*Call for votes*: Preseason Boneyard Top 25 Poll

[Plebe]

At long last, the time is upon us.

The offseason seemed excruciatingly long, in no small part because it was in fact so long, about 6 weeks longer than normal. But finally, the season opening is less than 2 weeks away. May the games begin (and not be further delayed or canceled ).

The voting is now open for the 2020-2021 Boneyard Top 25 (BY25) preseason poll. Ballots are due to me, via private message, by 11:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 23. (If you don't know how to send a PM, let me know in this thread and I will PM you first.)

A few rules and tips:

• Folks from all fan bases are equally welcome and encouraged to submit a BY25 ballot. You don't have to be a UConn fan; simply have a Boneyard account.
• Full ballots (of 25 teams) are encouraged; short ballots (of at least 10 teams) are accepted.
• No ties are allowed on a ballot. Each team on the ballot must be assigned a unique ranking.
• Please double-check your ballot to ensure no duplicates.

For reference, the season-ending BY25 poll from March 2020 may be found here.

Happy voting, and here's to an enjoyable and productive (and non-canceled) season.

 

[Centerstream]

Can I mail mine?

 

[triaddukefan]

If a certain team doesn't get more than one vote.. Can I demand a recount?

 

[mbr33ct]

After reviewing the Boneyard's final poll with Oregon and South Carolina tied at #1 with 293 points each, one can clearly see why the NCAA did not award the National Championship to South Carolina.

 

[triaddukefan]

@Lorcan

 

[Plebe]

Six ballots have already been submitted (salute to the early birds!). Deadline is one week from today.

 

[Joker]

Six ballots have already been submitted (salute to the early birds!). Deadline is one week from today.

Hi Plebe, This is great! I’m new and would like to vote but I can’t find the private message. Could you send me one?

 

[Plebe]

Hi Plebe, This is great! I’m new and would like to vote but I can’t find the private message. Could you send me one?

It looks like you have restricted privacy settings. Two options here:

1. To see if you can message me, click on my user name to the left of my post, and look for a "Start conversation" button. If you can see that button, go ahead and private message me that way.

2. Or, you can change your privacy settings so that I can message you. Click on your user name and avatar in the upper bar, then go to Privacy, scroll down to "Allow users to..." > "Start conversations with you:" (see screenshot below) and then select "Members only" (or, "People you follow" if you "follow" me). I suspect you currently have this setting on "Nobody."

 

[Plebe]

The response so far has been great: 12 ballots have already been submitted.

The deadline to vote is now 4 days away (and we are only 6 days from the season openers!).

 

[Lorcan]

I’m just waiting for the shockers to start rolling out. I left some surprising teams off my ballot, and included some mysterious surprises or not so surprising teams, I suppose.

 

[mbr33ct]

 

[triaddukefan]

Proxy votes... allowed or no ?

 

[Plebe]

Proxy votes... allowed or no ?

Do they have a Boneyard account?

 

[triaddukefan]

Do they have a Boneyard account?

 

[EricLA]

Do they have a Boneyard account?

Right? you can count my votes 10 times because there are 9 other people I know who feel exactly the same as I do, so hence I have 10 ballots... but sadly they are not on the BY. They just told me their votes in secret...

 

[Lorcan]

Right? you can count my votes 10 times because there are 9 other people I know who feel exactly the same as I do, so hence I have 10 ballots... but sadly they are not on the BY. They just told me their votes in secret...

Oh! I have thirty friends who have the same vote as me! Don’t be alarmed when you see a surprise at #1! It’s not Stanford, UConn, or South Carolina that we’re voting for, or is it?

 

[HuskyNan]

Hi Plebe, This is great! I’m new and would like to vote but I can’t find the private message. Could you send me one?

Take a look at the link for info on private messages.

Learning the Boneyard, Lesson #1: Private messaging

We have another long break until the next game, so I'm going to do a series on learning how to use the various Boneyard features. Today's lesson - using the personal messaging, also called PM, system. First, you must be registered and logged in to use the PM. There are two ways to contact a...

the-boneyard.com

there are other links foe lessons on Boneyard features tacked to the top of the board

 

[Plebe]

Actually I should have been more nuanced:

Yes, proxy ballots are allowed, but whoever delivers the proxy ballot then relinquishes the right to submit their own ballot — and only one ballot per Boneyarder.

 

[triaddukefan]

Actually I should have been more nuanced:

Yes, proxy ballots are allowed, but whoever delivers the proxy ballot then relinquishes the right to submit their own ballot — and only one ballot per Boneyarder.

ok

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Plebe]

Just a friendly reminder that we are less than 24 hours from the voting deadline (11a ET tomorrow).

Seventeen ballots are in so far.

 

[MSGRET]

Plebe

Just a friendly reminder that we are less than 24 hours from the voting deadline (11a ET tomorrow).

Seventeen ballots are in so far.

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Plebe, check your inbox. I still can't PM, it states that I'm not authorized.

 

[JDuro]

First timer participating in this poll. Just want to clarify, subsequent ballots can just be added to the already opened PM thread or does each week’s ballot require a fresh PM?

 

[Plebe]

First timer participating in this poll. Just want to clarify, subsequent ballots can just be added to the already opened PM thread or does each week’s ballot require a fresh PM?

We have a lot of first-timers for this poll, I've noticed! You're in very good company I'm also really pleased to see quite a few non-UConn fans voting, as they help make the poll much more well-rounded.

You're free to just add to the same thread for future ballots. No need to start a new PM thread; it makes no difference either way.

 

[Wbbfan1]

I plan on waiting on voting until the next poll. I want to see some games/stats before voting.