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On a side note, MT beat Mempiss. Also, Rice beat Kansas, FAU beat USF, and North Texas beat Ball St. Not a bad day for the conference, except for FIU losing to Bethune-Cookman.

If WKU had a receiver that could catch, they'd have won going away.

(09-14-2013 10:34 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  On a side note, MT beat Mempiss. Also, Rice beat Kansas, FAU beat USF, and North Texas beat Ball St. Not a bad day for the conference, except for FIU losing to Bethune-Cookman.

And Marshall losing to Ohio U.

Marshall lost to Ohio.

I guess USA is a lot better than previously thought. The USA-Troy game should be a good one.

Troy by 17.

(09-15-2013 12:25 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  I guess USA is a lot better than previously thought. The USA-Troy game should be a good one.

Or WKU isn't any good.

(09-15-2013 07:48 AM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-15-2013 12:25 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  I guess USA is a lot better than previously thought. The USA-Troy game should be a good one.

Or WKU isn't any good.

They beat Kentucky........ah, never mind. You could be right. I just thought WKU's coach was going to elevate that program immediately.

USA is considering their win over WKU as their biggest win so far. That tells you what they think of Tulane.

Because the USA program is so new to D1, it's still searching for the game or games that will provide it an identity. Each winning game is a step in that direction as time and schedule provide indicators of its destiny.

As far as WKU and Petrino are concerned, if he does not get a BCS coaching job in the next two years, he is likely to wind up like O'Leary and Mike Price, making the rest of his future at a nonBCS school (unless that school gets elevated in the realignment process). The high school athletes who remember him from the Falcons & Arkansas will have moved on and their successors will only know the guy at WKU and that level of program.

The last time UAB was 2-1 after three games was 2005. USA seems to be doing something right down there.

(09-15-2013 12:22 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  The last time UAB was 2-1 after three games was 2005. USA seems to be doing something right down there.

USA has several advantages in that they can learn from the mistakes made by UAB and other new programs, and they may have chosen a (future) great coach whose mentor was himself an "end" on a past Bama team. Being one of "Bear's Boys" is a good thing for most residents in Alabama and gives Jones an advantage in recruiting across the state.

Add to that their city's favored status in our state [it can't seem to find enough industries to bring to Mobile (while finding none for Jeffco)] and its own BOT, medical school, pharmacy school, etc.

(09-15-2013 12:22 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  The last time UAB was 2-1 after three games was 2005. USA seems to be doing something right down there.

Absolutely no doubt about it. Neither WKU nor Tulane are horrible teams........both were real good wins for that program. USA has a bad Tennessee team up next, and then Troy. I expect them to be 2-3 real soon.

(09-15-2013 12:22 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  The last time UAB was 2-1 after three games was 2005. USA seems to be doing something right down there.

Maybe someone should snatch up the Southern Utah coach.

(09-15-2013 12:34 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Being one of "Bear's Boys" is a good thing for most residents in Alabama and gives Jones an advantage in recruiting.

Didn't seem to do much for Callaway.

(09-15-2013 12:52 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-15-2013 12:34 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Being one of "Bear's Boys" is a good thing for most residents in Alabama and gives Jones an advantage in recruiting.

Didn't seem to do much for Callaway.

Callaway's "advantage" was perhaps cancelled out by the way he got the job, the APR cloud over the program which dominated his first 3 years, and the BOT-UAB antagonism which even he could not surmount (12 years and running). NONE of these apply to USA's program, a decided advantage.

The difference is that South Alabama willfully accepts their subservience to the state's main school. I would suspect most South Alabama fans consider the Jaquars their second favorite team and Bama or Auburn first. The most vocal Blazer fans don't consider themselves second to anyone and balk at the fellow Blazer fans who split their loyalty.

Which approach works remain to be seen, but I am happy that I don't have divided loyalties and compromise my fandom.

(09-15-2013 12:52 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-15-2013 12:34 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Being one of "Bear's Boys" is a good thing for most residents in Alabama and gives Jones an advantage in recruiting.

Didn't seem to do much for Callaway.

Callaway doesn't have the current high school connections and relationships that Jones has in the state of Alabama. USA has it's own board, a better location than Troy, fertile recruiting ground within a 2 hour radius, and a supportive media, they are primed to compete for Sun Belt titles, sooner rather than later.

I'm aware of what Jones has that Callaway didn't.

My point was that being one of "Bahr"s boys didn't do much for him here.

(09-15-2013 01:50 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I'm aware of what Jones has that Callaway didn't.

My point was that being one of "Bahr"s boys didn't do much for him here.

That is what got him the job in the first place. I wish I could get a job that I am not qualified for, that pays over $250,000 per year, and failure is accepted/expected. A pretty good benefit if you can get it.