(03-28-2017 07:22 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 03:52 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  USF will start ranked. Probably higher than any nonP5 school. Unless it slips it will not go down. How high will they go depends on those that lose and how our conference opponnents fare.
Those of you thinking USF will drop from last year are going to be disappointed

I don't think any of us necessarily think they will drop. They just don't have the schedule to make a bunch of wins meaningful.

The biggest game on the schedule is Illinois....at home. The preseason polls have USF hovering around 20-21. One loss with that schedule will drop them out of the top 25.

So don't lose.

(03-27-2017 03:37 PM)JHS55 Wrote:  Come on man, this is good football speculation and it's not even the dogdays of summer yet !

Gotta love it. Early football hubris

(03-27-2017 03:03 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  UH will be lucky to win 7 games

If ECU wins 7 games, get Scottie Mo a contract extension fast.

(03-27-2017 12:00 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  Cincinnati has one shot to make noise -- September 9 @ Michigan. The rest of our non-conference schedule is fairly light -- Austin Peay, @ Miami (OH), Marshall.

I think it would be great if the bearcats beat up on the wolverines however a wolverine would make chop suwee out of a bearcat
Just saying...

(03-27-2017 08:21 AM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  I think that Houston is still the team to beat. They took everybody's best shot last year and just got worn down. USF will underperform. Tulsa is my sleeper.

Houston? They lost Herman and Ward.

Yeah, we lost Herman and ward, so it's a clean slate so who really knows
As time goes on Iam feeling much better about my coogs chanches, especially against your paper tigers !

Optimism for a bowl game is practically universal here as are 7 wins. Offense bringing back a ton of skill players, 3 way fight for Starting QB (Hicks starter last year, Peavey 4* transfer from UArk, Gillis 4* transfer from UWisc.), C. Sutton, Proche, and Quinn, transfer from LSU (started several games there last year) at WR. And a bevy of running backs including 2 1000yd guys. OLine is the question, but have a lot of guys with lots of playing time from last year. Defense, well... we have to just score more than the other team every time... you know what I mean. So we should make some noise, hope it's more than a squeak. At least we miss USF this year. They should win it.

(03-27-2017 04:37 AM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  ECU plays WVU and VT in consecutive weeks. Both WVU and VT should be ranked at the time based on preseason polls. We have never won in Morgantown and I doubt very seriously this is the year we do it. We have VT at home so anything can happen but it would definitely be an upset. Our schedule starts off pretty damn brutal with our gimme game being FCS Champ JMU and then VT, WVU and USF for the first month so we most likely start out of the gate 1-3

Wow, that is interesting WVU & VT play in a kick-off game in D.C. to start the season.

As a Memphis fan, Navy is the favorite in our division until we figure out who to beat the ______, I refuse to call them names.

(03-27-2017 03:00 AM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 02:50 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 02:31 AM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 02:01 AM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 01:23 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Still a down year though. I dont see this conference getting an NY6 bid this year.

What about USF? The talent to get there?

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USF has enormous talent but their non-conf slate is pretty meh. Their ceiling next year is dependent on the rest of us pulling weight. I think Memphis has a legit shot at winning conference and Navy should be solid as well. Tulsa and UH should have plenty offense but they both have some big holes to fill as well. I expect UCF and Cincy to be better than they were this year. No clue about ECU, Tulane, or UConn. SMU could be real dark horse in the west. I don't know much about Temple's situation but replacing a great coach is never easy. Certainly expect them to win more than they lose but anything beyond that would be surprising.

Pretty much, not to mention the fact USF has never won an fbs championship. On top of that I dont see how UH does better than 8-4 this we may even be a 6-6 team this year.

My expectation next year is 7 wins. However looking at the schedule even that could be difficult because for some reason we have 5 road games in conference. Maybe we'll surprise but right now I think its best to keep expectations low.

Houston only has four road games in conference - Temple,Tulsa, USF, and Tulane.

(03-29-2017 03:52 PM)Tigeer Wrote:  As a Memphis fan, Navy is the favorite in our division until we figure out who to beat the ______, I refuse to call them names.

Agreed. I thought this last year after Reynolds left and they just replaced with Will Worth. Our luck they will have the next Roger Staubach waiting in the wings. Yet again.

(03-29-2017 04:50 PM)CougarPoop Wrote:  

(03-29-2017 03:52 PM)Tigeer Wrote:  As a Memphis fan, Navy is the favorite in our division until we figure out who to beat the ______, I refuse to call them names.

Agreed. I thought this last year after Reynolds left and they just replaced with Will Worth. Our luck they will have the next Roger Staubach waiting in the wings. Yet again.

After last year, I learned the hard way not to discount Navy's graduation losses. Henceforth, I will assume they are as good or better as last year until Navy proves otherwise on the field.

(03-29-2017 01:31 PM)JHS55 Wrote:  Yeah, we lost Herman and ward, so it's a clean slate so who really knows
As time goes on Iam feeling much better about my coogs chanches, especially against your paper tigers !

Really, who won the game this past season? Who finished higher than the other? Who has practically its entire offense returning?

None of those answers are Houston.

Yeah well so what, you make too much sense
Our cheerleaders are better looking
Let that sink in...