Coaches ignore BC in 1st Coaches Poll

The USA Today released the first coaches poll. BC did not earn one vote. Multiple coaches we play are voters, yet even they didn't throw us a bone. Note a good indicator. Future opponents Notre Dame, Virginia Tech and Florida State all enter the season ranked.

Some respect and stats

Stewart Mandel sees us as a sleeper for the BCS. See people who aren't fans can be optimistic about this year too! I will make my predictions next week, but these will probably be my most optimistic since I've been blogging.

Brian is actually using some stats and history to conclude that BC is one of the least respected teams in AP polling history. I think the AP situation is easy to explain -- not enough voters in the New England. Even those in New England who have a vote don't take BC seriously.

No respect part 2 (the AP poll)

The BC news of the day was the release of the AP poll. Like the Coaches edition, BC was unranked and only received one vote. Having voted in a similar poll for many years now, I am unmoved by the lack of respect that BC gets. Not much thought goes into this with many voters and until we break our current ceiling, voters will just view us as a nice team. Fortunately voters don't determine who wins the ACC. That is always in our control and should be our ultimate goal each year.

No respect in Coaches' poll and other links

As usual BC fell into the "others receiving votes" category of the preseason Coaches' Poll. If there was full ranking it would mean we were 40th. I don't think any of you are surprised as this is pretty standard disrespect when it comes to polling. But don't read into this that other coaches don't think much of us. This poll is usually filled out be lower level staffers in the coaches name. So what this means is that a bunch of GAs don't think much of BC. Overall the ACC placed five teams in the top 25.

Mike McLaughlin continues to make a name for himself in Baltimore. Maybe this fullback/special teamer idea will work out.

The BC Draft crew took some time to look at non-starters who will make an impact this year.

Respect from the coaches and other links

Most of the media has BC in the 40s. The first coaches poll showed a little more respect. BC did fall in the others receiving votes category, but still managed the fifth most of the others. That translates to 31st. Maybe the coaches realize there will be life after Ryan.

This blogger likes BC yet is only predicting seven wins.

HD considers Doug Flutie and Matt Ryan two of the most clutch players in ACC history. Should Flutie even count? He never played a down in an official ACC game. This companion article also gets into clutchness and has a quote from Jags.

I went into the SI archives to find this short piece on Paul Peterson.