I didn't think that was possible:

108. Florida Atlantic

The outlook: FAU ended last season on a four-game winning streak, but the last three wins were over teams that combined to win four games, so the .500 record was a bit misleading. Still, Conference USA is so weak that FAU has a legit shot at a bowl.


103. Southern Miss

The outlook: As bad as last season was for the Golden Eagles, at least they won once; they were winless in 2012. This season, Conference USA is so shallow that even a team coming off a one-won season has legit hopes for a bowl.


80. Western Kentucky

The outlook: The schedule eases considerably in the second half of the season, and while this team will have issues defensively, Conference USA is weak enough overall that WKU should be bowl-eligible.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...kings-4148

(07-30-2014 09:02 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I didn't think that was possible:

108. Florida Atlantic

The outlook: FAU ended last season on a four-game winning streak, but the last three wins were over teams that combined to win four games, so the .500 record was a bit misleading. Still, Conference USA is so weak that FAU has a legit shot at a bowl.


103. Southern Miss

The outlook: As bad as last season was for the Golden Eagles, at least they won once; they were winless in 2012. This season, Conference USA is so shallow that even a team coming off a one-won season has legit hopes for a bowl.


80. Western Kentucky

The outlook: The schedule eases considerably in the second half of the season, and while this team will have issues defensively, Conference USA is weak enough overall that WKU should be bowl-eligible.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...kings-4148

Will need to start a tally of threads and posts brought up with the words CUSA in them.....Here is 1, been about 15 others last month or two....

What did publication say about the Sun Belt with the 4 powerhouse teams they added?

(07-30-2014 09:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:02 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I didn't think that was possible:

108. Florida Atlantic

The outlook: FAU ended last season on a four-game winning streak, but the last three wins were over teams that combined to win four games, so the .500 record was a bit misleading. Still, Conference USA is so weak that FAU has a legit shot at a bowl.


103. Southern Miss

The outlook: As bad as last season was for the Golden Eagles, at least they won once; they were winless in 2012. This season, Conference USA is so shallow that even a team coming off a one-won season has legit hopes for a bowl.


80. Western Kentucky

The outlook: The schedule eases considerably in the second half of the season, and while this team will have issues defensively, Conference USA is weak enough overall that WKU should be bowl-eligible.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...kings-4148

Will need to start a tally of threads and posts brought up with the words CUSA in them.....Here is 1, been about 15 others last month or two....

What did publication say about the Sun Belt with the 4 powerhouse teams they added?

Talked a lot about AState and ULL...gave USA some credit for growth. No one else was really given much different than what CUSA teams got. With CUSA having 6 bowl tie ins, its a lot easier to take shots at that league. With only 3 SBC Bowl ties. Chances are, that a team that finishes in 6th probably wont go to a bowl anyway.

(07-30-2014 09:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  What did publication say about the Sun Belt with the 4 powerhouse teams they added?

They seemed to think App State and GaSouthern will do alright at this level. I do too. Maybe you could use that as a negative?

(07-30-2014 09:38 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Talked a lot about AState and ULL...gave USA some credit for growth. No one else was really given much different than what CUSA teams got. With CUSA having 6 bowl tie ins, its a lot easier to take shots at that league.

Now that you put it that way, I can see that it's sort of a special-olympics bowl program for the C-USA teams.

Everyone gets a medal. That's nice.

That's shocking.

(07-30-2014 09:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:02 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I didn't think that was possible:

108. Florida Atlantic

The outlook: FAU ended last season on a four-game winning streak, but the last three wins were over teams that combined to win four games, so the .500 record was a bit misleading. Still, Conference USA is so weak that FAU has a legit shot at a bowl.


103. Southern Miss

The outlook: As bad as last season was for the Golden Eagles, at least they won once; they were winless in 2012. This season, Conference USA is so shallow that even a team coming off a one-won season has legit hopes for a bowl.


80. Western Kentucky

The outlook: The schedule eases considerably in the second half of the season, and while this team will have issues defensively, Conference USA is weak enough overall that WKU should be bowl-eligible.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...kings-4148

Will need to start a tally of threads and posts brought up with the words CUSA in them.....Here is 1, been about 15 others last month or two....

What did publication say about the Sun Belt with the 4 powerhouse teams they added?

Because EVERYBODY knows that WKU is now THE powerhouse of CUSA... especially after winning that one national championship twelve years ago and leaving the Sun Belt with an overall record of 24-37.

What a classy bunch you WKU fans are. I would wish you guys good luck in CUSA, but after insulting a group of schools you've never even dealt with, I could care less about you having good luck.

(07-30-2014 09:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:02 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I didn't think that was possible:

108. Florida Atlantic

The outlook: FAU ended last season on a four-game winning streak, but the last three wins were over teams that combined to win four games, so the .500 record was a bit misleading. Still, Conference USA is so weak that FAU has a legit shot at a bowl.


103. Southern Miss

The outlook: As bad as last season was for the Golden Eagles, at least they won once; they were winless in 2012. This season, Conference USA is so shallow that even a team coming off a one-won season has legit hopes for a bowl.


80. Western Kentucky

The outlook: The schedule eases considerably in the second half of the season, and while this team will have issues defensively, Conference USA is weak enough overall that WKU should be bowl-eligible.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...kings-4148

Will need to start a tally of threads and posts brought up with the words CUSA in them.....Here is 1, been about 15 others last month or two....

What did publication say about the Sun Belt with the 4 powerhouse teams they added?

Well 2 of us actually are powerhouses - much more so than WKU EVER was. You guys were a one hit wonder in 1-AA and stunk it up bad on the way into FBS. Don't expect to see such a nose dive from App State or Georgia Southern. Good luck in CUSA - seriously - I hope you beat them all and win the conference.

38. Marshall
58. Louisiana
60. Rice
68. Arkansas State
76. UTSA
77. Middle Tennessee
80. Western Kentucky
82. North Texas
94. South Alabama
96. Louisiana Tech
100. Troy
103. Southern Miss
106. ULM
108. Florida Atlantic
111. Texas State
114. Georgia Southern
118. UTEP
120. App State
121. Old Dominion
122. UAB
124. Idaho
125. Florida International
126. Georgia State
127. New Mexico State


You're right, they must not think much of CUSA the way they repeatedly singled us out, and yet....

CUSA mean=93
Sun Belt mean=104

CUSA median=96
Sun Belt median=111

Draw your own conclusions.

(07-30-2014 09:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:02 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I didn't think that was possible:

108. Florida Atlantic

The outlook: FAU ended last season on a four-game winning streak, but the last three wins were over teams that combined to win four games, so the .500 record was a bit misleading. Still, Conference USA is so weak that FAU has a legit shot at a bowl.


103. Southern Miss

The outlook: As bad as last season was for the Golden Eagles, at least they won once; they were winless in 2012. This season, Conference USA is so shallow that even a team coming off a one-won season has legit hopes for a bowl.


80. Western Kentucky

The outlook: The schedule eases considerably in the second half of the season, and while this team will have issues defensively, Conference USA is weak enough overall that WKU should be bowl-eligible.



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000...kings-4148

Will need to start a tally of threads and posts brought up with the words CUSA in them.....Here is 1, been about 15 others last month or two....

What did publication say about the Sun Belt with the 4 powerhouse teams they added?

Sad news for you. We get to talk about CUSA, joke about it, laugh about, and enjoy doing it. It's not off limits. We do not care that it jiggles your dipstick the wrong way or makes you cry. Please, feel free to count the number of threads and the number of posts if you want. Make a little spreadsheet if you want.

(07-30-2014 09:57 PM)The4thOption Wrote:  Good luck in CUSA - seriously - I hope you beat them all and win the conference.

Why? I have 30 years of hating Louisiana Tech and their fans have handled the move to CUSA with about 2500 times more class. USM fans have always been classy. UNT fans deserve some goodness. FAU fans are alright. Basically anybody not haunting our boards is a better choice.

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

So you're suggesting 24/7 thinks more highly of the Sun Belt despite ranking behind CUSA in highest rated school, mean and median?

Just trying to keep up, thanks in advance.

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:57 PM)The4thOption Wrote:  Good luck in CUSA - seriously - I hope you beat them all and win the conference.

Why? I have 30 years of hating Louisiana Tech and their fans have handled the move to CUSA with about 2500 times more class. USM fans have always been classy. UNT fans deserve some goodness. FAU fans are alright. Basically anybody not haunting our boards is a better choice.

FAU fans have been great. There have been a couple UNT fans who ruined it for the others, but they've been 20 times better than I thought they would be.

Though I am sure that a UNT championship is a sure sign that Hayden Fry is indeed the anti-Christ, so I'll settle with a Southern Miss title. That would be cool to get the Eagles back to relevance. Hopefully that loss to App wont hurt too much.

(07-30-2014 10:17 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

So you're suggesting 24/7 thinks more highly of the Sun Belt despite ranking behind CUSA in highest rated school, mean and median?

No. I think they think what I've thought for some time now.....and that is that there's not a hill of beans difference in the two conferences despite the C-USA ladies constantly wailing about how much prestige it possesses.

C-USA's best football days are behind it.

(07-30-2014 10:17 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

So you're suggesting 24/7 thinks more highly of the Sun Belt despite ranking behind CUSA in highest rated school, mean and median?

Just trying to keep up, thanks in advance.

Those were NFL.com's rankings. Not 24/7

I'd take those rankings to show we are pretty close to even. I think they've got a couple CUSA teams a little high and Troy/USA/ULM/Texas State a little low.

(07-30-2014 10:24 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:17 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

So you're suggesting 24/7 thinks more highly of the Sun Belt despite ranking behind CUSA in highest rated school, mean and median?

No. I think they think what I've thought for some time now.....and that is that there's not a hill of beans difference in the two conferences despite the C-USA ladies constantly wailing about how much prestige it possesses.

C-USA's best football days are behind it.

Yeah, I don't think they'll get back to the year they had recently where they almost cracked the BCS. Not for a long while at least.

(07-30-2014 10:25 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Those were NFL.com's rankings. Not 24/7

I'd take those rankings to show we are pretty close to even.

Ding ding ding....we have a winner!

(07-30-2014 10:24 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:17 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

So you're suggesting 24/7 thinks more highly of the Sun Belt despite ranking behind CUSA in highest rated school, mean and median?

No. I think they think what I've thought for some time now.....and that is that there's not a hill of beans difference in the two conferences despite the C-USA ladies constantly wailing about how much prestige it possesses.

C-USA's best football days are behind it.

There most certainly is a difference, not what many myopic CUSA fans claim, but there's a clear difference in the very rankings you listed, again not a tremendous difference, but to suggest there isnt a "hill of beans difference" is disingenuous.

And saying CUSA's best football days are behind us is awfully easy to do when you look at some of our departed members, hell Louisville alone would likely qualify for "our best football days being behind us". I certainly don't expect anyone in CUSA to be in a P5 conference in a decade.

Even if our best days are behind us, doesn't mean our future isn't brighter than the Sun Belt's.

Of course a decade from now both conferences could look entirely different, or one or both could no longer exist, but whatever these writers had to say about CUSA in 2014, the SBC came in behind us in every measurable way.

(07-30-2014 10:25 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:17 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 10:09 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:58 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Draw your own conclusions.

I did.

Oddly though, when discussing C-USA, they didn't use the word prestige a single time.

So you're suggesting 24/7 thinks more highly of the Sun Belt despite ranking behind CUSA in highest rated school, mean and median?

Just trying to keep up, thanks in advance.

Those were NFL.com's rankings. Not 24/7

I'd take those rankings to show we are pretty close to even. I think they've got a couple CUSA teams a little high and Troy/USA/ULM/Texas State a little low.

With all due respect, the thread was not about how you'd rank us, but rather how littlethe writers in question think of CUSA which is funny cconsidering they irrefutably think less of the Sun Belt.

No smack intended, just found it odd to use sports writers to slam CUSA when those same writers had the Sun Belt rated lower.