(09-18-2014 12:09 AM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(09-17-2014 01:02 PM)ARandomHerdFan Wrote:  

(09-17-2014 12:47 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  The rice beatdown was not because rice was a better team. Marshall didnt show up and everyone was pissed because the game should have been in huntington but they pulled out computer bcs rankings that werent specified instead of the polls, instead it was played in front of 2k fans at rice. Was embarrassing for the conference. Texas teams are 0-10 or 0-11 in huntington and marshall is 1-10 in texas. It is a huge disadvantage to be the road team in that situation. Bowl season exposed who the better team was obviously.

You are such a DB.

Nope. He's dead-on correct in his reaction.

I said it last year and I'll say it again. Championship teams win under adverse conditions. Last year's team was obviously very talented, but that game demonstrated that they lacked the discipline to be a true championship team. Rice beat the Herd, and that was that.

I hope this season's team can show a bit more discipline in emotional situations. Unfortunately, they didn't show that as much last weekend with their undisciplined play. Here's hoping they can grow from that experience.

(09-20-2014 02:12 AM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(09-20-2014 01:40 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(09-19-2014 11:16 PM)correcamino Wrote:  Also a Marshall guy talking institution smack? Come on.

A couple of these Marshall fans are picking up where some ECU fans left off.

And the F/U florida programs are picking up where SMU, and Tulane left off regarding football performance and attendance.

Dear God, man. Do you just make a concerted effort to piss off the fans from *every* other school?

(10-14-2014 11:21 PM)ThunderingHerdFan Wrote:  

(10-14-2014 09:15 PM)correcamino Wrote:  

(10-14-2014 07:28 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(10-14-2014 07:09 AM)correcamino Wrote:  I'm sure you'd see a similar pattern for the the rest of the teams that had P5 games as well.

But yall go ahead and keep thinking Marshall would maintain it's stats. There's practically no difference between Rhode Island and Notre Dame/Oklahoma, right?

You guys are hilarious. Akron is the #17 defense and would be top 10 if we didnt play them! It all evens out with stats, you cant pick and choose. Thats why 3 games in is enough to identify a teams strengths and weaknesses. 6 games solidifies it. Everyone plays good and bad competition. I wished we could play everyone in the top 10 but we can't. I am 100% confident that we could play OU or Notre Dame and perform very well and win those games.

Are you dumb or just a huge homer?

Why do you think Akron struggled against Marshall? Could it be bc Marshall is a Top 25 team? Hmm so SOS does matter--give Akron a weak schedule and they perform like a Top 20 defense, pit them up against a legit team and their stats drop off. Who would've guessed.

Akron played at Penn State and at Pitt. Two of the almighty P5 schools. Akron beat Pitt by 2 TD. Akron gave up 21 points at Penn State and 10 at Pitt. Marshall scored 31 in one half at Akron. Akron also gave up less yards rushing to Penn State and Pitt combined than they did to Marshall.

So many of you guys are caught up in the ESPN hype it is terrible. You live in perception instead of reality. That's what ESPN and the writers want to feed you. They take care of their contract schools to push their own ratings. You won't hear a sound from ESPN if Pitt is able to beat Virginia Tech. South Carolina may lose 8 games but everyone who beats them will get a bump. Except UK because they're traditionally bad. Which is why a blown call in Gainesville saved a football blue blood one night earlier this year. They were being protected then. Wouldn't happen now.

Perception vs reality, my friend. You're kidding yourself if you buy in to the ESPN hype.

F outta here. If anything you are the one buying into the hype by crowning Akron for hanging with average P5 teams. As soon as they faced a legit Top 25 Marshall team their stats dipped--aka the quality of the opposition matters a lot.

That is the only argument being made. Noone is saying Marshall is a bad team, they are clearly good and the favorites to win CUSA. But these stats the OP is trying to present need to be thrown out the window since your SOS is so much weaker than most other CUSA programs.