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[Jasper]

Furman drops 2 spots to 13 in the Coaches Poll. I guess they did not respect the close loss to a FBS team that just beat an SEC team the week before. I was concerned about the optics. I assume they will respect Va. Tech a little better this coming week.

[Purpleglasses]

look at the movers...
Illinois State jumps up 4 spots to #12 from 16
Northern Iowa jumps from 12 to 10...

[apaladin]

Moved up one in the Stats FCS Poll from 17 to 16.

[gofurman]

Furman drops 2 spots to 13 in the Coaches Poll. I guess they did not respect the close loss to a FBS team that just beat an SEC team the week before. I was concerned about the optics. I assume they will respect Va. Tech a little better this coming week.

THIS. this is always my concern and was with the TWO FBS year. some of them only see record - IF we are 1-2 next week don't be surprised if we drop 5 spots... some of these guys are idiots.. really. The LIU guy who has a vote said "their were no upsets in week 1" - um, JSU? WOFFORD??

[Flagman]

Who are the three idiots who voted for 0-2 citadel? And how does a team who has yet to play a game rank #25? Amazing!

[purplehorse]

Makes me think less of any poll-when you play any FBS team and lose by a less than a TD-no way should you drop. Hoping to be 10-2.

[DeepPurple]

We will take care of our own business.

[gofurman]

Who are the three idiots who voted for 0-2 citadel? And how does a team who has yet to play a game rank #25? Amazing!

You are starting to understand my fears... LOL

There really are some wacky votes on these things. The 0-0 doesn't bother me as much but yeah, they better not hold VTECH against us IF we lose. We play RIGHT WITH a team that beat UT.. and we drop two places? really? Some of these guys do no research.

[gofurman]

Makes me think less of any poll-when you play any FBS team and lose by a less than a TD-no way should you drop. Hoping to be 10-2.

RIGHT. and these polls are BIG in playoff weighting. BIG. NOT saying we can't beat VT but its very hard w their depth of athlete in Spetember .. you could see us wearing down in second half vs GSU somewhat. Someone once posted our FBS win loss ratio in Sept vs October.. October was clearly better. Just an interesting tidbit.

in any case, we CAN beat VT.. but IF we don't we just need to win the SoCon OR I think 8-4 and we are in w our beginning ranking this year..

I'll say it again, I KNOW the coaches tried but I wish POINT was FCS Davidson or someone and not NAIA. they held that against Chatt a few years back and left them home at 8-4 w two FBS losses. but I bet we would be in at 8-4 w our preseason ranking. Man do those preseason rankings matter ! I really just wish we didn't have two FBS but it is what it is

[DeepPurple]

If anything we should have moved up!

[gofurman]

just to clarify - IN COACHES POLL we went from 11 to now we are 13..

I admit I was a little confused and AP was right - in STATS POLL we actually moved up (shocking w these voters) - we went from 17 to now we are 16 I believe:

AGS left us at 13. .. SO 13/ 16/13 in the three polls

stats
http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?week=02&div=1aa

coaches poll
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... aches-poll

AGS poll?
https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showth ... 019-SEASON

[MNORM]

just to clarify - IN COACHES POLL we went from 11 to now we are 13..

I admit I was a little confused and AP was right - in STATS POLL we actually moved up (shocking w these voters) - we went from 17 to now we are 16 I believe:

AGS left us at 13. .. SO 13/ 16/13 in the three polls

stats
http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?week=02&div=1aa

coaches poll
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... aches-poll

AGS poll?
https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showth ... 019-SEASON

FYI...I moved Furman from 11th to 9th on my AGS ballot.

AGS Poll Results - WEEK 2 POLL - 2019 SEASON
9/9/2019
Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes Previous Wk.
1 North Dakota State Bison 2221 80 1
2 James Madison Dukes 2113 7 2
3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2064 2 3
4 Eastern Washington Eagles 1905 1 4
5 Maine Black Bears 1713 6
6 UC Davis Aggies 1700 5
7 Weber State Wildcats 1691 7
8 Northern Iowa Panthers 1573 8
9 Towson Tigers 1346 10
10 Central Arkansas Bears 1301 11
11 Kennesaw State Owls 1280 9
12 Montana State Bobcats 1189 15
13 Furman Paladins 1084 13
14 Nicholls State Colonels 1082 12
15 Illinois State Redbirds 1045 14
16 Montana Grizzlies 1010 18
17 Villanova Wildcats 652 21
18 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 639 20
19 North Carolina A&T Aggies 627 17
20 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 434 22
21 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 364 16
22T Jacksonville State Gamecocks 353 25
22T Youngstown State Penguins 353 28
24 Elon Phoenix 300 27
25 Princeton Tigers 239 24
ORV:
26 Sam Houston State Bearkats 193 29
27 Wofford Terriers 183 23
28 Stony Brook Seawolves 76 26
29 Mercer Bears 64 NR
30 South Carolina State Bulldogs 53 36
31T East Tennessee State Buccaneers 46 33
31T Yale Bulldogs 46 32
33 Duquesne Dukes 43 37
34T Austin Peay Governors 32 NR
34T Dartmouth Big Green 32 34
36T Eastern Kentucky Colonels 24 31
36T Southern Illinois Salukis 24 NR
38 Indiana State Sycamores 21 19
39 Lamar Cardinals 19 40
40 McNeese State Cowboys 16 NR

[Jasper]

The really sad thing about these stupid polls is that the really take them seriously come selection time. That is patently ridiculous. Half the time the equipment manager fills out the damned thing. These idiot were likely not even aware that GSU beat Tennessee and is playing Army in a few weeks.

GSU was a great experience for everyone last week. Minus the stupid siren, it was a fine event and FU really showed up. The crowd was great, the facilitie was fine, the GSU band was tremendous, the tailgate was fun
and we nearly blew their friggin shorts off in the first half. These snotty FBS schools in the southeast should be begging Furman to play them and they should pay us top dollar to come. We give their teams a good game, we bring our own dancing band and we show up IN SIZE. If GSU had played Wofford they would have had 5 guys sitting in the stands wearing black shirts with yellow bow ties while crying at a recording of their Alma Mater after the game. We had a sea of purple at that game and we had a good time - bad calls and all.

Let's just win out in the SoCon and tell em to shove the polls in an appropriate place. Maybe if we lost to Clemson in double OT we would have dropped only ONE place in their tiny little minds?

[FurmAlum]

Speaking of Woffy. Who do the Yard-Yappers play this week? St. Mary's School for the Blind or that powerhouse from western N.C., Mars Hill?

[purplehorse]

Which poll/polls is most important come playoff time.

We need to go 10-2 and everything will fall into place.