An Open Letter to TSN

[ToTheLeft]

Possibly to be sent in an email to them:

Dear TSN,

Your poll is nothing short of an embarrassment. The teams that are ranked despite terrible losing seasons, and the ridiculous "Others receiving votes" that show either blatant homerism or consistent typographical errors are shameful. For an official poll that carries weight in the FCS community, we as fans demand transparency in terms of the ballots submitted so that these errors can be found and corrected, since clearly those administering the poll do not care to clarify these errors.

Sincerely,

The FCS Community

[danefan]

Possibly to be sent in an email to them:

Dear TSN,

Your poll is nothing short of an embarrassment. The teams that are ranked despite terrible losing seasons, and the ridiculous "Others receiving votes" that show either blatant homerism or consistent typographical errors are shameful. For an official poll that carries weight in the FCS community, we as fans demand transparency in terms of the ballots submitted so that these errors can be found and corrected, since clearly those administering the poll do not care to clarify these errors.

Sincerely,

The FCS Community

Its so easy to fix it to. Just require that the voters agree to have their ballots posted. Fans will do the auditing for TSN I'm sure.

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

Possibly to be sent in an email to them:

Dear TSN,

Your poll is nothing short of an embarrassment. The teams that are ranked despite terrible losing seasons, and the ridiculous "Others receiving votes" that show either blatant homerism or consistent typographical errors are shameful. For an official poll that carries weight in the FCS community, we as fans demand transparency in terms of the ballots submitted so that these errors can be found and corrected, since clearly those administering the poll do not care to clarify these errors.

Sincerely,

The FCS Community

Its so easy to fix it to. Just require that the voters agree to have their ballots posted. Fans will do the auditing for TSN I'm sure.

It would be interesting to see what Haley says.

I heard Ralph Wallace emailed him whining about why CSN had no vote in the poll anymore so that was one change they made but other than that not sure they have made any other changes this year. I think Craig Haley just needs to moderate it and approach those with weird votes and ask that they give a reason for why they put that team in their ballot.

[aceinthehole]

At the very least, DO NOT PUBLISH ORV! Maybe then we can focus and debate on the actual Top-25.

However, the teams recieving votes is so embarssing it should cause the entire poll to be scrapped on principle. A winless Delaware State getting votes? Fordham lost to a D-II team and Bryant, yet somone gave them a vote?

This is just insane!

[89Hen]

I heard Ralph Wallace emailed him whining about why CSN had no vote in the poll anymore so that was one change they made but other than that not sure they have made any other changes this year. I think Craig Haley just needs to moderate it and approach those with weird votes and ask that they give a reason for why they put that team in their ballot.

I can tell you that Dave Coulson was never a fan of moderating polls, but it's clear his opinion is wrong.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

A winless Delaware State getting votes?

I would be willing to bet those votes were intended for Delaware, but a few clowns participating in the poll don't know the difference between the two. That really speaks to credibility, or lack of it.

[weberwildcat]

I dont understand what is wrong with the TSN poll?

for example, their preseason top 25 looked pretty solid:

The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Villanova Wildcats (104) 14-1 3,112 1
2. Montana Grizzlies (9) 14-1 2,899 2
3. Appalachian State Mountaineers (8) 11-3 2,857 3
4. William & Mary Tribe (3) 11-3 2,631 4
5. Southern Illinois Salukis (1) 11-2 2,569 6
6. Richmond Spiders (1) 11-2 2,317 5
7. Elon Phoenix 9-3 2,243 9
8. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 10-3 2,041 10
9. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 8-4 1,863 11
10. New Hampshire Wildcats 10-3 1,837 7
11. South Carolina State Bulldogs 10-2 1,607 8
12. McNeese State Cowboys 9-3 1,475 12
13. Eastern Washington Eagles 8-4 1,422 3
14. Northern Iowa Panthers 7-4 1,269 18
15. James Madison Dukes 6-5 1,237 NR
16. Delaware Blue Hens 6-5 879 NR
17. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 8-3 833 16
18. Eastern Illinois Panthers 8-4 762 19
19. Weber State Wildcats 7-5 716 17
20. Prairie View A&M Panthers 9-1 709 15
21. Liberty Flames 8-3 633 22
22. Colgate Raiders 9-2 608 21
23. Penn Quakers 8-2 593 20
24. Montana State Bobcats 7-4 584 NR
25. Holy Cross Crusaders 9-3 560 14

Others receiving votes: Illinois State 488, Wofford 311, Northern Arizona 286, Cal Poly 239, Furman 229, Texas State 206, Florida A&M 153, Lafayette 98, Maine 88, Harvard 85, Eastern Kentucky 81, UC Davis 61, Samford 61, Massachusetts 45, Southeastern Louisiana 45, Alabama A&M 45, Missuori State 40, Central Arkansas 39, Norfolk State 28, Lehigh 27, Old Dominion 25, Grambling State 24, Davidson 23, Georgia Southern 22, Princeton 21, Dayton 20, Portland State 18, Chattanooga 17, Youngstown State 15, Idaho State 15, Southern utah 14, Northwestern State 12, Indiana State 12, Stony Brook 12, Hampton 12, Gardner-Webb 11, Tennessee Tech 9, Robert Morris 9, North Dakota 8, Southern 8, Central Connecticut State 7, Morgan State 7, Jackson State 7, North Carolina A&T 6, VMI 5, North Dakota State 5, Austin Peay 4, Butler 4, Alcorn State 3, Jacksonville 2, Texas Southern 2, Brown 2, Howard 2, Cornell 1, Coastal Carolina 1.



ISU has 2 DI wins since Oct 21, 2007.

...maybe TSN has a credibility issue afterall...