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(10-09-2013 07:15 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Football is a team sport. If everyone isn't performing their role, the whole system gets blown up. We led the Villanova game 14-0 in the first quarter and just fell out of sync somewhere IMO. I don't think their defense exposed us or did anything special. Every team has a game like this, which is why undefeated seasons are so rare, even for Alabama. In the NFL, it has never been done. I'm not worried about Villanova and I am not worried about Liberty. I am a little more worried about Maryland because the size and talent gap was so obvious. We have a long way to go if we want to compete at a level that will get a stronger conference to notice, though I do think we'll be ready to compete in CUSA next season at about .500. Says more about the conference than us though. Outside ECU and Marshall, they've been awful.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins went undefeated. Certainly a rare feat.
10-09-2013 07:40 AM
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(10-09-2013 07:40 AM)Tbac3 Wrote:  
(10-09-2013 07:15 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Football is a team sport. If everyone isn't performing their role, the whole system gets blown up. We led the Villanova game 14-0 in the first quarter and just fell out of sync somewhere IMO. I don't think their defense exposed us or did anything special. Every team has a game like this, which is why undefeated seasons are so rare, even for Alabama. In the NFL, it has never been done. I'm not worried about Villanova and I am not worried about Liberty. I am a little more worried about Maryland because the size and talent gap was so obvious. We have a long way to go if we want to compete at a level that will get a stronger conference to notice, though I do think we'll be ready to compete in CUSA next season at about .500. Says more about the conference than us though. Outside ECU and Marshall, they've been awful.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins went undefeated. Certainly a rare feat.

They certainly did.
10-09-2013 07:44 AM
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(10-09-2013 07:15 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Football is a team sport. If everyone isn't performing their role, the whole system gets blown up. We led the Villanova game 14-0 in the first quarter and just fell out of sync somewhere IMO. I don't think their defense exposed us or did anything special. Every team has a game like this, which is why undefeated seasons are so rare, even for Alabama. In the NFL, it has never been done. I'm not worried about Villanova and I am not worried about Liberty. I am a little more worried about Maryland because the size and talent gap was so obvious. We have a long way to go if we want to compete at a level that will get a stronger conference to notice, though I do think we'll be ready to compete in CUSA next season at about .500. Says more about the conference than us though. Outside ECU and Marshall, they've been awful.

I would add Rice to make a top three with ECU and Marshall. Their only two losses were to BCS schools, with one being Texas A&M -- although the second loss was to struggling Kansas.

There are several teams that I believe will continue to improve. In the next couple of years I see UTSA, Rice, North Texas, LA Tech, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Marshall, ODU and possibly Charlotte becoming the consistent nucleus of a much stronger conference, with three or four of these teams being exceptionally strong in any given year. I think there is still hope for USM to return to its more traditional role in the conference, but I am beginning to have some doubts.

For the foreseeable future, I believe FIU, FAU, UAB, and UTEP will remain perennial cellar dwellers much like Duke, Wake, and UVA in the ACC.

C-USA is clearly rebuilding its football brand. I see a lot of potential in this group of schools, but only time will tell if that potential is realized.

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10-09-2013 08:10 AM
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(10-09-2013 07:40 AM)Tbac3 Wrote:  
(10-09-2013 07:15 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Football is a team sport. If everyone isn't performing their role, the whole system gets blown up. We led the Villanova game 14-0 in the first quarter and just fell out of sync somewhere IMO. I don't think their defense exposed us or did anything special. Every team has a game like this, which is why undefeated seasons are so rare, even for Alabama. In the NFL, it has never been done. I'm not worried about Villanova and I am not worried about Liberty. I am a little more worried about Maryland because the size and talent gap was so obvious. We have a long way to go if we want to compete at a level that will get a stronger conference to notice, though I do think we'll be ready to compete in CUSA next season at about .500. Says more about the conference than us though. Outside ECU and Marshall, they've been awful.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins went undefeated. Certainly a rare feat.

Guess I was thinking 19-0. Patriots went into the SB at 18-0 and lost.
10-09-2013 08:13 AM
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Rice runs the TO. It will be interesting to see how utsa does this weekend against them.
10-09-2013 09:00 AM
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Western Kentucky is very good. They crushed Kentucky this year and manhandled Navy's TO. Only getting better under Petrino.
10-09-2013 09:39 AM
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(10-09-2013 08:13 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Guess I was thinking 19-0. Patriots went into the SB at 18-0 and lost.

Can we not talk about this????

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10-09-2013 09:40 AM
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(10-09-2013 09:00 AM)workingodu Wrote:  Rice runs the TO. It will be interesting to see how utsa does this weekend against them.

Wait, do they? I've seen them a couple times this year, don't remember running the triple option. Certainly not primary scheme. Right?
10-09-2013 11:06 AM
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No..sorry rice stopped running it 2005. Ran it from 1994 to 2005. I didn't read the article far enough.
10-09-2013 11:53 AM
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(10-09-2013 09:40 AM)djnva Wrote:  
(10-09-2013 08:13 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Guess I was thinking 19-0. Patriots went into the SB at 18-0 and lost.

Can we not talk about this????

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sorry, but given the way this season has gone, that game is too good of a memory for me! 18-1!! Helmet catch! Eli MVP!
10-09-2013 11:55 AM
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(10-09-2013 11:55 AM)ODU_NYG Wrote:  
(10-09-2013 09:40 AM)djnva Wrote:  
(10-09-2013 08:13 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Guess I was thinking 19-0. Patriots went into the SB at 18-0 and lost.

Can we not talk about this????

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sorry, but given the way this season has gone, that game is too good of a memory for me! 18-1!! Helmet catch! Eli MVP!

Quoted for the good memories.
10-09-2013 02:15 PM
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How you liking Eli these days?

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10-09-2013 06:23 PM
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(10-09-2013 06:23 PM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  How you liking Eli these days?

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I'll still take him over any QB in the NFC East.
10-10-2013 09:16 AM
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(10-10-2013 09:16 AM)finalcloud Wrote:  
(10-09-2013 06:23 PM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  How you liking Eli these days?

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I'll still take him over any QB in the NFC East.

Even Tony NomoCOGS
10-10-2013 11:55 AM
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Taking Eli is the interception contest?
10-10-2013 11:56 AM
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I love the Cowboys. Why? Their yearly struggles, despite having big names and a good QB, are absolutely hilarious.

Here's a little tidbit to chew on: kids who are now coming of legal driving age have witnessed just one Cowboys playoff victory during their entire lifetime.

Some teams are bad because of injuries. Some teams are bad because of a lack of talent. Some teams stink at drafting. And then there's the Cowboys, who do not fit into any of those categories, yet their fans have their dreams crushed every year around December or January. Gotta give the fans credit, though. They certainly don't back away and they come into every year as energized as anybody.
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Every thread has a life expectancy. This one died several pages ago, it just doesn't know it's dead.
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