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Memphis column ridicules C*USA and Comedy Central....
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Nothing like C*DOA getting ripped by one of its own hometown newspapers. Read on:

Old members shine early; Meanwhile, Tulsa and UCF among worst
By Gary Parrish
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September 8, 2005

Were you happy or sad? Excited or indifferent? Or did it just make you sick?

TCU upset Oklahoma.

Louisville remained a sexy Rose Bowl pick.

Even Cincinnati won.

Meanwhile, UCF ran its losing streak to 16 games, SMU lost to Baylor and Tulsa was destroyed at home by Minnesota.

Add it all up, this is what it means:

Old Conference USA had a good Week 1.

New Conference USA had a bad Week 1.

"There are some things we've got to get corrected in a pretty expedient fashion," said Tulsa coach Steve Kragthorpe.

No kidding.

None of this is to suggest any of this was avoidable. When the Big East raided C-USA, Louisville, Cincinnati and USF were going to accept its invitations faster than you can spell BCS, and the byproduct of that mass exodus was TCU bettering itself with a Mountain West affiliation. In other words, Britton Banowsky wasn't keeping the old C-USA together. Nobody could've, Dr. Phil and super glue included.

Still, Week 1 was salt in the wound.

Louisville didn't look great, but the Cards are ranked 12th in the nation. TCU did look great, and it's now ranked 22nd.

On the flipside, two new C-USA members -- UCF and Tulsa -- are ranked fourth and sixth, (dis)respectively, in ESPN.com's 'Bottom 10', otherwise known as the poll of the worst 10 football teams around.

That's not good.

"(Against South Carolina last week), we had opportunities to put the ball in the end zone," said UCF's George O'Leary. "We've got to start getting that done."

Sooner the better.

Or at least before TCU and Louisville play for the national title.

It's not all bad

On a positive note, C-USA will be well-represented at quarterback when the NFL season gets underway this weekend. Seven starting signal callers hail from C-USA schools. Two are from Marshall (Byron Leftwich and Chad Pennington), two are from Tulane (J.P. Losman and Patrick Ramsey), and there's one each from Southern Miss (Brett Favre), Tulsa (Gus Frerotte) and UCF (Daunte Culpepper).

No other college football league has even six starters. The Big Ten and Pac-10 each have five.

Louisville and TCU have none.
09-09-2005 12:14 PM
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There was no reason for this to be posted on the main board.

It has been moved.

Ty-Bull, consider yourself warned. Rag on C-USA on the Big East board all you want (within the limits of that board), but we're not putting up with it here.
09-09-2005 12:20 PM
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Ty-Bull Wrote:Memphis column ridicules C*USA and Comedy Central....
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Nothing like C*DOA getting ripped by one of its own hometown newspapers. Read on:

Old members shine early; Meanwhile, Tulsa and UCF among worst
By Gary Parrish
Contact
September 8, 2005

Were you happy or sad? Excited or indifferent? Or did it just make you sick?

TCU upset Oklahoma.

Louisville remained a sexy Rose Bowl pick.

Even Cincinnati won.

Meanwhile, UCF ran its losing streak to 16 games, SMU lost to Baylor and Tulsa was destroyed at home by Minnesota.

Add it all up, this is what it means:

Old Conference USA had a good Week 1.

New Conference USA had a bad Week 1.

"There are some things we've got to get corrected in a pretty expedient fashion," said Tulsa coach Steve Kragthorpe.

No kidding.

None of this is to suggest any of this was avoidable. When the Big East raided C-USA, Louisville, Cincinnati and USF were going to accept its invitations faster than you can spell BCS, and the byproduct of that mass exodus was TCU bettering itself with a Mountain West affiliation. In other words, Britton Banowsky wasn't keeping the old C-USA together. Nobody could've, Dr. Phil and super glue included.

Still, Week 1 was salt in the wound.

Louisville didn't look great, but the Cards are ranked 12th in the nation. TCU did look great, and it's now ranked 22nd.

On the flipside, two new C-USA members -- UCF and Tulsa -- are ranked fourth and sixth, (dis)respectively, in ESPN.com's 'Bottom 10', otherwise known as the poll of the worst 10 football teams around.

That's not good.

"(Against South Carolina last week), we had opportunities to put the ball in the end zone," said UCF's George O'Leary. "We've got to start getting that done."

Sooner the better.

Or at least before TCU and Louisville play for the national title.

It's not all bad

On a positive note, C-USA will be well-represented at quarterback when the NFL season gets underway this weekend. Seven starting signal callers hail from C-USA schools. Two are from Marshall (Byron Leftwich and Chad Pennington), two are from Tulane (J.P. Losman and Patrick Ramsey), and there's one each from Southern Miss (Brett Favre), Tulsa (Gus Frerotte) and UCF (Daunte Culpepper).

No other college football league has even six starters. The Big Ten and Pac-10 each have five.

Louisville and TCU have none.
blah blah blah pretentious blah blah blah blah elitist blah blah blah velvet rope mentality blah blah blah blah blah

Anyway, what are you so proud of? You guys SUCK, and if it weren't for you hanging onto Daddy Warbucks Steinbrenner's pant leg for dear life you would have never gotten into the BE.

Leave us alone you POS, and don't throw **** until you can back it up. Loser.

I hope we beat the **** out of you next weekend. :chair:

P.S. Cherish that BCS bid while you can.
09-09-2005 12:26 PM
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Cincinnatti won - by only 2 over one of the worst teams in the MAC. No mention of new CUSA team's complete destruction of a team of similar caliber on the road.

Also absent is a discussion of the USF loss to one of the worst Big X schools in recent years as well.

TCU's victory was impressive. Other than that, the new and old CUSA performance was uniformally pathetic.
09-09-2005 02:23 PM
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OwlJacket Wrote:Cincinnatti won - by only 2 over one of the worst teams in the MAC. No mention of new CUSA team's complete destruction of a team of similar caliber on the road.

Also absent is a discussion of the USF loss to one of the worst Big X schools in recent years as well.

TCU's victory was impressive. Other than that, the new and old CUSA performance was uniformally pathetic.
hey, i resent that - we're better than 4 other mac teams - so i guess we're a "lower middle mac program" - and don't you forget it
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I guess this guy is eating his words now that TCU was dismantled by SMU. Once UCF destroys USF, he's going to have to write an apology editorial.
09-13-2005 07:03 AM
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OwlJacket Wrote:Cincinnatti won - by only 2 over one of the worst teams in the MAC. No mention of new CUSA team's complete destruction of a team of similar caliber on the road.

Also absent is a discussion of the USF loss to one of the worst Big X schools in recent years as well.

TCU's victory was impressive. Other than that, the new and old CUSA performance was uniformally pathetic.
Not only that, but for a Memphis writer to say "Even" Cincinnati won after UC crushed Memphis 49-10 last season is kind of silly, don't you think?
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bearcatfan Wrote:
OwlJacket Wrote:Cincinnatti won - by only 2 over one of the worst teams in the MAC. No mention of new CUSA team's complete destruction of a team of similar caliber on the road.

Also absent is a discussion of the USF loss to one of the worst Big X schools in recent years as well.

TCU's victory was impressive. Other than that, the new and old CUSA performance was uniformally pathetic.
Not only that, but for a Memphis writer to say "Even" Cincinnati won after UC crushed Memphis 49-10 last season is kind of silly, don't you think?
Maybe he remembers your game against Army? :D
09-14-2005 06:22 AM
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bearcatfan Wrote:
OwlJacket Wrote:Cincinnatti won - by only 2 over one of the worst teams in the MAC. No mention of new CUSA team's complete destruction of a team of similar caliber on the road.

Also absent is a discussion of the USF loss to one of the worst Big X schools in recent years as well.

TCU's victory was impressive. Other than that, the new and old CUSA performance was uniformally pathetic.
Not only that, but for a Memphis writer to say "Even" Cincinnati won after UC crushed Memphis 49-10 last season is kind of silly, don't you think?
Memphis still had a winning team last year....that UC performance was just a bad game altogether---not the norm. And that doesn't change the fact that UC still hasn't done much else in football. He was right to say '"even" Cincy'.
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Chemmie Wrote:I guess this guy is eating his words now that TCU was dismantled by SMU. Once UCF destroys USF, he's going to have to write an apology editorial.
Not.


He didn't say anything that wasn't true atthe time, and so far, it's pretty much holding true.
09-19-2005 01:20 AM
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