(09-27-2016 09:43 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote: (09-27-2016 08:36 AM)JCGSU Wrote: How the heck we stayed ahead of CUSA after last weekend is amazing. They are really really bad this year. They have five of the six lowest rated teams in the FBS....that is like early 2000's Sun Belt bad.
CUSA didn't have a great week at all. They lost all non-conference games. Meanwhile in SBC Idaho beat UNLV and App beat Akron to help us maintain our lead. I hate Louisiana lost to Tulane in 4OT...
CUSA non-conference games in week 4:
Charlotte lost to Temple
WKU lost to Vandy
FAU lost to Ball State
FIU lost to UCF
Marshall lost to Louisvile
Here's CUSA's FBS OOC resume so far
1. WKU over Miami (OH). Miami (OH)'s record 0-4 (0-3 FBS, plus a loss to FCS Eastern Illinois)
2. UTEP over NMSU. NMSU's FBS record is 1-3 (UNM)
3. MTSU over BGSU. BGSU's FBS record is 0-3
4. USM over Kentucky. UK's FBS record is 2-2 (NMSU, USC)
That's all. Second best win is over NMSU. Total FBS OOC record 4-30. I don't think any of CUSA's OOC teams looks likely to bowl (Kentucky might). Or even come close at this point. Nor are any of the teams that they beat also beat are looking likely to bowl at this point either
While USA might get boat raced this weekend, here are a few selected CUSA performances so far against weak P5/G5 teams
UTEP lost 66-14, at home, to Army.
FIU lost by a combined 135-33 to Indiana, Maryland, and UCF (all at home)
Charlotte lost 37-19, at home, to Eastern Michigan
Marshall lost 65-38, at home, to Akron
What Toledo or Utah State did to stAte isn't even remotely comparable. Has there been any beat down of any of our teams that bad?. I don't think Boise's destruction of ULL is really comparable.
CUSA in 2015 looks a lot like the Sun Belt in 2005. They might not use up all their bowl slots. I have USM, WKU, MTSU, and LTU looking like bowl teams. Maybe 1 or 2 from the rest of the field, especially if they start to beat up on each other. ODU looks like the most likely of the field. They need to find someone else to get to 6 wins or they're leaving a bowl slot open (or even two). Could the 11 member Sun Belt have more bowl teams than the 13 member CUSA? App, Ga So, and Troy look like locks. Texas State looks somewhat favorable due to schedule. USA and ULL are in the mix.