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Post by midwestsader05 on Apr 9, 2024 10:45:05 GMT -5
I don’t think any RVs. If 1 or 2 likely cause there’s a Curran advocate or two on the committee that don’t think the cupboard is as bare as almost every other voting member.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Apr 9, 2024 10:48:22 GMT -5
Most FCS rankings pre-season heavily go off of years prior finishes. Laffy should open in the Top 25. We MIGHT get a couple votes and will likely be Patriot Leage #2 in most projections. Ny early bird projections: 1) Colgate 2) Lafayette 3) Holy Cross 4) Fordham 5) Georgetown 6) Lehigh 7) Bucknell I think Colgate is dangerous this year as well. Not my preseason fav (it’s Laffy) but wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they win the league.
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Post by hc69 on Apr 9, 2024 10:53:36 GMT -5
My point is that any realignment will be complicated, but the status quo might be equally problematic. In the long run, perhaps the status quo will be equally problematic. But in the short run, no. Remember the principle of social entropy: that that natural state of the social world is not order, but disorder, and order inevitably disintegrates into disorder. We're seeing social entropy at work in FBS football, which will impact the rest of college sports. Until a new order emerges, the best thing we can do is stand pat. The IL and PL are stable. Until we know where this is all headed, now is not the time to be seeking new alignments.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 9, 2024 11:32:21 GMT -5
Most FCS rankings pre-season heavily go off of years prior finishes. Laffy should open in the Top 25. We MIGHT get a couple votes and will likely be Patriot Leage #2 in most projections. Ny early bird projections: 1) Colgate 2) Lafayette 3) Holy Cross 4) Fordham 5) Georgetown 6) Lehigh 7) Bucknell Nice not to worry about needing to beat PL foes by four touchdowns so we don't fall out of a seed. Great competitive games against Laffy, Colgate and Fordham coming this season. No pressure, just the joy of rooting for the Purple and seeing a new coaching era develop.
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Post by cruskater31 on Apr 9, 2024 13:11:30 GMT -5
Are we really going to be in the same subdivision as Mercyhurst? From a pure "feels" perspective, it feels like we belong with Harvard and Yale, AWP, Navy, the Dakotas and Montanas of the world, but Mercyhurst and RMU? At least we are not in the same conference as them. If they tried to get in the PL (which calm down guys it wouldn't happen with academic indexes and the like) I'd rather be an affiliate of the mvfc. Robert Morris has been D-1 since 1976. They have played in EIGHT NCAA Tournaments in Men's Basketball since joining. Holy Cross has only played in seven in that same time period. Just specifically talking about football. They've been in our hockey conference as well for quite some time now.
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Post by Xmassader on Apr 9, 2024 23:50:41 GMT -5
Did anyone like the eight team PL BB league better than the ten team BB (and many other sports) league? Yes. No issue with BU and Loyola Md. as fine schools but I’m not sure that their addition added enough benefit to overcome increasing the number of opponents vying for NCAA bids in a number of sports in a one-bid league.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 10, 2024 8:32:38 GMT -5
Did anyone like the eight team PL BB league better than the ten team BB (and many other sports) league? Yes. No issue with BU and Loyola Md. as fine schools but I’m not sure that their addition added enough benefit to overcome increasing the number of opponents vying for NCAA bids in a number of sports in a one-bid league. OOC scheduling is increasingly difficult with 8 schools. Reason being: more conference games in the Big conferences due to the multiple rounds of expansion that have taken place since the mid-2000s. I don't mind BU in Loyola. Both added zilch for men's hoops but they are both very strong in minor sports, so they fit the league well IMO.
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Post by efg72 on Apr 11, 2024 7:17:19 GMT -5
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