podunk rankings for Sept. 29th

[Boogs]

Here's my podunk rankings for the week:

21. Iona, NY (mid-major) (2-0) (4-1) 0.727 20.271
23. Drake, IA (mid-major) (2-1) (4-1) 0.711 18.292
27. San Diego, CA (mid-major) (3-0) (4-0) 0.677 14.945
37. Dayton, OH (mid-major) (2-1) (4-1) 0.618 10.580
49. Davidson, NC (mid-major) (1-0) (3-1) 0.561 7.778
50. Morehead State, KY (mid-major) (2-1) (3-1) 0.557 7.613
60. Wagner, NY (mid-major) (2-1) (3-1) 0.510 5.895
66. Robert Morris, PA (mid-major) (3-2) (3-2) 0.494 5.415
71. Albany, NY (mid-major) (1-3) (1-3) 0.461 4.542
82. Valparaiso, IN (mid-major) (0-1) (3-2) 0.390 3.090
85. Butler, IN (mid-major) (0-1) (4-1) 0.377 2.871
95. Central Connecticut State (mid-major) (0-1) (2-2) 0.317 2.034
104. Duquesne, PA (mid-major) (1-2) (2-2) 0.263 1.450
106. Sacred Heart, CT (mid-major) (1-3) (2-3) 0.242 1.252
111. Monmouth, NJ (mid-major) (0-4) (0-4) 0.181 0.798
112. La Salle, NY (mid-major) (0-1) (0-4) 0.177 0.766
114. Jacksonville, FL (mid-major) (0-3) (1-3) 0.164 0.689
116. St. Francis, PA (mid-major) (0-3) (0-3) 0.158 0.652
120. Marist, NY (mid-major) (0-5) (0-5) 0.109 0.395

Ignore the absolute rankings of these teams at this point in the season. The mid-major relative rankings to each other are leveling out with Iona still going strong.

[danefan]

Dead accurate.





































Can you sense the sarcasm oozing from this post?

[BigApp]

Can you sense the sarcasm oozing from this post?

like puss...

[LeopardFan04]

La Salle is in Pennsylvania, not New York...beautiful North Philly, in fact...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

La Salle is in Pennsylvania, not New York...beautiful North Philly, in fact...

La Salle is terrible. They honestly would be better off just shutting the program down. I knew a few kids on the team and when i say they did not take it seriously, i mean it. It was more of a club sport to them than anything else.

[andy7171]

La Salle is terrible. They honestly would be better off just shutting the program down. I knew a few kids on the team and when i say they did not take it seriously, i mean it. It was more of a club sport to them than anything else.

I agree. My brother in law played football at LaSalle for 2 years. A 5'10" 210lb three tackle. What a joke.

[brownbear]

La Salle is in Pennsylvania, not New York...beautiful North Philly, in fact...

The one in Philly wasn't good enough to get ranked.

[Cap'n Cat]

La Salle is in Pennsylvania, not New York...beautiful North Philly, in fact...


Central Connecticut State is in Vermont, too.

xrulesx

[DetroitFlyer]

Better off shutting down the program? Are you on drugs? It is exceptionally difficult to start up or bring back a football program today and will remain that way for the foreseeable future! As long as a school has a program, there is hope. Let's assume that LaSalle lands in a stable PFL next year. There is every reason to believe that a stable league, with a long term commitment to the non-scholarship model, will benefit the LaSalle program greatly. MAYBE, the school will even think about more resources for football....

Shut a program down? Talk about reactionary, short term thinking....xmadx

[Boogs]

La Salle is in Pennsylvania, not New York...beautiful North Philly, in fact...

Nice catch. I made the change.

If you see anything else wrong please let me know.xcoffeex

I'm bummed out I just realized I'm not perfect.xcoffeex There goes my 30 year streak in always being right.

[Boogs]

Dead accurate.





































Can you sense the sarcasm oozing from this post?

Is the attitude because Richmond is ranked higher than Albany?

[Dane96]

No because IONA is...laughable...at best.

[Boogs]

No because IONA is...laughable...at best.

True.

But Iona won't be 2-0 forever against FCS competition. The season isn't 5-6 weeks long.

I think the Bradley-Terry system is the best that is available if the rules are the scoring margin/point spread from games played cannot be used. The system isn't biased from prior years either.

What should be the procedure used if subjective voting is not allowed?

Personally, I find the early season results intriguing with inadequate comparisons available.

Will you feel the same way in November when there will be adequate game comparisons available to push teams up and down, with scoring margins thrown out to preserve sportsmanship? Will the subjective systems blowup in November when a system is needed the most to select playoff teams?

[Dane96]

Boring

[Boogs]

Boring

How would that be boring? The BCS has adopted an objective/computerized selection system that is light on voting. The athletic directors should agree on a system and go with it.

Albany would not qualify this year for the FCS playoffs anyway I would think.

I can picture someone like Mark May (evil) and coach Holtz (good) going at it on ESPN to get a system in place for the FCS category as well.

[lizrdgizrd]

Gardner Webb is ranked above App State? really?

[Dane96]

Exactly LizGriz-- Boogs...you certainly named your Index correctly- PODUNK.

Ridonkulous...that you even support this rubbish.