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Well with Tulsa getting blown out the door I think the west is wide open. Tulsa has a lot to work on. North Texas, UTEP, UTSA are all not ready. La Tech is really young. I'm not sold completely on Rice but they finished strong last year. Is Tulane a sleeper pick? What are your thoughts on the west?

Rice it is

LaTech has 32 seniors last year. However, they somehow got a 6th year of eligibility for 5 of them...

Colin Fly ‏@cfly 28 Aug
#CUSA MT @McMurphyESPN: La Tech may have set NCAA record by getting 5 players 6th year of eligibility this year. Good news for @LATechSHoltz

Bowling Green is a good program and the game is at Bowling Green. Don't rule Tulsa out yet.

Sticking by my Rice pick. They will be a tough game for us.

(08-29-2013 10:21 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Bowling Green is a good program and the game is at Bowling Green. Don't rule Tulsa out yet.

I agree, just think this opens the door for others. They didn't just lose but got blown out. Tulsa has rebounded before though.

Tulsa got their WTF performance out of the way early. Wakeup call. They'll be fine...

Tulsa still wins west

(08-29-2013 11:51 PM)4thDownBlazer Wrote:  Tulsa still wins west

If they do, then it sure makes the West look weak in comparison. You can hear it now, the team the won C-USA west is so weak they were blown out by a MAC school.

(08-30-2013 03:02 AM)BhamSnap Wrote:  

(08-29-2013 11:51 PM)4thDownBlazer Wrote:  Tulsa still wins west

If they do, then it sure makes the West look weak in comparison. You can hear it now, the team the won C-USA west is so weak they were blown out by a MAC school.

At the MAC school, in the first game of the season. If they lose to Tulane, UTSA, or North Texas later in the season, that's going to look a lot worse. I don't know why everybody hates on the MAC, the conference isn't as bad as some people want to make it out to be.

It'll be Tulsa or Rice.

(08-30-2013 07:51 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 03:02 AM)BhamSnap Wrote:  

(08-29-2013 11:51 PM)4thDownBlazer Wrote:  Tulsa still wins west

If they do, then it sure makes the West look weak in comparison. You can hear it now, the team the won C-USA west is so weak they were blown out by a MAC school.

At the MAC school, in the first game of the season. If they lose to Tulane, UTSA, or North Texas later in the season, that's going to look a lot worse. I don't know why everybody hates on the MAC, the conference isn't as bad as some people want to make it out to be.

I watched some of the game, and Tulsa just looked s l o w. They were moving around like they were running in water or something. They lost a lot of people to graduation and it just didnt look like they have anywhere near the number of speedy athletes they used to.

It wasn't the fact that they got beat by a MAC school. It was one if their best teams against one if ours. It was how they got beat. If that performance repeats itself Blankenship may be looking for a new job.