2012 Preseason Sun Belt Poll First place votes in parenthesis
1. Florida International (5)
2. Arkansas State (2)
3. Louisiana-Lafayette (2)
4. Western Kentucky (1)
5. Troy
6. Louisiana-Monroe
7. Middle Tennessee
8. North Texas
9. Florida Atlantic
10.South Alabama

(07-16-2012 11:16 AM)MG61 Wrote:  2012 Preseason Sun Belt Poll First place votes in parenthesis
1. Florida International (5)
2. Arkansas State (2)
3. Louisiana-Lafayette (2)
4. Western Kentucky (1)
5. Troy
6. Louisiana-Monroe
7. Middle Tennessee
8. North Texas
9. Florida Atlantic
10.South Alabama

who you think gave us that (1) first place vote?

willie t??? lol. he got hammered for doing that last year and everyone ridiculed him over it. me included. but he shut me up.

How the voting went.

Here is the poll:
School – Points (First place votes in parentheses)
1. FIU – 92 (5)
2. Arkansas State – 85 (2)
3. Louisiana-Lafayette – 81 (2)
4. WKU – 70 (1)
5. Troy – 60
6. Louisiana-Monroe – 47
7. Middle Tennessee – 42
8. North Texas – 36
9. Florida Atlantic – 23
10. South Alabama – 14

(07-16-2012 11:28 AM)dahbeed Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 11:16 AM)MG61 Wrote:  2012 Preseason Sun Belt Poll First place votes in parenthesis
1. Florida International (5)
2. Arkansas State (2)
3. Louisiana-Lafayette (2)
4. Western Kentucky (1)
5. Troy
6. Louisiana-Monroe
7. Middle Tennessee
8. North Texas
9. Florida Atlantic
10.South Alabama

who you think gave us that (1) first place vote?

willie t??? lol. he got hammered for doing that last year and everyone ridiculed him over it. me included. but he shut me up.

I'd bet he did it again.....I would.

This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

Well, I personally never said we'd finish 1st. But I think we'll finish in the Top 3. We'll be 7-5 or better. We were picked 5th in 2006 and won the conference. It won't look like this in December. By the way it's no secret that you've always despised Troy and its fans. BurnTheHorse is wrong, you've been blasting us for as long as I can remember.

A few more things, the final results never match the preseason polls. I can guarantee you one thing: Troy will not finish behind all four that you suggested. You can put that in your status if you'd like and we'll all have a laugh if I'm wrong.

It also appears that I share the conference opinion in picking FIU to finish first, as well as some mean green fans who say there's no way Troy will win at UNT. Well, we're two spots ahead in this poll, but again, they are just opinions, MG61.

Hey, opinions are opinions, especially when discussing pre-season previews.

Go FIU and SBC!

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

We play the under dog role very well. Im ok with it. Also the Coaches poll had last years top 4 way wrong....FIU and TROY were suppose to be 1 and two....both were not...UL was suppose to be one of the worse. and they were not...

(07-16-2012 12:50 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

Well, I personally never said we'd finish 1st. But I think we'll finish in the Top 3. We'll be 7-5 or better. By the way it's no secret that you've always despised Troy and its fans. BurnTheHorse is wrong, you've been blasting us for as long as I can remember.

A few more things, the final results never match the preseason polls. I can guarantee you one thing: Troy will not finish behind all four that you suggested. You can put that in your status if you'd like and we'll all have a laugh if I'm wrong.

Wrong, I don't despise Troy and alway root for you in OC games. I just like pulling your chain because of the greatness claims make by a number of your Troy folks. You guys love to dish it out, but have super thin skin. It's a message board, right ?

(07-16-2012 12:54 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:50 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

Well, I personally never said we'd finish 1st. But I think we'll finish in the Top 3. We'll be 7-5 or better. By the way it's no secret that you've always despised Troy and its fans. BurnTheHorse is wrong, you've been blasting us for as long as I can remember.

A few more things, the final results never match the preseason polls. I can guarantee you one thing: Troy will not finish behind all four that you suggested. You can put that in your status if you'd like and we'll all have a laugh if I'm wrong.

Wrong, I don't despise Troy and alway root for you in OC games. I just like pulling your chain because of the greatness claims make by a number of your Troy folks. You guys love to dish it out, but have super thin skin. It's a message board, right ?

I wouldn't say you guys. I'm pretty logical in my assertions. I do think Troy's five year run was the best program the sunbelt has seen, but its legacy is in jeopardy. I think we can get back on track. Whether or not we dominate the sunbelt like we have in the past is yet to be seen. We may never get on a run like that again, but don't expect us to finish any less than 3rd most years. We're still in the hunt.

That decline that Troy is in the middle of, must be incredibly tough to take. I realize that UNT went through the same thing, but this is Troy! And they were previous OWNERS of the SBC.

Today, at the start of SBC media days, we should all take a moment of silence on behalf of Troy's football program.

Amen.

(07-16-2012 12:54 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:50 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

Well, I personally never said we'd finish 1st. But I think we'll finish in the Top 3. We'll be 7-5 or better. By the way it's no secret that you've always despised Troy and its fans. BurnTheHorse is wrong, you've been blasting us for as long as I can remember.

A few more things, the final results never match the preseason polls. I can guarantee you one thing: Troy will not finish behind all four that you suggested. You can put that in your status if you'd like and we'll all have a laugh if I'm wrong.

Wrong, I don't despise Troy and alway root for you in OC games. I just like pulling your chain because of the greatness claims make by a number of your Troy folks. You guys love to dish it out, but have super thin skin. It's a message board, right ?

You never pull my chain nor does anyone else. Because the games are played on the field and fortunes change as times go by.....therefore if we do well this year I will say SEE, if we do not I will see, if we really suck I will say Shi.....Either way pulling for one another and knowing that in fact a year can change with a key injury etc.....who knows.....plus honestly this year we could be from 4-12 victories and I have no idea where or how .........so fire away.....I hope our years of being a force in the Belt are not over.....because it always more fun to win......by the way the first 4 teams on this list play at TROY....

(07-16-2012 01:43 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  That decline that Troy is in the middle of, must be incredibly tough to take. I realize that UNT went through the same thing, but this is Troy! And they were previous OWNERS of the SBC.

Today, at the start of SBC media days, we should all take a moment of silence on behalf of Troy's football program.

Decline would be a verb meaning to slope downward......technically a one year (one point) variance from dominance would not indicate a decline.......you may be right.....should this aberration continue then we may need our own moment of silence to reflect on the past and lament greatly the passing of the torch to another........Until then we shall only need to play the games on our schedule. If indeed a two point slope may indicate a slide or decline into the abyss of mediocracy as so many of our Belt brethern have languished in for years. But until then we shall have an aberrancy only of 2011 and no more or less may be derived from such a poor showing.

(07-16-2012 02:20 PM)Buzz Lightyear Lite Wrote:  Decline would be a verb meaning to slope downward......technically a one year (one point) variance from dominance would not indicate a decline.......you may be right.....should this aberration continue then we may need our own moment of silence to reflect on the past and lament greatly the passing of the torch to another........Until then we shall only need to play the games on our schedule. If indeed a two point slope may indicate a slide or decline into the abyss of mediocracy as so many of our Belt brethern have languished in for years. But until then we shall have an aberrancy only of 2011 and no more or less may be derived from such a poor showing.

Freaking number crunchers.

North Texas. Sneaky team. :3

(07-16-2012 12:50 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

Well, I personally never said we'd finish 1st. But I think we'll finish in the Top 3. We'll be 7-5 or better. We were picked 5th in 2006 and won the conference. It won't look like this in December. By the way it's no secret that you've always despised Troy and its fans. BurnTheHorse is wrong, you've been blasting us for as long as I can remember.

A few more things, the final results never match the preseason polls. I can guarantee you one thing: Troy will not finish behind all four that you suggested. You can put that in your status if you'd like and we'll all have a laugh if I'm wrong.

It also appears that I share the conference opinion in picking FIU to finish first, as well as some mean green fans who say there's no way Troy will win at UNT. Well, we're two spots ahead in this poll, but again, they are just opinions, MG61.

We'll get an indication in week #2 as UL visits Troy. Should be a hell of a game.

(07-16-2012 03:48 PM)HoustonCajun Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:50 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(07-16-2012 12:41 PM)MG61 Wrote:  This is absolutely outrageous. FIU, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and WKU picked ahead of Troy ? No respect for the Belt's greatest football program ?

It must be a conspiracy. I've repeatedly said that FIU, ASU, ULL and WKU would finish ahead of Troy this year and have been blasted by irate Trojans. Seems I'm not alone in my thinking.

Fire away:noisycricket:

Well, I personally never said we'd finish 1st. But I think we'll finish in the Top 3. We'll be 7-5 or better. We were picked 5th in 2006 and won the conference. It won't look like this in December. By the way it's no secret that you've always despised Troy and its fans. BurnTheHorse is wrong, you've been blasting us for as long as I can remember.

A few more things, the final results never match the preseason polls. I can guarantee you one thing: Troy will not finish behind all four that you suggested. You can put that in your status if you'd like and we'll all have a laugh if I'm wrong.

It also appears that I share the conference opinion in picking FIU to finish first, as well as some mean green fans who say there's no way Troy will win at UNT. Well, we're two spots ahead in this poll, but again, they are just opinions, MG61.

We'll get an indication in week #2 as UL visits Troy. Should be a hell of a game.

And week #4 when we host FIU. We'll know by then if we are a conference leader or not.

5 though 8 is all wrong. The rest looks about right to me.