(08-03-2015 10:14 PM)blazed247 Wrote:  UAB will win the East and go to the Access Bowl

Not very realistic.
You're in the West now.

Saving a chair for you...

Boise has a much tougher SoS, as does other MW teams (Colorado State, Utah State) -- as well as AAC teams, where they'd need 2 losses out of Boise and nobody going undefeated.

I see Marshall going 10-2 (40%) or 11-1 (35%), or possibly 12-0 (25%).

I would LOVE to see Marshall vs WMU in a bowl game though.

(08-04-2015 07:10 AM)bonegreen Wrote:  My prediction is that ECU and UCF will play third and fourth fiddles to Cincy and Houston or even Temple.

I think Houston is about to surprise a lot of people and have a huge year.

(08-04-2015 07:10 AM)bonegreen Wrote:  My prediction is that ECU and UCF will play third and fourth fiddles to Cincy and Houston or even Temple.

My prediction is that Marshall would fall behind all 5 of those teams, just like they had done while they were in C-USA.

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

Just let him talk. Everybody said ODU would be 2-10 first year in the FBS. With a mixed FCS and FBS roster we went 6-6.

Just let Marshall fans talk.... With their mighty FCS quarterback.
If anything, I think LT will win the conference. They have a transfer qb with SEC experience.
This dude is on some good dope, he said Marshall will face LSU in a bowl game! Seriously, LSU??? Get real dude, maybe if this was the American conference.

(08-01-2015 10:47 AM)Fatalisk Wrote:  Didn't Marshall lose a good QB this offseason?

They did. I can't wait until football season starts! Someone's going to be disappointed this season. Expectations are too high.

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

They are at a different level altogether. No doubt. Every fan base has some nuts, but dang Marshall just takes lunacy to another level.

If Birdsong is the QB for Marshall, they aren't winning more than 8 games.

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

Correction, MU42 is something else. Predicting an undefeated season with at best, a JMU QB transfer that is average at best based on all our available data, and losing most of your DL and LB and our best CB.

I think 9 or 10 wins would be fantastic this year and a showdown with WKU for the east. Expecting an undefeated season last year was reasonable, and almost happened. This year, is just ridiculous.

(08-04-2015 03:43 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 07:10 AM)bonegreen Wrote:  My prediction is that ECU and UCF will play third and fourth fiddles to Cincy and Houston or even Temple.

I think Houston is about to surprise a lot of people and have a huge year.

Heard that same thing last year, and then they cooged it.... again.

(08-04-2015 08:21 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

Correction, MU42 is something else. Predicting an undefeated season with at best, a JMU QB transfer that is average at best based on all our available data, and losing most of your DL and LB and our best CB.

I think 9 or 10 wins would be fantastic this year and a showdown with WKU for the east. Expecting an undefeated season last year was reasonable, and almost happened. This year, is just ridiculous.

You must be stuck in 2005 instead of 2015. We don't play UCF anymore we play FIU, we don't play ECU anymore we play Charlotte, we don't play Houston anymore we play North Texas.

Those 3 I just named along with Norfolk St, Kent St, So Miss, and ODU are virtual slam dunks. That is 7 wins right there. So what you are saying is that we will lose 3 of the following 5 games, Purdue, Ohio, FAU, MTSU, and WKU. We are already favored by 15 over Purdue, we will likely be a double digit favorite over Ohio, FAU, and MTSU as well. However those last 3 are on the road. I just don't see a potential loss until Black Friday again. Call me crazy.

(08-04-2015 10:20 PM)MU42 Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 08:21 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

Correction, MU42 is something else. Predicting an undefeated season with at best, a JMU QB transfer that is average at best based on all our available data, and losing most of your DL and LB and our best CB.

I think 9 or 10 wins would be fantastic this year and a showdown with WKU for the east. Expecting an undefeated season last year was reasonable, and almost happened. This year, is just ridiculous.

You must be stuck in 2005 instead of 2015. We don't play UCF anymore we play FIU, we don't play ECU anymore we play Charlotte, we don't play Houston anymore we play North Texas.

Those 3 I just named along with Norfolk St, Kent St, So Miss, and ODU are virtual slam dunks. That is 7 wins right there. So what you are saying is that we will lose 3 of the following 5 games, Purdue, Ohio, FAU, MTSU, and WKU. We are already favored by 15 over Purdue, we will likely be a double digit favorite over Ohio, FAU, and MTSU as well. However those last 3 are on the road. I just don't see a potential loss until Black Friday again. Call me crazy.

So you are seeing no problem what so ever playing WKU, MTSU or FAU on the road with a new QB. Pass along what ever you are smoking we could use some. I don't much about Purdue or the Bobkittens but FAU, Middle and Western are all good and they are getting you at home. I can see Marshall dropping two of the three with you fresh QB.

(08-04-2015 06:21 AM)Greenroom Wrote:  

(08-03-2015 10:13 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  

(08-03-2015 09:28 PM)Greenroom Wrote:  I would take the over on UTSA.. I know they are starting a lot of new players, but these players are better than the old ones. And if UTSA can get any QB performance.. they will do well.. not sure about winning the league but maybe sneak in for a bowl.

C'mon now.

They had zero QB help last year. If they can get any help from the offensive side of the ball. Look I am not saying they win the league, but to get to 6 wins is not a huge stretch. With their early schedule will be tough.



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Agree. Tough schedule early on but they just might surprise some folks....

(08-04-2015 10:57 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 10:20 PM)MU42 Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 08:21 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

Correction, MU42 is something else. Predicting an undefeated season with at best, a JMU QB transfer that is average at best based on all our available data, and losing most of your DL and LB and our best CB.

I think 9 or 10 wins would be fantastic this year and a showdown with WKU for the east. Expecting an undefeated season last year was reasonable, and almost happened. This year, is just ridiculous.

You must be stuck in 2005 instead of 2015. We don't play UCF anymore we play FIU, we don't play ECU anymore we play Charlotte, we don't play Houston anymore we play North Texas.

Those 3 I just named along with Norfolk St, Kent St, So Miss, and ODU are virtual slam dunks. That is 7 wins right there. So what you are saying is that we will lose 3 of the following 5 games, Purdue, Ohio, FAU, MTSU, and WKU. We are already favored by 15 over Purdue, we will likely be a double digit favorite over Ohio, FAU, and MTSU as well. However those last 3 are on the road. I just don't see a potential loss until Black Friday again. Call me crazy.

So you are seeing no problem what so ever playing WKU, MTSU or FAU on the road with a new QB. Pass along what ever you are smoking we could use some. I don't much about Purdue or the Bobkittens but FAU, Middle and Western are all good and they are getting you at home. I can see Marshall dropping two of the three with you fresh QB.

I don't know if you think we are starting a freshman qb or what, but while yes we do have a new starting qb he is also a redshirt junior transfer that started for two years at James Madison. Yeah sure JMU is no qbu but your point is that we will be playing those 3 teams on the road with a new qb, however he will have somewhere around 25 starts under his belt when we go to Boca Raton, and at or above 30 starts when we play MTSU and WKU. Not to mention the best RB, Oline, and receivers in the conference. Maybe the best Defense too.

Ok we aren't Ohio State, Alabama, or Oregon, but since 1997 there is one current non p5 school that has been better than us no doubt and that is Boise. NIU has owned the MAC recently, but the MAC is the MAC, the sun belt has no one worth naming, and that leaves the AAC which has UCF, ECU, and Cincinnati but Cincy benefited from the BE for a few years. I would contend that since 1997 we are the second best non p5 school there is, and unfortunatly for ODU, FIU, FAU, Charlotte, and others we got left behind because of a small market and a few down years. We will likely be pounding on mostly everyone for years to come, and you don't realize it. The teams I listed are our new Akrons, Kent Sts, Buffalos, and EMUs that we beat on for 8 years. And even when we are down, which will be rare, we will most likely still win 8 games with the current conference makeup.

Any Herd fan that says otherwise is either trying to be polite or scared to say it for fear of the Snyder era creeping back.

(08-04-2015 11:46 PM)MU42 Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 10:57 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 10:20 PM)MU42 Wrote:  

(08-04-2015 08:21 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(08-01-2015 09:54 AM)Fish Wrote:  Dear Lord Baby Jesus.... I can't even.... You Marshall fans are something else.

Correction, MU42 is something else. Predicting an undefeated season with at best, a JMU QB transfer that is average at best based on all our available data, and losing most of your DL and LB and our best CB.

I think 9 or 10 wins would be fantastic this year and a showdown with WKU for the east. Expecting an undefeated season last year was reasonable, and almost happened. This year, is just ridiculous.

You must be stuck in 2005 instead of 2015. We don't play UCF anymore we play FIU, we don't play ECU anymore we play Charlotte, we don't play Houston anymore we play North Texas.

Those 3 I just named along with Norfolk St, Kent St, So Miss, and ODU are virtual slam dunks. That is 7 wins right there. So what you are saying is that we will lose 3 of the following 5 games, Purdue, Ohio, FAU, MTSU, and WKU. We are already favored by 15 over Purdue, we will likely be a double digit favorite over Ohio, FAU, and MTSU as well. However those last 3 are on the road. I just don't see a potential loss until Black Friday again. Call me crazy.

So you are seeing no problem what so ever playing WKU, MTSU or FAU on the road with a new QB. Pass along what ever you are smoking we could use some. I don't much about Purdue or the Bobkittens but FAU, Middle and Western are all good and they are getting you at home. I can see Marshall dropping two of the three with you fresh QB.

I don't know if you think we are starting a freshman qb or what, but while yes we do have a new starting qb he is also a redshirt junior transfer that started for two years at James Madison. Yeah sure JMU is no qbu but your point is that we will be playing those 3 teams on the road with a new qb, however he will have somewhere around 25 starts under his belt when we go to Boca Raton, and at or above 30 starts when we play MTSU and WKU. Not to mention the best RB, Oline, and receivers in the conference. Maybe the best Defense too.

Ok we aren't Ohio State, Alabama, or Oregon, but since 1997 there is one current non p5 school that has been better than us no doubt and that is Boise. NIU has owned the MAC recently, but the MAC is the MAC, the sun belt has no one worth naming, and that leaves the AAC which has UCF, ECU, and Cincinnati but Cincy benefited from the BE for a few years. I would contend that since 1997 we are the second best non p5 school there is, and unfortunatly for ODU, FIU, FAU, Charlotte, and others we got left behind because of a small market and a few down years. We will likely be pounding on mostly everyone for years to come, and you don't realize it. The teams I listed are our new Akrons, Kent Sts, Buffalos, and EMUs that we beat on for 8 years. And even when we are down, which will be rare, we will most likely still win 8 games with the current conference makeup.

Any Herd fan that says otherwise is either trying to be polite or scared to say it for fear of the Snyder era creeping back.

When I first read that I thought he can't be that crazy to make a statement like that but then I realized yes he is.

The second best G5 since 1997 is a big stretch no doubt. But IT IS "what have you done for me lately" and the Pirates have walked the plank for two yrs compared to Marshall. Losers should be seen but not Herd. And we have won ten or more games 5 times since 97 so I figure that puts us in some select company. And before you ask, we have bested Clemson, Maryland, South Carolina and Kansas St when they won the Big 12. All of those on the road. Your turn now.

(08-05-2015 07:45 AM)bonegreen Wrote:  The second best G5 since 1997 is a big stretch no doubt. But IT IS "what have you done for me lately" and the Pirates have walked the plank for two yrs compared to Marshall. Losers should be seen but not Herd. And we have won ten or more games 5 times since 97 so I figure that puts us in some select company. And before you ask, we have bested Clemson, Maryland, South Carolina and Kansas St when they won the Big 12. All of those on the road. Your turn now.

LOL! Seen but not Herd. You Marshall fans are really hitting the crack pipe hard this off season. No need to get into another pissing contest again. Getting real tired of reading final scores and top 25 finishes blah blah blah. Heard it so much I can probably quote it better than you. Congrats on your last 2 years of success. Hope you can keep it up.

Stay where you belong with that "almost P5" bunch...lol ...and you wont get a bit tired.

(08-05-2015 08:38 AM)bonegreen Wrote:  Stay where you belong with that "almost P5" bunch...lol ...and you wont get a bit tired.

And miss all the craziness that you Marshall fans say? You can't pay for better entertainment!

Marshall's overall record since joining C-USA is 63-62, but place yourself above everyone but Boise, nice try.