MVC Pre-Season Poll

[The Flying Squirrel]

Panthers picked 2nd behind NDSU

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2...d318394562.txt

[Newsbreaker]

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Everything old is new again...this is gonna be fun.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Perfect pre-season prediction for UNI. Keep the newbies high on everyone's radar and then do work yourself. Probably an accurate prediction, too, considering the graduation of a lot of our studs. Little do they know that we reload at UNI!

[Trapped in California]

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What happened to Missouri State? I thought based on the "progress" of last year, this was supposed to be a break out year for the Mustache and his team?

[UNI Fight]

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How did UNI get picked 2nd if we got more first-place votes than NDSU? UNI 15-NDSU 13.

http://unipanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072208aaa.html

I'm sure there's a logical explination, I'm just not familiar with it. Are some votes weighted more heavily than others? Is it like running for president, you just need to persuade the key voters, not the majority?

[GonzoCat]

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Apprarently NDSU had more 2, 3, etc. place votes than UNI.

Normally in a poll like that you get X points for 1st, X-1 for 2nd, and so forth. Your total points gets you your ranking.

[Newsbreaker]

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I would LOVE to see the ballots. This would be the first year NDSU media and coaches would be involved, I'm sure there's NO chance they would've voted UNI very low to keep the total point count down...especially considering the NDSU Head Coach's recent comments about the league and the continual crying last year that they were the best team in the known and unknown universe.

It shows the silliness of the whole exercise.

[JayJ79]

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The Bison, ranked as high as No. 2 in some preseason Football Championship Subdivision polls, are joining the recently renamed league after dominating the Great West Conference.

First off, dominating the Great West isn't really that impressive.
Secondly, they didn't even win that conference last year!

Thirdly, the official abbreviation for the conference is MVFC, I believe.
Though I'm not sure how picky people are going to be about the distinction.

[Mountain Panther]

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First off, dominating the Great West isn't really that impressive.
Secondly, they didn't even win that conference last year!

I was thinking the same thing.

Man, the FBS community sure has a h*rd-on for NDSU right now. Very high expectations for the Bison.

[Pantherpower]

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If SIU has a quarterback who is functional in the wake of Nick Hill, they could be a load. I think they made a great hire in Lennon and will be in the mix this fall.

[06panther10]

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That is a JOKE that NDSU is picked to win the Valley without even having played a Valley game in its history. I mean, its not Oklahoma coming to the Valley, its a team from an inferior conference.

[TH1974]

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Little do they know that we reload at UNI!

Unfortunately, reloading usually takes a year in between shots.

[06panther10]

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Unfortunately, reloading usually takes a year in between shots.

Too bad it takes every other school a decade...

[SanFran Panther]

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Beating a middle of the road big 10 team means that they can play--minnesota. We would have finished middle to top in most I-A conferences last year. I enjoy the opportunity to have more talent into the conference, but is this team ND really ready to go week in and week out against a very competitive conference. The proof is in the pudding.

[clenz]

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Minnesota would have been beaten by ISU.