(10-28-2014 07:28 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(10-28-2014 07:17 PM)KnightFanDave Wrote:  

(10-28-2014 06:50 PM)pesik Wrote:  this rankings were good and bad...

good in the fact that marshall is likely the 3rd Ranked G5 probably behind CSU.. schedule means something to them

bad news making the playoffs will almost be impossible..to think they are punishing ND because of its schedule a schedule better than any we will ever have ... we'd likely need 2 or 3 years of undefeated and pure dominance on monster OOC SOS to have a tiny chance

I don't think so. If we had a team that actually deserved to go, I think they could have a shot. If ECU beat South Carolina (probably by at least 2 scores since the cocks have not inspired since) and have played better games against the conference opponents, they could actually be considered... Problem is, they didn't beat S. Car and they're not blowing out the 'bad' teams on their schedule. They're simply not good enough.

I'll get upset when I legitimately believe the AAC has a team that could compete for a national championship and the CFP poll proves incapable of putting said deserving non P5 team in the top 4. Until then, we have nothing to really whine about lol

i dont think ECU would have had a shot even if they beat SC...
theyd probably be ranked around 15 or 16 with too much ground to catch up ..vt/unc/sc are great teams in comparison to marshall's joke schedule but arent that impressive in comparison the the top p5...

and ecu is coming from nowhere, no one actually knows how good they are (in comparison to the elite) and will not be given the benefit of the doubt

a team that was undefeated the year before returning a ton of star players on SMU's schedule maybe.. but ecu never had a shot with their schedule not living up to hype and reputation

Oh, I agree with that. ECU would really need to be a different team. I'm just saying their schedule would hold them back a little, but not exclude them (imo of course). They would have to blow out all of their opponents (including SC). Their schedule is weaker for sure, but at least some teams you can compare apples to apples against other top 25 teams.

Whereas Marshall, no matter what the score, its apples and oranges. You could never put that team in contention.

I guess my point was more like our AAC schedules shouldn't exclude us as long as we all keep scheduling good OOC opponents. Not that today's ECU team would remotely deserve to go.