I usually listen to a few college football podcasts, and so far no one had an AAC only (actually so far no one has one at all) preview.

However I just ran into this one http://www.collegefootballpodcast.com/ and to my surprise they have the SEC, BIG10, BIG12, ACC, PAC, and AAC previews (they also have an "Independents and Mid Majors" one).

Anyways I thought was pretty nice to see someone grouping us with the big guys.

They did a pretty good job with their Houston preview (which is the one I am familiar with it).

Anyways thought you guys would enjoy.

http://www.collegefootballpodcast.com/

while insulting everyone not houston

(08-20-2014 05:29 PM)pesik Wrote:  while insulting everyone not houston

?? I didnt think they insulted anyone. One guy has UCF winning it, and the other Houston, and both think Cincy its pretty much in the same boat as well.

(08-20-2014 05:36 PM)IAH Wrote:  

(08-20-2014 05:29 PM)pesik Wrote:  while insulting everyone not houston

?? I didnt think they insulted anyone. One guy has UCF winning it, and the other Houston, and both think Cincy its pretty much in the same boat as well.

did you listen to the interview, they gave 3 teams credit and annihilated the rest as horrific to below mediocre teams

and tthey have cincy is good for aac standards but gets demolished in ooc

Great professional line by the announcers “we don’t have a ton of time left so I don’t want to spend much on them (Temple), I don’t see it going very well for them or you seeing them on TV, that’s Temple”. You don’t have much time, the only thing these two have is time! Your on an f#@*ing podcast from your moms basement, what are the networks cutting you short against a national advertisers break? Does Brian Williams have a story about the crisis in the Middle East he’s working on in the kitchen upstairs while sharing coffee with your dad that he needs to report on and needs the laptop? Short on time? All that these 2 losers have is time, from the sounds of them I highly doubt they have a date they need to get to anytime soon. Short on time, what is the 3PM shift at Radio Shack starting and you need to warm up your moms’ minivan so you’re not late?

Another great quote on the only thing about Temple worth watching this season “lets see if PJ Walker can kinda bloom into a legit star, well not star but a capable quarterback”.

I don’t have an issue with these guys predicting Temple to finish next to last, I have no issues with that at all, that’s their opinion and they are entitled to that, what bothers me is these guys and most of the college sports bloggers do no research at all regarding the teams they comment on let alone watch them play. They read a preview and just repeat the same information and we are supposed to respect their opinions as educated ones. I went back 4 pages of their podcasts and didn’t see 1 comment from anyone, they can’t even get their friends and family to listen and show some love for this crap.

Impress me, get past the 2 fantasy football nerds in a dorm room wearing their “Stand Back I’m Going To Try Science” tee shirts who never wore a jock a day in their lives and get out and do a little homework. Give me something that everyone else is not repeating and make it worth it for me to listen. I classify this preview as 15 minutes of my life that I’m not getting back.

Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

(08-21-2014 08:50 AM)IAH Wrote:  Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

you like these previews because they give houston credit and are high on us, they said we have 3 teams that are decent..and for one of those teams, cincy, they say they dont think miami will that good this year, but should still easily handle cincy

if you removed the cougar red glasses maybe youd notice he basically trashed the league as a whole.
in the beginning he compares us to big east which he thought was "horrible" which 3 mediocre teams crush horrible teams and look overall better than they should...

im curious your opinion of athlons AAC preview, they gave everyone in the league some nice props but overall slayed the league, the praised greenberry and okorn but in the overall ranking ranked Houston at 69 nationally as the 3rd best AAC team

(08-21-2014 08:50 AM)IAH Wrote:  Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

For me it has nothing to do with time, it has to do with the depth of what they are reporting. I can’t judge the previews of the other programs because I don’t know them well enough, I can only go by the depth of what they reported on Temple.

If these “reporters” just did a basic Google search on Temple football they would have very easily come up with 2 great resources.

Philly.com / Temple basically covers Temple sports from the Philly newspapers, it’s a place where you can find a good chunk of what has been written in Philly regarding Temple athletics.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/temple/

Temple athletics website, click on the football tab and there is links on the right side of the page to all the interviews with coach Rhule since spring practice, actually going all the way back to last season, along with interviews with key players.

http://owlsports.com/index.aspx?path=football

If anyone spent 30 minutes looking at just these 2 resources they would be able to come up with information about the team that’s miles deeper than what these 2 reviewed. Take a look and judge for yourself.

As I said, my issue isn’t with Temple being picked to finish next to last, my issue with this preview and frankly many of them is the reporters don’t do any homework, they report on their favorite teams and the rest they don’t do any research but still spout off their opinion as if its something based on facts and research. All I ask is they be professional and do even just a little homework, I don’t think that’s out of line if your going to put your opinion out there as a self proclaimed expert.

Really, the thing to watch this season for Temple is to see if PJ Walker can become “a capable quarterback”? PJ is on the watch list for the Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award, CFPA QB Trophy Watch List, that and attended the Manning Passing Academy, and were still not sure if he’s “capable”? That’s some stellar work right there.

(08-21-2014 08:30 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  Great professional line by the announcers “we don’t have a ton of time left so I don’t want to spend much on them (Temple), I don’t see it going very well for them or you seeing them on TV, that’s Temple”. You don’t have much time, the only thing these two have is time! Your on an f#@*ing podcast from your moms basement, what are the networks cutting you short against a national advertisers break? Does Brian Williams have a story about the crisis in the Middle East he’s working on in the kitchen upstairs while sharing coffee with your dad that he needs to report on and needs the laptop? Short on time? All that these 2 losers have is time, from the sounds of them I highly doubt they have a date they need to get to anytime soon. Short on time, what is the 3PM shift at Radio Shack starting and you need to warm up your moms’ minivan so you’re not late?

Another great quote on the only thing about Temple worth watching this season “lets see if PJ Walker can kinda bloom into a legit star, well not star but a capable quarterback”.

I don’t have an issue with these guys predicting Temple to finish next to last, I have no issues with that at all, that’s their opinion and they are entitled to that, what bothers me is these guys and most of the college sports bloggers do no research at all regarding the teams they comment on let alone watch them play. They read a preview and just repeat the same information and we are supposed to respect their opinions as educated ones. I went back 4 pages of their podcasts and didn’t see 1 comment from anyone, they can’t even get their friends and family to listen and show some love for this crap.

Impress me, get past the 2 fantasy football nerds in a dorm room wearing their “Stand Back I’m Going To Try Science” tee shirts who never wore a jock a day in their lives and get out and do a little homework. Give me something that everyone else is not repeating and make it worth it for me to listen. I classify this preview as 15 minutes of my life that I’m not getting back.

Their moms kicked them out, they had to go to their middle school playground.

Edit: they just said Carden wasn't mobile, only 10 TDs, and they obviously know nothing about ECU, or Ruff. LMAO we HOPE to be bowl eligible, and that would be a successful season.

Yes, Carden, is not a rushing QB. this a case where stats do lie. He is very mobile and QB you want outside the pocket, as he throws just as good moving as he does in the pocket. He does run to run, run out of the pocket to pass. When he does pull it down to run, he does a very good job. Actually wish he'd run more.

(08-21-2014 09:41 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 08:50 AM)IAH Wrote:  Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

you like these previews because they give houston credit and are high on us, they said we have 3 teams that are decent..and for one of those teams, cincy, they say they dont think miami will that good this year, but should still easily handle cincy

if you removed the cougar red glasses maybe youd notice he basically trashed the league as a whole.
in the beginning he compares us to big east which he thought was "horrible" which 3 mediocre teams crush horrible teams and look overall better than they should...

im curious your opinion of athlons AAC preview, they gave everyone in the league some nice props but overall slayed the league, the praised greenberry and okorn but in the overall ranking ranked Houston at 69 nationally as the 3rd best AAC team

Honestly, I haven't even listened to the thing--but give me a break. Some of you need to lighten up. The fan blogs that keep getting posted as "news" here predicting an ECU undefeated season aren't insulting to the rest of the conference? The idea that a team that couldn't even win a watered down CUSA last year is going breeze through the conference schedule like a hot knife through butter is the very height of disrespect. Hey, they might do exactly that, but the prediction could easily be taken as an insult to everyone else if your just looking for a reason to be insulted.

By the way, last year the bottom of our conference absolutely DID suck azz---so anyone predicting the bottom will be pretty bad again is probably in line with the vast majority of college prognosticators out there. Is it lazy to dismiss last years bottom teams? Absolutely---I expect several of those teams to be much improved. I see them punching some "good" teams in the mouth this year. Still, its a fairly common notion among college football "experts" that our bottom will be as bad as last year. Preseason predictions are fairly useless as they tend to be 90% based on last year. Half of these predictions think a team that was embarrassed by Rice in the CCG will be the top Group of Five team. There is little reason to get too upset about pre-season predictions. If you don't like one, read another---your probably eventually stumble across one that tells you what you want to hear. lol....Those are usually the ones I think are "right".

(08-21-2014 12:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 09:41 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 08:50 AM)IAH Wrote:  Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

you like these previews because they give houston credit and are high on us, they said we have 3 teams that are decent..and for one of those teams, cincy, they say they dont think miami will that good this year, but should still easily handle cincy

if you removed the cougar red glasses maybe youd notice he basically trashed the league as a whole.
in the beginning he compares us to big east which he thought was "horrible" which 3 mediocre teams crush horrible teams and look overall better than they should...

im curious your opinion of athlons AAC preview, they gave everyone in the league some nice props but overall slayed the league, the praised greenberry and okorn but in the overall ranking ranked Houston at 69 nationally as the 3rd best AAC team

Honestly, I haven't even listened to the thing--but give me a break. Some of you need to lighten up. The fan blogs that keep getting posted as "news" here predicting an ECU undefeated season aren't insulting to the rest of the conference? The idea that a team that couldn't even win a watered down CUSA last year is going breeze through the conference schedule like a hot knife through butter is the very height of disrespect. Hey, they might do exactly that, but the prediction could easily be taken as an insult to everyone else if your just looking for a reason to be insulted.

By the way, last year the bottom of our conference absolutely DID suck azz---so the fact that anyone predicting the bottom will be pretty bad again is probably in line with the vast majority of college prognosticators out there. Is it lazy to dismiss last years bottom teams? Absolutely---I expect several of those teams to be much improved. I see them punching some "good" teams in the mouth this year. Still, its a fairly common notion among college football "experts" that our bottom will be as bad as last year. Preseason predictions are fairly useless as they tend to be 90% based on last year. There is little reason to get too upset about pre-season predictions. If you don't like one, read another---your probably eventually stumble across one that tells you what you want to hear. lol....Those are usually the ones I think are "right".

They basically called Houston and UCF decent teams in a "very mediocre" league. And said UC was a little better than mediocre, then everyone else sucks.

(08-21-2014 12:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 09:41 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 08:50 AM)IAH Wrote:  Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

you like these previews because they give houston credit and are high on us, they said we have 3 teams that are decent..and for one of those teams, cincy, they say they dont think miami will that good this year, but should still easily handle cincy

if you removed the cougar red glasses maybe youd notice he basically trashed the league as a whole.
in the beginning he compares us to big east which he thought was "horrible" which 3 mediocre teams crush horrible teams and look overall better than they should...

im curious your opinion of athlons AAC preview, they gave everyone in the league some nice props but overall slayed the league, the praised greenberry and okorn but in the overall ranking ranked Houston at 69 nationally as the 3rd best AAC team

Honestly, I haven't even listened to the thing--but give me a break. Some of you need to lighten up. The fan blogs that keep getting posted as "news" here predicting an ECU undefeated season aren't insulting to the rest of the conference? The idea that a team that couldn't even win a watered down CUSA last year is going breeze through the conference schedule like a hot knife through butter is the very height of disrespect. Hey, they might do exactly that, but the prediction could easily be taken as an insult to everyone else if your just looking for a reason to be insulted.

By the way, last year the bottom of our conference absolutely DID suck azz---so anyone predicting the bottom will be pretty bad again is probably in line with the vast majority of college prognosticators out there. Is it lazy to dismiss last years bottom teams? Absolutely---I expect several of those teams to be much improved. I see them punching some "good" teams in the mouth this year. Still, its a fairly common notion among college football "experts" that our bottom will be as bad as last year. Preseason predictions are fairly useless as they tend to be 90% based on last year. Half of these predictions think a team that was embarrassed by Rice in the CCG will be the top Group of Five team. There is little reason to get too upset about pre-season predictions. If you don't like one, read another---your probably eventually stumble across one that tells you what you want to hear. lol....Those are usually the ones I think are "right".

I couldn't have put it better myself.

As a UC fan I have been hearing guys like this call the Bearcats "slightly better than medicore" for over a decade. We always prove them wrong. I actually enjoy hearing them comment a few months from now how they missed the boat.

(08-21-2014 11:56 AM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  Yes, Carden, is not a rushing QB. this a case where stats do lie. He is very mobile and QB you want outside the pocket, as he throws just as good moving as he does in the pocket. He does run to run, run out of the pocket to pass. When he does pull it down to run, he does a very good job. Actually wish he'd run more.

this reminds me of piland literally no one knew the kid had 4.4/4.5 speed till probably 1.5 seasons of him being the starting qb mainly because he NEVER ran, he always stayed in the pocket, even after we found out of his speed he still went back to just staying in the pocket.

we could have won some games of his feet if we had used his talents more wisely, we actually intended him to be a more mobile qb last season till o'korn came in and piland quit football due to concussion issues

http://youtu.be/dK8tHkz6xys?t=58m40s

(08-21-2014 10:04 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 08:50 AM)IAH Wrote:  Man, you guys sure like to complain.

These guys took the time to do a 1.5 hour long podcast on the AAC, I thought they gave Cincy, Houston, UCF, ECU, SMU, Memphis, Tulane a fair assessment. They actually like all those teams for different reasons.

If they were to spend a lot of time on each team, the whole thing would take like 4 hours. I am sure whenever they did the Big 12 podcast they didnt spend a lot of time on Kansas.

For me it has nothing to do with time, it has to do with the depth of what they are reporting. I can’t judge the previews of the other programs because I don’t know them well enough, I can only go by the depth of what they reported on Temple.

If these “reporters” just did a basic Google search on Temple football they would have very easily come up with 2 great resources.

Philly.com / Temple basically covers Temple sports from the Philly newspapers, it’s a place where you can find a good chunk of what has been written in Philly regarding Temple athletics.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/temple/

Temple athletics website, click on the football tab and there is links on the right side of the page to all the interviews with coach Rhule since spring practice, actually going all the way back to last season, along with interviews with key players.

http://owlsports.com/index.aspx?path=football

If anyone spent 30 minutes looking at just these 2 resources they would be able to come up with information about the team that’s miles deeper than what these 2 reviewed. Take a look and judge for yourself.

As I said, my issue isn’t with Temple being picked to finish next to last, my issue with this preview and frankly many of them is the reporters don’t do any homework, they report on their favorite teams and the rest they don’t do any research but still spout off their opinion as if its something based on facts and research. All I ask is they be professional and do even just a little homework, I don’t think that’s out of line if your going to put your opinion out there as a self proclaimed expert.

Really, the thing to watch this season for Temple is to see if PJ Walker can become “a capable quarterback”? PJ is on the watch list for the Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award, CFPA QB Trophy Watch List, that and attended the Manning Passing Academy, and were still not sure if he’s “capable”? That’s some stellar work right there.

I'm still trying to figure out how a team put up 41 points on the 1st or second best defense in the conference like Temple did to Memphis in their 41-21 romp has no chance of beating the this year.

I think Temple is hard to figure out and it's safer for Prognosticators to place them at the bottom then look at the improvement in the second half of the season under Walker as possibly winning some games.