I think it's an overstatement to say the SBC teams are competitive against the SEC and ACC on the whole.

The Cajuns were the most complete team last year and pretty much got walke on by a horrible Arkansas team.

The WKU and Kentucky two game stretch doesn't make a pattern.

I think it's smart to stick to one paycheck game per year and focus on playing AAC and CUSA teams where there is a lot of competition. The future isn't in winning the off game against the SEC but consistently beating other G5 programs.

HeartofDixie, I agree with you. I don't know if Ga. Southern can get to only 1 paycheck game right now (we have 2 scheduled for 2015 and 2016) but I would love to see 1 paycheck game, 2 home/homes vs. CUSA/MAC/AAC and 1 home vs. a FCS.

(07-21-2014 02:10 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  HeartofDixie, I agree with you. I don't know if Ga. Southern can get to only 1 paycheck game right now (we have 2 scheduled for 2015 and 2016) but I would love to see 1 paycheck game, 2 home/homes vs. CUSA/MAC/AAC and 1 home vs. a FCS.

I think that would be a good setup.

I'm against paycheck games, although I understand their importance, because they widen the gap between the programs each time. That's the reason playing respectable G5 squads, like ECU, UCF, USF, Houston and such will be big. Essentially, beat the AAC.

A scheduling alliance with the MAC would also be beneficial.

(07-21-2014 02:15 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 02:10 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  HeartofDixie, I agree with you. I don't know if Ga. Southern can get to only 1 paycheck game right now (we have 2 scheduled for 2015 and 2016) but I would love to see 1 paycheck game, 2 home/homes vs. CUSA/MAC/AAC and 1 home vs. a FCS.

I think that would be a good setup.

I'm against paycheck games, although I understand their importance, because they widen the gap between the programs each time. That's the reason playing respectable G5 squads, like ECU, UCF, USF, Houston and such will be big. Essentially, beat the AAC.

A scheduling alliance with the MAC would also be beneficial.

I kind of like the schedule. We have two VERY winnable teams, one that we beat last year that is at home, Kentucky who we have beaten before and played to the wire last time, our state flagship school, and a Texas A&M team that is predicted to be at the bottom of the SEC this year, but perception was is still living off Johhny Football days. I agree with the poster earlier that says it will depend on how quick Pete Thomas picks up the system. Word is he is working over time studying and working with receivers and is determined to have a great Senior year. I say 2-2.

(07-21-2014 12:35 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  ULM must need money badly to schedule 4 P5 schools ( no doubt all 1 and done's).

0-4 for them I see.

Wake is a home game

(07-21-2014 12:19 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Not meant as a slam at ULM but do you guys usually play 3 "money" games? To me that seems a bit much. We are doing it this year at Ga. Southern as well but I don't think going forward starting next year when we are actually bowl eligible that we will play more than 2 per year.

I know the money is probably very good to play 3 a year but it certainly makes that bowl eligible mark harder to reach. For Sun Belt teams right now that mark is probably 7 wins so if you lose 3 money games that means you have to go 7-2 over the other 9 to quality.

Sometimes it's also the opportunity that comes up. If LSU offers a state school a chance to play them then you don't say no. Wake Forest is the end of a home-and-home series while Kentucky and ULM have played each other four times and the administrations know each other. Texas A&M is probably the opponent who was scheduled as a true money game from the beginning.

I do not see us going better than 2-2 on this OOC schedule. I can't see us beating LSU or TA&M. Wake and Kentucky will be tough enough but I think we have a real chance against both of them.

(07-21-2014 02:07 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think it's an overstatement to say the SBC teams are competitive against the SEC and ACC on the whole.

The Cajuns were the most complete team last year and pretty much got walke on by a horrible Arkansas team.

The WKU and Kentucky two game stretch doesn't make a pattern.

I think it's smart to stick to one paycheck game per year and focus on playing AAC and CUSA teams where there is a lot of competition. The future isn't in winning the off game against the SEC but consistently beating other G5 programs.

I don't know. I personally expect AState to beat Tennessee this year...and if the game is not at least close, I wont be happy about it.

The top of the SBC needs to start taking games off the bottom of the SEC/ACC/PAC12/Big10/Big12. Otherwise, we wont go where we need. I'll write off the Cajuns/Pigs game last year as an aberration caused by the opening game of a new coach. They did lose to ULM just a season earlier.

I want AState to continue to schedule MWC Teams. I like their name value a bit more than most of the AAC.

(07-21-2014 10:29 AM)MobileBama Wrote:  SIAP but ULM's non conference schedule is no joke:

Wake Forrest
at LSU
at Kentucky
at Texas A&M

South Alabama's NC schedule not far behind
@Kent State
Mississippi State
@South Carolina
Navy

(07-21-2014 09:48 PM)JoeJag Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 10:29 AM)MobileBama Wrote:  SIAP but ULM's non conference schedule is no joke:

Wake Forrest
at LSU
at Kentucky
at Texas A&M

South Alabama's NC schedule not far behind
@Kent State
Mississippi State
@South Carolina
Navy

If Kent State had not stunk last year, I would have said it was a tougher schedule. Navy is better than Kentucky, and Miss State should be better than A&M this year.

(07-21-2014 12:35 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  ULM must need money badly to schedule 4 P5 schools ( no doubt all 1 and done's).

0-4 for them I see.

We're not going to get that much from Kentucky compared to LSU and TA&M. Since Wake Forest was a home-and-home we'll get nothing from them except what we take in on August 28th.

(07-21-2014 09:47 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 02:07 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think it's an overstatement to say the SBC teams are competitive against the SEC and ACC on the whole.

The Cajuns were the most complete team last year and pretty much got walke on by a horrible Arkansas team.

The WKU and Kentucky two game stretch doesn't make a pattern.

I think it's smart to stick to one paycheck game per year and focus on playing AAC and CUSA teams where there is a lot of competition. The future isn't in winning the off game against the SEC but consistently beating other G5 programs.

I don't know. I personally expect AState to beat Tennessee this year...and if the game is not at least close, I wont be happy about it.

The top of the SBC needs to start taking games off the bottom of the SEC/ACC/PAC12/Big10/Big12. Otherwise, we wont go where we need. I'll write off the Cajuns/Pigs game last year as an aberration caused by the opening game of a new coach. They did lose to ULM just a season earlier.

I want AState to continue to schedule MWC Teams. I like their name value a bit more than most of the AAC.

You're a lot more confident than I am. The better SEC teams won't have a problem with a SBC team.

I fully expect the Rebels to thump the Cajuns by a wide margin, same for the Vols over the Redwolves, and the Tigers over the Warhawks.

(07-22-2014 11:06 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 09:47 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 02:07 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think it's an overstatement to say the SBC teams are competitive against the SEC and ACC on the whole.

The Cajuns were the most complete team last year and pretty much got walke on by a horrible Arkansas team.

The WKU and Kentucky two game stretch doesn't make a pattern.

I think it's smart to stick to one paycheck game per year and focus on playing AAC and CUSA teams where there is a lot of competition. The future isn't in winning the off game against the SEC but consistently beating other G5 programs.

I don't know. I personally expect AState to beat Tennessee this year...and if the game is not at least close, I wont be happy about it.

The top of the SBC needs to start taking games off the bottom of the SEC/ACC/PAC12/Big10/Big12. Otherwise, we wont go where we need. I'll write off the Cajuns/Pigs game last year as an aberration caused by the opening game of a new coach. They did lose to ULM just a season earlier.

I want AState to continue to schedule MWC Teams. I like their name value a bit more than most of the AAC.

You're a lot more confident than I am. The better SEC teams won't have a problem with a SBC team.

I fully expect the Rebels to thump the Cajuns by a wide margin, same for the Vols over the Redwolves, and the Tigers over the Warhawks.

Yes, but you also are an SEC Fan, while I hate every SEC team except Ole Miss and Auburn. That could explain the difference.

(07-21-2014 10:51 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 10:49 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 10:44 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 10:43 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I'd say 0-4 or 1-3, sorry.

Nah. Wake and Kentucky are weaker than most G5 schools.

Wake is the winnable game.

ULM still has little chance of beating Kentucky in my opinion.

The other two are as close to impossible as it gets without actually being impossible.

An average WKU team beat Kentucky twice in a row. If ULM has any sort of talent coming back, they need to win that game. Its one of those games that SBC teams should win.

Kentucky is what I call a pseudo SEC team. They are only SEC because of their basketball program,.

That's the way I view Vanderbilt, but only because of their name and history with the SEC.

(07-22-2014 11:14 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-22-2014 11:06 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 09:47 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 02:07 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think it's an overstatement to say the SBC teams are competitive against the SEC and ACC on the whole.

The Cajuns were the most complete team last year and pretty much got walke on by a horrible Arkansas team.

The WKU and Kentucky two game stretch doesn't make a pattern.

I think it's smart to stick to one paycheck game per year and focus on playing AAC and CUSA teams where there is a lot of competition. The future isn't in winning the off game against the SEC but consistently beating other G5 programs.

I don't know. I personally expect AState to beat Tennessee this year...and if the game is not at least close, I wont be happy about it.

The top of the SBC needs to start taking games off the bottom of the SEC/ACC/PAC12/Big10/Big12. Otherwise, we wont go where we need. I'll write off the Cajuns/Pigs game last year as an aberration caused by the opening game of a new coach. They did lose to ULM just a season earlier.

I want AState to continue to schedule MWC Teams. I like their name value a bit more than most of the AAC.

You're a lot more confident than I am. The better SEC teams won't have a problem with a SBC team.

I fully expect the Rebels to thump the Cajuns by a wide margin, same for the Vols over the Redwolves, and the Tigers over the Warhawks.

Yes, but you also are an SEC Fan, while I hate every SEC team except Ole Miss and Auburn. That could explain the difference.

It has more to do with those being decent to good SEC teams. The Belt's wins against the SEC have been exclusively against bad SEC teams.

(07-22-2014 11:06 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 09:47 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 02:07 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think it's an overstatement to say the SBC teams are competitive against the SEC and ACC on the whole.

The Cajuns were the most complete team last year and pretty much got walke on by a horrible Arkansas team.

The WKU and Kentucky two game stretch doesn't make a pattern.

I think it's smart to stick to one paycheck game per year and focus on playing AAC and CUSA teams where there is a lot of competition. The future isn't in winning the off game against the SEC but consistently beating other G5 programs.

I don't know. I personally expect AState to beat Tennessee this year...and if the game is not at least close, I wont be happy about it.

The top of the SBC needs to start taking games off the bottom of the SEC/ACC/PAC12/Big10/Big12. Otherwise, we wont go where we need. I'll write off the Cajuns/Pigs game last year as an aberration caused by the opening game of a new coach. They did lose to ULM just a season earlier.

I want AState to continue to schedule MWC Teams. I like their name value a bit more than most of the AAC.

You're a lot more confident than I am. The better SEC teams won't have a problem with a SBC team.

I fully expect the Rebels to thump the Cajuns by a wide margin, same for the Vols over the Redwolves, and the Tigers over the Warhawks.

I don't think anyone will thump the Cajuns this year. As far as ULM, and I think the WarHawks will agree. If they go 1-3 and that one win is against LSU I will be a happy camper. It will profit not just ULM but the rest of the state teams.