Preseason rankings not warranted
The University of Redlands football team is ranked No. 22 in Sporting News' Division III preseason football poll. It's a nice pat on the back for coach Mike Maynard's team which traditionally challenges for the SCIAC title.
And yes the Bulldogs should be pretty good, especially if quarterback Dan Selway comes back nicely from the broken foot that kept him out of seven games last year.
But a preseason football ranking in June! Is that really necessary? I don't think so.
In late August . . . maybe.
Who knows which players are going to show up. Sure there doesn't seem to be a lot of transferring of players from one Division III school to another. But it's a little early to be able to tell what kind of recruiting class anybody has. And who knows what injuries are going to occur before the first game.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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