says Marshall #2 Go5 pre season. Saw it on a Marshall board just now.

FPI Rankings

31) Boise State
49) Marshall
50) Temple
52) Cincy
53) App State
57) WKU
58) Utah State
60) La Tech

GO HERD!!!!

App St. is high in a lot of preseason publications....Are they really that good? Surprised to see them as high as they are in various preseason publications....

I think we know just about every season we are chasing Boise..

I think the FPI is just a formula based on last years production and what you have returning so it doesn't really factor in the competition you play and isn't really a ranking of how good the teams are.

(05-28-2015 02:14 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  App St. is high in a lot of preseason publications....Are they really that good? Surprised to see them as high as they are in various preseason publications....

I think we know just about every season we are chasing Boise..

Dont know about the football team, but the school itself is Hot...Hot...Hot!!!!...


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

(05-28-2015 02:27 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(05-28-2015 02:14 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  App St. is high in a lot of preseason publications....Are they really that good? Surprised to see them as high as they are in various preseason publications....

I think we know just about every season we are chasing Boise..

Dont know about the football team, but the school itself is Hot...Hot...Hot!!!!...


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

Doesn't get old.

It's ironic though because their football promotion videos that they release are really top notch now.

I think there are any number of teams that could end up #2...still believe Boise State is the team to beat...if anything they are stronger than last year. #2 doesn't get you much in this P5/G5 split, however.

I'm sure I'll get run out on a rail by my fellow posters, but the upper half of the AAC looks particularly strong this year, with Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, Navy, Temple and Memphis looking good, if they don't beat each other up during the season. I think across the board, they look stronger as a conference, at the upper end. If one of those teams emerges with only 1 or even 2 losses, I think they'll be in a #2 position.

I also think that anyone from the MAC, MW (other than Boise State), C-USA or Sun Belt can afford no more than a single loss to be in contention for the #2 spot. And it's hard to see anyone in those conferences with only a single loss, based solely on published schedules.

(05-28-2015 02:45 PM)Cnelson203 Wrote:  I think there are any number of teams that could end up #2...still believe Boise State is the team to beat...if anything they are stronger than last year. #2 doesn't get you much in this P5/G5 split, however.

I'm sure I'll get run out on a rail by my fellow posters, but the upper half of the AAC looks particularly strong this year, with Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, Navy, Temple and Memphis looking good, if they don't beat each other up during the season. I think across the board, they look stronger as a conference, at the upper end. If one of those teams emerges with only 1 or even 2 losses, I think they'll be in a #2 position.

I also think that anyone from the MAC, MW (other than Boise State), C-USA or Sun Belt can afford no more than a single loss to be in contention for the #2 spot. And it's hard to see anyone in those conferences with only a single loss, based solely on published schedules.

The best we can hope for is parity in the other G5 conferences. If the AAC is 5 deep, then great that means none will go unscathed. One can hope the same for MWC.

According to Steele, UCF..Memphis and ECU all not so hot with returning starters. Cincy, Temple and Houston maybe the favs. Marshall, LT and WKU would match up well . It could be another yr before you see the on the field superiority of the AAC that many Herd fans espouse(if ever). I just like my league a lot.

No mention of UTEP? Alright...that's fine. I guess we'll just have to shock the G5 nation.

Meanwhile, in Hilltopper country...

(05-28-2015 02:37 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(05-28-2015 02:27 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(05-28-2015 02:14 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  App St. is high in a lot of preseason publications....Are they really that good? Surprised to see them as high as they are in various preseason publications....

I think we know just about every season we are chasing Boise..

Dont know about the football team, but the school itself is Hot...Hot...Hot!!!!...


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

Doesn't get old.

It's ironic though because their football promotion videos that they release are really top notch now.

Fastest way to get the president to take video promotion seriously is to release one that everyone makes fun of.

(05-28-2015 02:14 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  App St. is high in a lot of preseason publications....Are they really that good? Surprised to see them as high as they are in various preseason publications....

I think we know just about every season we are chasing Boise..

I don't know if we deserve to be that high, but we have a lot returning. That is worth something at this point in the season. Though I put little to no faith in this sort of report at this point in the year.

(05-28-2015 02:37 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(05-28-2015 02:27 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(05-28-2015 02:14 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  App St. is high in a lot of preseason publications....Are they really that good? Surprised to see them as high as they are in various preseason publications....

I think we know just about every season we are chasing Boise..

Dont know about the football team, but the school itself is Hot...Hot...Hot!!!!...


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

Doesn't get old.

It's ironic though because their football promotion videos that they release are really top notch now.

The Hot video was not for football. And though still nothing to be proud of it was designed for a specific audience. I am not sure I want to be a part of that audience but for a certain benefactor type it played well enough and that was its purpose.

I have learned to embrace it.

(05-28-2015 01:34 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  FPI Rankings

31) Boise State
49) Marshall
50) Temple
52) Cincy
53) App State
57) WKU
58) Utah State
60) La Tech

Temple???

(05-28-2015 04:23 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  Meanwhile, in Hilltopper country...

This is perfect.

ESPN also had Southern Miss in the baseball regionals also. Take it with a grain of salt

Hold up. Is this the same Appalachian State we beat last year, or did another school by that name open?

(05-28-2015 02:45 PM)Cnelson203 Wrote:  I think there are any number of teams that could end up #2...still believe Boise State is the team to beat...if anything they are stronger than last year. #2 doesn't get you much in this P5/G5 split, however.

I'm sure I'll get run out on a rail by my fellow posters, but the upper half of the AAC looks particularly strong this year, with Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, Navy, Temple and Memphis looking good, if they don't beat each other up during the season. I think across the board, they look stronger as a conference, at the upper end. If one of those teams emerges with only 1 or even 2 losses, I think they'll be in a #2 position.

I also think that anyone from the MAC, MW (other than Boise State), C-USA or Sun Belt can afford no more than a single loss to be in contention for the #2 spot. And it's hard to see anyone in those conferences with only a single loss, based solely on published schedules.

Looks to me like CUSA has the most teams in the top 60 of the Go5.