coachrus Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 How can any self respecting sports journalist vote for Ensworth over Baylor for the number one spot? Were they out of the country for the last 4 days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachrus Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 AP poll: Division II Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (18) 5-0 197 2 2. Brentwood Academy 4-1 156 3 3. BGA 5-0 150 4 4. Ensworth (2) 4-1 149 1 5. CBHS 3-1 108 6 6. Knoxville Webb 3-2 81 8 7. ECS 3-2 75 7 8. University-Jackson 4-1 55 9 9. MUS 2-3 53 5 10. McCallie 3-1 25 NR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takedown3 Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 How can any self respecting sports journalist vote for Ensworth over Baylor for the number one spot? Were they out of the country for the last 4 days? Inertia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldwiseone Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 How can any self respecting sports journalist vote for Ensworth over Baylor for the number one spot? Were they out of the country for the last 4 days? They can't, so we can only assume those two first-place votes were cast by honorary journalists of the week: Tim and Faith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEMOM Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 It is Rivalry Week... maybe they are blue? Seriously, it does not make sense... coming from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBARED Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Let's see...Baylor beats Ensworth 41-14. Baylor is 5-0 and Ensworth is 4-1. Yep, makes total sense to me. Wouldn't you love to know who the 2 crazy people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedDog Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I've often thought the D-II AP votes were pretty bad. It's clear to me that some, if not most, of the voters don't have a clue about D-II. What gets me more than the ensworth thing is the D-II A teams being in there. Webb (3-2), ECS(3-2), USJ(4-1)? Even with worse records, Father Ryan, MBA, McCallie should be in there ahead of the D-II A teams, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I've often thought the D-II AP votes were pretty bad. It's clear to me that some, if not most, of the voters don't have a clue about D-II. What gets me more than the ensworth thing is the D-II A teams being in there. Webb (3-2), ECS(3-2), USJ(4-1)? Even with worse records, Father Ryan, MBA, McCallie should be in there ahead of the D-II A teams, in my opinion. Believe it or not, Knoxville Webb was number 1 for most, if not all, of last season. Doesn't matter that they were undefeated, as anyone who has ever seen a couple of games can attest, they were far far from the cream of the D2 crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshman Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I've often thought the D-II AP votes were pretty bad. It's clear to me that some, if not most, of the voters don't have a clue about D-II. What gets me more than the ensworth thing is the D-II A teams being in there. Webb (3-2), ECS(3-2), USJ(4-1)? Even with worse records, Father Ryan, MBA, McCallie should be in there ahead of the D-II A teams, in my opinion. Actually ECS is 4-0. The poll has had the wrong record for them for several polls. It's hard to believe that they get it wrong every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedDog Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Believe it or not, Knoxville Webb was number 1 for most, if not all, of last season. Doesn't matter that they were undefeated, as anyone who has ever seen a couple of games can attest, they were far far from the cream of the D2 crop. Wow. Someone needs to educate the voters. Shows you how much the rest of the state cares about D-II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesVLT Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I vote in the AP poll (don't worry, I didn't vote Ensworth first). The problem is that many writers don't take the time to research the teams -- they vote for the big names, especially in classifications with which they're unfamiliar. I'm guilty of doing it to put the final teams on my 1A or 2A lists every now and then, but not when head-to-head data exists. Good thing those polls don't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedDog Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I vote in the AP poll (don't worry, I didn't vote Ensworth first). The problem is that many writers don't take the time to research the teams -- they vote for the big names, especially in classifications with which they're unfamiliar. I'm guilty of doing it to put the final teams on my 1A or 2A lists every now and then, but not when head-to-head data exists. Good thing those polls don't matter. Good man. It kills me that writers wouldn't take five minutes to do some research on the teams. I also think they need to be aware that D-II has two classifications. It appears that some so not know this. Wes, I nominate you to get the word out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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