The greatest athletic program in the State of Oregon gets very little publicity here in Duckville (Eugene) Keep up the GOOD work! I'm ready for some FOOTBALL!!!
From an OLD 'CAT '68
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