I bet almost everybody got SMU right. Most were 6-6 to 7-5 with good O and bad D. Turned out to be right on. Tulsa was greatest disappointment.

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

Same outcome. So now it is usif?

(08-03-2017 06:52 PM)Hurricane Drummer Wrote:  5.Temple-They lose a ton including HC. Hard to stay at top every year at this level. It's time to take a step back.

Pretty solid when our 'step back' is 6-6 and 3rd in the division.

(11-30-2017 07:16 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

Same outcome. So now it is usif?

If that's a whiff, you have a strange idea of what a whiff is. But I'm not surprised. I liked you guys better when you were 0-12. Now THAT's a whiff.

(08-03-2017 06:41 AM)arenafanatic Wrote:  Can't believe it is that time of the year already!

What are your AAC predictions?

Who is your sleeper team?

The West looks really tough. The East seems to be USF's to lose.

Always enjoy hearing from you guys

Our 2017 AAC Preview: http://www.arenafanatic.com/aac-football...-2017.html

Not bad for a pre season view.

(11-30-2017 07:51 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 07:16 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

Same outcome. So now it is usif?

If that's a whiff, you have a strange idea of what a whiff is. But I'm not surprised. I liked you guys better when you were 0-12. Now THAT's a whiff.

How could you have liked them during the 0-12 season? The only one man enough to stick around was Jared. All the others are a bunch of cry baby whiners.

(11-30-2017 09:00 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 07:51 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 07:16 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

Same outcome. So now it is usif?

If that's a whiff, you have a strange idea of what a whiff is. But I'm not surprised. I liked you guys better when you were 0-12. Now THAT's a whiff.

How could you have liked them during the 0-12 season? The only one man enough to stick around was Jared. All the others are a bunch of cry baby whiners.

I said "liked them better." It's all relative. I liked them 2 on a scale of 10. Now I like them 0.

(08-03-2017 07:04 AM)rosewater Wrote:  Memphis in the west and USF in the East. Getting crushed in the bowl with a stacked team does not inspire confidence about Houston outlook under Applewhite.

Good call

(11-30-2017 09:24 PM)Acres Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 07:04 AM)rosewater Wrote:  Memphis in the west and USF in the East. Getting crushed in the bowl with a stacked team does not inspire confidence about Houston outlook under Applewhite.

Good call on houston

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

That would be Houston. Try to keep up.

I had UC at 5-7...and overshot lol

Darkhorse - TU in the west (I don't really think they are a darkhorse to me but I think they are to others)

USF in the east, watch out for UCF (they are done being beat on)

I did say watch out for UCF but boy was I wrong about TU....what a disappointing year! Injuries and lack of a decent QB.

(11-30-2017 07:16 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

Same outcome. So now it is usif?

It's laughable the way that the UCiF nickname (which is still used by some - "we wouldn't have a losing record to you if we'd been in the same conference the whole time!") burn so badly that you guys try to turn it around and use it against USF. It's as stupid as the people who refuse to capitalize the letters of the other (using usf or ucf) like we're playing an "I'm rubber, you're glue" or "I know you are but what am I" game. I don't see anybody seriously whining about an 'if' with respect to that game last Friday. It was a great game, and you guys won.

As for the DNA of choking on big games, I'm not sure it's valid to assume that the history of the Jim Leavitt era somehow translates to a program that is 3 head coaches removed, but if it fits your narrative that we're chokers until we win, then I guess that's fine. Silly, but fine.

USFFan

(08-09-2017 12:37 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  USF finishes a game ahead of UCF. Same for UH over Memphis in the West. Temple takes a step back. Navy falters a little. ECU is lucky to win 3 games

Well, I got my mis-directional florida teams revered, and UH and Memphis. Dead on with Temple, Navy and unfortunately ECU.

(12-01-2017 12:04 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 07:16 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:36 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 05:34 PM)otown Wrote:  What nobody seemed to realize was how much choking is in USF's DNA when it really matters for their season. Big games in a vacuum, yea, they can perform..... but when its all on the line......whiff.

You consider that last game a whiff by USF? They made a lot more mistakes than you did, and still should have won. You were fortunate to win. They didn't whiff.

Same outcome. So now it is usif?

It's laughable the way that the UCiF nickname (which is still used by some - "we wouldn't have a losing record to you if we'd been in the same conference the whole time!") burn so badly that you guys try to turn it around and use it against USF. It's as stupid as the people who refuse to capitalize the letters of the other (using usf or ucf) like we're playing an "I'm rubber, you're glue" or "I know you are but what am I" game. I don't see anybody seriously whining about an 'if' with respect to that game last Friday. It was a great game, and you guys won.

As for the DNA of choking on big games, I'm not sure it's valid to assume that the history of the Jim Leavitt era somehow translates to a program that is 3 head coaches removed, but if it fits your narrative that we're chokers until we win, then I guess that's fine. Silly, but fine.

USFFan

It’s funny to UCF fans because of the massive role reversal that has taken place in the years since the BIG EAST imploded. USiF held the power conference status over our heads, declined to schedule us, tried their hardest to downplay UCF as a rival, and ultimately tried to block UCF’s addition to the BE, much to the detriment of the conference and to USiF itself. It’s not a “I know you are but what am I?” as much as it is the tables having turned.

Fast forward to now, UCF has won 2 AAC championships and a division title in addition to winning a major bowl while USiF sits at zero. Now many of your fans are the ones proclaiming, “If we didn’t have Holtz,” “If we weren’t 2-10 UCF doesn’t win those championships,” “If Jim Leavitt hadn’t punched a player.” Your school is now the master of the IFs, hence USiF.

It's simply taking joy at throwing all that crap in the other direction. I also find it rich how USF fans get so bent out of shape over it