Not trying in any way to pile on, but I ranted against UConn the other day for not finishing off Michigan when they could so I feel somewhat compelled to mention the UCF game this week. UCF is new to this league and did a great job beating Penn State last week so I am not going to rant and rail like I did against UConn and team that has a history of choking in OOC and making it harder on the rest of the teams in Conference later. But I will say this UCF you need to finish teams off at your house OOC. Conference play is more important to you, but OOC is important to all of us. Again not piling on you don't deserve this outside of me trying to be fair to UConn (although they probably don't deserve that kindness cause they have a history of choking when it hurts the conference).

(09-29-2013 07:58 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  Not trying in any way to pile on, but I ranted against UConn the other day for not finishing off Michigan when they could so I feel somewhat compelled to mention the UCF game this week. UCF is new to this league and did a great job beating Penn State last week so I am not going to rant and rail like I did against UConn and team that has a history of choking in OOC and making it harder on the rest of the teams in Conference later. But I will say this UCF you need to finish teams off at your house OOC. Conference play is more important to you, but OOC is important to all of us. Again not piling on you don't deserve this outside of me trying to be fair to UConn (although they probably don't deserve that kindness cause they have a history of choking when it hurts the conference).

C'mon man that wasn't FIU they played it was SC a pretty good SEC team .The toughest team on your scheduel is UCF ! You better hope you can handle them when they come to town.

What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

Sorry for competing with on of the top teams in the nation. Maybe we should've scheduled more cupcakes

#UntestedLouisville

(09-29-2013 08:07 AM)FUB Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 07:58 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  Not trying in any way to pile on, but I ranted against UConn the other day for not finishing off Michigan when they could so I feel somewhat compelled to mention the UCF game this week. UCF is new to this league and did a great job beating Penn State last week so I am not going to rant and rail like I did against UConn and team that has a history of choking in OOC and making it harder on the rest of the teams in Conference later. But I will say this UCF you need to finish teams off at your house OOC. Conference play is more important to you, but OOC is important to all of us. Again not piling on you don't deserve this outside of me trying to be fair to UConn (although they probably don't deserve that kindness cause they have a history of choking when it hurts the conference).

C'mon man that wasn't FIU they played it was SC a pretty good SEC team .The toughest team on your scheduel is UCF ! You better hope you can handle them when they come to town.

You got that right. UL is a very good team, but if you played against USC you might lose too. Your performance against KY wasn't exactly impressive. USC would beat KY by at least 21.

I thought The Knights and their fans put on a heckuva show and I am proud of them.

(09-29-2013 08:07 AM)FUB Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 07:58 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  Not trying in any way to pile on, but I ranted against UConn the other day for not finishing off Michigan when they could so I feel somewhat compelled to mention the UCF game this week. UCF is new to this league and did a great job beating Penn State last week so I am not going to rant and rail like I did against UConn and team that has a history of choking in OOC and making it harder on the rest of the teams in Conference later. But I will say this UCF you need to finish teams off at your house OOC. Conference play is more important to you, but OOC is important to all of us. Again not piling on you don't deserve this outside of me trying to be fair to UConn (although they probably don't deserve that kindness cause they have a history of choking when it hurts the conference).

C'mon man that wasn't FIU they played it was SC a pretty good SEC team .The toughest team on your scheduel is UCF ! You better hope you can handle them when they come to town.

I know, I am not downing their schedule at all. But for all you that are downing Louisville's schedule, we owned a MAC team that is undefeated outside of us so far, and looking around the MAC schools have been hard on our conference this year. We beat Kentucky which anyone can do but they are technically SEC, and when we scheduled the FIU game they were up and coming, infact they beat both UCF and Louisville two years ago, played us within a touchdown last year, we had no idea four years ago that they would hire Ron Turner for this year and be this bad. And EKU is a money game regional rival FCS that we all have on our schedules to pay the bills. UCF maybe the best team on our schedule this year and that is the problem, our conference mates are sucking in OOC and nobody but us is getting ranked. If you think you can beat us, fine, come and get it. We are not unbeatable AT ALL, but till you do it shut up and take care of your business OOC. See if UCF had beaten USCe then beat Louisville that would have garnered a TON of respect for UCF and the AAC moving forward, they would likely go to a BCS bowl and gotten to showcase the AAC in a huge game. But instead they lost to a good SEC team and then if they beat Louisville the story will be how Louisville was overated and how bad the AAC is and UCF will get the last pick of the BCS bowls and the story will be how unfair it is that the AAC champion, a loser to the 4th best SEC team gets an automatic bid. And that is not good for anyone, but that is the best UCF can now hope for. My point is not to disrespect UCF in anyway, but that is the fact of the matter, winning OOC is vital for this Conference to stay relevant when Rutgers and Louisville leave. Say what you will about Louisville and Rutgers, since 2005 we have both had ups and downs, but we have never hurt the league the way USF and UConn and Temple are doing right now. we both had one horrible 4-8 season but generally we held our weight OOC at least and had the decency to lose in conference..

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

(09-29-2013 07:58 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  But I will say this UCF you need to finish teams off at your house OOC. Conference play is more important to you, but OOC is important to all of us.

UCF had 2 problems yesterday. They wasted great opportunities in the first half and should have been ahead 17-0 or 21-0 instead of 10-0 at the break. And they should not have melted down in the 3rd Q/early 4th Q.

Either way, they were never in a position to "finish" yesterday. They were down 28-10 with 10 minutes to play. In other words, they didn't "choke" the game away at the end.

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

And what the hell does that have to do with winning OCS games which is what you are accusing UCF of failing to do. Look at your team's OCS record past three years before you accuse others of failure to do something.

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

Oh and by the way we are 5-5 vs you guys so that then means we beaten you a lot also.

UCF-Louisville schedule comparison:
Akron = Ohio - terrible MAC teams we both blew out
FIU = FIU - took care of business vs winless
Penn State = Kentucky - a bit harder to say but Kentucky is SEC and Penn State is down this year

Ranked South Carolina with first rounder Clowney is on a different level than anything Louisville has seen. We gave them a hell of a game. I'm not sure they were the better team last night but I'm sure as hell sure I don't want to hear Louisville fan beat their chests

If Louisville wants to complain we don't help their Strength of Schedule, maybe Louisville shouldn't of had so many cupcakes. As a UCF fan, the least I can say is my team has been tested and I think we can compete for the title.

It was only a couple weeks ago Louisville fans were claiming there was a huge gap between old Big East members and new members. Louisville, Rutgers, Cincy, UConn, and South Florida were going to cruise with the weaker conference opponents. Right?? Tell me that story again wise Cards fans.

#ChargeOn

(09-29-2013 08:24 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  Sorry for competing with on of the top teams in the nation. Maybe we should've scheduled more cupcakes

#UntestedLouisville

Hash tags don't work on message boards. I think it is great you played them!! Don't get me wrong. Just that thing is that you actually should have won that game. Your team is good enough to have beat them and you had them down in your house and did not finish them. I am complimenting UCF, because USC is a good team and you should have beaten them. BUUUT you didn't.. I am just saying finish them. UCF has a shot at knocking us off, again I am not smack talking at all here. I am saying when you have opportunity to beat a ranked opponent in your house you have to capitalize on it, it is important to the whole conference. I am not saying to play cupcakes. You are ignoring the last 20 years if you think this year is how Louisville schedules. We made a name playing anytime anywhere anyone. Our home wins against FSU, Miami, dismantling beat downs of UNC, Kentucky, Oregon State, and Kansas State over the years built our program. We had Georgia on the schedule but they bought out the contract, ESPN tried to hook us up with Alabama, and TAMU but it did not happen, and we contacted Notre Dame, Michigan, and Ohio State and others for this year but no one would play us. We also at one point had Pitt, Syracuse, WVU, TCU, Boise State, and San Diego State on the schedule but realignment crushed those matchups so it left us scrambling to fill slots too late when those were replaced on an ever changing wheel with Temple, Memphis, Houston and UCF. So yes our schedule is pathetic this year we all agree!! We hate it worse than anyone, but it is not because we would not play tough teams, it is because of the nature of scheduling and thank God we don;t have to worry about this in the future. But unlike most Cards fans I still see a lot of good teams in the AAC and I will pull for them and this league in the future and I want to be right so I am just saying that the future of this league is in winning OOC games that you can get. It is vital. And yes selfishly I want UCF and Rutgers and Houston all to get ranked so it will help Louisville's strength of schedule and shut the talking heads up. But that is all moot when those teams lose OOC and don't get ranked. And it is a shame because I think Rutgers is a good team with an awesome Defense. UCF has top knotch athletes and a good team and nobody is going to give them credit for it now.

(09-29-2013 08:56 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  UCF-Louisville schedule comparison:
Akron = Ohio - terrible MAC teams we both blew out
FIU = FIU - took care of business vs winless
Penn State = Kentucky - a bit harder to say but Kentucky is SEC and Penn State is down this year

Ranked South Carolina with first rounder Clowney is on a different level than anything Louisville has seen. We gave them a hell of a game. I'm not sure they were the better team last night but I'm sure as hell sure I don't want to hear Louisville fan beat their chests

If Louisville wants to complain we don't help their Strength of Schedule, maybe Louisville shouldn't of had so many cupcakes. As a UCF fan, the least I can say is my team has been tested and I think we can compete for the title.

It was only a couple weeks ago Louisville fans were claiming there was a huge gap between old Big East members and new members. Louisville, Rutgers, Cincy, UConn, and South Florida were going to cruise with the weaker conference opponents. Right?? Tell me that story again wise Cards fans.

#ChargeOn

Ohio is a good MAC team. And I never said any of that crap in fact I have always maintained that UConn is fake juice, USF did surprise me because they have a good coach but it doesn't seem to be a good fit there I thought he would have luck with the talent there but I was wrong. I always said that UCF and ECU have good football programs and horrid Basketball, and Hash tags still don't work on a message board.

(09-29-2013 08:47 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

Oh and by the way we are 5-5 vs you guys so that then means we beaten you a lot also.

Yes you do. But I will take Louisville's football history every day over USF's over the last ten years and so would you.

(09-29-2013 09:10 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:47 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

Oh and by the way we are 5-5 vs you guys so that then means we beaten you a lot also.

Yes you do. But I will take Louisville's football history every day over USF's over the last ten years and so would you.

I don't live in history. But certainly Louisville has had much more time to establish a foundation in athletics than USF. It would be sad if we would have surpass you guys in our short existence.
Enjoy your success but that doesn't mean you should put down others specially when there is little to back it up.

(09-29-2013 09:24 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 09:10 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:47 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

Oh and by the way we are 5-5 vs you guys so that then means we beaten you a lot also.

Yes you do. But I will take Louisville's football history every day over USF's over the last ten years and so would you.

I don't live in history.

Saving your quote for War on I-4 future discussions. Thanks

(09-29-2013 08:45 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

And what the hell does that have to do with winning OCS games which is what you are accusing UCF of failing to do. Look at your team's OCS record past three years before you accuse others of failure to do something.

Please!! No one left in this conference has done more work OOC than Rutgers and Louisville, no one left in this league has done half the heavy lifting OOC that Rutgers and Louisville has done since 2005. Your team beat Notre Dame and that is great!! I wish you could have done it more often, but cherry picking the record is bush league in a stat fight. We have had down years but we helped keep this league afloat after the first round of realignment and unlike WVU bailing on everyone we stuck around to give this league its only ranked member. I am not accusing them of something, I am stating the fact that I felt it would be unfair to rail against UConn and not mention that UCF losing to USC win they had a team good enough to win. That is all. Not knocking them for scheduling them, it was good to schedule them, not knocking them for losing to a better team, because I really don't think USC is the BETTER team. I am just saying when you are a good team and have a good team in your house and the lead at half time it is important to win these situations for the good of your team and the whole conference and if you are arguing against that point then this league is doomed to be the next CUSA. If you are saying to me let he who is without sin cast the first stone then you have a great point. My school has not been exactly dominate during the Kragthorpe years, but then we where pretty dominate during Petrino, and we are pretty good now. But we are not without our Kragthorpe debacle. We own it. But I will say if that is the standard we are to keep then NO ONE on this board can say one darn negative thing ever because there is no school in this league that is perfect. So far this year the closest coming to it are Louisville and Houston, and there are plenty of good teams that will get a crack at them but until then, if we are to have a message board then I guess we will have to let everyone have an opinion even if it means the Louisville fan with the golden ticket to the ACC might have something to say about his CURRENT league that is not always a compliment.

(09-29-2013 09:26 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 09:24 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 09:10 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:47 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  We beat you a lot though.

Oh and by the way we are 5-5 vs you guys so that then means we beaten you a lot also.

Yes you do. But I will take Louisville's football history every day over USF's over the last ten years and so would you.

I don't live in history.

Saving your quote for War on I-4 future discussions. Thanks

LOL.Reality is that sooner or later UCF is bound to beat us. This year seems like the perfect storm for you guys to do it and have bragging rights for one year. But just remember its ONE game once a year. I have never been one that supported the idea that for USF to succeed UCF had to suffer or vice versa.

(09-29-2013 09:24 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 09:10 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:47 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:37 AM)MHSCard Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 08:23 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  What? Because outside beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl the Cards under Strong have beaten no one close to the caliber of South Carolina.

We beat you a lot though.

Oh and by the way we are 5-5 vs you guys so that then means we beaten you a lot also.

Yes you do. But I will take Louisville's football history every day over USF's over the last ten years and so would you.

I don't live in history. But certainly Louisville has had much more time to establish a foundation in athletics than USF. It would be sad if we would have surpass you guys in our short existence.
Enjoy your success but that doesn't mean you should put down others specially when there is little to back it up.

My comment was a retort to your attack. In point of fact I more than most have been complimentary to this league. So if you don't want me to respond in kind then treat me how you would like to be treated.