Not really. You have to remember, Barry Brunetti was taking instruction from Tim Tebow this spring. Tebow's mojo, which Brunetti stole, is now going to Morgantown. May God have mercy on WVU's foes, for the Tebow-ness now residing in Brunetti has no mercy for the inferior...

1. UC
2. Pitt
3. WVU
4. UConn
5. USF
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

UC will not go unbeaten in the non-conference part of the schedule but will be good enough to get at least a share of the league. Maybe around 10-2. Pitt somewhere around 9-3, WVU around 8-4 to maybe 9-3. Everybody else will anywhere from 5 to 7 wins with UConn being the best of the rest; however, I don't like how the schedule gives them the big boys in the league at home because its easier to pick games when there are more autmatic wins. That being said UConn is a team I need review come August because they could win the conference.

(05-19-2010 02:57 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Not really. You have to remember, Barry Brunetti was taking instruction from Tim Tebow this spring. Tebow's mojo, which Brunetti stole, is now going to Morgantown. May God have mercy on WVU's foes, for the Tebow-ness now residing in Brunetti has no mercy for the inferior...

I realize your being sarcastic but if West Virginia relies on a true freshman quarterback then no way in hell do they win the Big East. The wide receiver group has already been hurt by Long and Heastie leaving. Teams will just stack the box on Devine. Geno Smith needs to have a good year for WVU to contend for the title.

I don't think WVU's WR prospects will be hurt at all by Heastie and Long's departure. From all reports, neither was willing to do the work needed, and expected starting WR spots to be handed to them without the work necessary to win the starting job. The Mountaineers will be far better off with WRs with a little bit less talent, and a lot more drive...

Sarcastic comments not withstanding, if Brunetti wins the starting QB job he'll have earned it. WVU will do just fine, no matter who is behind center. I remember a freshman QB leading WVU to a BCS bowl game just 5 years ago, and you should remember that Brunetti hasn't lost a game he's started since middle school...

(05-19-2010 04:24 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I don't think WVU's WR prospects will be hurt at all by Heastie and Long's departure. From all reports, neither was willing to do the work needed, and expected starting WR spots to be handed to them without the work necessary to win the starting job. The Mountaineers will be far better off with WRs with a little bit less talent, and a lot more drive...

Sarcastic comments not withstanding, if Brunetti wins the starting QB job he'll have earned it. WVU will do just fine, no matter who is behind center. I remember a freshman QB leading WVU to a BCS bowl game just 5 years ago, and you should remember that Brunetti hasn't lost a game he's started since middle school...

Yeah but you can't expect every freshman to be Pat White... I think West Virginia will be good but I'm not going to by into the hype until I see Smith or Brunetti play well.

(05-19-2010 04:42 PM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(05-19-2010 04:24 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I don't think WVU's WR prospects will be hurt at all by Heastie and Long's departure. From all reports, neither was willing to do the work needed, and expected starting WR spots to be handed to them without the work necessary to win the starting job. The Mountaineers will be far better off with WRs with a little bit less talent, and a lot more drive...

Sarcastic comments not withstanding, if Brunetti wins the starting QB job he'll have earned it. WVU will do just fine, no matter who is behind center. I remember a freshman QB leading WVU to a BCS bowl game just 5 years ago, and you should remember that Brunetti hasn't lost a game he's started since middle school...

Yeah but you can't expect every freshman to be Pat White... I think West Virginia will be good but I'm not going to by into the hype until I see Smith or Brunetti play well.

Nobody expected Pat White to be Pat White - until he happened. WVU was the only school willing to let him play QB, and it worked out just fine. For all we know, the next big star could be Jeremy Johnson, the Mountaineers other freshman QB...

Sh!t happens, when and where it will. Not when we want, or where we want it...

(05-18-2010 04:57 PM)animus Wrote:  1 Cincy
2 Pitt
3 UConn
4 WVU
5 USF
6 Rutgers
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

I'll go with:

1. PITT
2. UC
3. WVU
4. UCONN
5. Rutgers
6. USF
7. UL
8. Cuse

PS: I don't know what is more silly....The fact that Orange Cuse picked Syracuse 5th or that he picked UC last.

if the beast wants to survive they need to be proactive, fluck the fears of the split, kick out depaul, seton hall, providence they are not bcs caliber schools, tell nd now before the big tin expands in totaly or out, we need an ansewer next week.

let nd leave and be totaly independent in all sports, which will force them to join big tin..................

offer ucf full membership force nova, georgetown, st johns to play fb.
let the johnies play independent for 2 yrs..................

marianato must act now on notre dame..............

nova, georgetown can play in nfl stadiums for now, if rutger leaves bring in houston or tcu..........................

(05-20-2010 06:50 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(05-18-2010 04:57 PM)animus Wrote:  1 Cincy
2 Pitt
3 UConn
4 WVU
5 USF
6 Rutgers
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

I'll go with:

1. PITT
2. UC
3. WVU
4. UCONN
5. Rutgers
6. USF
7. UL
8. Cuse

PS: I don't know what is more silly....The fact that Orange Cuse picked Syracuse 5th or that he picked UC last.

I dont believe that Syracuse nor Cincy will finish last. I go withall of your picks except I think Cuse will finish around 6th this season.

I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

(05-20-2010 01:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

the problem w/ cinci is they have no defence all the big boys have to come to storrs so uconn seems to be the favorite, watch out for pitt and wv though.................

(05-20-2010 10:38 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 01:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

the problem w/ cinci is they have no defence all the big boys have to come to storrs so uconn seems to be the favorite, watch out for pitt and wv though.................

LOL, Cincinnati doesn't have a defense? Yet Connecticut does? UC gave up just over 22 points per game in conference last year and that is with the horrible 3-4 scheme that Diaco ran and zero regard for time of possession. The defense will be much better this year. Guess how UConn's defense did last year? Gave up 30 points a game in conference. For as much crap as UC's defense gets, they had the third best scoring defense in the conference and had by far the best scoring offense.

Oh, and here is another stat. UConn was last, yes DEAD LAST in the conference in total defense last year in conference play. They gave up a whopping 458 yards a game last year. UC was at 349, still not great but good for 4th in the conference.

UC has a better returning quarterback, better returning skill players and hell I guess I'll take UC's defense over UConn's to.

Therefore my predictions:
1. Cincinnati
2. Pittsburgh
3. West Virginia
4. Connecticut
5. South Florida
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

(05-21-2010 12:58 AM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 10:38 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 01:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

the problem w/ cinci is they have no defence all the big boys have to come to storrs so uconn seems to be the favorite, watch out for pitt and wv though.................

LOL, Cincinnati doesn't have a defense? Yet Connecticut does? UC gave up just over 22 points per game in conference last year and that is with the horrible 3-4 scheme that Diaco ran and zero regard for time of possession. The defense will be much better this year. Guess how UConn's defense did last year? Gave up 30 points a game in conference. For as much crap as UC's defense gets, they had the third best scoring defense in the conference and had by far the best scoring offense.

Oh, and here is another stat. UConn was last, yes DEAD LAST in the conference in total defense last year in conference play. They gave up a whopping 458 yards a game last year. UC was at 349, still not great but good for 4th in the conference.

UC has a better returning quarterback, better returning skill players and hell I guess I'll take UC's defense over UConn's to.

Therefore my predictions:
1. Cincinnati
2. Pittsburgh
3. West Virginia
4. Connecticut
5. South Florida
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

If you actually got a clue what you are talking about, maybe some people will actually pay attention to what you say. The way you talk people would think you beat UCONN by 30 points last year vs. 2 point final sec victory at home on national TV. Difference between Cincy, Pitt, WVU and UCONN was very little last year. Cincy got the breaks while UCONN did not get any breaks.

UCONN lost its best defensive player to murder. Secondary was playing with mostly freshmen entire season and our MLB Lutrus was out majority of the year. That was not a normal UCONN defense. If you know a thing about UCONN at all, defense was always the strength of the team except for last year. In the BE, I will say Pitt is the other team with really strong defense.

I think Cincy D gonna get rolled this coming year in the Big East. That UCONN OLINE gonna maul that Cincy DL when you visit the Rent. As for your skill players, I won't be so sure they are that much better. Games are won in the trenches and I like UCONN's trenches a lot better. I like UCONN's chances next game cause Pitt, WVU and Cincy are all visiting the Rent unlike all 3 were road games last year.

(05-21-2010 01:21 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(05-21-2010 12:58 AM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 10:38 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 01:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

the problem w/ cinci is they have no defence all the big boys have to come to storrs so uconn seems to be the favorite, watch out for pitt and wv though.................

LOL, Cincinnati doesn't have a defense? Yet Connecticut does? UC gave up just over 22 points per game in conference last year and that is with the horrible 3-4 scheme that Diaco ran and zero regard for time of possession. The defense will be much better this year. Guess how UConn's defense did last year? Gave up 30 points a game in conference. For as much crap as UC's defense gets, they had the third best scoring defense in the conference and had by far the best scoring offense.

Oh, and here is another stat. UConn was last, yes DEAD LAST in the conference in total defense last year in conference play. They gave up a whopping 458 yards a game last year. UC was at 349, still not great but good for 4th in the conference.

UC has a better returning quarterback, better returning skill players and hell I guess I'll take UC's defense over UConn's to.

Therefore my predictions:
1. Cincinnati
2. Pittsburgh
3. West Virginia
4. Connecticut
5. South Florida
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

If you actually got a clue what you are talking about, maybe some people will actually pay attention to what you say. The way you talk people would think you beat UCONN by 30 points last year vs. 2 point final sec victory at home on national TV. Difference between Cincy, Pitt, WVU and UCONN was very little last year. Cincy got the breaks while UCONN did not get any breaks.

UCONN lost its best defensive player to murder. Secondary was playing with mostly freshmen entire season and our MLB Lutrus was out majority of the year. That was not a normal UCONN defense. If you know a thing about UCONN at all, defense was always the strength of the team except for last year.

I think Cincy D gonna get rolled this coming year in the Big East. That UCONN OLINE gonna maul that Cincy DL when you visit the Rent. As for your skill players, I won't be so sure they are that great. Games are won in the trenches and I like UCONN's trenches a lot better. I like UCONN's chances next game cause Pitt, WVU and Cincy are all visiting the Rent unlike all 3 were road games last year.

Hey, I was just correcting him when he said UC had no defense. Yeah, UC's defense wasn't too impressive but statistically UConn's was MUCH worse. You can sugarcoat it all you want but UConn's defense was awful last year. Cincinnati's D might very well get rolled next year at UConn but there is no way in hell UConn stops UC either, unless they show remarkable improvements on the defensive side of the ball.

(05-21-2010 01:40 AM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(05-21-2010 01:21 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(05-21-2010 12:58 AM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 10:38 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(05-20-2010 01:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

the problem w/ cinci is they have no defence all the big boys have to come to storrs so uconn seems to be the favorite, watch out for pitt and wv though.................

LOL, Cincinnati doesn't have a defense? Yet Connecticut does? UC gave up just over 22 points per game in conference last year and that is with the horrible 3-4 scheme that Diaco ran and zero regard for time of possession. The defense will be much better this year. Guess how UConn's defense did last year? Gave up 30 points a game in conference. For as much crap as UC's defense gets, they had the third best scoring defense in the conference and had by far the best scoring offense.

Oh, and here is another stat. UConn was last, yes DEAD LAST in the conference in total defense last year in conference play. They gave up a whopping 458 yards a game last year. UC was at 349, still not great but good for 4th in the conference.

UC has a better returning quarterback, better returning skill players and hell I guess I'll take UC's defense over UConn's to.

Therefore my predictions:
1. Cincinnati
2. Pittsburgh
3. West Virginia
4. Connecticut
5. South Florida
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

If you actually got a clue what you are talking about, maybe some people will actually pay attention to what you say. The way you talk people would think you beat UCONN by 30 points last year vs. 2 point final sec victory at home on national TV. Difference between Cincy, Pitt, WVU and UCONN was very little last year. Cincy got the breaks while UCONN did not get any breaks.

UCONN lost its best defensive player to murder. Secondary was playing with mostly freshmen entire season and our MLB Lutrus was out majority of the year. That was not a normal UCONN defense. If you know a thing about UCONN at all, defense was always the strength of the team except for last year.

I think Cincy D gonna get rolled this coming year in the Big East. That UCONN OLINE gonna maul that Cincy DL when you visit the Rent. As for your skill players, I won't be so sure they are that great. Games are won in the trenches and I like UCONN's trenches a lot better. I like UCONN's chances next game cause Pitt, WVU and Cincy are all visiting the Rent unlike all 3 were road games last year.

Hey, I was just correcting him when he said UC had no defense. Yeah, UC's defense wasn't too impressive but statistically UConn's was MUCH worse. You can sugarcoat it all you want but UConn's defense was awful last year. Cincinnati's D might very well get rolled next year at UConn but there is no way in hell UConn stops UC either, unless they show remarkable improvements on the defensive side of the ball.

UCONN D will be a lot better next year. Secondary is the big question mark but it has shown incredible improvement in the final game against South Carolina. Those extra bowl practices helped a lot. UCONN always got stud secondary players (number of them are playing in the big league) and those freshmen will be a lot better this coming year. DL will be very strong and LB corp will be one of the best in the country.

What you saw last year was the worst UCONN D I have ever seen since they started BE play. Jasper Howard was the shut down corner featured in just about every UCONN D of the past. Losing Howard really hurt UCONN big time last year.

1. Cincinnati
2. Pitt
3. UCONN
4. WVU
5. Rutgers
6. South Florida
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

The champs, stay the champs, until they are not the champs.

UCONN made a great run at the end of that UC game last year, but they never had the ball with a chance to take the lead in the second half and UC helped them with some bone head plays. The big turning point was where UC punted up three possessions on 4th and like 3 in UCONN territory. That was put it away territory because UCONN had not stopped them all day. Instead they punt, three guys overrun the coverage thinking they might down it... the UCONN guy catches it and runs it to the house. The game was not nearly as close as the final score indicates, but UCONN fans will take that to the grave as stone cold proof they were every bit as good as the unbeaten (back to back) conference champions.

On paper I think UC may be even better than last year, they are certainly deeper at wide receiver, just as experienced on the offensive line, they'll be better running the ball (and they were good last year though didn't do it much). They'll have more experience on defense and hopefully will ultimately be better for it. Until someone dethrones them I cannot pick against them.

On paper they will be better on offense. On defense? Not sure yet. Although the switch back to the 4-3 from Bob Diaco's dreadful 3-4 should help a bunch.

I see some 48-41 type games in UC's near future.

(05-21-2010 10:30 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  On paper they will be better on offense. On defense? Not sure yet. Although the switch back to the 4-3 from Bob Diaco's dreadful 3-4 should help a bunch.

I see some 48-41 type games in UC's near future.

So do I.

The first string defense I saw all spring was pretty good and would be good enough to contain the other teams in the league enough for our offense to win the games. The problem is that we have some major depth concerns. If we have even a few injuries, the defense declines in a hurry.

(05-21-2010 10:44 AM)subflea Wrote:  

(05-21-2010 10:30 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  On paper they will be better on offense. On defense? Not sure yet. Although the switch back to the 4-3 from Bob Diaco's dreadful 3-4 should help a bunch.

I see some 48-41 type games in UC's near future.

So do I.

The first string defense I saw all spring was pretty good and would be good enough to contain the other teams in the league enough for our offense to win the games. The problem is that we have some major depth concerns. If we have even a few injuries, the defense declines in a hurry.

Agreed. I can only hope that the reserves get adequate game experience by the time BE play starts. But, with our schedule it'll be next to impossible. With so many projected starters being underclassmen, 2011 should be the year we put together a good defense.

Offense will still be good enough to win 9-10 total.

Given our conference schedule, which I like (can't say no to 4 home/3 road), my two biggest worries are UConn and WVU. With thier QB issues, I'd rather see WVU sooner in the season.

(05-20-2010 01:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  I see some people have changed their preseason picks LOL. Here is mine:

1 UCONN
2 Pitt
3 Cincy
4 WVU
5 RU
6 USF
7 Syracuse
8 Loiusville

I've got a news flash for you. Until UConn proves they can actually beat WVU, you shouldn't dare to rank the Huskies ahead of the Mountaineers. It ain't going to happen this year, dude...

(05-21-2010 11:04 AM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  Given our conference schedule, which I like (can't say no to 4 home/3 road), my two biggest worries are UConn and WVU. With thier QB issues, I'd rather see WVU sooner in the season.

By the time conference play begins, WVU should have the kinks in the offense worked out, unless one of the true freshmen end up behind center for some reason. WVU's offense is going to be good. But I think it will be the defense that ultimately controls WVU's destiny, and the Mountaineer D should be very good...