(09-04-2015 08:38 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:35 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:25 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 05:41 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 05:32 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  The sad sorry fact is that CUSA was a better football league than the AAC last year.

The team that finished second in their east division last season was MTSU. Do you think MTSU was a better team than ECU or Temple? Since Memphis played both MTSU and Temple I can easily say that Temple was better. The teams which finished first and second in their west were La Tech and Rice? Memphis and Houston were both better teams. Their bottom feeders might have sucked less than our bottom feeders but they still sucked. The top of the AAC was much better.

IIRC, our top teams went 1-3 in bowl games and the one that won did so in overtime. Not exactly a show of strength.

But in any event, the bottom line is that we finished behind C-USA in the official CFP standings. They were better than us.

They also played much tougher bowl opponents and we also had UH beat Pitt

They went 4-1 in bowls, we went 2-3. They also beat us 3-1 head to head.

That's probably why they beat us in the G5 standings.

No use trying to polish a turd, it was what it was. Hopefully we can do better this season.

The opponents do make a bit of a difference in those bowl games. AAC bowl teams (besides Memphis) all played P5 teams in the bowls. Memphis had the top independent not in South Bend, In. CUSA had one bowl vs P5 and the rest vs G5.

(09-04-2015 09:10 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:38 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:35 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:25 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 05:41 PM)transitt Wrote:  The team that finished second in their east division last season was MTSU. Do you think MTSU was a better team than ECU or Temple? Since Memphis played both MTSU and Temple I can easily say that Temple was better. The teams which finished first and second in their west were La Tech and Rice? Memphis and Houston were both better teams. Their bottom feeders might have sucked less than our bottom feeders but they still sucked. The top of the AAC was much better.

IIRC, our top teams went 1-3 in bowl games and the one that won did so in overtime. Not exactly a show of strength.


But in any event, the bottom line is that we finished behind C-USA in the official CFP standings. They were better than us.

They also played much tougher bowl opponents and we also had UH beat Pitt

They went 4-1 in bowls, we went 2-3. They also beat us 3-1 head to head.

That's probably why they beat us in the G5 standings.

No use trying to polish a turd, it was what it was. Hopefully we can do better this season.

The opponents do make a bit of a difference in those bowl games. AAC bowl teams (besides Memphis) all played P5 teams in the bowls. Memphis had the top independent not in South Bend, In. CUSA had one bowl vs P5 and the rest vs G5.

Sorry, I meant WE played much thought bowl opponents

the fact we are arguing with CUSA about who the superior conference is is telling.....very telling.

Its all fluffing until its proven on the field.

(09-04-2015 09:10 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:38 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:35 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:25 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 05:41 PM)transitt Wrote:  The team that finished second in their east division last season was MTSU. Do you think MTSU was a better team than ECU or Temple? Since Memphis played both MTSU and Temple I can easily say that Temple was better. The teams which finished first and second in their west were La Tech and Rice? Memphis and Houston were both better teams. Their bottom feeders might have sucked less than our bottom feeders but they still sucked. The top of the AAC was much better.

IIRC, our top teams went 1-3 in bowl games and the one that won did so in overtime. Not exactly a show of strength.

But in any event, the bottom line is that we finished behind C-USA in the official CFP standings. They were better than us.

They also played much tougher bowl opponents and we also had UH beat Pitt

They went 4-1 in bowls, we went 2-3. They also beat us 3-1 head to head.

That's probably why they beat us in the G5 standings.

No use trying to polish a turd, it was what it was. Hopefully we can do better this season.

The opponents do make a bit of a difference in those bowl games. AAC bowl teams (besides Memphis) all played P5 teams in the bowls. Memphis had the top independent not in South Bend, In. CUSA had one bowl vs P5 and the rest vs G5.

I get that, but that's why I also mentioned that we went 1-3 vs C-USA as well. And FWIW, C-USA was 1-0 vs P5 in bowls, we were 1-3.

Bottom line is that we just lost to everyone last year. 2-3 in bowls, 4-6 vs G5, 4-22 vs P5.

We were bad all around, and that's why we finished 3rd out of the G5 conferences.

Hopefully, this year will be different.

(09-05-2015 09:53 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 09:10 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:38 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:35 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:25 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  IIRC, our top teams went 1-3 in bowl games and the one that won did so in overtime. Not exactly a show of strength.

But in any event, the bottom line is that we finished behind C-USA in the official CFP standings. They were better than us.

They also played much tougher bowl opponents and we also had UH beat Pitt

They went 4-1 in bowls, we went 2-3. They also beat us 3-1 head to head.

That's probably why they beat us in the G5 standings.

No use trying to polish a turd, it was what it was. Hopefully we can do better this season.

The opponents do make a bit of a difference in those bowl games. AAC bowl teams (besides Memphis) all played P5 teams in the bowls. Memphis had the top independent not in South Bend, In. CUSA had one bowl vs P5 and the rest vs G5.

I get that, but that's why I also mentioned that we went 1-3 vs C-USA as well. And FWIW, C-USA was 1-0 vs P5 in bowls, we were 1-3.

Bottom line is that we just lost to everyone last year. 2-3 in bowls, 4-6 vs G5, 4-22 vs P5.

We were bad all around, and that's why we finished 3rd out of the G5 conferences.

Hopefully, this year will be different.

So we should just beat up on G5s and then brag? Memphis played the second place team in CUSA east last year and beat them like a damned drum. Memphis was rated above Marshall in the Access Bowl rankings last season because of STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE.

Regardless if the c-USA was playing better the perception, money, exposure, etc is on a different level. The c-USA is essentially the sunbelt and fcs merger now. Not that there is anything wrong with it either. There is no way with a straight face you can be excited about playing these teams in the new c-Usa. On the hoops side all the little exposure is gone. CBS decided not to air c-usa games they already paid for to turn around and buy American games.

ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

(09-05-2015 10:57 AM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 09:53 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 09:10 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:38 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 08:35 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  They also played much tougher bowl opponents and we also had UH beat Pitt

They went 4-1 in bowls, we went 2-3. They also beat us 3-1 head to head.

That's probably why they beat us in the G5 standings.

No use trying to polish a turd, it was what it was. Hopefully we can do better this season.

The opponents do make a bit of a difference in those bowl games. AAC bowl teams (besides Memphis) all played P5 teams in the bowls. Memphis had the top independent not in South Bend, In. CUSA had one bowl vs P5 and the rest vs G5.

I get that, but that's why I also mentioned that we went 1-3 vs C-USA as well. And FWIW, C-USA was 1-0 vs P5 in bowls, we were 1-3.

Bottom line is that we just lost to everyone last year. 2-3 in bowls, 4-6 vs G5, 4-22 vs P5.

We were bad all around, and that's why we finished 3rd out of the G5 conferences.

Hopefully, this year will be different.

So we should just beat up on G5s and then brag? Memphis played the second place team in CUSA east last year and beat them like a damned drum. Memphis was rated above Marshall in the Access Bowl rankings last season because of STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE.

It would be nice if we could beat up other G5, but last year we were 4-6.

Your turd polishing isn't going anywhere eh?

(09-05-2015 11:57 AM)pesik Wrote:  ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

What neither of us can ignore is that C-USA finished ahead of us in the official G5 standings.

Remember, we played 3 more bowl games against P5 than them, but they won as many bowl games against P5 as us.

(09-04-2015 02:09 PM)Bull Wrote:  

(09-03-2015 10:10 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(09-03-2015 08:42 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  Hopefully our offense clicks enough on Saturday to show these C.USA.3.0 goons who is still the superior conference

Still the superior conference? Blaahahahah. CUSA was better than the American last year. What makes you think you'll be better than us this year?...

Because we don't feel the insecure need to run to other conferences boards...?

"See, you guys look at us! We matter!!"

Yes, your fans do run to our board. Look, you can have your made up facts and imaginary statistics pulled from computers only you and your fans can see, but it won't change reality. This is not Tweenie Land--CUSA outperformed you last year, and they are on the way to doing again this year. Marshall was ranked higher than any of your programs in the REAL world. Now, I have no idea what the Tweenie Land made up statistics might proclaim because, unlike you, we can't see them, but the real world statistics are available at your leisure via a search engine.

One FACT you can't ignore is that no matter how much "better" of a conference you think you are, TV execs think we are collectively a better product. Pay day is the only day that matters in the end...

(09-05-2015 03:08 PM)WEARE Wrote:  

(09-04-2015 02:09 PM)Bull Wrote:  

(09-03-2015 10:10 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(09-03-2015 08:42 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  Hopefully our offense clicks enough on Saturday to show these C.USA.3.0 goons who is still the superior conference

Still the superior conference? Blaahahahah. CUSA was better than the American last year. What makes you think you'll be better than us this year?...

Because we don't feel the insecure need to run to other conferences boards...?

"See, you guys look at us! We matter!!"

Yes, your fans do run to our board. Look, you can have your made up facts and imaginary statistics pulled from computers only you and your fans can see, but it won't change reality. This is not Tweenie Land--CUSA outperformed you last year, and they are on the way to doing again this year. Marshall was ranked higher than any of your programs in the REAL world. Now, I have no idea what the Tweenie Land made up statistics might proclaim because, unlike you, we can't see them, but the real world statistics are available at your leisure via a search engine.

The real world stats say you didn't see a P5 team all season. The real world stats say that Memphis was above Marshall for the Access Bowl spot.

(09-05-2015 11:57 AM)pesik Wrote:  ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

Ummm Memphis played the second place team in CUSA east last season. Beat them like a damned drum too..

(09-05-2015 02:09 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 11:57 AM)pesik Wrote:  ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

What neither of us can ignore is that C-USA finished ahead of us in the official G5 standings.

Remember, we played 3 more bowl games against P5 than them, but they won as many bowl games against P5 as us.

Memphis, UCF, or Cincy would have won CUSA last season. ECU might have as well. Again, MEMPHIS was above MARSHALL in the Access Bowl rankings for a reason.

(09-05-2015 03:24 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 02:09 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 11:57 AM)pesik Wrote:  ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

What neither of us can ignore is that C-USA finished ahead of us in the official G5 standings.

Remember, we played 3 more bowl games against P5 than them, but they won as many bowl games against P5 as us.

Memphis, UCF, or Cincy would have won CUSA last season. ECU might have as well. Again, MEMPHIS was above MARSHALL in the Access Bowl rankings for a reason.

The first sentence is your opinion.

And again, CUSA was above the AAC in the CFP rankings for a reason too. They had a better year than us.

(09-05-2015 03:41 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 03:24 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 02:09 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 11:57 AM)pesik Wrote:  ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

What neither of us can ignore is that C-USA finished ahead of us in the official G5 standings.

Remember, we played 3 more bowl games against P5 than them, but they won as many bowl games against P5 as us.

Memphis, UCF, or Cincy would have won CUSA last season. ECU might have as well. Again, MEMPHIS was above MARSHALL in the Access Bowl rankings for a reason.

The first sentence is your opinion.

And again, CUSA was above the AAC in the CFP rankings for a reason too. They had a better year than us.

Easier to win more games when you play easier teams.

(09-05-2015 03:23 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 11:57 AM)pesik Wrote:  ignore quo...he is just biased and will never change his mind....

he will use our bowl record ignoring we played all p5/byu and they had 1 p5 game
he'll use our record and ignore all our games versus them besides houston were bottom feeders

Ummm Memphis played the second place team in CUSA east last season. Beat them like a damned drum too..

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