Delicious. Sweet justice.

Former MAC program moves up and into their best game in a long time. Holy crap, they are good...

moved up?

(08-29-2014 01:07 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  moved up?

They did move up.. To the Big East and then promptly got demoted to the American...

I was at the game. Vandy fans around me were writing off the season and talking about putting their season tickets on stubhub...and that was when it was only 21-7. guess i have a knack for opening weekend upset blowouts, last year i went to Mcneese st at USF

(08-29-2014 12:17 AM)TampaKnight Wrote:  Delicious. Sweet justice.

Former MAC program moves up and into their best game in a long time. Holy crap, they are good...

They weren't anything special while in the MAC. With them gone and UMass leaving, the MAC's average ranking per USA Today drops to an 82 from 86. The AAC's average USA Today ranking is 75 now and would be 73 if Navy were a member now. So not a great deal of difference between the 2 leagues per USA Today.

They were like 3-11 vs. MAC teams with .500 or better records. If they moved up, when is Akron and CMU leaving for the B10

Looks like Vandy may be on their way to the bottom after losing Franklin. It's a shame, I liked seeing them stand up to the big boys in the SEC.

(08-29-2014 07:49 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  They were like 3-11 vs. MAC teams with .500 or better records. If they moved up, when is Akron and CMU leaving for the B10

If I'm not mistaken, Temple never beat a MAC school with a winning record. Also never won the MAC or even a division title. Good riddance!

(08-29-2014 07:49 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  They were like 3-11 vs. MAC teams with .500 or better records. If they moved up, when is Akron and CMU leaving for the B10

They were ZERO for whatever against MAC teams with better than .500 records. They NEVER beat a MAC team that finished better than 4-4 in conference. Even the year they went 7-1 they didn't beat a good team. They played the bottom seven teams and then got slapped around when they finally played a good team.

So the blind squirrel found an acorn. Don't start pretending that Temple was anything other than when it was in the MAC.

So are we saying UMass has a chance to beat Vandy this year? We kept 'em close last year.

(08-29-2014 07:49 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  They were like 3-11 vs. MAC teams with .500 or better records. If they moved up, when is Akron and CMU leaving for the B10

In the history of Temple and MAC football...Temple has only defeated 1 MAC team with a record of over .500 (including bowl game) and that was Toledo in 1984.

(08-29-2014 08:52 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(08-29-2014 07:49 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  They were like 3-11 vs. MAC teams with .500 or better records. If they moved up, when is Akron and CMU leaving for the B10

In the history of Temple and MAC football...Temple has only defeated 1 MAC team with a record of over .500 (including bowl game) and that was Toledo in 1984.

Bahahaha what's their record then?

(08-29-2014 09:29 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  

(08-29-2014 08:52 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(08-29-2014 07:49 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  They were like 3-11 vs. MAC teams with .500 or better records. If they moved up, when is Akron and CMU leaving for the B10

In the history of Temple and MAC football...Temple has only defeated 1 MAC team with a record of over .500 (including bowl game) and that was Toledo in 1984.

Bahahaha what's their record then?

I thought their MAC record was right about .500

(08-29-2014 08:48 AM)EmeryZach Wrote:  So are we saying UMass has a chance to beat Vandy this year? We kept 'em close last year.

Yes!!!

(08-29-2014 02:32 AM)Policiious Wrote:  They weren't anything special while in the MAC.

Yeah, it was more a situation from the old Big East of, "we're desperate, you're not as woefully inadequate in FB as when we relegated you, and the BBall schools are whinging that we never make any all-sports adds with any BBall pedigree."

And they were only ranked 8/11 in the pre-season media poll, with one of those "lost a lot of close games, maybe they can win some of those this year" situations seeming like the main thing putting them ahead of Tulsa, Tulane and UConn.

Why I regret missing the game is that they were two not-highly-regarded teams in their respective conferences, and the low-expectations Go5 school beat the low-expectations SEC school like a throw rug on spring cleaning day.

(08-29-2014 09:38 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  I thought their MAC record was right about .500

If they consistently lost to MAC schools with winning records, and had a MAC record of around .500, that would suggest they consistently beat MAC schools with losing records.

I'd reckon neither Vandy nor Kentucky reckon they ought to be considered in and amongst MAC schools with losing records.

Speaking of teams who have better records now that they are playing inferior competition UCF was 7-17 from 02-04 playing MAC opponents.

Well done pol

How poetic was the slogan 'Anchor Down' on those Vandy jerseys? Any Commodore should know the anchor needs to be up before you can set sail. Ergo, TEMPLE 37 VANDERBILT 7.

(08-29-2014 04:04 PM)Okie Chippewa Wrote:  How poetic was the slogan 'Anchor Down' on those Vandy jerseys? Any Commodore should know the anchor needs to be up before you can set sail. Ergo, TEMPLE 37 VANDERBILT 7.

The Vandy defense appears to have misunderstood the slogan ... as I understand it, they aren't supposed to drop the anchor down until after they have the opposition in a tackle. Dropping anchor at the start of the play just makes it easier for the other team's offense to get around them.

And the Vandy offense appears to have understood the ball as the anchor, as often as they put the ball down.

(08-29-2014 11:36 AM)Policiious Wrote:  Speaking of teams who have better records now that they are playing inferior competition UCF was 7-17 from 02-04 playing MAC opponents.

From the 2013 season, Penn State, South Carolina, Louisville, Houston and Baylor are inferior opponents?

Got it.