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Exclamation Re: FRC Top 25- Preseason Ranking

[Warning] Long and irritated post follows.[/Warning]

Listen, you guys. I don't know how many were invited to join the "panel". It may be that only six were. It may be that 20+ were. What matters is that 6 people, for reasons known to them and only to them, have said that these are the top 25 teams in FRC right now. We haven't even seen the game yet!

If you think that a particular team isn't on the list and should be, then I have only this to say: I think that the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Hardrockers (football, basketball, track, cross-country, and volleyball) should be ranked #1 in the BCS, AP poll, or whatever poll you use for the given sport. Haven't heard of them? That's too bad.[/sarcasm]

You can say that any team should be on any list. In the example above, the football team only has a 5-5 record, and last year and the year before I won't go into. I'm not sure about any of the other sports. They aren't in the top divisions for a reason.

rtfgnow, FF is about the awards won. You're right about that. But when, might I ask, are the picks for Season Long made and what is the basis for them? Which teams go first when it's an actual pick? The ones on this list, more often than not!

To hear from six-seven people that you aren't in the top 25 is just to hear from six-seven people that you aren't in the top 25. If your teammates say "We should be number 1", and outside observers say "Not even close", you have a choice: 1) moan and cry about not being where you think you should be OR 2) get out there and do what it takes to be #1 better than the current #1. It's that simple.

It may be (who knows) that one or more persons who made the list had a given team on their list, but others did not and that team flew under the radar. Or there simply wasn't room for them.

It's not who is on the list, it's not who is off the list, it's what you do/did to be on the list that matters.
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