Re: FanLax Forum Poll
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:42 am
Maryland v. Villanova -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwB1vSVQFBw
Please continue this each week, it's now the poll I most look forward to on Monday. Entertaining and more sound than you give yourself credit.seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:35 am Mostly clueless, completely biased, and all ratings are pretty much arbitrary and final:
1. BC -- Beat Denver in the Frostbite Classic, then thumped Yale indoors. Here at least until next week.
2. UNC -- beat Mercer and Lousville. Instead of going to church, travelling to the hostile north on Sunday.
3. Northwestern -- beat SBU at home. I actually think Syracuse is better than Northwestern, but have to slot them here due to the head to head win over the Orange.
4. Syracuse -- good win over UVA in Charlottesville. If the defense comes around -- and 11 goals to UVA on Virginia's field is a decent result in this respect -- they will play on Memorial Day weekend.
5. Loyola -- win over a tough and physical Florida team, without all purpose midfielder for the last 11 minutes of the game. Beat Georgetown by ten and no one really cared, except the kid who got a broken nose.
6. Maryland -- beat Nova by a lot. Next up is undefeated Rutgers on Sunday, on the weird field hockey venue, where the ball sticks in the fence after rolling quickly out of bounds.
7. Stony Brook -- rebounded to beat Hopkins after a tough loss to NU. The move in my poll from 6 to 7 is only because I am starting to believe that Maryland is pretty good.
8. Princeton -- beat USC soundly in Lala Land; went south to San Diego and played a football game. If they stay undefeated after this weekend's game at Penn State, the Tigers face an almost certainly unbeaten Loyola in a Wednesday night game in Baltimore, where people think its "really cold" when it's 43 degrees.
9. Denver -- shaping up as the team no one wants to play in the first round or the quarters of the NCAA tournament. Showed some real toughness to overcome an 8-5 deficit in Ann Arbor to win 9-8. Only losses are to BC and a couple of ear tips to frostbite.
10. Duke -- there: I did it. Duke in the top ten. I know Penn is in a down year, but still, 21-10 over a well-coached and pretty disciplined team is noteworthy. They move the ball well on offense, have a lot of good players, and attack from multiple points on the field. I do, however, hate myself.
11. Michigan -- the loss to Denver means that Michigan has beaten one team of consequence. Not sure how good they are yet.
12. Rutgers -- see No. 6, above.
13. Virginia Tech -- rounding into shape under the new regime.
14. Notre Dame -- a good team mired in mediocrity; tell me why?
15. UVA -- a good team mired in mediocrity; tell me why?
16. Florida -- on the cusp of being labeled "thuggish."
17. USC -- nice weather for that Princeton game, huh?
18. JHU -- is it just sentimental putting them here? They play better fundamentals than the JHU men's team, so there's that.
19. Penn State -- weird team. Just weird.
20. Colorado -- I like Boulder; great town, good food, great bike paths, easily accessible rock climbing.
Well, that's nice of you to say. I'll try. Back in the old days, on LaxPower, there were a group of exceptionally knowledgeable and clever poster-pollsters who would do a poll every week, with tons of funny and relevant commentary. Most of these folks had kids playing and/or had been involved in the game for ever and ever. There were parents, club owners and coaches, parents, and officials who were involved. Learned a ton about the game and various programs from these folks. Sorry they no longer post over on FL.Mrs@inthe8m wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:08 pmPlease continue this each week, it's now the poll I most look forward to on Monday. Entertaining and more sound than you give yourself credit.seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:35 am Mostly clueless, completely biased, and all ratings are pretty much arbitrary and final:
1. BC -- Beat Denver in the Frostbite Classic, then thumped Yale indoors. Here at least until next week.
2. UNC -- beat Mercer and Lousville. Instead of going to church, travelling to the hostile north on Sunday.
3. Northwestern -- beat SBU at home. I actually think Syracuse is better than Northwestern, but have to slot them here due to the head to head win over the Orange.
4. Syracuse -- good win over UVA in Charlottesville. If the defense comes around -- and 11 goals to UVA on Virginia's field is a decent result in this respect -- they will play on Memorial Day weekend.
5. Loyola -- win over a tough and physical Florida team, without all purpose midfielder for the last 11 minutes of the game. Beat Georgetown by ten and no one really cared, except the kid who got a broken nose.
6. Maryland -- beat Nova by a lot. Next up is undefeated Rutgers on Sunday, on the weird field hockey venue, where the ball sticks in the fence after rolling quickly out of bounds.
7. Stony Brook -- rebounded to beat Hopkins after a tough loss to NU. The move in my poll from 6 to 7 is only because I am starting to believe that Maryland is pretty good.
8. Princeton -- beat USC soundly in Lala Land; went south to San Diego and played a football game. If they stay undefeated after this weekend's game at Penn State, the Tigers face an almost certainly unbeaten Loyola in a Wednesday night game in Baltimore, where people think its "really cold" when it's 43 degrees.
9. Denver -- shaping up as the team no one wants to play in the first round or the quarters of the NCAA tournament. Showed some real toughness to overcome an 8-5 deficit in Ann Arbor to win 9-8. Only losses are to BC and a couple of ear tips to frostbite.
10. Duke -- there: I did it. Duke in the top ten. I know Penn is in a down year, but still, 21-10 over a well-coached and pretty disciplined team is noteworthy. They move the ball well on offense, have a lot of good players, and attack from multiple points on the field. I do, however, hate myself.
11. Michigan -- the loss to Denver means that Michigan has beaten one team of consequence. Not sure how good they are yet.
12. Rutgers -- see No. 6, above.
13. Virginia Tech -- rounding into shape under the new regime.
14. Notre Dame -- a good team mired in mediocrity; tell me why?
15. UVA -- a good team mired in mediocrity; tell me why?
16. Florida -- on the cusp of being labeled "thuggish."
17. USC -- nice weather for that Princeton game, huh?
18. JHU -- is it just sentimental putting them here? They play better fundamentals than the JHU men's team, so there's that.
19. Penn State -- weird team. Just weird.
20. Colorado -- I like Boulder; great town, good food, great bike paths, easily accessible rock climbing.
Aside from the fact that I have always enjoyed Princeton and their well-coached dynamic teams; I have them as high as I do because I don’t think anybody beneath them has done as well against ranked opponents while remaining unbeaten. Plus I still have it etched in my mind how well they played against Virginia. I thought it was a clinic even though the final score doesn’t reflect it. I’ve seen them pass every test so far. Back after a two-year layoff while remaining competitive. Check. Win pretty games. Check. Win ugly games. Check. I doubt I would stand up to more in-depth analysis, but that’s why I have them at 3.seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:43 pm ONW, why are you so high on Princeton? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
I'd argue the humans got the top 7 right - my recollection from past posts is that DT has recused himself from voting for Loyola. Other 5 pollsters had Loyola between 6 and 8, so call them a 7, not a 10 - slots them just ahead of Stony Brook.FanLax Computer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:21 pm I could knit pick, Loyola (too low), UConn (too low), Stony Brook (too high), some others but the top 6 is spot on and... Pretty good, humans!
This should stop. One poll-ers vote (or non-vote in this case) makes a big difference. DT, PUT LOYOLA BACK IN THE MIX!
Thanks. I think Princeton is really good too. And you're absolutely right: well-coached and panic-free so far. I think Fish is an excellent keeper, and the defense is a good unit, although not challenged by a real scoring power yet. Tigers will give the Hounds a nice run this week.OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:28 pmAside from the fact that I have always enjoyed Princeton and their well-coached dynamic teams; I have them as high as I do because I don’t think anybody beneath them has done as well against ranked opponents while remaining unbeaten. Plus I still have it etched in my mind how well they played against Virginia. I thought it was a clinic even though the final score doesn’t reflect it. I’ve seen them pass every test so far. Back after a two-year layoff while remaining competitive. Check. Win pretty games. Check. Win ugly games. Check. I doubt I would stand up to more in-depth analysis, but that’s why I have them at 3.seacoaster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:43 pm ONW, why are you so high on Princeton? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
not boycotting, just not trying to bring around any bad juju (I think)
I am not boycotting Loyola...just don't feel it's right to vote on them based on my connection. So, if my non-vote creates an issue for the poll, I will not do it.
Doc, please go ahead and do what you’d like. Somewhere along the line, you’ll have to put the Hounds in the poll, even your own top ten.