(09-20-2014 06:03 PM)huskiebob Wrote:  

(09-20-2014 05:49 PM)HuskieRak Wrote:  And do people still doubt that ECU is by far the best G5 team out there?

Way too early to say that. Also, with one loss already, they HAVE to win the AAC to get to the Access Bowl.

Not only win but not lose again.

Indiana beats Missouri, 31-27!

(09-20-2014 06:45 PM)huskiebob Wrote:  Indiana beats Missouri, 31-27!

B1G > SEC.

(09-20-2014 07:44 PM)NIU17 Wrote:  

(09-20-2014 06:45 PM)huskiebob Wrote:  Indiana beats Missouri, 31-27!

B1G > SEC.

proof that it's darn hard to predict college football...anything can happen

Great to see Mississippi State putting on a 31-10 clinic in Baton Rouge. Dan Mullen is one of 5 coaches in the SEC who does things right.

Arizona just beat Cal on a 47 yard hail mary as time expired.

Quote:Arizona just beat Cal on a 47 yard hail mary as time expired.

FVCK. Are you kidding me?!

I told everyone at last call that that will help us all. Even the idiot CMU guy with the hat on sideways who couldn't point out Kansas in a map.

Oh, it's on. With UMass' potential (and Vandy ALMOST beating South Carolina) -- and yet flopping like a Grandma who needed her 7th diaper changed tonight... and everyone Folding bad, yeah, it's fine for the B1G (which indirectly helps us and to teams we are siblings to) -- but Jesus.

NIU needs to win out to have our Conf win the Bowl placement. Cinci is vulnerable (see Miami). Akron -- Bowden ain't ready yet. BGSU has multi-personality disorder, so the Mac East is wacked. No Toledo -- 2 losses.

WMU? Yeah, if Purdue goes 8-4 or something (which is NOT going to happen)....

Arkansas rolling well, going 9-3 in the SEC? While NIU goes undefeated in the MAC -- and Toledo's only conf-loss is to NIU, and NIU beating WMU battling VaTech to the wire -- while Also ECU stumbling against Cinci, and Marshall tripping on their own feet in the CUSAC?

The world is still wide open. If you guys win the West, please -- please beat down BGSU/Akron/(Ohio?) -- if Marshall loses in theirs and ECU falters. Again, there are rules + auto-bids. Game is not closed.

MAC looked like an FCS conference playing Power Conference teams today

(09-21-2014 01:56 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:Arizona just beat Cal on a 47 yard hail mary as time expired.

FVCK. Are you kidding me?!

I told everyone at last call that that will help us all. Even the idiot CMU guy with the hat on sideways who couldn't point out Kansas in a map.

Oh, it's on. With UMass' potential (and Vandy ALMOST beating South Carolina) -- and yet flopping like a Grandma who needed her 7th diaper changed tonight... and everyone Folding bad, yeah, it's fine for the B1G (which indirectly helps us and to teams we are siblings to) -- but Jesus.

NIU needs to win out to have our Conf win the Bowl placement. Cinci is vulnerable (see Miami). Akron -- Bowden ain't ready yet. BGSU has multi-personality disorder, so the Mac East is wacked. No Toledo -- 2 losses.

WMU? Yeah, if Purdue goes 8-4 or something (which is NOT going to happen)....

Arkansas rolling well, going 9-3 in the SEC? While NIU goes undefeated in the MAC -- and Toledo's only conf-loss is to NIU, and NIU beating WMU battling VaTech to the wire -- while Also ECU stumbling against Cinci, and Marshall tripping on their own feet in the CUSAC?

The world is still wide open. If you guys win the West, please -- please beat down BGSU/Akron/(Ohio?) -- if Marshall loses in theirs and ECU falters. Again, there are rules + auto-bids. Game is not closed.

Uh..sorry to sound like a downer...even if we win out I cant see us getting that access bowl spot. Maybe if we lost by 2 scores or less...but not with this game and being Iin the mac this year. They would take a 2 loss team from another conference. Good news is carey earned another year in dekalb last night.....to soon for that joke....

There's really no chance for NIU to get the Access Bowl spot. SOS is huge. Had to win out.
Its ECU's spot to lose. A Thur night game in Cincy is the toughest game left. And Cincy hasn't been too impressive after the first half vs Toledo

Quote:There's really no chance for NIU to get the Access Bowl spot. SOS is huge. Had to win out.

A greater chance than NIU, this early in the season, 2 years ago, with a loss to Iowa to say they'd go to the Orange Bowl. :) It's possible. Kind of a long-shot, but possible. Stranger things have happened and aren't incredibly rare. They have to win out NOW to have any chance.

Quote:Its ECU's spot to lose.

Yeah, right now. If UNC tanks (which they may), and VaTech merely goes .500 -- those wins aren't so big for ECU. If Marshall goes undefeated blowing teams out, including their CUSAC game, I would say by years end Marshall could be in the drivers seat -- IF ECU wasn't winning all games all that convincingly.

But ECU could lose one more, against, say, Cinci who only lose close games to Miami-FL (like they barely beat Miami-OH) and Ohio State -- ECU would go if Marshall lost a game.

Say NIU goes 12-1 -- not by the skin of their teeth, but does so in convincing fashion (I wouldn't bank on it, but let's just say). They'll go IF:

- Marshall loses a game
- ECU loses to Cinci + UCF/Temple ... *OR* just 1 of those teams + UNC/VaTech are NOT good this year and ECU has too many struggles in the rest of their wins against so-so competition, while Arkansas storms the SEC to be a decent contender again -- and it'll at least be a coin-flip. NIU going on a 9 game winning streak, being 12-1 VS 10-2 ECU who should have lost a couple of those games they won and haven't looked dominating barely getting by? Not an easy call.

So I wouldn't say "no chance" at all. There's an OK chance they could -- but that rides on NIU the rest of the way being "Convincing King of the MAC" the rest of the year in how they play, and winning the MACC. So it's a combination of two chances combined.

I think NIU though just needs to focus on being better, regardless (even if they beat Arkansas). Their team itself can't think on where they may end up -- just the next team on the schedule and improving their game.

(09-21-2014 10:11 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:Its ECU's spot to lose.

Yeah, right now. If UNC tanks (which they may), and VaTech merely goes .500 -- those wins aren't so big for ECU. If Marshall goes undefeated blowing teams out, including their CUSAC game, I would say by years end Marshall could be in the drivers seat -- IF ECU wasn't winning all games all that convincingly.

My early guess is that UNC will not be a good win at the end of the season. A team that gives up 70 points probably is not one that will win many games. UNC had a couple of good seasons with the previous coaching staff prior to their sanctions and infractions but have only gone downhill since.

VT is not looking so hot right now either. Although, no one in the ACC looks like an elite team so far, not even FSU.

A team that lost by 38 points won't be getting a spot in the Peach or Cotton Bowl. End of discussion.

Considering what we lost, I'm happy to be 3-1 going into the conference season. Not happy that we lost by so much to Arkansas, but I'm ready to move on. Good or bad, the MAC is down this year, and Toledo should be the main competition in the West. With a young QB playing, and a less than stellar pass defense, anything could happen in any of the games though. I really hope we get at least one of TLL and Daniels back. Would be nice to get to the MACC for the 5th straight year.