According to guru Steele..UCF, Cincy, ECU are all light on Def returning starters and Memphis has only 3.

(06-05-2015 04:49 PM)bonegreen Wrote:  According to guru Steele..UCF, Cincy, ECU are all light on Def returning starters and Memphis has only 3.

what they did not mention however, is that Memphis had a LOT of defensive injuries last season..and that 2nd team players got a lot of snaps at almost every defensive position.
It won't be a total shock for some of those guys to play more snaps.

(06-05-2015 04:20 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 03:29 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 01:43 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 10:45 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Rose - Marshall
Fiesta - Marshall
Peach - Marshall
College football playoff spot #1 - Marshall
College football playoff spot #2 - Marshall
College football playoff spot #3 - Marshall
College football playoff spot #4 - Marshall

^ lol, looks legit to me...gotta love these crazy CUSA fans.

And how many AAC teams beat C-USA teams last year?

MTSU lost badly to Memphis last season...as I suspect a lot of CUSA teams would have.

Not mine!

I'm not trying be full of myself or my team or anything. So if I came off like that...sorry.
Just 3 short years ago..we were a laughingstock.
Our current coach took over a team with a little more than 50 scholarship players.
Just a BIT better of a position than UAB currently finds itself in player wise.
I still pull for my old UAB and USM brethren.

Don't understand why people in this thread are promoting Marshall as the front runner for anything this season. They aren't even the preseason favorite in their own division.

WKU is set up the best for the G5 slot. Winnable respectful OOC games against IU/Vandy. LSU an obvious loss, but if we play them close and go undefeated in conference, we will be set up great for the G5 slot. Marshall could go undefeated and not make the access bowl.

Orange: Marshall (13-0, #1 Playoff Seed)
Sugar: WKU (11-1 with win at LSU and only loss to undefeated Marshall gets them an at-large NY6 bid)
Fiesta: UTEP (12-1 with wins at Arkansas and Texas Tech and only loss to undefeated Marshall also gets them at-large NY6 bid)

All 10 other teams find a way to go 5-7.

(06-05-2015 07:18 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Rose - Marshall
HoD - Rice
Arizona - FAU
Sugar - La. Tech
NO - WKU
St. Pete - FIU
Miami - Southern Miss
Bahamas - MTSU

I would love you if his came true.

(06-05-2015 05:35 PM)SigNuTopper Wrote:  Don't understand why people in this thread are promoting Marshall as the front runner for anything this season. They aren't even the preseason favorite in their own division.

WKU is set up the best for the G5 slot. Winnable respectful OOC games against IU/Vandy. LSU an obvious loss, but if we play them close and go undefeated in conference, we will be set up great for the G5 slot. Marshall could go undefeated and not make the access bowl.

Have you seen their schedule?

(06-05-2015 05:35 PM)SigNuTopper Wrote:  Don't understand why people in this thread are promoting Marshall as the front runner for anything this season. They aren't even the preseason favorite in their own division.

WKU is set up the best for the G5 slot. Winnable respectful OOC games against IU/Vandy. LSU an obvious loss, but if we play them close and go undefeated in conference, we will be set up great for the G5 slot. Marshall could go undefeated and not make the access bowl.

Most likely because we have won the division 2 years in a row.

Games are played on the field. Until someone else wins the division, it comes through Huntington, WV.

(06-05-2015 05:38 PM)keebler645 Wrote:  Orange: Marshall (13-0, #1 Playoff Seed)
Sugar: WKU (11-1 with win at LSU and only loss to undefeated Marshall gets them an at-large NY6 bid)
Fiesta: UTEP (12-1 with wins at Arkansas and Texas Tech and only loss to undefeated Marshall also gets them at-large NY6 bid)

All 10 other teams find a way to go 5-7.

Love this scenario! Would love to see another year where the G5 crash the party in a big way and - why not 3 C-USA teams in the party!?

Also this is about the only way Marshall can get to the playoff - they'll need a couple opponents on the schedule to be stronger than expected. Like NYD6 strong.

I will just say that UTEP, WKY, LaTech,Rice all have "clearer" paths to the playoff than Marshall. But Marshall was access-bowl caliber last year and has plenty of potential to be there, or better, this year.

(06-05-2015 07:35 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 05:35 PM)SigNuTopper Wrote:  Don't understand why people in this thread are promoting Marshall as the front runner for anything this season. They aren't even the preseason favorite in their own division.

WKU is set up the best for the G5 slot. Winnable respectful OOC games against IU/Vandy. LSU an obvious loss, but if we play them close and go undefeated in conference, we will be set up great for the G5 slot. Marshall could go undefeated and not make the access bowl.

Most likely because we have won the division 2 years in a row.

Games are played on the field. Until someone else wins the division, it comes through Huntington, WV.

Excuse Me, but this year for The Thundering Herd the division goes thru Murfreesboro. You boys are at our place and we know what happens to Marshall when you enter Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium!

(06-05-2015 05:35 PM)SigNuTopper Wrote:  Don't understand why people in this thread are promoting Marshall as the front runner for anything this season. They aren't even the preseason favorite in their own division.

WKU is set up the best for the G5 slot. Winnable respectful OOC games against IU/Vandy. LSU an obvious loss, but if we play them close and go undefeated in conference, we will be set up great for the G5 slot. Marshall could go undefeated and not make the access bowl.

ESPN has the Herd ahead of the Toppers.

(06-05-2015 04:17 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 01:43 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  And how many AAC teams beat C-USA teams last year?

Teams currently in the AAC had a 7 game losing streak against teams currently in C-USA until Memphis beat MTSU last year. So, the answer to your question is 1.

and that happens to be the only one I care about ;-)

(06-05-2015 06:12 PM)MarshallHerdFanz Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 07:18 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Rose - Marshall
HoD - Rice
Arizona - FAU
Sugar - La. Tech
NO - WKU
St. Pete - FIU
Miami - Southern Miss
Bahamas - MTSU

I would love you if his came true.

but it won't, sooooo

(06-06-2015 10:19 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 04:17 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 01:43 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  And how many AAC teams beat C-USA teams last year?

Teams currently in the AAC had a 7 game losing streak against teams currently in C-USA until Memphis beat MTSU last year. So, the answer to your question is 1.

and that happens to be the only one I care about ;-)

Of course, 'cause you are in the AAC.

(06-05-2015 01:53 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  I would say our bowl teams will be Marshall, WKU, Tech, Rice, UTEP, ODU, and FAU.

NOTE: It would not surprise me if FIU or USM replace any of our second-tier bowl teams. MTSU just doesn't ever seem to get any love from any of the bowls for some reason

We've been snubbed 2 of the last 3 years, however, three years ago waa only because we were in the Sun Belt and had announced our departure the week of the final game of the season. The Sun Belt had one to many teams, the decision was easy on who was sitting at home. Last season was because we went 6-6. A win against FIU or UTEP and we would have been bowling. Nothing to do with a lack of love.

(06-06-2015 11:02 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(06-06-2015 10:19 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 04:17 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 01:43 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  And how many AAC teams beat C-USA teams last year?

Teams currently in the AAC had a 7 game losing streak against teams currently in C-USA until Memphis beat MTSU last year. So, the answer to your question is 1.

and that happens to be the only one I care about ;-)

Of course, 'cause you are in the AAC.

lol, no...

"Memphis beat MTSU last year."

lets think about why I might care about that game....hmmmmmm

(06-05-2015 03:29 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  MTSU lost badly to Memphis last season...as I suspect a lot of CUSA teams would have.

The same Memphis who lost to Houston? That Houston who got drilled at home by UTSA? And almost everyone in C-USA beat UTSA.

Sorry, not buying it.

(06-06-2015 11:24 AM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 03:29 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  MTSU lost badly to Memphis last season...as I suspect a lot of CUSA teams would have.

The same Memphis who lost to Houston? That Houston who got drilled at home by UTSA? And almost everyone in C-USA beat UTSA.

Sorry, not buying it.

I simply can't be upset about going 10-3, defeating BYU in a bowl game...and we managed to keep the coach.

(06-06-2015 11:13 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 01:53 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  I would say our bowl teams will be Marshall, WKU, Tech, Rice, UTEP, ODU, and FAU.

NOTE: It would not surprise me if FIU or USM replace any of our second-tier bowl teams. MTSU just doesn't ever seem to get any love from any of the bowls for some reason

We've been snubbed 2 of the last 3 years, however, three years ago waa only because we were in the Sun Belt and had announced our departure the week of the final game of the season. The Sun Belt had one to many teams, the decision was easy on who was sitting at home. Last season was because we went 6-6. A win against FIU or UTEP and we would have been bowling. Nothing to do with a lack of love.

MTSU won't get snubbed this year or any other year for that fact. The one good thing about having 107 bowl games is everyone with a winning record gets a game which in the grand scheme of things I'm ok with.

Every 6-6 P5 was getting in a bowl game already it's time G5s aren't left at home either.

(06-06-2015 11:24 AM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(06-05-2015 03:29 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  MTSU lost badly to Memphis last season...as I suspect a lot of CUSA teams would have.

The same Memphis who lost to Houston? That Houston who got drilled at home by UTSA? And almost everyone in C-USA beat UTSA.

Sorry, not buying it.

the same UTSA who went to a bowl game?? Oops...I forgot.
UTSA would have had Frosty the Snowman's chance of walking thru Downtown Hell in gasoline underwear against Memphis.