Chris Lang TSN Ballot

[kuntryboimike]

Finally, rankings that make sense!!!!!! Perfect!

1 James Madison
2 Villanova
3 Appalachian State
4 Elon
5 Northern Iowa
6 Jacksonville State
7 Delaware
8 Montana
9 Liberty
10 Massachusetts
11 Southern Illinois
12 William & Mary
13 New Hampshire
14 Cal Poly
15 Wofford
16 Northern Arizona
17 Furman
18 Richmond
19 South Dakota State
20 South Carolina State
21 North Dakota State
22 Prairie View A&M
23 Weber State
24 South Dakota
25 Gardner-Webb

[89Hen]

Finally, rankings that make sense!!!!!! Perfect!

1 James Madison
2 Villanova
7 Delaware
10 Massachusetts
12 William & Mary
13 New Hampshire
18 Richmond

Certainly a better representation of what the CAA appears to be so far.

[DSUrocks07]

Someone get him on CS.com

[kuntryboimike]

He's over on flamefans. great guy. He has the best write ups of fcs teams I've ever read. Very knowledgeable and down to earth, and tells it like it is. His polls are based on his knowledge of the teams, not someone elses poll or the "popular vote." Chris Lang is the man haha

[ToTheLeft]

I am pretty sure he's aware of CS.com. He might even be registered.

He was on AGS for a while.

[dbackjon]

Chris is one of the rare writers with exposure to teams from across the country.

He was the Flagstaff Paper's NAU beat writer, so has Big Sky and Western knowledge. Now works for Lynchburg paper, and covers Liberty, Big South and Virginia schools.

[danefan]

That's a really good ballot.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

that is very, very good. As far as what we know right now that thing is a bullseye.

[AZGrizFan]

1 James Madison - No problem
2 Villanova - No problem
3 Appalachian State - No problem
4 Elon - You've got to be fucking kidding me. #4? Seriously? Using this logic why isn't NAU up here? They've blown out THEIR DII and lost by the exact same score to ASU...
5 Northern Iowa - No problem
6 Jacksonville State - Again, a I-A win vaults them up. I think we'll find they're not this good.
7 Delaware - Are they possibly even better than THIS? Possibly....
8 Montana - too high until they show me something
9 Liberty - gotta give 'em their props. A I-A win is a I-A win, even if it IS Ball State.
10 Massachusetts - Team looks good so far. Probably should be above Montana and DEFINITELY above Liberty.
11 Southern Illinois - We know absolutely NOTHING about this team relative to other FCS teams. This is a pure guess.
12 William & Mary - Ranked too high. They lost the only meaningful game they've played (as have the Griz, of course)
13 New Hampshire - Another team we know nothing about...put them in the SIU categeory.
14 Cal Poly - Probably underrated a bit
15 Wofford - When you have to RALLY to beat Chuck South you've got issues....
16 Northern Arizona - Again, why not swap with Elon?
17 Furman - Should they drop when they lose this weekend?
18 Richmond - I think they smoke Elon this weekend
19 South Dakota State - was last season a fluke?
20 South Carolina State - Another team that is a complete mystery.
21 North Dakota State - Was the Kansas game a fluke?
22 Prairie View A&M
23 Weber State - Too low?
24 South Dakota - So they don't get as much credit for beating Minnesota as Liberty does for beating BALL STATE???
25 Gardner-Webb - no comment

[Cap'n Cat]

5 Northern Iowa - No problem

You BETTER not have a problem with that, Freddy!

[grizzaholic]

Finally, rankings that make sense!!!!!! Perfect!

1 James Madison
2 Villanova
7 Delaware
10 Massachusetts
12 William & Mary
13 New Hampshire
18 Richmond

Certainly a better representation of what the CAA appears to be so far.

I was under the impression the CAA should always be 1-5 at the VERY LEAST.

[89Hen]

Certainly a better representation of what the CAA appears to be so far.

I was under the impression the CAA should always be 1-5 at the VERY LEAST.

Yes, but at least he has them in the right order.

[weberwildcat]

should a team only move down if they lose?

should a team only move up if teams ahead of them lose?

[BigDawgPop]

1 James Madison - No problem
2 Villanova - No problem
3 Appalachian State - No problem
4 Elon - You've got to be **** kidding me. #4? Seriously? Using this logic why isn't NAU up here? They've blown out THEIR DII and lost by the exact same score to ASU...
5 Northern Iowa - No problem
6 Jacksonville State - Again, a I-A win vaults them up. I think we'll find they're not this good.
7 Delaware - Are they possibly even better than THIS? Possibly....
8 Montana - too high until they show me something
9 Liberty - gotta give 'em their props. A I-A win is a I-A win, even if it IS Ball State.
10 Massachusetts - Team looks good so far. Probably should be above Montana and DEFINITELY above Liberty.
11 Southern Illinois - We know absolutely NOTHING about this team relative to other FCS teams. This is a pure guess.
12 William & Mary - Ranked too high. They lost the only meaningful game they've played (as have the Griz, of course)
13 New Hampshire - Another team we know nothing about...put them in the SIU categeory.
14 Cal Poly - Probably underrated a bit
15 Wofford - When you have to RALLY to beat Chuck South you've got issues....
16 Northern Arizona - Again, why not swap with Elon?
17 Furman - Should they drop when they lose this weekend?
18 Richmond - I think they smoke Elon this weekend
19 South Dakota State - was last season a fluke?
20 South Carolina State - Another team that is a complete mystery.
21 North Dakota State - Was the Kansas game a fluke?
22 Prairie View A&M
23 Weber State - Too low?
24 South Dakota - So they don't get as much credit for beating Minnesota as Liberty does for beating BALL STATE???
25 Gardner-Webb - no comment


Why no comment on GDub? You stated a 1-A win is a 1-A win. Even if it was Akron, it has to count for something. I for one am pretty excited about the pub that we are getting from this win and the confidence it has given our guys. To be mentioned in any national poll is huge to me!

[EagleDawg]

1 James Madison - No problem
2 Villanova - No problem
3 Appalachian State - No problem
4 Elon - You've got to be **** kidding me. #4? Seriously? Using this logic why isn't NAU up here? They've blown out THEIR DII and lost by the exact same score to ASU...
5 Northern Iowa - No problem
6 Jacksonville State - Again, a I-A win vaults them up. I think we'll find they're not this good.
7 Delaware - Are they possibly even better than THIS? Possibly....
8 Montana - too high until they show me something
9 Liberty - gotta give 'em their props. A I-A win is a I-A win, even if it IS Ball State.
10 Massachusetts - Team looks good so far. Probably should be above Montana and DEFINITELY above Liberty.
11 Southern Illinois - We know absolutely NOTHING about this team relative to other FCS teams. This is a pure guess.
12 William & Mary - Ranked too high. They lost the only meaningful game they've played (as have the Griz, of course)
13 New Hampshire - Another team we know nothing about...put them in the SIU categeory.
14 Cal Poly - Probably underrated a bit
15 Wofford - When you have to RALLY to beat Chuck South you've got issues....
16 Northern Arizona - Again, why not swap with Elon?
17 Furman - Should they drop when they lose this weekend?
18 Richmond - I think they smoke Elon this weekend
19 South Dakota State - was last season a fluke?
20 South Carolina State - Another team that is a complete mystery.
21 North Dakota State - Was the Kansas game a fluke?
22 Prairie View A&M
23 Weber State - Too low?
24 South Dakota - So they don't get as much credit for beating Minnesota as Liberty does for beating BALL STATE???
25 Gardner-Webb - no comment


Why no comment on GDub? You stated a 1-A win is a 1-A win. Even if it was Akron, it has to count for something. I for one am pretty excited about the pub that we are getting from this win and the confidence it has given our guys. To be mentioned in any national poll is huge to me!

Could it be that AZGrizFan doesn't always comment but when he does comment he prefers to leave you confused. Stay confused my friends

[Chris Lang]

Hi everyone,

I mentioned on my blog yesterday that I goofed on Elon and had them way too high. No excuses, but my travel situation this weekend wasn't the best, as I drove from Lynchburg to Muncie for the Ball State game, so I kind of rushed it a bit Sunday morning before getting on the road. I probably have Prairie View too high as well, and I though I wasn't high on S.F. Austin to start the season, the win over a good Albany team needed to be rewarded. If I had it to do again, I'd swap SFA and Prairie View.

Re: South Dakota vs. Liberty, it's a good question. I had Liberty as a Top 15 team in the preseason and South Dakota sort of came out of nowhere to win that game, so that's the reasoning on that. I'm very flexible on moving teams up and down, and I often find myself scrapping the last week's ballot and starting over, which is pretty much what I did last week.

I appreciate the feedback.

[danefan]

Hi everyone,

I mentioned on my blog yesterday that I goofed on Elon and had them way too high. No excuses, but my travel situation this weekend wasn't the best, as I drove from Lynchburg to Muncie for the Ball State game, so I kind of rushed it a bit Sunday morning before getting on the road. I probably have Prairie View too high as well, and I though I wasn't high on S.F. Austin to start the season, the win over a good Albany team needed to be rewarded. If I had it to do again, I'd swap SFA and Prairie View.

Re: South Dakota vs. Liberty, it's a good question. I had Liberty as a Top 15 team in the preseason and South Dakota sort of came out of nowhere to win that game, so that's the reasoning on that. I'm very flexible on moving teams up and down, and I often find myself scrapping the last week's ballot and starting over, which is pretty much what I did last week.

I appreciate the feedback.

Too bad no one else does that.

[dbackjon]

Chris - great to see you over here!

[EWURanger]

The rest of it might be ok, but the Big Sky team ranking are all messed up. Not sure how he could justify having NAU and Weber State in the top 25, but no MSU. They are at least as good as either one of those teams. EWU, I will conceed, is probably not a top 25 team at this point.....but MSU is, IMO.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

The rest of it might be ok, but the Big Sky team ranking are all messed up. Not sure how he could justify having NAU and Weber State in the top 25, but no MSU. They are at least as good as either one of those teams. EWU, I will conceed, is probably not a top 25 team at this point.....but MSU is, IMO.

Hell, I missed that completely. That does seem like quite an oversight.

[pantherrob82]

Hi everyone,

I mentioned on my blog yesterday that I goofed on Elon and had them way too high. No excuses, but my travel situation this weekend wasn't the best, as I drove from Lynchburg to Muncie for the Ball State game, so I kind of rushed it a bit Sunday morning before getting on the road. I probably have Prairie View too high as well, and I though I wasn't high on S.F. Austin to start the season, the win over a good Albany team needed to be rewarded. If I had it to do again, I'd swap SFA and Prairie View.

Re: South Dakota vs. Liberty, it's a good question. I had Liberty as a Top 15 team in the preseason and South Dakota sort of came out of nowhere to win that game, so that's the reasoning on that. I'm very flexible on moving teams up and down, and I often find myself scrapping the last week's ballot and starting over, which is pretty much what I did last week.

I appreciate the feedback.

That's what I do as well. At least for the first half of the season.


Too bad no one else does that.

[AZGrizFan]

25 Gardner-Webb - no comment


Why no comment on GDub? You stated a 1-A win is a 1-A win. Even if it was Akron, it has to count for something. I for one am pretty excited about the pub that we are getting from this win and the confidence it has given our guys. To be mentioned in any national poll is huge to me!

1 James Madison - No problem
2 Villanova - No problem
3 Appalachian State - No problem
4 Elon - You've got to be **** kidding me. #4? Seriously? Using this logic why isn't NAU up here? They've blown out THEIR DII and lost by the exact same score to ASU...
5 Northern Iowa - No problem
6 Jacksonville State - Again, a I-A win vaults them up. I think we'll find they're not this good.
7 Delaware - Are they possibly even better than THIS? Possibly....
8 Montana - too high until they show me something
9 Liberty - gotta give 'em their props. A I-A win is a I-A win, even if it IS Ball State.
10 Massachusetts - Team looks good so far. Probably should be above Montana and DEFINITELY above Liberty.
11 Southern Illinois - We know absolutely NOTHING about this team relative to other FCS teams. This is a pure guess.
12 William & Mary - Ranked too high. They lost the only meaningful game they've played (as have the Griz, of course)
13 New Hampshire - Another team we know nothing about...put them in the SIU categeory.
14 Cal Poly - Probably underrated a bit
15 Wofford - When you have to RALLY to beat Chuck South you've got issues....
16 Northern Arizona - Again, why not swap with Elon?
17 Furman - Should they drop when they lose this weekend?
18 Richmond - I think they smoke Elon this weekend
19 South Dakota State - was last season a fluke?
20 South Carolina State - Another team that is a complete mystery.
21 North Dakota State - Was the Kansas game a fluke?
22 Prairie View A&M
23 Weber State - Too low?
24 South Dakota - So they don't get as much credit for beating Minnesota as Liberty does for beating BALL STATE???
25 Gardner-Webb - no comment


Why no comment on GDub? You stated a 1-A win is a 1-A win. Even if it was Akron, it has to count for something. I for one am pretty excited about the pub that we are getting from this win and the confidence it has given our guys. To be mentioned in any national poll is huge to me!

Could it be that AZGrizFan doesn't always comment but when he does comment he prefers to leave you confused. Stay confused my friends

Actually, by no comment I REALLY meant i had no problem with it. sorry for the confusion. Stay thirsty my friends.

[AZGrizFan]

Hi everyone,

I mentioned on my blog yesterday that I goofed on Elon and had them way too high. No excuses, but my travel situation this weekend wasn't the best, as I drove from Lynchburg to Muncie for the Ball State game, so I kind of rushed it a bit Sunday morning before getting on the road. I probably have Prairie View too high as well, and I though I wasn't high on S.F. Austin to start the season, the win over a good Albany team needed to be rewarded. If I had it to do again, I'd swap SFA and Prairie View.

Re: South Dakota vs. Liberty, it's a good question. I had Liberty as a Top 15 team in the preseason and South Dakota sort of came out of nowhere to win that game, so that's the reasoning on that. I'm very flexible on moving teams up and down, and I often find myself scrapping the last week's ballot and starting over, which is pretty much what I did last week.

I appreciate the feedback.

Too bad no one else does that.

That's the way I do it every week.

[danefan]

Too bad no one else does that.

That's the way I do it every week.

Sorry - I was referring to the other TSN voters.

[Knucklehead]

If Lang ever leaves Lynchburg, we Liberty Fans will be lost. He is thorough and very knowledgable. Most small papers don't have a writer like that.