Cnelson203
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Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
Things I liked about C-USA football this year
1. Marshall and Rice in the CCG, instead of pre-season picks of Tulsa and ECU.
2. Southern Miss broke the streak.
3. Some great efforts by our new mates, particularly North Texas, UTSA, Middle Tennessee and FAU.
4. 8 Bowl Eligible teams, based on record. It may be tough to get UTSA and FAU into a bowl, but it doesn't change the fact they did their part.
5. Good inaugural outing by our Charlotte team.
6. WKU ends at 8-4. They will be a contender next year, I predict.
7. Very competitive games week end and week out.
8. Division champs not decided until the last week in both divisions, with 5 (count 'em....5) teams in the mix until the end, with MTSU and North Texas, just out of the running. (In fact, they were still in it, on the next to last week.)
9. ECU and now Marshall getting top 25 votes helps the conference.
Any you care to add?
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12-01-2013 04:53 PM |
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SATXBOSSMAN
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
C-USA is in good shape going forward. Happy to be a part of the future.
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12-01-2013 04:55 PM |
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MU ATO
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
(12-01-2013 04:53 PM)Cnelson203 Wrote: Things I liked about C-USA football this year
1. Marshall and Rice in the CCG, instead of pre-season picks of Tulsa and ECU.
2. Southern Miss broke the streak.
3. Some great efforts by our new mates, particularly North Texas, UTSA, Middle Tennessee and FAU.
4. 8 Bowl Eligible teams, based on record. It may be tough to get UTSA and FAU into a bowl, but it doesn't change the fact they did their part.
5. Good inaugural outing by our Charlotte team.
6. WKU ends at 8-4. They will be a contender next year, I predict.
7. Very competitive games week end and week out.
8. Division champs not decided until the last week in both divisions, with 5 (count 'em....5) teams in the mix until the end, with MTSU and North Texas, just out of the running. (In fact, they were still in it, on the next to last week.)
9. ECU and now Marshall getting top 25 votes helps the conference.
Any you care to add?
July 1st 2014 will be here soon.
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12-01-2013 05:12 PM |
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FAUAEPi
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
(12-01-2013 04:55 PM)SATXBOSSMAN Wrote: C-USA is in good shape going forward. Happy to be a part of the future.
+1
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12-01-2013 05:31 PM |
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DaSaintFan
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
Quote: 8 Bowl Eligible teams, based on record. It may be tough to get UTSA and FAU into a bowl, but it doesn't change the fact they did their part.
I don't think people realize how important this one is, because we were in the middle of bowl renegotiations.
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12-01-2013 05:48 PM |
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GrayBeard
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
(12-01-2013 05:12 PM)MU ATO Wrote: July 1st 2014 will be here soon.
Are you really looking forward to losing 3 more schools from this conference?
I was not looking forward to any of the previous schools leaving.
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12-01-2013 06:14 PM |
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MTowho
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
Agree with the above, and I think there were alot of games that laid the groundwork for the future rivalry games in the conference. UTSA's win at North Texas, and MT's last second win versus Marshall are two that come to mind. Glad to see FAU finally getting back into the picture.
The thing I'll enjoy most is a bowl sweep. Let's go do it.
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12-01-2013 07:34 PM |
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MU42
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RE: Things I liked about 2013 C-USA Football
(12-01-2013 06:14 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: (12-01-2013 05:12 PM)MU ATO Wrote: July 1st 2014 will be here soon.
Are you really looking forward to losing 3 more schools from this conference?
I was not looking forward to any of the previous schools leaving.
I think everyone is just ready for this stuff to be done. It's been going on since 2009. Time for some normalcy for a change.
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12-01-2013 08:22 PM |
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