> From: "ROGER DIETZ" <rosejelly@...>

> Contrarian that I am how often have the coaches polls been on the mark?
> Rather like the experts on Wall Street with their convictions that turn out
> to be quite misleading

All preseason polls -- by coaches or media or anyone else -- are based on (a)
reputation, (b) last year's finish, and (c) which team lost the fewest seniors
from last year. None of those are reliable measures of how they'll do this
year; but in early August, it's the best you have to go on.

Doug