(09-29-2019 08:42 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:53 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:45 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(09-28-2019 10:58 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  I thought Marshall would do better than they did today. And I expected more from UNT's offense.

While I expected more from our offense too, we are playing with C-USA level talent on the offensive and defensive lines. Clearly, Houston has better talent on their fronts. After watching some of the Marshall game, I think the same could be said for Cincinnati. Houston won't be bowling at the end of the season, but I believe that same 2-3 team would be quit dominate if they played in C-USA. The AAC is light-years better than C-USA now.

Nah, UNT just isn’t playing as good of football as we expected.

Exactly, What hell has UNT ever done? except get blown out by G5 teams?

I predicted them to take a step back this year along with UAB. I think most were giving them way to much credit for having a good QB, but thats all they have. No defense, terrible line. A good QB can’t single handily win even CUSA

That's a good post. You did say UNT and UAB would likely take a step back this year, and they appear to have done just that.

UNT fans should be pissed about the fact that they are paying head coach Seth Littrell $1.8M per year, and he's produced only a 7-6 record over the last 13 games. And this is supposed to be UNT's "glory years" with Mason Fine, etc...

I'm afraid this emperor is wearing no clothes.

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 08:42 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:53 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:45 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(09-28-2019 10:58 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  I thought Marshall would do better than they did today. And I expected more from UNT's offense.

While I expected more from our offense too, we are playing with C-USA level talent on the offensive and defensive lines. Clearly, Houston has better talent on their fronts. After watching some of the Marshall game, I think the same could be said for Cincinnati. Houston won't be bowling at the end of the season, but I believe that same 2-3 team would be quit dominate if they played in C-USA. The AAC is light-years better than C-USA now.

Nah, UNT just isn’t playing as good of football as we expected.

Exactly, What hell has UNT ever done? except get blown out by G5 teams?

I predicted them to take a step back this year along with UAB. I think most were giving them way to much credit for having a good QB, but thats all they have. No defense, terrible line. A good QB can’t single handily win even CUSA

SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 08:42 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:53 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:45 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  While I expected more from our offense too, we are playing with C-USA level talent on the offensive and defensive lines. Clearly, Houston has better talent on their fronts. After watching some of the Marshall game, I think the same could be said for Cincinnati. Houston won't be bowling at the end of the season, but I believe that same 2-3 team would be quit dominate if they played in C-USA. The AAC is light-years better than C-USA now.

Nah, UNT just isn’t playing as good of football as we expected.

Exactly, What hell has UNT ever done? except get blown out by G5 teams?

I predicted them to take a step back this year along with UAB. I think most were giving them way to much credit for having a good QB, but thats all they have. No defense, terrible line. A good QB can’t single handily win even CUSA

SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lying
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 08:42 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:53 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  Nah, UNT just isn’t playing as good of football as we expected.

Exactly, What hell has UNT ever done? except get blown out by G5 teams?

I predicted them to take a step back this year along with UAB. I think most were giving them way to much credit for having a good QB, but thats all they have. No defense, terrible line. A good QB can’t single handily win even CUSA

SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

(09-29-2019 05:33 PM)deb025 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 08:42 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Exactly, What hell has UNT ever done? except get blown out by G5 teams?

I predicted them to take a step back this year along with UAB. I think most were giving them way to much credit for having a good QB, but thats all they have. No defense, terrible line. A good QB can’t single handily win even CUSA

SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

LOL!!!!

(09-29-2019 05:36 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:33 PM)deb025 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

LOL!!!!

i dont know what yall are talking about!? you edited my post. fake news!

ok, ok, im the bigger idiot.

nevertheless, these AAC teams are much more talented than CUSA teams. heck, you even put Marshall at #4 in your very own Power Rankings after getting thrashed by Cincy. what does that say?

(09-29-2019 03:48 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 02:14 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 10:26 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:26 AM)Seminowl Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 06:57 AM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Well App. St. took care for UNC who nearly be #1 Clemson, not sure CUSA can say its better than SBC.

That’s not how football works. Clemson lost to the 98th ranked team (Syracuse) in 2017. Does that mean Clemson was the 99th ranked team or they just had an off game? App escaped Chapel Hill by way of a pick six and the Tarheels are no world beaters. It was a good win but that doesn’t mean they would stack up to Clemson.

I'll add to this the following: IN 2017 FAU beat MTSU, who beat Syracuse, who beat Clemson.

Conclusion? FAU > Clemson! Yeah Baby!

My point NOT that App. St. could beat or is better than Clemson, my point was App. St. beat a decent UNC team. No CUSA team has beat a decent P5 team this year while SBC can say they have.

But, as a conference, we are 2-1 against SBC.

Point taken, just Marshall losing by 38 to a middle of the pack AAC team. Some have Marshall picked to win CUSA, a CUSA champ pick losing like that is a real .

(09-29-2019 05:33 PM)deb025 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 08:42 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Exactly, What hell has UNT ever done? except get blown out by G5 teams?

I predicted them to take a step back this year along with UAB. I think most were giving them way to much credit for having a good QB, but thats all they have. No defense, terrible line. A good QB can’t single handily win even CUSA

SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

Oh man that was a good one!

Your arguments dont hold water. These teams don’t have superior talent. Tech has had more draft picks than most of the AAC teams and we beat their best team in a bowl game a few years plus thrashed one of their winning teams a couple of years ago. 42-7 first half.

Are they better than CUSA this year? Most definitely, do they have superior talent every year absolutely not. Their best team just lost to freaking Pittsburgh last week plus got beat down by LSU last year. Hell WKU beat Memphis and USF

(09-29-2019 06:57 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:33 PM)deb025 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 09:57 AM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  SSJoe is exactly right. Couldn't have said it much better. If anyone has watched for 5 minutes a Houston, Cincy (hate em), or Memphis (cant stand most of their fans) game this year, you can see how much more talent their teams have than CUSA teams. Its apples and oranges.

I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lion
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

Oh man that was a good one!

Fixed it

Sonny Dykes went out and loaded up on Grad Transfers, he did the same thing at Tech with Jucos. Which left the cupboard bare.

Can he sustain a program this way? We will see. Or is he using this year to parlay into another P5 gig?

You dawg fans may want to hold the bragging till La Tech beats someone.

Your 4 wins are over teams that are a combined 2-16 with those two victories over bad fcs programs.

(09-29-2019 07:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Your arguments dont hold water. These teams don’t have superior talent. Tech has had more draft picks than most of the AAC teams and we beat their best team in a bowl game a few years plus thrashed one of their winning teams a couple of years ago. 42-7 first half.

Are they better than CUSA this year? Most definitely, do they have superior talent every year absolutely not. Their best team just lost to freaking Pittsburgh last week plus got beat down by LSU last year. Hell WKU beat Memphis and USF

.
I know the old transitive property is not exactly applicable to college football but Pitt beat FCS Delaware this last weekend by only 3 points.

Yeah, La Tech might be a 'house of cards', and won't prove anything versus UMass. However, they own UNT.

UNT owns USM.

USM owns La Tech.

USM plays AT La Tech the week following UNT.

La Tech hosts UNT 2 games later. With UAB going down to WKU, the West division could be sorting itself out early.

(09-29-2019 05:33 PM)deb025 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

(09-29-2019 06:44 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 03:48 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 02:14 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 10:26 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:26 AM)Seminowl Wrote:  That’s not how football works. Clemson lost to the 98th ranked team (Syracuse) in 2017. Does that mean Clemson was the 99th ranked team or they just had an off game? App escaped Chapel Hill by way of a pick six and the Tarheels are no world beaters. It was a good win but that doesn’t mean they would stack up to Clemson.

I'll add to this the following: IN 2017 FAU beat MTSU, who beat Syracuse, who beat Clemson.

Conclusion? FAU > Clemson! Yeah Baby!

My point NOT that App. St. could beat or is better than Clemson, my point was App. St. beat a decent UNC team. No CUSA team has beat a decent P5 team this year while SBC can say they have.

But, as a conference, we are 2-1 against SBC.

Point taken, just Marshall losing by 38 to a middle of the pack AAC team. Some have Marshall picked to win CUSA, a CUSA champ pick losing like that is a real .

FIU was also a fashionable pick to win C-USA East. Just like FAU was picked to win the C-USA in 2018. It really means very little.

(09-29-2019 08:48 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 06:44 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 03:48 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 02:14 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 10:26 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  I'll add to this the following: IN 2017 FAU beat MTSU, who beat Syracuse, who beat Clemson.

Conclusion? FAU > Clemson! Yeah Baby!

My point NOT that App. St. could beat or is better than Clemson, my point was App. St. beat a decent UNC team. No CUSA team has beat a decent P5 team this year while SBC can say they have.

But, as a conference, we are 2-1 against SBC.

Point taken, just Marshall losing by 38 to a middle of the pack AAC team. Some have Marshall picked to win CUSA, a CUSA champ pick losing like that is a real .

FIU was also a fashionable pick to win C-USA East. Just like FAU was picked to win the C-USA in 2018. It really means very little.

It anything, it’s a curse.

(09-29-2019 05:54 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:36 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:33 PM)deb025 Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 05:22 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 04:55 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  I disagree. In fact, this is nothing more than simple excuse mongering for poor "on the field" results.

- SMU (5-0) is much better this year because Sonny Dykes has successfully implemented his long successful passing system, and he got UT transfer Steve Buechele to run it. Does this mean SMU has much better players across the board than the 5 teams they beat?

Probably not. Coaching has everything to do with it.

- Houston lost 4 of their last 5 games to end last season, including a 70-14 thrashing at the hands of Army in a bowl game. And yet, some of you want us to believe that Houston (2-3) has much better players than everyone in CUSA? Does Army's blowout win mean Army has better football players than Houston?

Probably not.

- This season, Houston has a 2-3 overall record, including a loss to Tulane. TULANE! Does this mean Tulane has much better players than Houston?

Probably not.

- Houston's only wins this season are over SWAC member Prairie View A&M 37-17, and over UNT 46-25. Do those two wins alone really mean that Houston has much better players than most CUSA teams?

Probably not!

UNT fans should quit attempting to blame the responsibility for their UH loss on a lack of talent in CUSA, and simply accept the blame for turning in a poor performance. Hey, it happens to a lot of us. I can't tell you the number of times I've walked away from a poor performance by Tech which seemed inexplicable.

But, just because UNT lost to UH it doesn't mean the Cougars are stacked with much better players than everyone else in CUSA. UNT has never been a team with superior talent anyway (present QB excluded). Over the last 10 years, who would have ever picked UNT to beat Houston in a game anyway? The answer is, only the most diehard UNT fans.

The point is, this is not a CUSA problem. It's a UNT problem.

You either;

A - Have not watched Houston, Memphis or Cincy play on TV or in person
B - Are fooling yourself
C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot
E - Are blind

All three of those teams have so much more talent than CUSA teams its sad. All you have to do is watch their players walk around the field and then watch CUSA teams walk around in between plays. They are physically larger, more athletic and simply have superior players as a whole / team.

C - Are lieing
D - Are an idiot

Call someone an idiot and misspell lying.

LOL!!!!

i dont know what yall are talking about!? you edited my post. fake news!

ok, ok, im the bigger idiot.

nevertheless, these AAC teams are much more talented than CUSA teams. heck, you even put Marshall at #4 in your very own Power Rankings after getting thrashed by Cincy. what does that say?

That says Marshall had a bad game. They also played Boise to a close 14-7 loss. Not a lot of AAC schools can do that.

(09-29-2019 07:22 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  You dawg fans may want to hold the bragging till La Tech beats someone.

Your 4 wins are over teams that are a combined 2-16 with those two victories over bad fcs programs.

That's exactly what I said about UNT last year, after the Mean Green's big wins over Incarnate Word & Liberty.

For the record, I've already stated several tines on this board that THIS is NOT one of LA Tech's better football teams. It's a miracle that we're 4-1, and nobody wearing Bulldogs colors this year is "bragging". You just made that up. Fake news. That said, I do believe LA Tech can still make a decent run at a CUSA Championship this year simply due to the overall weakness of the conference. That ain't bragging. That's just reality.

(09-29-2019 11:13 AM)Eagleyed Wrote:  Conference USA sucks because our Conference commissioner sucks. We were ahead of the AAC in conference power rankings the first year of new CUSA and new AAC. Their conference commissioner pumped the AAC up and had the whole P6 thing. Our conference commissioner said we were a product you could watch if the SEC wasn't on. She is the worst. How she is still in power is something I can't understand.

It’s really simple to understand. Our Presidents determine who the Commissioner is. Our presidents don’t care enough about athletics to hire someone that wants us to be the best. When I look at the presidents in CUSA, it’s very easy to understand how Judy still has a job.

(09-29-2019 07:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Your arguments dont hold water. These teams don’t have superior talent. Tech has had more draft picks than most of the AAC teams and we beat their best team in a bowl game a few years plus thrashed one of their winning teams a couple of years ago. 42-7 first half.

Are they better than CUSA this year? Most definitely, do they have superior talent every year absolutely not. Their best team just lost to freaking Pittsburgh last week plus got beat down by LSU last year. Hell WKU beat Memphis and USF

Blowing out an average SMU team is nothing to brag about. You didn’t take down a top AAC school. It’s like bragging about beating Mississippi State and saying the SEC isn’t good, while ignoring the fact that they have Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, etc. SMU wasn’t even seen as a top team in the AAC or anywhere close to it. They went 4-4 in conference.

And one more thing: UCF didn’t get beat down by LSU. It was a great game and went down to the end. When you use arguments like this, it makes everyone completely ignore any other decent points you’re trying to make.