http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...y/7102939/

Early projected order of finish:

East:

Marshall

Western Kentucky

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee State

Old Dominion

UAB

Florida International

West:

Rice

Texas-San Antonio

Louisiana Tech

North Texas

Southern Mississippi

UTEP

Grrr..."Texas-San Antonio" I guess it wouldn't bother me if they called UTEP "Texas-El Paso" or UCLA "California-Los Angeles"

oh, God. we'll be talking about this sh!t until we finally tee it up.

bonus question: how many replies before someone says the words "mashall", "road", and "championship game" in the same sentence?

(03-31-2014 02:03 PM)Digi368 Wrote:  Grrr..."Texas-San Antonio" I guess it wouldn't bother me if they called UTEP "Texas-El Paso" or UCLA "California-Los Angeles"

Earlier in the article he uses UTSA but refers to us as Alabama-Birmingham. No consistent usage.

Paul is pretty solid. He does the best preseason countdown out there. Shoot him an email and Im sure he will correct the article if its not consistent.

(03-31-2014 01:57 PM)OwlFamily Wrote:  Early projected order of finish:

East:

Marshall

Western Kentucky

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee State

Old Dominion

UAB

Florida International

As an ODU fan I would take that finish in a heartbeat.

Nice to see that USA Today agrees that Marshall is on the road to the 2014 conference championship game!

Pretty nice praise for La Tech considering the season they had. Strong recruiting and pedigree should make them a contender

Looking down the road, it appears that Marshall will be in the championship game.

Marshall should be there. Y'all have a perfect schedule to be able to swoop into that bowl tie-in for the non power leagues.

(03-31-2014 02:12 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Nice to see that USA Today agrees that Marshall is on the road to the 2014 conference championship game!

Welcome back to Rice Stadium!

(03-31-2014 02:58 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(03-31-2014 02:12 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Nice to see that USA Today agrees that Marshall is on the road to the 2014 conference championship game!

Welcome back to Rice Stadium!

Nope! This year, the road to the CCG, goes through San Antonio

We're gonna spoil someone's championship hopes this year. Maybe it can be Marshall since they have to go on the road to Birmingham.

(03-31-2014 02:13 PM)Digi368 Wrote:  Pretty nice praise for La Tech considering the season they had. Strong recruiting and pedigree should make them a contender

only if Tech finds a QB between now and the first game of the season

(03-31-2014 02:58 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(03-31-2014 02:12 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Nice to see that USA Today agrees that Marshall is on the road to the 2014 conference championship game!

Welcome back to Rice Stadium!

zing!

If Marshall is the favorite I feel pretty good about my Owls having a shot at the East title. We took them to the wire and should of won that game. Will be interesting to see how the new coach does in keeping the momentum going. All signs indicate that he has.

(03-31-2014 02:12 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Nice to see that USA Today agrees that Marshall is on the road to the 2014 conference championship game!

that actually took longer than I thought it would.

(03-31-2014 02:03 PM)Digi368 Wrote:  Grrr..."Texas-San Antonio" I guess it wouldn't bother me if they called UTEP "Texas-El Paso" or UCLA "California-Los Angeles"

at least you're not last, little bro. UghTSA, ootsa, Texas-San Antonio

(03-31-2014 03:48 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-31-2014 02:03 PM)Digi368 Wrote:  Grrr..."Texas-San Antonio" I guess it wouldn't bother me if they called UTEP "Texas-El Paso" or UCLA "California-Los Angeles"

at least you're not last, little bro. UghTSA, ootsa, Texas-San Antonio

Eagle Fans would like to thank Texas-El Paso for keeping us out of the cellar.

(03-31-2014 04:01 PM)USMSTUD Wrote:  

(03-31-2014 03:48 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-31-2014 02:03 PM)Digi368 Wrote:  Grrr..."Texas-San Antonio" I guess it wouldn't bother me if they called UTEP "Texas-El Paso" or UCLA "California-Los Angeles"

at least you're not last, little bro. UghTSA, ootsa, Texas-San Antonio

Eagle Fans would like to thank Texas-El Paso for keeping us out of the cellar.

We always do our best