(08-25-2015 09:27 PM)zfred12 Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 03:50 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  PJ Walker
Jahad Thomas
Jager Gardner
TJ Simmons
Ryquell Armstead
David Hood
Robby Anderson
Keith Kirkwood
Adonis Jennings
Ventell Bryant
Romond Deloatch
John Christopher
Brodrick Yancy
Cortrelle Simpson
Derrek Thomas
Matt Eaton
Colin Thompson
Kip Patton
Patrick Anderson

Do we have a lot of young, unproven players? Yes, unquestionably, but we have PLENTY of firepower.

Never heard of 75% of this list so it is pointless and makes me think you don't have the firepower. Backfire.

plus it takes more than 15 people to have a good football team.....that's if these people are even good. Maybe he meant they are good for a program on Temple's level....like relatively speaking.

(08-25-2015 09:29 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 09:27 PM)zfred12 Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 03:50 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  PJ Walker
Jahad Thomas
Jager Gardner
TJ Simmons
Ryquell Armstead
David Hood
Robby Anderson
Keith Kirkwood
Adonis Jennings
Ventell Bryant
Romond Deloatch
John Christopher
Brodrick Yancy
Cortrelle Simpson
Derrek Thomas
Matt Eaton
Colin Thompson
Kip Patton
Patrick Anderson

Do we have a lot of young, unproven players? Yes, unquestionably, but we have PLENTY of firepower.

Never heard of 75% of this list so it is pointless and makes me think you don't have the firepower. Backfire.

plus it takes more than 15 people to have a good football team.....that's if these people are even good. Maybe he meant they are good for a program on Temple's level....like relatively speaking.

Maybe. I get temple returns a lot of starters but these are the same starters who went 6-6 last year right? Is there a different temple people are getting hyped bout? Gonna have to see it to believe it

Anyone heard of anyone other than PJ Walker on that list? And even he is only like the 6th or 7th best QB in the AAC.

Poor Temple. If they finish higher than 4th in their division, I'll be amazed.

I will take a crack at it:

AAC East:
UC 9-3
UCF 9-3 (loss @ UC give UC the tiebreaker)
Temple 8-4 or 7-5
ECU 7-5 or 8-4...depends on new qb
USF 4-8 Bulls continue to struggle...Willie T gone soon.
UCONN 2-10 Fans realize Disco Diaco is not the answer

AAC West
Memphis 8-4 Lighting in a bottle is hard to capture twice...too many losses on defense
Navy 8-4 another solid to good year for Navy
UH 7-5 or 8-4 Not sure yet...but home slate is favorable
Tulane 3-9 or 4-8 They suck a little less this year.....just a little.
Tulsa 4-8 or 3-9 hey, it's Tulsa
SMU 3-9 or 4-8 pretty much tough times in Dallas but I think one of their wins will be against an AAC team they are not supposed to beat.

AAC East:
UC 10-2
ECU 8-4
UCF 8-4
Temple 7-5
USF 4-8
UCONN 4-8

AAC West
UH 8-4
Memphis 8-4
Navy 7-5
Tulane 4-8
SMU 4-8
Tulsa 3-9

UC over UH AAC Championship Game

(08-25-2015 10:16 PM)Piratelife4me Wrote:  AAC East:
UC 10-2
ECU 8-4
UCF 8-4
Temple 7-5
USF 4-8
UCONN 4-8

AAC West
UH 8-4
Memphis 8-4
Navy 7-5
Tulane 4-8
SMU 4-8
Tulsa 3-9

UC over UH AAC Championship Game

I hope one of our teams can get through with no more than 1 loss. We need that Access Bowl. Your predictions look fair, I'm just really hoping for an undefeated for the AAC. We need to make that cash money.

(08-25-2015 08:08 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 07:59 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 04:26 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  You are very wrong. There are very few teams in the country we can't compete with. ND, Penn State, UCF and UC not among them.

I can come up with about 50 that temple couldn't compete with for a full game. About 30 that temple can't compete with period

50 that they could not compete with? Utter garbage. Name em right now.

Sorry, was up to my elbows in shrimp and didn't have time to respond.

Let's start with the entire AP top 25, Mississippi St, TA&M, Oklahoma St, VaTech, Utah, Penn St, Louisville, Cincy, Nebraska, Kansas St, UCF, Navy, Florida, Miami (FL), Memphis, BYU, Ole Miss, Kentucky

There's 43 that I don't believe Temple can compete with for an entire game. I'm sure there are a few that Temple could surprise or keep closer than I give them credit for, but that can be said for any team. Point is there are certainly more than "very few" teams that Temple can't compete with

I'm not going to bother with records, but here goes:

East
1. UC
2. UCF
T3. Temple
T3. ECU
5. USF
6. UConn

West
1. Houston
2. Memphis
3. Navy
4. Tulane
5. Tulsa
6. SMU

Championship
UC beats Houston at Nippert Stadium

EAST
1) UC
2) UCF
3) ECU
4) USF
5) Temple
6) UCONN

WEST
1) Navy
2) Memphis
3) Houston
4) Tulane
5) Tulsa
6) SMU

I dont see any AAC team with only 1 loss. The conf is going to have a lot of parity and be decent (the nation wont notice).

Boise will run roughshod over weaker mwc teams.

The AAC will get stronger and we will continue to beat each other up (with more P5 wins too) and Boise will dominate a weaker MWC.

=Boise easiest access to big bowls.

Looks like Boise knew what they were doing staying in the MWC

checkmate

East
1. UCF
2. UC
3. Temple*
4. ECU*
5. USF
6. UConn

West
1. Navy
2. Houston
3. Memphis
4. Tulane
5. Tulsa
6. SMU

* Edited after learning Benkert could be out for season

(08-25-2015 07:59 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 04:26 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  You are very wrong. There are very few teams in the country we can't compete with. ND, Penn State, UCF and UC not among them.

I can come up with about 50 that temple couldn't compete with for a full game. About 30 that temple can't compete with period

That's a joke right?

(08-26-2015 11:45 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 07:59 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 04:26 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  You are very wrong. There are very few teams in the country we can't compete with. ND, Penn State, UCF and UC not among them.

I can come up with about 50 that temple couldn't compete with for a full game. About 30 that temple can't compete with period

That's a joke right?

Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

(08-26-2015 11:49 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:45 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 07:59 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 04:26 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  You are very wrong. There are very few teams in the country we can't compete with. ND, Penn State, UCF and UC not among them.

I can come up with about 50 that temple couldn't compete with for a full game. About 30 that temple can't compete with period

That's a joke right?

Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

LOL really dude Navy and Memphis? Just an FYI last year we lost to Navy by a touchdown and Memphis by a last second field goal. On top of that VT and Miami (FL) are trash. I guess there's about 70 teams ECU wouldn't be able to compete with this year by your logic.

(08-26-2015 11:56 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:49 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:45 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 07:59 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 04:26 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  You are very wrong. There are very few teams in the country we can't compete with. ND, Penn State, UCF and UC not among them.

I can come up with about 50 that temple couldn't compete with for a full game. About 30 that temple can't compete with period

That's a joke right?

Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

LOL really dude Navy and Memphis? Just an FYI last year we lost to Navy by a touchdown and Memphis by a last second field goal. On top of that VT and Miami (FL) are trash. I guess there's about 70 teams ECU wouldn't be able to compete with this year by your logic.

1. This isn't last year. 2. If it was last year, you're telling me that a 6-6 team can compete with the vast majority of division I football teams. That's just silly.

There very well may be a good 50 or more teams that ECU won't be able to compete with for a full game after today's loss, we will just have to see. Prior to Benkert's injury I would have put it at about 25-30 teams that would completely out-class ECU on the field.

(08-26-2015 12:04 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:56 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:49 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:45 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 07:59 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  I can come up with about 50 that temple couldn't compete with for a full game. About 30 that temple can't compete with period

That's a joke right?

Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

LOL really dude Navy and Memphis? Just an FYI last year we lost to Navy by a touchdown and Memphis by a last second field goal. On top of that VT and Miami (FL) are trash. I guess there's about 70 teams ECU wouldn't be able to compete with this year by your logic.

1. This isn't last year. 2. If it was last year, you're telling me that a 6-6 team can compete with the vast majority of division I football teams. That's just silly.

There very well may be a good 50 or more teams that ECU won't be able to compete with for a full game after today's loss, we will just have to see. Prior to Benkert's injury I would have put it at about 25-30 teams that would completely out-class ECU on the field.

Full starting defense returns, Robby Anderson returns, and much more experience and depth all around. If a team goes 6-6 and the next year returns almost all of their starters you wouldn't expect that team to get better? You do realize players gain strength, speed and experience in the off season right? Look at our schedule and explain to me where you see 6 losses.

(08-26-2015 12:07 PM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 12:04 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:56 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:49 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:45 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  That's a joke right?

Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

LOL really dude Navy and Memphis? Just an FYI last year we lost to Navy by a touchdown and Memphis by a last second field goal. On top of that VT and Miami (FL) are trash. I guess there's about 70 teams ECU wouldn't be able to compete with this year by your logic.

1. This isn't last year. 2. If it was last year, you're telling me that a 6-6 team can compete with the vast majority of division I football teams. That's just silly.

There very well may be a good 50 or more teams that ECU won't be able to compete with for a full game after today's loss, we will just have to see. Prior to Benkert's injury I would have put it at about 25-30 teams that would completely out-class ECU on the field.

Full starting defense returns, Robby Anderson returns, and much more experience and depth all around. If a team goes 6-6 and the next year returns almost all of their starters you wouldn't expect that team to get better? You do realize players gain strength, speed and experience in the off season right? Look at our schedule and explain to me where you see 6 losses.

The players at other schools gain strength, speed and experience in the offseason too. Not sure if returning almost all starters from a 6-6 team is reason for a whole lot of optimism. They will have to prove on the field that they can win. So far they have not been able to do that.

(08-26-2015 12:07 PM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 12:04 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:56 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:49 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:45 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  That's a joke right?

Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

LOL really dude Navy and Memphis? Just an FYI last year we lost to Navy by a touchdown and Memphis by a last second field goal. On top of that VT and Miami (FL) are trash. I guess there's about 70 teams ECU wouldn't be able to compete with this year by your logic.

1. This isn't last year. 2. If it was last year, you're telling me that a 6-6 team can compete with the vast majority of division I football teams. That's just silly.

There very well may be a good 50 or more teams that ECU won't be able to compete with for a full game after today's loss, we will just have to see. Prior to Benkert's injury I would have put it at about 25-30 teams that would completely out-class ECU on the field.

Full starting defense returns, Robby Anderson returns, and much more experience and depth all around. If a team goes 6-6 and the next year returns almost all of their starters you wouldn't expect that team to get better? You do realize players gain strength, speed and experience in the off season right? Look at our schedule and explain to me where you see 6 losses.

There's no guarantee that every player will be better, or even as good as last year, not to mention potential injuries. What happens when you lose one or two of those starters?

As for losses, I've got Temple losing to Cincy, UCF, Memphis, and ECU in conference and Penn State and ND OOC. There's your 6 without any WTF games, and even with ECU's QB injury I still feel good about that game since it's a Thursday night game mid-season.

(08-26-2015 12:14 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 12:07 PM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 12:04 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:56 AM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(08-26-2015 11:49 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  Nope, see my previous explanation. I'm not knocking Temple at all, it's a much more reasonable statement than 'there are very few teams in the country "we" (Temple) can't compete with".

LOL really dude Navy and Memphis? Just an FYI last year we lost to Navy by a touchdown and Memphis by a last second field goal. On top of that VT and Miami (FL) are trash. I guess there's about 70 teams ECU wouldn't be able to compete with this year by your logic.

1. This isn't last year. 2. If it was last year, you're telling me that a 6-6 team can compete with the vast majority of division I football teams. That's just silly.

There very well may be a good 50 or more teams that ECU won't be able to compete with for a full game after today's loss, we will just have to see. Prior to Benkert's injury I would have put it at about 25-30 teams that would completely out-class ECU on the field.

Full starting defense returns, Robby Anderson returns, and much more experience and depth all around. If a team goes 6-6 and the next year returns almost all of their starters you wouldn't expect that team to get better? You do realize players gain strength, speed and experience in the off season right? Look at our schedule and explain to me where you see 6 losses.

There's no guarantee that every player will be better, or even as good as last year, not to mention potential injuries. What happens when you lose one or two of those starters?

As for losses, I've got Temple losing to Cincy, UCF, Memphis, and ECU in conference and Penn State and ND OOC. There's your 6 without any WTF games, and even with ECU's QB injury I still feel good about that game since it's a Thursday night game mid-season.

Pretty bold putting so much confidence in a completely unproven JUCO transfer. We'll see you then.

EAST
UC
TEMPLE
UCF
USF
ECU
UCONN

WEST
MEMPHIS
NAVY
HOUSTON
TULANE
TULSA
SMU