Date Opponent Location
09/04/2005 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. Louisville Win 45-10
09/17/2005 Oregon State Louisville, Ky. Louisville Win 34-24
09/24/2005 South Florida Tampa, Fla. Louisville Win 28-17
10/01/2005 Florida Atlantic Louisville, Ky. Louisville Win 42-14
10/08/2005 North Carolina Louisville, Ky. Louisville Win 35-10
10/15/2005 West Virginia Morgantown, W.V. Louisville Loss 24-27
10/22/2005 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Louisville Win 42-13
11/03/2005 Pittsburgh Louisville, Ky. Louisville Win 31-21
11/11/2005 Rutgers Louisville, Ky. Louisville Win 52-17
11/26/2005 Syracuse Louisville, Ky. Louisville Win 37-21
12/03/2005 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. Louisville Win 35-24
Overall Record 10-1
Big East Record 6-1
Orange Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
My Predicted Big East Overall and Conference Records
Louisville 10-1/Big East 6-1
Pittsburgh 9-2/Big East 6-1
West Virginia 8-3/Big East 5-2
Syracuse 7-4/Big East 4-3
UConn 7-4/Big East 3-4
Rutgers 5-6/Big East 3-4
South Florida 4-7/Big East 2-5
Cincinnati 3-8/Big East 1-6
UC not so much dogging you because I expect you to bounce right back but you are completely rebuilding right now. USF you time will come in 2006, right now IMO you are still very young but very talented. Syracuse could surprise and have a better record then 7-4 because the talent is there. It is up to the players and Coach Robinson to bring it out.
Anything can happen during a season, and UC has a lot of talent, it's young, but talented, so anything can happen during a long season. It's going to be hard to make a lot of predictions this season.
I think we'll be tough at home, and struggle on the road. We will have a good running game and I think we will be solid defensively, but QB and receivers are a big question mark. I think we are better in an underdog role, and this year the expectations are modest, so we could surprise. I think we will pull a big upset of VPI at home - I really think expectations are too high for them. We should have beaten them down there last year, a blocked field goal run back for a touchdown was the difference in the game. I don't see us losing to them at home. I think we have a couple dangerous road games in the BE, Rutgers, USF, Cincy and Syracuse. We will be VERY fortunate to win all of them, and I don't think we will be that fortunate. I see one loss, possibly two, and I wouldn't be shocked by 3. I'm going to be fairly optimistic here, and assume that our running back can carry the load until the passing game catches up, but I wouldn't be shocked with anything from 4 - 7 to 9 - 2. Should be an interesting season.
Date Opponent Location Score
09/03/2005 Syracuse Away 21-17
09/10/2005 Wofford Home 48-13
09/17/2005 Maryland Away 6-21
09/24/2005 East Carolina Home 31-24
10/01/2005 Virginia Tech Home 20-16
10/08/2005 Rutgers Away 14-23
10/15/2005 Louisville Home 21-35
10/22/2005 South Florida Away 28-23
11/02/2005 Connecticut Home 31-17
11/09/2005 Cincinnati Away 17-14
11/24/2005 Pittsburgh Home 27-20
8-3 / 5-2
I need to look at the other NBE schedules before I can make an "official" prediction :)
I really hope I am wrong but I can't see Louisville winning in Morgantown this year. Even though WVU will be young you guys have a lot of talent and really you might have help yourself by getting rid of players like Chris Henry.
Plus you should have the best D in the Big East this year.
west va may have the best def in the be, but m. bush is a load and i'm sure wv will get a healthy dose of your running game to offset the homefield adv. just make sure you win your ooc's, it wouldn't look too good if one of the best teams in the be loses to middle of the pack pac 10 and acc teams.
as for usf we're probably still one year away from being a dangerous team in the big east but i'm hoping a few teams will underestimate us and we'll be able to squeak out a few wins, we have a new qb and off coordinator in place, but we'll only go as far as our defense takes us this upcoming season.
penn st - w 21-17 (first step towards retirement in happy valley for joepa)
famu - w 42 - 7
ucf - w 28 - 3
miami - L 35 - 10
louisville - L 28 - 14
west va - w 14 - 10 (homecoming)
pitt - L 21 - 10
rutgers - w 27 - 24
syracuse - L 21 - 14
cinci - W 35 - 7
uconn - W 28 - 14
7-4 and our first bowl game at champs sports bowl
Sep 1 EASTERN MICHIGAN UC 28-10
Sep 10 at Penn State PSU 24-14
Sep 17 WESTERN CAROLINA UC 35-10
Sep 28 at Miami (Ohio) UC 33-30
Oct 8 at Pittsburgh * Pitt 31-14
Oct 15 CONNECTICUT * UC 27-24
Oct 22 LOUISVILLE * UL 45-20
Oct 29 at Syracuse * Syracuse 38-24
Nov 9 WEST VIRGINIA * WVU 31-20
Nov 19 at USF * UC 30-24
Nov 26 at Rutgers * Rutgers 28-27
UC 5-6 overall, 2-5 BE
I'm hoping for better - depends on how a new offense works out. Should be pretty good by the end of the season.
Maize Wrote:My Predicted Big East Overall and Conference Records
Louisville 10-1/Big East 6-1
Pittsburgh 9-2/Big East 6-1
West Virginia 8-3/Big East 5-2
Syracuse 7-4/Big East 4-3
UConn 7-4/Big East 3-4
Rutgers 5-6/Big East 3-4
South Florida 4-7/Big East 2-5
Cincinnati 3-8/Big East 1-6
I think you are being too top heavy with your records although I agree with your standings.
Louisville will have a great chance at an undefeated season this year and making a lot of noise nationally.
That said, if they don't dominate the conference, the standings will be like this...
Louisville 8-3, BE 4-3
Pittburgh 7-4, BE 4-3
West Virginia 6-5, BE 4-3
UConn 6-5, BE 4-3
Rutgers 5-6, BE 3-4
South Florida 5-6, BE, 3-4
Cincinnati 4-7, BE 3-4
Syracuse 4-7, BE 3-4
Predicted Outcomes for Syracuse Football Games 2005:
Home West Virginia - Win
Home Buffalo - Win
Home Virginia - Win
Away FSU - Loss
Away UConn - Win
Home Rutgers - Win
Away Pitt - Loss
Home Cincinnati - Win
Home USF - Win
Away Notre Dame - Win
Away Louisville - Loss
Overall Record 8-3
BE Record 5-2
Cheers,
Neil
I don't like predictions. I'm not Ms. Cleo. :tasha: If you offered me 6 wins and a bowl bid, I'd take it and run. :drag: