Bullets Tabbed Sixth in CC Preseason Poll
LANCASTER, Pa. – In a vote of Centennial Conference head coaches and sports information directors, the Gettysburg College football team was picked to finish sixth in the upcoming 2007 season as announced by the league office on Monday, July 30. The Bullets, who return 40 letterwinners and 15 starters, earned one of 18 first-place votes cast.
Ursinus College is the preseason favorite according to the preseason ballot, earning seven first-place nods and 112 points overall. Close behind the Bears was Johns Hopkins University with four first-place votes and 105 points, while defending champion Dickinson College rounded out the top three with three first-place votes and 94 points.
CC newcomer Moravian College landed the fourth slot with two first-place votes and 76 points, just ahead of Muhlenberg College’s 74 points. Gettysburg, which was ranked as high as second one week ago in a fan poll done on the conference website (http://www.centennial.org/), tallied 67 points, while Franklin & Marshall College earned the remaining first-place vote to finish seventh overall with 52 points.
Rounding out the poll was McDaniel College in eighth with 44 points and newcomer Juniata College in ninth with 17 total points.
The Bullets are coming off a third-place finish in 2006 under long-time coach Barry Streeter, who is in his 29th year at the helm, going 3-3 in league play and 5-5 overall. They led the league in scoring at over 24 points per game and have won the team rushing title each of the past two seasons. Gettysburg returns four all-conference players to the fold in 2007, including first-team selections Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) and Harold Barton (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) at tailback and linebacker, respectively. Sturges has led the CC in rushing each of the past two seasons, while Barton has accumulated over 100 tackles in each of the past two campaigns.
For a complete preview of the upcoming football season, check out the 2007 Gettysburg football season preview.
Ursinus College is the preseason favorite according to the preseason ballot, earning seven first-place nods and 112 points overall. Close behind the Bears was Johns Hopkins University with four first-place votes and 105 points, while defending champion Dickinson College rounded out the top three with three first-place votes and 94 points.
CC newcomer Moravian College landed the fourth slot with two first-place votes and 76 points, just ahead of Muhlenberg College’s 74 points. Gettysburg, which was ranked as high as second one week ago in a fan poll done on the conference website (http://www.centennial.org/), tallied 67 points, while Franklin & Marshall College earned the remaining first-place vote to finish seventh overall with 52 points.
Rounding out the poll was McDaniel College in eighth with 44 points and newcomer Juniata College in ninth with 17 total points.
The Bullets are coming off a third-place finish in 2006 under long-time coach Barry Streeter, who is in his 29th year at the helm, going 3-3 in league play and 5-5 overall. They led the league in scoring at over 24 points per game and have won the team rushing title each of the past two seasons. Gettysburg returns four all-conference players to the fold in 2007, including first-team selections Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) and Harold Barton (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) at tailback and linebacker, respectively. Sturges has led the CC in rushing each of the past two seasons, while Barton has accumulated over 100 tackles in each of the past two campaigns.
For a complete preview of the upcoming football season, check out the 2007 Gettysburg football season preview.
posted by Pat McConnell | 7:07 AM
2 Comments:
Is there a JV schedule you could post for Gettysburg, and I think they will be better than 6th.
If I can get my hands on the JV schedule I will gladly post it.
Thanks!
Pat
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