dgreenwell3 wrote:[
So, feel free to feel disrespected ISUb fans but don’t look for sympathy because you finally won more than 1 game and now aren’t ranked like some of you feel you should be. Finish over .500 against D1 teams and then I’ll talk about maybe seeing ISUb as a top 50 team….
a who is this Indian state school? B history only matters when the past players r playing, I dont think isu will win the valley but I wouldn't be suprised to see them be a top 3 team with a steady qb and a solid defense.[/quote]
Top 3 in the conference? Based on what? NDSU and UNI both return 18-19 players off of their teams (one was the conference champ, the other was in the national quarterfinals and was a fumble on the 2 inch line in OT from knocking off the eventual national champions on their field...a week after beating the #3 seed in the playoffs). SIU had a terrible season last year, but returns pretty much everyone - and should finally be healthy...which will give them some players who have had All MVFC and All American Honors. If Illinois State can find something, anything, better than the junior high defense they had last season they have the offense to be a 9 win team. Youngstown State should be a 7 win club this year. SDSU, while the lost Minnett, should be fairly strong this year. MSU is just bad, and I don't know what to expect from WIU
However, to finish top three in the conference this year you will need at lest 8 D1 wins, and at least 6 MVFC wins. Last season was the worst MVFC/Gateway in probably a decade, and the Sycs best team in 15 years still couldn't break .500 in league play....or D1 play.