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(07-12-2017 12:58 AM)topperfan84 Wrote:  I don't get the ODU hype. But then again, I haven't seen them be competitive against us, ever.

We are good against the teams we are supposed to beat and bad against the teams we are supposed to get beat by. I think they hype surrounding the team is based on how quickly we got to where we are - I believe this year will be the first year where we have the full FBS team top to bottom. The argument against the hype is "we didn't play anybody" last year, since Marshall decided to self implode they no longer count as a quality win, we played against a USM backup QB, and we didn't have MT or LT on the schedule, so the remaining teams we played (UTSA, Charlotte, UTEP, F_U) don't count. Furthermore, our bowl win was against a random directional school from Michigan so that doesn't count either.
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(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 03:53 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  This season will be somewhat crazy. On one hand, we have three clear leaders in the East: MTSU, WKU, and ODU with Marshall, FIU, and FAU, supposedly, far behind.
But, then, you get new fancy coaches at FIU and FAU, with a name and a media pull. And, as far as FAU is concerned, you get a team returning 20 of the 22 starters. Yet, on another hand, those 20 returnees are from the 2016 3-9 team. Will FAU and FIU bridge the gap to the top three? Will ODU fall back due to lack of a QB? Will Marshall return to respectability? What about Charlotte? Where do they rank?

I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....
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(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 03:53 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  This season will be somewhat crazy. On one hand, we have three clear leaders in the East: MTSU, WKU, and ODU with Marshall, FIU, and FAU, supposedly, far behind.
But, then, you get new fancy coaches at FIU and FAU, with a name and a media pull. And, as far as FAU is concerned, you get a team returning 20 of the 22 starters. Yet, on another hand, those 20 returnees are from the 2016 3-9 team. Will FAU and FIU bridge the gap to the top three? Will ODU fall back due to lack of a QB? Will Marshall return to respectability? What about Charlotte? Where do they rank?

I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

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(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 03:53 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  This season will be somewhat crazy. On one hand, we have three clear leaders in the East: MTSU, WKU, and ODU with Marshall, FIU, and FAU, supposedly, far behind.
But, then, you get new fancy coaches at FIU and FAU, with a name and a media pull. And, as far as FAU is concerned, you get a team returning 20 of the 22 starters. Yet, on another hand, those 20 returnees are from the 2016 3-9 team. Will FAU and FIU bridge the gap to the top three? Will ODU fall back due to lack of a QB? Will Marshall return to respectability? What about Charlotte? Where do they rank?

I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.
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Eh it doesn't matter what preseason predictions are. For a good number of schools, there are a lot of factors in play to make it difficult to know who is going to do what. Qb replacements are always an unknown, replacing a bunch of starters at once is not much different. New coaches a few schools, things just seem up in the air mostly to me. All these predictions serve no purpose other than to sell papers etc and make some fans feel good.

I am curious though, you charlotte guys have an awful lot of confidence and I am not sure why.......anyways, I guess that's why we play the game.
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(07-12-2017 09:05 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 03:53 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  This season will be somewhat crazy. On one hand, we have three clear leaders in the East: MTSU, WKU, and ODU with Marshall, FIU, and FAU, supposedly, far behind.
But, then, you get new fancy coaches at FIU and FAU, with a name and a media pull. And, as far as FAU is concerned, you get a team returning 20 of the 22 starters. Yet, on another hand, those 20 returnees are from the 2016 3-9 team. Will FAU and FIU bridge the gap to the top three? Will ODU fall back due to lack of a QB? Will Marshall return to respectability? What about Charlotte? Where do they rank?

I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!
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(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:05 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 03:53 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  This season will be somewhat crazy. On one hand, we have three clear leaders in the East: MTSU, WKU, and ODU with Marshall, FIU, and FAU, supposedly, far behind.
But, then, you get new fancy coaches at FIU and FAU, with a name and a media pull. And, as far as FAU is concerned, you get a team returning 20 of the 22 starters. Yet, on another hand, those 20 returnees are from the 2016 3-9 team. Will FAU and FIU bridge the gap to the top three? Will ODU fall back due to lack of a QB? Will Marshall return to respectability? What about Charlotte? Where do they rank?

I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...
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(07-12-2017 09:35 AM)beefcake0520 Wrote:  Eh it doesn't matter what preseason predictions are. For a good number of schools, there are a lot of factors in play to make it difficult to know who is going to do what. Qb replacements are always an unknown, replacing a bunch of starters at once is not much different. New coaches a few schools, things just seem up in the air mostly to me. All these predictions serve no purpose other than to sell papers etc and make some fans feel good.

I am curious though, you charlotte guys have an awful lot of confidence and I am not sure why.......anyways, I guess that's why we play the game.

An "awful lot of confidence"? Because we don't agree we will be last? We were not, last, last year. In fact, we could have been considered a mid pack team. We beat your team on your field last year. Why are you so confident?
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(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:05 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.
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(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-11-2017 03:53 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  This season will be somewhat crazy. On one hand, we have three clear leaders in the East: MTSU, WKU, and ODU with Marshall, FIU, and FAU, supposedly, far behind.
But, then, you get new fancy coaches at FIU and FAU, with a name and a media pull. And, as far as FAU is concerned, you get a team returning 20 of the 22 starters. Yet, on another hand, those 20 returnees are from the 2016 3-9 team. Will FAU and FIU bridge the gap to the top three? Will ODU fall back due to lack of a QB? Will Marshall return to respectability? What about Charlotte? Where do they rank?

I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

If UAB hadn't dropped its football program you wouldn't have won the first one. The UAB additions on defense gave you just enough to let your offense carry you. Last year was a different story. Last year I believe you had the most complete team though you still should have lost to us had our QB not audibled from running out the clock to throwing an incomplete pass.
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(07-12-2017 12:15 PM)SICemDAWGS! Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:05 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

Against us none of those guys from your school did anything...I am just speaking to what opponents did against WKU.....

Congrats you guys had the best DL and finished 2nd, is that better?
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(07-12-2017 12:01 PM)PSCNiner Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:35 AM)beefcake0520 Wrote:  Eh it doesn't matter what preseason predictions are. For a good number of schools, there are a lot of factors in play to make it difficult to know who is going to do what. Qb replacements are always an unknown, replacing a bunch of starters at once is not much different. New coaches a few schools, things just seem up in the air mostly to me. All these predictions serve no purpose other than to sell papers etc and make some fans feel good.

I am curious though, you charlotte guys have an awful lot of confidence and I am not sure why.......anyways, I guess that's why we play the game.

An "awful lot of confidence"? Because we don't agree we will be last? We were not, last, last year. In fact, we could have been considered a mid pack team. We beat your team on your field last year. Why are you so confident?

Hey, I am just going on what you guys are writing on here. I never said I was confident, no herd fan is right now. Who gives a rats butt about last year, nearly every team on the schedule beat us.

That aside, what I am going on is you guys lose some of your most experienced players that's been there since the word go, so saying beating 5 or 6 teams on the schedule sounds awful confident to me.

As far as the Herd is concerned, we know nothing as a fanbase on whether or not last years wrongs are going to be righted, and won't know until a few games are played. Put us at the bottom on the list, don't really care right now and matters not.
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(07-11-2017 09:51 AM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  
(07-10-2017 10:20 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  
(07-10-2017 08:36 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  
(07-10-2017 07:25 PM)Free bird Wrote:  http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story...463689001/

Rice & FIU will only play 11 games and UTEP will play 10 ?????

Hey it's a prediction. But I'm pretty sure we'll play at least 12, and y'all too.

On the up side, at least all 14 of his conference records add up to a mathematically possible .500 average.

So we're really just talking four non-conference games being cancelled.

I just hope we get to play Houston.

Well, good news! He invested some serious time and energy to revise the numbers and Rice prediction is now 2-10 so Houston game is secured 04-cheers

But to ensure y'all play Houston, FIU's record is now
Quote:Florida International (2-1, 1-7)

Since we finish over .500 we should be in a bowl game, right????? 03-lmfao

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(07-12-2017 12:15 PM)SICemDAWGS! Wrote:  
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(07-12-2017 07:12 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

You still did not name MANY....13 teams and each team has at least 3 DL some run 4 but lets stop at 3...

39 DL each year and you named 4 or was it 5 players covering 3 seasons. So out of 117 (more because some play 4) you named 5.

So while some players were good, very good, the overall DL wasn't
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(07-12-2017 12:37 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 12:15 PM)SICemDAWGS! Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:05 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

Against us none of those guys from your school did anything...I am just speaking to what opponents did against WKU.....

Congrats you guys had the best DL and finished 2nd, is that better?

Lol, Yep none of those guys did anything just 10 TFL -48 and 3 sacks -26, You know the game where Tech smoked WKU 59-10. I would block that from my memory too 03-lmfao That post is on up there, not clueless ODU worthy but close


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RE: A conference results/champs prediction
(07-13-2017 12:22 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  
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(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

Against us none of those guys from your school did anything...I am just speaking to what opponents did against WKU.....

Congrats you guys had the best DL and finished 2nd, is that better?

Lol, Yep none of those guys did anything just 10 TFL -48 and 3 sacks -26, You know the game where Tech smoked WKU 59-10. I would block that from my memory too 03-lmfao That post is on up there, not clueless ODU worthy but close



We have already discussed that game to death05-deadhorse....Everyone has an off game, I am sure we could all pull the game where you guys got destroyed at home to Southern Miss with everything on the line at home....Hell at least that was a road game for us to get destroyed like that.....Yes it is easy to forget that game when you are back to back CUSA champions beating your team for our latest title....Our OL played better against Bama then they did against you guys that year.....Bama has some DL....What else you got?
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RE: A conference results/champs prediction
(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
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(07-11-2017 04:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  I think both FL schools should be improved. How much? We'll see. As far as ODU, we still have one if not the best running attack in the conference and a lot returning on the O-line and WR. As long as we have a serviceable QB we'll be able to move the ball against most defenses in the league. LB is a question on D but there's young talent so hopefully they'll gel early on.

But you're right, a lot of questions in the east. People were doubting WKU after Doughty left and they didn't miss a beat.

People have doubted WKU every season.....2 seasons ago it was our defense will never be good enough to win CUSA, last season it was no way we win without Doughty...This season its no way we win with a new coaching staff.....

I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Unfortunately, Hendrickson is in the NFL this season...
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RE: A conference results/champs prediction
(07-12-2017 12:37 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
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(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:05 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  I'm certainly not ready to right WKU off yet. The proof is in the pudding as they say. You guys graduated some key parts of your O-Line though if I'm not mistaken. White was pretty comfortable in the pocket last season. We'll see if he faces more pressure this year and how he handles it.

O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

Against us none of those guys from your school did anything...I am just speaking to what opponents did against WKU.....

Congrats you guys had the best DL and finished 2nd, is that better?

Ferguson either caused or recovered Mike White's fumble in our first game last year, I am pretty sure. Thats at least one effective thing they did...
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RE: A conference results/champs prediction
(07-13-2017 01:33 PM)Doots4Dawgs Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 12:37 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 12:15 PM)SICemDAWGS! Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 09:52 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  O-Line will not be an issue. The guys we have stepping in played a lot of minutes in rotation last year. Its all good. WKU will be as good as we have been the last 2years and with a very favorable schedule. LOOK OUT!

What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

Against us none of those guys from your school did anything...I am just speaking to what opponents did against WKU.....

Congrats you guys had the best DL and finished 2nd, is that better?

Ferguson either caused or recovered Mike White's fumble in our first game last year, I am pretty sure. Thats at least one effective thing they did...

Final Score was 55-52, not much defense to be had by anyone in that game....
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RE: A conference results/champs prediction
(07-13-2017 01:59 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-13-2017 01:33 PM)Doots4Dawgs Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 12:37 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 12:15 PM)SICemDAWGS! Wrote:  
(07-12-2017 10:00 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  What I like is our secondary has been intact now for 4 seasons, we have a lot of experience back there which you need in a passing league like CUSA.....Really I don't see many players able to get pressure on any QB in CUSA besides that Hendrickson guy last season from FAU, D-Line is definitely a weakness with a lot of our teams.....Crazy but the Sun Belt was a better league for D Lineman than CUSA has been....Now CUSA is still better for sure offensively but Sun Belt had an occasion mean nasty D Line who could get after your QB....3 seasons in CUSA, I just don't see many impressive D Line including ours last few years...

Funny because Hendrickson didn't lead the conference in TFL or Sacks, that was done by a Sophomore at Tech who was a Frosh AA the year prior. The previous year the conference had a DL go in the first round. Tech has had bad LB play, but Bates, Ellis, Dora, and Butler are all in the NFL and played together in some combination in CUSA. Ferguson is also one of the top DE's in the country and his pressure numbers speak for themself.

Against us none of those guys from your school did anything...I am just speaking to what opponents did against WKU.....

Congrats you guys had the best DL and finished 2nd, is that better?

Ferguson either caused or recovered Mike White's fumble in our first game last year, I am pretty sure. Thats at least one effective thing they did...

Final Score was 55-52, not much defense to be had by anyone in that game....

Hasn't really been any since the 2014 one-sided game. I don't know if there will be if both offenses stay consistent.
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