They trying to be a little less Hufflepuff and a little more Ravenclaw?

Quote from: jknezek on July 22, 2025, 09:27:12 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on July 22, 2025, 08:21:01 AM

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Quote from: Ralph Turner on July 20, 2025, 01:25:06 AMMy schedule has lightened, so I can resume managing the poll.

Let's have a pre-season poll, weekly polls in the regular season and a final poll after the playoffs.

Glad you are picking it back up! Thanks. Didn't want it to die.

Thanks.

I hope you will continue to vote. Your insight and comments are greatly considered.

Hard to vote when you can't watch the games. I think I will sit this one out.

The rest of us aren't watching those games either, so you'll be voting like the rest of us. Last season,I didn't watch many games, just looked at stats and results of games of teams that had been played.  The further we get away from BSC's closing, honestly the less I will watch until the playoffs.  But the poll keeps me connected to the teams, conferences and regions that I had become so familiar with.

Maintenance and security are being paid for, by who I'm not real sure.  They did allow students that graduated from their new schools BSC on campus for some BSC graduation traditions.  Which was awesome to see.  Still holding out hope that we will see that campus return to its former glory, even if under a new name.

For all of the rest of you, I hope y'all are getting excited and ready for the 2025 season. I'm going to have to relearn who is in what conference for this next season.  Hopefully we continue the poll for another season.

Update on Birmingham Southern campus, there are no updates. If anyone knows of anyone looking for a college campus, I know where they can find one. 

I've been away for a couple of months, kind of sucks not having a school anymore.  But has there been any movement on the ASC membership, any news at all, or is it still crickets from the conference offices??? 

Ian is a good kid with a great family.  Tailgated with them the last two season at BSC.  He was our starting kicker last season, and struggled a bit on FG's.  He was never given an opportunity to win us the game at Centre for our last game and no one in the stands was happy with that coaching decision.  It has been a lot of fun the last two weeks watching him succeed at Auburn, he has a very proud Momma right now.   

OK SAA teams, it's playoff time.  Time to represent, I'll be cheering you all on, even if it is the team that kept us from the conference championship two years in a row. 

With so many regional matchups we surely need to keep the poll going this season.  For poll reason, the Trinity/UMHB game is the most intriguing. But the first round of the playoffs could completely flip the Region 3 poll as we get games we've been wanting to see all season. 

The Gulf South Conference(DII) will be down to 4 football members, they may be willing to add anyone that wants to move to DII and play teams in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and northwest Florida.

I have Maryville at 5th, but do not have ETBU ranked.  I think the only team that has no argument in their ranking is Hardin-Simmons. Everyone else can be argued to be out at just about any spot. 

I have TLU at 4th, two spots ahead of Trinity.  Not sure why TLU is getting snubbed by others. 

The TLU/McMurry rematch this weekend will be big for the SCAC. 

This has been one of the more exciting season in Region 3, except for Hardin-Simmons holding onto that #1 spot, there has been changes every week to the poll.  I've enjoyed it very much.

I miss my Panthers. 

I gave a nod to McMurry(5) and Bridgewater(7) this week.  As we are now halfway through the season I'm giving a little forgiveness for those week one losses.  However, McMurry plays Hardin-Simmons and Bridgewater plays Shenandoah.  So it's up to them to keep those spots.  The winner of the Shenandoah/Bridgewater will probably be in the polls after this week. 

Great for Tucker to get an opportunity at the next level.  Now I have a reason to watch the CFL.