What were the top C-USA football victories of the 2013 season?

Here my list:

1. Marshall over Maryland in the Military Bowl (Bowl win over the ACC)
2. North Texas over UNLV in the HOD Bowl (Bowl win over MWC)
3. ECU over Ohio in the Beef O'Brady's Bowl (Bowl win over MAC)
4. ECU over North Carolina (N. Carolina of the ACC won the Belk Bowl)
5. Rice over Marshall (C-USA Title Game)
6. North Texas over Ball State (Ball St. finished 10-2, will play in the Go Daddy Bowl)
7. Marshall over ECU (No one saw that beat down coming)
8. ECU over NC State (win over the ACC)
9. Rice over Kansas (win over the Big 12)
10. North Texas over Rice (only conference loss for Rice)

So UNT beating what's historically one of the worst college football programs of all time ranks higher than a P5 win over an in-state rival that won a bowl game.

(01-03-2014 10:31 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  What were the top C-USA football victories of the 2013 season?

Here my list:

1. Marshall over Maryland in the Military Bowl (Bowl win over the ACC)
2. North Texas over UNLV in the HOD Bowl (Bowl win over MWC)
3. ECU over North Carolina (N. Carolina of the ACC won the Belk Bowl)
4. Rice over Marshall (C-USA Title Game)
5. North Texas over Ball State (Ball St. finished 10-2, will play in the Go Daddy Bowl)
6. Marshall over ECU (No one saw that beat down coming)
7. ECU over NC State (win over the ACC)
8. Rice over Kansas (win over the Big 12)
9. North Texas over Rice (only conference loss for Rice)
10. Tulane over ECU (Great overtime game)

Homer pick of the year award goes.....

I saw the Marshall beat down of ECU coming.

I think North Carolina was the best team to fall to a CUSA team so I would probably rank that game #1.

The North Texas win over UNLV shouldn't be top 10. Great for the program and good for the conference but I don't classify as a big win.

Southern Miss over UAB to end "The Streak" has to be on there somewhere and probably number one if you're a USM fan.

Forgot about the Beef Bowl. Sorry.

I also saw the Marshall beatdown of ECU coming. I even told SJ at every opportunity that we would crush them at home. You can check my post history.

(01-03-2014 10:52 AM)banker Wrote:  I saw the Marshall beat down of ECU coming.

I saw us own the record all time, facilities, fan base, history, move up in conference, win the league MVP, more players in the NFL, higher ranking this year, better attendance oh forget it SJ will take of this.

(01-03-2014 11:02 AM)USMSTUD Wrote:  Southern Miss over UAB to end "The Streak" has to be on there somewhere and probably number one if you're a USM fan.

I would consider that in my top 10.

(01-03-2014 10:54 AM)wh49er Wrote:  The North Texas win over UNLV shouldn't be top 10. Great for the program and good for the conference but I don't classify as a big win.

Of course the win over UNLV is top 10. It was a dominant win over the MWC. It saved C-USA from posting a losing bowl record, and left the MWC at 3-3 too. If C-USA lost its last 3 bowls and finished 2-4 we would never hear the end of it.

(01-03-2014 11:08 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  Forgot about the Beef Bowl. Sorry.

I'd put the UNC beat down over that game any day of the week.

(01-03-2014 11:14 AM)TheBigEastSucks Wrote:  

(01-03-2014 10:52 AM)banker Wrote:  I saw the Marshall beat down of ECU coming.

I saw us own the record all time, facilities, fan base, history, move up in conference, win the league MVP, more players in the NFL, higher ranking this year, better attendance oh forget it SJ will take of this.

History? lol

More players in NFL? Nope.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/m

http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/e

Higher ranking this year? Nope. And this ranking is before we beat Maryland.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...s/3916355/

Head-to-head this year? Nope.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333330276

Conference MVP? lol. Scoreboard. Cato owns Carden. 2 of 3. Actually 2-0 since Cato was injured in Greenville last year.

(01-03-2014 10:54 AM)wh49er Wrote:  The North Texas win over UNLV shouldn't be top 10. Great for the program and good for the conference but I don't classify as a big win.

It's a bowl win, so it's unquestionably top 5 just on that alone. And it's a win over a MWC team, a conference universally perceived as superior to C-USA.

There is certainly a case to rank UNT's win over Ball State higher than the O.P. has it, considering they are the highest-ranked OOC opponent (#30) a C-USA team has beaten all season, and by a long shot. I might give ECU over UNC a slight edge (even though they're only ranked #61), though, because of the perception of the ACC and because of what that win means in their state.

(01-03-2014 11:16 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  Of course the win over UNLV is top 10. It was a dominant win over the MWC. It saved C-USA from posting a losing bowl record, and left the MWC at 3-3 too. If C-USA lost its last 3 bowls and finished 2-4 we would never hear the end of it.

Beating UNLV isn't like beating a bottom tier P5 team like Kentucky or Washington State. UNLV last season above .500 season was 2000. I'm happy for your program but I'll continue to have to disagree with you on this.

(01-03-2014 11:14 AM)TheBigEastSucks Wrote:  

(01-03-2014 10:52 AM)banker Wrote:  I saw the Marshall beat down of ECU coming.

I saw us own the record all time, facilities, fan base, history, move up in conference, win the league MVP, more players in the NFL, higher ranking this year, better attendance oh forget it SJ will take of this.

Yet lost the game that mattered.

(01-03-2014 11:56 AM)Hank Rearden Wrote:  

(01-03-2014 11:14 AM)TheBigEastSucks Wrote:  

(01-03-2014 10:52 AM)banker Wrote:  I saw the Marshall beat down of ECU coming.

I saw us own the record all time, facilities, fan base, history, move up in conference, win the league MVP, more players in the NFL, higher ranking this year, better attendance oh forget it SJ will take of this.

History? lol

More players in NFL? Nope.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/m

http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/e

Higher ranking this year? Nope. And this ranking is before we beat Maryland.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...s/3916355/

Head-to-head this year? Nope.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333330276

Conference MVP? lol. Scoreboard. Cato owns Carden. 2 of 3. Actually 2-0 since Cato was injured in Greenville last year.

Using your own logic, I guess that means that Rice's quarterback is better than Cato seeing as how he owned y'all in Houston?

In truth, the beating that Rice put on Marshall was worse than our loss to you. Rice is not a football power and is not as good as their record states. Otherwise, the Liberty bowl would have at least been competitive.

(01-03-2014 12:33 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote:  

(01-03-2014 11:14 AM)TheBigEastSucks Wrote:  

(01-03-2014 10:52 AM)banker Wrote:  I saw the Marshall beat down of ECU coming.

I saw us own the record all time, facilities, fan base, history, move up in conference, win the league MVP, more players in the NFL, higher ranking this year, better attendance oh forget it SJ will take of this.

Yet lost the game that mattered.

So none of our other 11 games mattered? Beating 2 in-state P5 rivals doesn't matter? ok.

Let's be honest, beating NC State is about as impressive as our win over Gardner Webb. NCST was putrid this year.