Preseason Rankings

[bigcat1106]

i'd like to know everyone's preseason rankings for curiosity's sake. intense ak fan posted his in the katy thread. thought it would be interesting to see where people think everyone will finish this year......

[katyfan]

1) KATY
2) ODESSA (POSSIBLY)
3) LOUISIANA
4) CORPUS
5) FRISCO
6) SAN ANGELO
7) ALASKA
8) CENTEX
9) FAIRBANKS

BUT AS WE CAN SEE, CHAD SETH THE SCHEDULE TO BENEFIT CORPUS! LOOK AT HOW MANY TIMES THEY PLAY FAIRBANKS! I WONDER WHY? AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE HE OWNS BOUT TEAMS EITHER! CHECK OUT, HOW OFTEN KATY AND LOUISIANA PLAYS EACH OTHER, WON'T BE A UNDEFEATED TEAM THIS YEAR! GREAT JOB CHAD!!!!!! :mrgreen:

[phydeaux72]

There weren't any undefeated teams last year either.

I kind of like the idea of playing the Swashbucklers four times. Katy & Louisiana formed a pretty good rivalry last season. And this will make it even more intense, especially considering the tallent that Katy has brought in so far. I've had talks with Hager about promoting the rivalry this season as a "Battle For I-10" type thing. It should be exciting. I'm looking forward to it.

[BananaCat]

My (very) early Intense Rankings are:

1. Odessa
2. Louisiana
3. Corpus Christi
4. Frisco
5. Katy
6. Alaska
7. Centex
8. San Angelo
9. Fairbanks

I reserve the right to make changes before the kickoff of the first regular season game. :)

I can pretty much guarantee Odessa and Fairbanks will not change on my rankings before the season starts.

[JAinTX]

I think the real underdog this year is going to be Frisco. Most of the rankings have them as a middle ground team, but with the exception of Almond, they have brought back their standouts, and have picked up some serious talent.

Odessa seems to be a popular pick. What has got everyone so high on them?

[Permianman]

The fact that Frisco lost Dustin Almond has people not knowing for sure about them. I am a guy that does my research on the rosters. Looks like (based on the players they have signed)they will have a chance in Frisco to be good. One thing that bothers me there is that they have WR Antwon Courington listed on their roster but so does one of the teams in the Af2. If he is not there it will make a difference in the WR group. Although I am biased I think that if you look at the Odessa roster that you have to admit that there is more talent than last season. More guys with Arena 1 experience can't be a bad thing. And there are more guys with solid college backgrounds there as well. I think that with Odessa making a strong run at the end of last season coupled with an upgrade of players at certain positions will mean they will be right there in the think of it.

[Ruffnexfan]

I think the staff with the necks have done a great job recruiting this year as in the past. The roster now is looking really good. I think they are the frontrunners to win it all. I just like the way they reload instead of rebuild.

Will come down to qb play and defense for them though.

[sportznut]

CC Hammerheads signed Dustin Almond (QB)