Nm.

What network?

REALLY hope you guys win. One, it gives us bragging rights over the CUSA teams (god knows if a nCUSA team wins the conference they'll never let us live it down) two, if UCF wins out they might end the year in the top 25 and three, if SMU beats Rice and then Tulsa next week, we'd have an all nBE CUSA Championship game. That might be a bit of wishful thinking, but who knows it could happen.

(11-17-2012 04:32 AM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  What network?

Fox Sports Net

Short term importance is that winner should end up hosting the C-USA title game, probably against the losing team. UCF and Tulsa should end up winning their divisions

Game is obviously a big one for Tulsa and UCF...but regardless of the outcome, the winner can't get too high and the loser can't get too low...as odds are, those same two teams will have to play each other again in the CUSA Championship Game in 2 weeks.

Tulsa is averaging 280 plus yards rushing in CUSA games...UCF is averaging around 220 yds rushing.

For UCF to win today, still think UCF QB Blake Bortles will have to have a BIG GAME...as Tulsa will probably try and stack the box to stop/slow down UCF RB Murray...which should put some UCF WR in man-to-man situations.

UCF has done a good job in not "shooting themselves in the foot"...but which ever team can score pts off turnovers...that might ultimately decide the outcome.

An important game to decide the worst conference in college football!

(11-17-2012 03:04 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  Nm.

"Just win baby"!

Go Knights!

The only reason CUSA and every other conference is considered the worst conference is due to the so called big boys will not schedule on a regular basis, and when they do they look for outs every yearso they can book another team due to TV. I think if the conferences outside of the circle jerk of the big5 would co.e to some sort of scheduling agreement the SOS would improve then those who are fotunate enough to get a game would have the opportunity to make some noise, but to do so they will need to run the table. Are conferences don't suck its the perception the bigger conference place on us for if they would schedule us they would see first hand that we are more relevant than what they think.

That was suppose to read CIRCLE first word and JERK on the second.

(11-17-2012 11:17 AM)BigOwensboroCard Wrote:  The only reason CUSA and every other conference is considered the worst conference is due to the so called big boys will not schedule on a regular basis, and when they do they look for outs every yearso they can book another team due to TV. I think if the conferences outside of the ****** **** of the big5 would co.e to some sort of scheduling agreement the SOS would improve then those who are fotunate enough to get a game would have the opportunity to make some noise, but to do so they will need to run the table. Are conferences don't suck its the perception the bigger conference place on us for if they would schedule us they would see first hand that we are more relevant than what they think.

Sorry, but based on the Sagarin rankings, Conference USA is in fact the worst division 1-A football conference. Schools in that conference have had games against Missouri, Ohio State (x2), Baylor, TCU, Iowa State, Arkansas, Kansas, UCLA, West Virginia, etc. So it is not like big schools didn't schedule schools from C-USA, in fact the large number of them may be why they are statistically the worst conference.

(11-17-2012 11:33 AM)bearcat PACO Wrote:  

(11-17-2012 11:17 AM)BigOwensboroCard Wrote:  The only reason CUSA and every other conference is considered the worst conference is due to the so called big boys will not schedule on a regular basis, and when they do they look for outs every yearso they can book another team due to TV. I think if the conferences outside of the ****** **** of the big5 would co.e to some sort of scheduling agreement the SOS would improve then those who are fotunate enough to get a game would have the opportunity to make some noise, but to do so they will need to run the table. Are conferences don't suck its the perception the bigger conference place on us for if they would schedule us they would see first hand that we are more relevant than what they think.

Sorry, but based on the Sagarin rankings, Conference USA is in fact the worst division 1-A football conference. Schools in that conference have had games against Missouri, Ohio State (x2), Baylor, TCU, Iowa State, Arkansas, Kansas, UCLA, West Virginia, etc. So it is not like big schools didn't schedule schools from C-USA, in fact the large number of them may be why they are statistically the worst conference.

Besides Ohio State those others are the cream puffs of their conferences. It is a shame then if those teams had such winnable games on the schedule and didn't take advantage of it. I still have a hard time seeing them be the worst conference, but numbers don't lie. Still someone each and every year is going to be amongst the worst conference not that that is what they are hoping to achieve, but just something that takes place unfortunately.

Good Luck Knights!
Louisville fans are pulling for you.
CJ

If UCF beats Tulsa, SMU still has a shot at the west title

(11-17-2012 11:33 AM)bearcat PACO Wrote:  Schools in that conference have had games against Missouri, Ohio State (x2), Baylor, TCU, Iowa State, Arkansas, Kansas, UCLA, West Virginia, etc.

Sadly, as in most years, a majority of biggest games were on the road this season for CUSA teams:

at Ohio State: UCF and UAB
at Iowa State: Tulsa
at Arkansas: Tulsa
at UCLA: Houston
at West Virginia: Marshall

CUSA had some big non-conf wins last year...as most of the top CUSA teams in 2011 had 5th year QB's (Tulsa, USM, ECU...Houston had a 6th year QB).

With both Houston and USM losing their head coaches this past winter and a lot of their top Asst Coaches, along with their 5th/6th year QB's...its been a huge rebuilding year for both.

Also, last year, a .7-6 CUSA team, Marshall, won on the ROAD at Big East Conf Co-Champ Louisville last year (Herd is just 4-6 this season) and same for Sunbelt Team FIU, who won at Louisville last year on the way to a 8-5 season, but this year, are just 3-8.

Good non-BCS teams generally have a much harder time to "rebuild" than most BCS teams...as non-BCS teams can and do have great seasons (see Houston, USM last year) but its much harder for them to have Top 25 type seasons year after year....something only Boise St has been able to do.

MAC teams have had a lot of Big non-conf wins this year...something they haven't been able to do much of in the past, year in and year out.

Conf strength goes up/down for every conf....believe non-bcs conf have much larger swings...as their programs have a much harder time to rebuild if they hit the jackpot with a certain senior/junior class.

2nd Q update:

Tulsa leads 10-7....kind of a slugfest...both teams have approx 165 of offense.

Big play of a game was a 70 yd TD pass/run by Tulsa...as UCF safety blew his coverage.

UCF gets a 79 yd INT TD return.

UCF leads Tulsa 14-10 with 2 mins left in 2nd Q.

Halftime:

UCF 14, Tulsa 10

Tulsa gets the 2nd half kickoff (and the wind)...Momentum might swing either way on the opening 2nd half drive.

Tulsa gets 2 TD drives to start the 2nd half...hurry up offense has hurt UCF's D adjustments.

Tulsa leads 23-14 as one PAT was blocked.