Re: 2017 Pre-Season Rankings
While I think NDSU is again going to be the team to beat, I fully expect JMU to be #1 in any preseason poll.
Re: 2017 Pre-Season Rankings
Why would anyone but JMU be #1, they are the champs till someone knocks them off.
Re: 2017 Pre-Season Rankings
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tjbison
Why would anyone but JMU be #1, they are the champs till someone knocks them off.
Well that Championship team is no more. So technically they are already knocked off and the evaluation is just about what teams will take the field next fall. Right?
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GreenfieldBison
Well that Championship team is no more. So technically they are already knocked off and the evaluation is just about what teams will take the field next fall. Right?
I agree with tjbison...especially since they are not decimated by graduation.
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TransAmBison
I agree with tjbison...especially since they are not decimated by graduation.
It surely would make the voting easier for guys who have neither the time nor the inclination to perform full due diligence. They did lose Abdullah though. Do you think they have another weapon like that in the arsenal?
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tjbison
Why would anyone but JMU be #1, they are the champs till someone knocks them off.
I disagree with this thinking. It's a new season.
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GreenfieldBison
It surely would make the voting easier for guys who have neither the time nor the inclination to perform full due diligence. They did lose Abdullah though. Do you think they have another weapon like that in the arsenal?
Yeah, they got an FBS transfer... "two-time Georgia Tech leading rusher Marcus Marshall"...
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TransAmBison
I agree with tjbison...especially since they are not decimated by graduation.
What about suspensions? :)
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ndsubison1
I disagree with this thinking. It's a new season.
They return a good core as of now, so I don't see why they wouldn't be