Predict the order of finish in each division.
East - Troy, Ga Southern, App, USA, Ga state
West - ASU, ULL, TEX State, NM, ULM, Idaho.

(04-11-2013 02:02 PM)Walter Sobchak Wrote:  Predict the order of finish in each division.
East - Troy, Ga Southern, App, USA, Ga state
West - ASU, ULL, TEX State, NM, ULM, Idaho.

I like your order But I think ULM will be a better than Texas State and New Mexico State. ASU will be the best overall and GState will bring up the rear.

East - Troy, Ga Southern, App, USA, Ga state
West - ASU, ULL, ULM, TEX State, NM, Idaho.

How about we get through the 2013 season first.

(04-11-2013 04:34 PM)troy4ever Wrote:  How about we get through the 2013 season first.

The voice of reason.

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In 2012 we were the highest ranked team in the East @ #72, so I think we improve on that by 2014. If you don't like Sagarin ratings, then tell Benson to quit using them in his press conferences.

East
1) Ga Southern
2) App St
3) Troy
4) JMU
5) USA
6) Ga St

West
1) Ark St
2) Tx St
3) ULM
4)Idaho
5) UL-£afayette
6) NMSU

ULL's season derails after an early season loss in Statesboro. Fans blame Huds for giving the Eagles bulletin board material and not apologizing for his derogatory FCS comments he made in 2012.

Ga Southern vs Ark St in a rematch of the 1986 FCS national title. Same results again. Ga Southern 48 Ark St 21.

(04-11-2013 05:09 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  In 2012 we were the highest ranked team in the East @ #72, so I think we improve on that by 2014. If you don't like Sagarin ratings, then tell Benson to quit using them in his press conferences.

East
1) Ga Southern
2) App St
3) Troy
4) JMU
5) USA
6) Ga St

West
1) Ark St
2) Tx St
3) ULM
4)Idaho
5) UL-£afayette
6) NMSU

Ga Southern vs Ark St in a rematch of the 1986 FCS national title. Same results again. Ga Southern 48 Ark St 21.


5)

1. To the OP, we haven't even played 2013 yet
2. To Georgia Southern fans, lay off the crack pipes. You expecting to run this conference from day 1 and repeatedly telling us so is getting incredibly old.
3. To GSUEagles, Sagarin rankings between FBS and FCS are as different as apples and motorcycles. There's not a way to accurately measure the differences and interchangeably rank the two. The Sagarin rankings should be taken with a grain of salt.

West
1) stAte
2) UL
3) Texas State
4) ULM
5) Idaho
6) NMSU

East
1) Troy
2) App St
3) USA
4) Ga State
5) Ga Southern

(04-11-2013 05:21 PM)gostAte870 Wrote:  West
1) stAte
2) UL
3) Texas State
4) ULM
5) Idaho
6) NMSU

East
1) Troy
2) App St
3) USA
4) Ga State
5) Ga Southern

Well played sir.

Aren't you guys glad you get to put up with us Georgia Southern fans for a year and a half before we can settle anything on the field?

I think its way to early to even think about this.
But ill bite on it.

East
TROY
USA
App State
GA Southern
GA State

West
UL
StAte
ULM
Texas State
Idaho
NMSU

East - Liberty, Jacksonville State, JMU, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Southern
West - NMSU, Idaho, UCA, Abilene Christian, Colorado School of Mines

I am just picking based on what Benson said at a press conference. He said the difference between App, Ga Southern and SBC teams is the letters FBS. He also said Ga Southern finished near the top of the conference Sagarin ratings in 2012. I think we will improve on that by 2014 which is why I am picking us to win the conference. If you don't like my picks then get mad at Benson. Don't shoot the messenger.

And I'll just sit back and watch to see what happens. This is not the FCS version of TXST.

(04-11-2013 05:37 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  I am just picking based on what Benson said at a press conference. He said the difference between App, Ga Southern and SBC teams is the letters FBS. He also said Ga Southern finished near the top of the conference Sagarin ratings in 2012. I think we will improve on that by 2014 which is why I am picking us to win the conference. If you don't like my picks then get mad at Benson. Don't shoot the messenger.

And former commissioner Wright Waters said USA would become the next Boise State when we announced the start of our program. It doesn't make it so. The commissioner is trying to build the conference, change the perception, and spin the stigma of adding more FCS teams. He isn't saying Georgia Southern will dominate the league.

I think people are underestimating Georgia State. The new coaching staff has already shown that they mean business. We might not win a single game next year, but I think the signs of improvement will be quite evident. The potential is there for GSU to be a force in the Sun Belt, so don't sleep on us.

So do we start on the 2015 thread tomorrow???

(04-11-2013 06:08 PM)Iceman Wrote:  I think people are underestimating Georgia State. The new coaching staff has already shown that they mean business. We might not win a single game next year, but I think the signs of improvement will be quite evident. The potential is there for GSU to be a force in the Sun Belt, so don't sleep on us.

I expect Ga St to be as good or better than F_U.

(04-11-2013 06:13 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  

(04-11-2013 06:08 PM)Iceman Wrote:  I think people are underestimating Georgia State. The new coaching staff has already shown that they mean business. We might not win a single game next year, but I think the signs of improvement will be quite evident. The potential is there for GSU to be a force in the Sun Belt, so don't sleep on us.

I expect Ga St to be as good or better than F_U.

In 2014???

Do u know anything about f_U?

(04-11-2013 05:09 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  In 2012 we were the highest ranked team in the East @ #72, so I think we improve on that by 2014. If you don't like Sagarin ratings, then tell Benson to quit using them in his press conferences.

East
1) Ga Southern
2) App St
3) Troy
4) JMU
5) USA
6) Ga St

West
1) Ark St
2) Tx St
3) ULM
4)Idaho
5) UL-£afayette
6) NMSU

ULL's season derails after an early season loss in Statesboro. Fans blame Huds for giving the Eagles bulletin board material and not apologizing for his derogatory FCS comments he made in 2012.

Ga Southern vs Ark St in a rematch of the 1986 FCS national title. Same results again. Ga Southern 48 Ark St 21.

(04-11-2013 05:09 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  In 2012 we were the highest ranked team in the East @ #72, so I think we improve on that by 2014. If you don't like Sagarin ratings, then tell Benson to quit using them in his press conferences.

East
1) Ga Southern
2) App St
3) Troy
4) JMU
5) USA
6) Ga St

West
1) Ark St
2) Tx St
3) ULM
4)Idaho
5) UL-£afayette
6) NMSU

ULL's season derails after an early season loss in Statesboro. Fans blame Huds for giving the Eagles bulletin board material and not apologizing for his derogatory FCS comments he made in 2012.

Ga Southern vs Ark St in a rematch of the 1986 FCS national title. Same results again. Ga Southern 48 Ark St 21.

In 2012 you were not in the East or even the SBC. Therefore, these assumptions are cute and all but that is simply what they are, assumptions.

No one could accurately predict how Georgia Southern's 2012 team could have done in the SBC. You could have some clever guesses here or there but it is all speculation none the less.

Sargarin can ride flaming grocery buggy while sucking on a nail gun as far as I am concerned. I don't even care enough to spell the stupid word correctly. It is an atrocious, hideous, and evil creation brought upon the Earth to devour the poor minds of unfortunate people who cheer for unfortunate schools that are in unfortunate positions.

Do not delude yourself into thinking your team could even win six games at this level. Yes, that even includes the lowly damn SBC as so many of your fans are fond of telling us about. We have talent (excuse me, had talent) that blew their noses with the Georgia Southern recruitment letter envelope. Are all of our players high grade? Hell no. That doesn't change the fact that it is still a higher level of quality across the board and two deep.

All that being said, it is not impossible that those predictions would prove true. Perhaps had Georgia Southern played with us in 2012 you would have finished on the top of the East. Perhaps, even, you beat a BCS team. It isn't unheard of and happens every year. But to assume, while playing better teams every week, that you would be successful at a consistent rate is a bold (and quite naive) statement.

(04-11-2013 07:45 PM)Paul of Troy Wrote:  

(04-11-2013 05:09 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  In 2012 we were the highest ranked team in the East @ #72, so I think we improve on that by 2014. If you don't like Sagarin ratings, then tell Benson to quit using them in his press conferences.

East
1) Ga Southern
2) App St
3) Troy
4) JMU
5) USA
6) Ga St

West
1) Ark St
2) Tx St
3) ULM
4)Idaho
5) UL-£afayette
6) NMSU

ULL's season derails after an early season loss in Statesboro. Fans blame Huds for giving the Eagles bulletin board material and not apologizing for his derogatory FCS comments he made in 2012.

Ga Southern vs Ark St in a rematch of the 1986 FCS national title. Same results again. Ga Southern 48 Ark St 21.

In 2012 you were not in the East or even the SBC. Therefore, these assumptions are cute and all but that is simply what they are, assumptions.

No one could accurately predict how Georgia Southern's 2012 team could have done in the SBC. You could have some clever guesses here or there but it is all speculation none the less.

Sargarin can ride flaming grocery buggy while sucking on a nail gun as far as I am concerned. I don't even care enough to spell the stupid word correctly. It is an atrocious, hideous, and evil creation brought upon the Earth to devour the poor minds of unfortunate people who cheer for unfortunate schools that are in unfortunate positions.

Do not delude yourself into thinking your team could even win six games at this level. Yes, that even includes the lowly damn SBC as so many of your fans are fond of telling us about. We have talent (excuse me, had talent) that blew their noses with the Georgia Southern recruitment letter envelope. Are all of our players high grade? Hell no. That doesn't change the fact that it is still a higher level of quality across the board and two deep.

All that being said, it is not impossible that those predictions would prove true. Perhaps had Georgia Southern played with us in 2012 you would have finished on the top of the East. Perhaps, even, you beat a BCS team. It isn't unheard of and happens every year. But to assume, while playing better teams every week, that you would be successful at a consistent rate is a bold (and quite naive) statement.

Could not have said it better myself.