1. East Carolina

2-6. UCF, Temple, Memphis, Houston, Cincy in an order to be determined the next few weeks


7-11. Tulane, SMU, USF, Tulsa, UConn in an order to be determined the next few weeks

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There a big gap between 1 and 2-6, but an even bigger gap between 2-6 and 7-11.

EDIT: Forgot UConn. Thanks HuskyU!

(09-21-2014 03:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  1. East Carolina

2-6. UCF, Temple, Memphis, Houston, Cincy in no particular order


7-11. Tulane, SMU, USF, Tulsa in no particular order

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There a big gap between 1 and 2-6, but an even bigger gap between 2-6 and 7-11.

Yeah. Certainly at this point, ECU is the clear top of the conference. They appear to be solid everywhere. Everyone else has issues to fix.

(09-21-2014 03:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  1. East Carolina

2-6. UCF, Temple, Memphis, Houston, Cincy in no particular order


7-11. Tulane, SMU, USF, Tulsa in no particular order

*************
There a big gap between 1 and 2-6, but an even bigger gap between 2-6 and 7-11.

oh sh!t...did we get kicked out again...?

Is ,Cali_Cat, Bearcat_Bounce?

(09-21-2014 04:18 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  Is ,Cali_Cat, Bearcat_Bounce?

yes

he's a uc hoops fan (huggins era) and doesn't really care or know squat about uc football

(09-21-2014 03:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  1. East Carolina

2-6. UCF, Temple, Memphis, Houston, Cincy in an order to be determined the next few weeks


7-11. Tulane, SMU, USF, Tulsa, UConn in an order to be determined the next few weeks

*************
There a big gap between 1 and 2-6, but an even bigger gap between 2-6 and 7-11.

EDIT: Forgot UConn. Thanks HuskyU!

I'd rather you forget this season!! Is is time for basketball yet...?

(09-21-2014 03:38 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 03:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  1. East Carolina

2-6. UCF, Temple, Memphis, Houston, Cincy in no particular order


7-11. Tulane, SMU, USF, Tulsa in no particular order

*************
There a big gap between 1 and 2-6, but an even bigger gap between 2-6 and 7-11.

Yeah. Certainly at this point, ECU is the clear top of the conference. They appear to be solid everywhere. Everyone else has issues to fix.

I think the chink in their armor is offensive line.

It's your opinion and I'm not here to change it but Will Stanback is a much better RB than Storm Johnson, in my opinion. Others can feel free to disagree. Storm Johnson did too much dancing around behind the line of scrimmage which is why his numbers were great but not elite. A RB with Storm's elite speed should've gotten 2,000 yards on the season against the schedule we played last year. Instead, he finished with 1,139 which culminated in a 7th round NFL pick.

Will Stanback lowers his shoulder and powers through defenders while having great speed as well. He had 6 TDs as a backup last year to Storm's 14 and also ran for over 440 yards. In the little playing time that he got compared to Storm, his season was filled with highlights. He had the monster hit against Memphis, trucked that Rutgers defender, scored 2 rushing TDs against Top 10 Louisville on the road, and in his game against Houston he had rushing TDs of 15 and 38 yards.

Our issues are not with the RBs at all but rather with our O-Line. The BCU game saw our 3rd offensive lineup in as many games. Hopefully this is the rotation we go with moving forward as Stanback rushed for over 100 yards and 2 TDs last night.

(09-21-2014 04:54 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 03:38 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 03:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  1. East Carolina

2-6. UCF, Temple, Memphis, Houston, Cincy in no particular order


7-11. Tulane, SMU, USF, Tulsa in no particular order

*************
There a big gap between 1 and 2-6, but an even bigger gap between 2-6 and 7-11.

Yeah. Certainly at this point, ECU is the clear top of the conference. They appear to be solid everywhere. Everyone else has issues to fix.

I think the chink in their armor is offensive line.

Actually, our OL has outperformed and is an upgrade from last year. We do have weaknesses like all teams but OL is definitely not ours so far.

The good news for all of us is we're in the same conference so we'll get to see how we all end up in no time.

(09-21-2014 11:59 AM)pesik Wrote:  4 weeks and i think ive gotten the gist of every team.. attack at me if you like


ECU:
looks to be the clear favorites, offense looks amazing, but i honestly thought the same thing about ECU last year in c-usa this point in the season

USF:
im not a fan of white or a fan of usf's offensive system. they have talent literally everywhere else on the field to rival any conference team.. but their 2 biggest short comings are probably the 2 biggest factors in college football today. i only see 2 winnable games left on the schedule for them and i wouldnt mark those as easy wins for them either

Tulsa:
Defense is horrible, offense is mediocre to start off with but is also very turnover prone, but are weirdly enough still in the bowl picture with a manageable schedule but i dont see it,

Cincy:
a very Good offense but still needs work and a horrible defense, firing your old DC despite being a good defense because he couldn't recruit on high level seems questionable now.. i still think they can beat miami, and maybe even ohio state..maybe..but this is the kinda of football that gets you upset by some team no one expected..im calling it now, cincy will have atleast 1 head scratcher loss

Temple:
Offense isnt as good as expected but still very good, Defense is dramatically better than expected but their secondary hasnt been tested yet which was the big problem last year. should be a bowl team

Memphis:
good offense, elite run defense, questionable pass defense. the next 3 game are program defining games for them that could change the course of Memphis football. beat Ole Miss to change the national perception likely becoming top 25, then beating cincy/houston would establish memphis as a conference power..beyond that its the dont get upset games by team that you should blowout

(me personally i want memphis to be good as they are one of the few teams that can average 50k+ when winning and as a Houston fan, they are the only other public school in our division starting next year so their is rivalry potential there)

UCF:
defense hasnt been looking as good as expected but still very good, ucf fans hyped the running game but that isnt that good (i always felt ucf fans undervalued the impact of johnson and losing him he had cut-ability and was a game changer, stanback is a great RB but he isnt the same type of RB johnson was) Hollman has been up and down, if ucf is to repeat a conference championship it will be on him and how quick he can get to speed, he has shown he can be game changer but he needs to show it more consistently

SMU:
defense is horrible, offense is horrible, but ironically they have found a spark on the offense wit their 4th string qb, he was moving the ball yesterday, more than any of the smu qbs can say..smu has players, they will either crumble or rally behind each other in the next few games

UConn.:
its not even that i think they are bad, they just arent good..outside off davis who they dont really even pass it too that much lack playmakers. they take almost no risks, they honestly play not to lose despite the fact they are still losing..they are trying to play 7-6 type games when opposing teams are actually scoring 28 to 38..

Houston:
pretty good D creates a lot of turnovers, up and down on offense, some games the pass looks bad but run looks great, the other run looks great and pass looks bad..or in utsa both looked bad..we'll find out alot vs UCF.

Tulane:
they are not a good team this year and will not a make a bowl, but will be competing for a conference title in 2years. anyone who looks at their scores will think they are horrible and getting blowout but those games if you actually watched will know those games were competitive and tulane is actually moving the ball but are like giving up 4-5 turnovers a game. but are extremely young, outside of WR almost all their top players are freshmen.

You have some uninformed opinions about USF, as the "talent at every position"is a little over the top. We have a lot of young talent but it's inexperienced and not every good recruit is going to pan out. Taggart is building foundation that will stabilize the program long term and not looking for short cuts. The reality is that we shouldn't be playing so many freshman and sophomores but that show how bad Holtz recruited.

(09-21-2014 05:18 PM)CyberBull Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 11:59 AM)pesik Wrote:  4 weeks and i think ive gotten the gist of every team.. attack at me if you like


ECU:
looks to be the clear favorites, offense looks amazing, but i honestly thought the same thing about ECU last year in c-usa this point in the season

USF:
im not a fan of white or a fan of usf's offensive system. they have talent literally everywhere else on the field to rival any conference team.. but their 2 biggest short comings are probably the 2 biggest factors in college football today. i only see 2 winnable games left on the schedule for them and i wouldnt mark those as easy wins for them either

Tulsa:
Defense is horrible, offense is mediocre to start off with but is also very turnover prone, but are weirdly enough still in the bowl picture with a manageable schedule but i dont see it,

Cincy:
a very Good offense but still needs work and a horrible defense, firing your old DC despite being a good defense because he couldn't recruit on high level seems questionable now.. i still think they can beat miami, and maybe even ohio state..maybe..but this is the kinda of football that gets you upset by some team no one expected..im calling it now, cincy will have atleast 1 head scratcher loss

Temple:
Offense isnt as good as expected but still very good, Defense is dramatically better than expected but their secondary hasnt been tested yet which was the big problem last year. should be a bowl team

Memphis:
good offense, elite run defense, questionable pass defense. the next 3 game are program defining games for them that could change the course of Memphis football. beat Ole Miss to change the national perception likely becoming top 25, then beating cincy/houston would establish memphis as a conference power..beyond that its the dont get upset games by team that you should blowout

(me personally i want memphis to be good as they are one of the few teams that can average 50k+ when winning and as a Houston fan, they are the only other public school in our division starting next year so their is rivalry potential there)

UCF:
defense hasnt been looking as good as expected but still very good, ucf fans hyped the running game but that isnt that good (i always felt ucf fans undervalued the impact of johnson and losing him he had cut-ability and was a game changer, stanback is a great RB but he isnt the same type of RB johnson was) Hollman has been up and down, if ucf is to repeat a conference championship it will be on him and how quick he can get to speed, he has shown he can be game changer but he needs to show it more consistently

SMU:
defense is horrible, offense is horrible, but ironically they have found a spark on the offense wit their 4th string qb, he was moving the ball yesterday, more than any of the smu qbs can say..smu has players, they will either crumble or rally behind each other in the next few games

UConn.:
its not even that i think they are bad, they just arent good..outside off davis who they dont really even pass it too that much lack playmakers. they take almost no risks, they honestly play not to lose despite the fact they are still losing..they are trying to play 7-6 type games when opposing teams are actually scoring 28 to 38..

Houston:
pretty good D creates a lot of turnovers, up and down on offense, some games the pass looks bad but run looks great, the other run looks great and pass looks bad..or in utsa both looked bad..we'll find out alot vs UCF.

Tulane:
they are not a good team this year and will not a make a bowl, but will be competing for a conference title in 2years. anyone who looks at their scores will think they are horrible and getting blowout but those games if you actually watched will know those games were competitive and tulane is actually moving the ball but are like giving up 4-5 turnovers a game. but are extremely young, outside of WR almost all their top players are freshmen.

You have some uninformed opinions about USF, as the "talent at every position"is a little over the top. We have a lot of young talent but it's inexperienced and not every good recruit is going to pan out. Taggart is building foundation that will stabilize the program long term and not looking for short cuts. The reality is that we shouldn't be playing so many freshman and sophomores but that show how bad Holtz recruited.

Exactly and the trenches specially OL need some JUCO additions to allow our freshmen talent to not have yo play right away

(09-21-2014 11:59 AM)pesik Wrote:  4 weeks and i think ive gotten the gist of every team.. attack at me if you like


ECU:
looks to be the clear favorites, offense looks amazing, but i honestly thought the same thing about ECU last year in c-usa this point in the season

USF:
im not a fan of white or a fan of usf's offensive system. they have talent literally everywhere else on the field to rival any conference team.. but their 2 biggest short comings are probably the 2 biggest factors in college football today. i only see 2 winnable games left on the schedule for them and i wouldnt mark those as easy wins for them either

Tulsa:
Defense is horrible, offense is mediocre to start off with but is also very turnover prone, but are weirdly enough still in the bowl picture with a manageable schedule but i dont see it,

Cincy:
a very Good offense but still needs work and a horrible defense, firing your old DC despite being a good defense because he couldn't recruit on high level seems questionable now.. i still think they can beat miami, and maybe even ohio state..maybe..but this is the kinda of football that gets you upset by some team no one expected..im calling it now, cincy will have atleast 1 head scratcher loss

Temple:
Offense isnt as good as expected but still very good, Defense is dramatically better than expected but their secondary hasnt been tested yet which was the big problem last year. should be a bowl team

Memphis:
good offense, elite run defense, questionable pass defense. the next 3 game are program defining games for them that could change the course of Memphis football. beat Ole Miss to change the national perception likely becoming top 25, then beating cincy/houston would establish memphis as a conference power..beyond that its the dont get upset games by team that you should blowout

(me personally i want memphis to be good as they are one of the few teams that can average 50k+ when winning and as a Houston fan, they are the only other public school in our division starting next year so their is rivalry potential there)

UCF:
defense hasnt been looking as good as expected but still very good, ucf fans hyped the running game but that isnt that good (i always felt ucf fans undervalued the impact of johnson and losing him he had cut-ability and was a game changer, stanback is a great RB but he isnt the same type of RB johnson was) Hollman has been up and down, if ucf is to repeat a conference championship it will be on him and how quick he can get to speed, he has shown he can be game changer but he needs to show it more consistently

SMU:
defense is horrible, offense is horrible, but ironically they have found a spark on the offense wit their 4th string qb, he was moving the ball yesterday, more than any of the smu qbs can say..smu has players, they will either crumble or rally behind each other in the next few games

UConn.:
its not even that i think they are bad, they just arent good..outside off davis who they dont really even pass it too that much lack playmakers. they take almost no risks, they honestly play not to lose despite the fact they are still losing..they are trying to play 7-6 type games when opposing teams are actually scoring 28 to 38..

Houston:
pretty good D creates a lot of turnovers, up and down on offense, some games the pass looks bad but run looks great, the other run looks great and pass looks bad..or in utsa both looked bad..we'll find out alot vs UCF.

Tulane:
they are not a good team this year and will not a make a bowl, but will be competing for a conference title in 2years. anyone who looks at their scores will think they are horrible and getting blowout but those games if you actually watched will know those games were competitive and tulane is actually moving the ball but are like giving up 4-5 turnovers a game. but are extremely young, outside of WR almost all their top players are freshmen.

I can’t disagree with anything you said about Temple, the only thing I can offer is I believe that a big part of the Temple defensive improvement over last season has to do with a deeper, more athletic and more physical pass rush. That should take some of the pressure off the secondary and that along with just better personal will improve the secondary.

Temple has a defensive TD in all three of it’s games this season, based off of last seasons play most would have though that impossible coming into this season.

Even with all that, 6-6 this season would be a gigantic step forward for a program that is still very young.

(09-21-2014 04:50 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  I'd rather you forget this season!! Is is time for basketball yet...?

Let's hope UConn football gets back on track.

It's telling how far Memphis has come in football that this Memphis fan has even forgotten about basketball season--a little bit anyway!

Actually, I literally forgot that I've got tix for the Memphis/Wichita State game in Sioux Falls SD on November 18,

Must mark the calendar.

(09-21-2014 12:42 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 12:39 PM)Cali_Cat Wrote:  Cincinnati: Offensive talent is there!!! Gunner stares down receivers a little too often and our OC sucks. Defensively everything sucks!!!! We are a 8-4 team, IMO!!!!

Gran does not suck.

Gunner just completed his second college game ever and hasn't played in a game prior to these two games in three years. Give the kid a break.

Our defense needs a lot of work.


Why do you use (!!!!!!) at the end of every sentence? What you have to say isn't really that exciting.....

He lusts after a woman named Cali and she scolds him.