1. WVU - has its faults, but a prohibitive favorite IMO

2. UConn - finally starting to fuffil its promise, but defense still subpar
3. Pitt - a win over FIU would hardly excite me, but appears Wanny made the right moves
4. USF - new hire Holtz beginning to pay off
5. Cincinnati - good game vs. OU promising, but still 1-3, and have mistakes and injuries to contend with

6. Syracuse - proven nothing yet, but these are tough guys under Marone
7. Louisville - hadn't expected them to be competitive with the likes of Oregon State so quickly; Strong looking like a good hire

8. Rutgers - 2-2 (should probably be 1-3) against the easiest preseason schedule in the BE; Schiano's days numbered?

1) WVU

Tier 2 in no particular order
UConn
Pitt
USF
Cincy

Tier 3 in no particular order
Syracuse
Louisville

8) Rutgers - The bottomfeeders are back!

WV - win over Terps - close loss to LSU.
Pitt - close loss to Utah -embarrassed by Miami - need to see if Miami is real.

Rutgers - defense is there - lost close ones to UNC and Tulane - drop Sanu / Tebowidist - open up the offense with Savage and get a field goal kicker - we'll be ok.

UCinn - nice comeback against Oklahoma - sleeper for conference play.

USF - taking wait and see for a couple of more weeks - looking steady under Holtz so far.

UConn - Buffalo / Vanderbilt wins offset by Temple and Michigan blowouts.

L'Ville - close games against Kentucky and Oregon State - close wins against weaker opponents.

Syracuse - whacked by Washington - beat up on Colgate, Maine, and Toledo. Winning the games they should win but not impressed with the competition.

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

1. WVU
2. Pitt
3. UConn
4. USF
5. UofL
6. Cuse
7. Cincy
8. Rutgers

1. WVU, but not by much
2. Pitt, UConn, USF (but not by much over anybody else)
3. UC (until they win a real game)
5. UofL, Cuse
6. Rutgers

Tier - 1 West Virginia
Tier - 2 Pitt
Tier - 3 Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, UConn
Tier - 4 Syracuse
Tier - 5 Rutgers

Even with the tiers, anybody could win the Big East right now! We do not have a dominate team right now.

(10-03-2010 02:10 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:   Even with the tiers, anybody could win the Big East right now! We do not have a dominate team right now.

Spot on Wilkie That's the good thing about our conference absolutely blowing chunks. Anyone can win.

Think of the mix, if add four more from TCU, Houston, Memphis, ECU, Temple, Nova, or Central Florida?

(10-03-2010 02:33 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(10-03-2010 02:10 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:   Even with the tiers, anybody could win the Big East right now! We do not have a dominate team right now.

Spot on Wilkie That's the good thing about our conference absolutely blowing chunks. Anyone can win.

Wrong! There's one team that ain't blowing chunks. You better get that through your heads now...

WVU's defense is nationally ranked in several important categories...

#8 in total defense (ypg)
#10 in rushing defense (ypg)
#12 in scoring defense (ppg)...
#20 in passing defense (ypg)

The offense is doing too shabby either. WVU won't run into a defense the caliber of LSU's the rest of the season. So y'all best be ready...

You lost to that LSU team that barely got by Tennessee. You are not that much better than anyone else in the conference.

You'll find that out soon enough, flea...

1 WVU
2 UConn
3 Pitt
4 Cincinnati
5 USF
6 Syracuse
7 Loiusville
8 Rutgers

WVU
USF
Pitt
UConn
Cincy
Cuse
Rutgers
Ville

1. WVU
2. USF
3. Pittsburgh
4. UCONN
5. Cincy
6. Louisville
7. Syracuse
8. Rutgers

(10-03-2010 05:13 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  You'll find that out soon enough, flea...

We're all going to find out soon enough, about everybody. That's the cool thing about plunging in to the conference schedule.

I'm glad USF got to play a tough OOC opponent on the road. Having played Florida in Gainesville, well we probably won't face anything worse in our coming games, and that experience might be of help going on the road in the Big East.

Nothing compares to LSU - and the only environment in The BEast that comes anywhere close to an SEC environment is WVU, and Milan Puskar is a pale shadow...

Gee Bit, we're all trembling in fear at the sight of Ol' Gomer authoritatively stalking the sidelines

It ain't Gomer you got to worry about. It's Geno, and he's going to get better each week as he gains experience...

You'll find that out when it's your turn to play us...

(10-03-2010 10:04 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Nothing compares to LSU - and the only environment in The BEast that comes anywhere close to an SEC environment is WVU, and Milan Puskar is a pale shadow...

We will find out soon enough. USF has done pretty darn well at Puskar and after playing at Gainesville wont be intimidated by it.