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My gut says 10 wins. Tough schedule, but I think we are a better team than last season. I think 11 is possible as well, but it will be tough to go undefeated in conference.
 
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I think 8/9 is the safe bet. My goal this year is win out at home and win the conference.
 
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(08-07-2019 09:00 AM)HoopsJunky Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 07:53 AM)rosewater Wrote:  Nine wins and I am ecstatic. Do not think that we are physical enough to run the table with our schedule. We have possible losses to UCLA, at Osu, at Marshall, UCF, Temple, at Houston at UsF and at Memphis. I think 8-4 is likely but I could see 7-5. I am beginning to see why Vegas only had us at six wins.

Vegas line is 7.5 -140

I do not know if the line has moved but look here.
https://www.bettorsworld.com/college-foo...-6-5-2019/
 
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The schedule is tougher this year but it was horrible last year so it needed to be better. if our aspirations are to eventually return to the Kelly years it still isn’t tough. People on here saying if more than 9 wins it’s one of the best uc teams ever. If the 2007-12 teams were suiting up against this schedule less than 10 wins would be bad.

I want to get back to the level where Memphis and temple aren’t big games. I know they are for now but I really hope in a few years losing to 5-6 loss American teams isn’t acceptable.
 
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Um, I don't think anyone on here thinks losing to a 5-6 loss AAC team is acceptable.

People used to complain about our scheduled back in the BE glory days too. The 2009 team's OOC schedule was SW Missouri St., Oregon St., Fresno St. Miamuh of Ahiya and Illinois.

Is that better than at O$U, UCLA, At Marshall and … Miami U... ???
 
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(08-07-2019 01:56 PM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  Um, I don't think anyone on here thinks losing to a 5-6 loss AAC team is acceptable.

People used to complain about our scheduled back in the BE glory days too. The 2009 team's OOC schedule was SW Missouri St., Oregon St., Fresno St. Miamuh of Ahiya and Illinois.

Is that better than at O$U, UCLA, At Marshall and … Miami U... ???

What? literally everybody on here is talking those games up and talking about our tough schedule. people are hoping to split houston and memphis who both lost 5-6 games. Are you not reading the thread?

and compariing the ooc schedule in 09 while ignoring the conference schedule doesnt even deserve a response.

i agree this is a tough schedule for uc RIGHT NOW but its not a tough schedule if we have P5 aspirations.
 
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(08-07-2019 01:41 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  The schedule is tougher this year but it was horrible last year so it needed to be better. if our aspirations are to eventually return to the Kelly years it still isn’t tough. People on here saying if more than 9 wins it’s one of the best uc teams ever. If the 2007-12 teams were suiting up against this schedule less than 10 wins would be bad.

I want to get back to the level where Memphis and temple aren’t big games. I know they are for now but I really hope in a few years losing to 5-6 loss American teams isn’t acceptable.

I want out of the AAC as bad as anyone, but I am going to let you in on a little secret...

Our 2019 schedule is a lot harder than it was in 2009. Our OOC games were SE Missouri State, Oregon State, Fresno State, Miami U. and a bad Illinois team. We got UCLA, Ohio State, a pretty good Marshall team that will be in the hunt for their conference championship and a Miami team that is much better than they were in 2009 (the 2009 Redhawks finished 1-11).

Aside for WVU and maybe Pitt (a lot of talent but poorly coached) nobody else in the Big East that year was as good (on the field) as UCF, Houston and Memphis will be this year. Louisville and Syracuse stunk (they both finished 4-8). UConn, Rutgers and USF were mediocre (8-5). Obviously UConn is a shell of what it was in 2009, but USF is at worst about the same as they were in 2009 (arguably better though for various reasons).

I am not so sure if even Tony, Mardy and the boys in their prime would come out of this schedule unscathed.
 
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(08-07-2019 02:07 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 01:41 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  The schedule is tougher this year but it was horrible last year so it needed to be better. if our aspirations are to eventually return to the Kelly years it still isn’t tough. People on here saying if more than 9 wins it’s one of the best uc teams ever. If the 2007-12 teams were suiting up against this schedule less than 10 wins would be bad.

I want to get back to the level where Memphis and temple aren’t big games. I know they are for now but I really hope in a few years losing to 5-6 loss American teams isn’t acceptable.

I want out of the AAC as bad as anyone, but I am going to let you in on a little secret...

Our 2019 schedule is a lot harder than it was in 2009. Our OOC games were SE Missouri State, Oregon State, Fresno State, Miami U. and a bad Illinois team. We got UCLA, Ohio State, a pretty good Marshall team that will be in the hunt for their conference championship and a Miami team that is much better than they were in 2009 (the 2009 Redhawks finished 1-11).

Aside for WVU and maybe Pitt (a lot of talent but poorly coached) nobody else in the Big East that year was as good (on the field) as UCF, Houston and Memphis will be this year. Louisville and Syracuse stunk (they both finished 4-8). UConn, Rutgers and USF were mediocre (8-5). Obviously UConn is a shell of what it was in 2009, but USF is at worst about the same as they were in 2009 (arguably better though for various reasons).

I am not so sure if even Tony, Mardy and the boys in their prime would come out of this schedule unscathed.

so your opinion is 8-5 teams in the AAC are better than 8-5 teams in the Big East. we'll just have to agree to disagree, because i find that to be laughable.
 
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(08-07-2019 02:13 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 02:07 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 01:41 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  The schedule is tougher this year but it was horrible last year so it needed to be better. if our aspirations are to eventually return to the Kelly years it still isn’t tough. People on here saying if more than 9 wins it’s one of the best uc teams ever. If the 2007-12 teams were suiting up against this schedule less than 10 wins would be bad.

I want to get back to the level where Memphis and temple aren’t big games. I know they are for now but I really hope in a few years losing to 5-6 loss American teams isn’t acceptable.

I want out of the AAC as bad as anyone, but I am going to let you in on a little secret...

Our 2019 schedule is a lot harder than it was in 2009. Our OOC games were SE Missouri State, Oregon State, Fresno State, Miami U. and a bad Illinois team. We got UCLA, Ohio State, a pretty good Marshall team that will be in the hunt for their conference championship and a Miami team that is much better than they were in 2009 (the 2009 Redhawks finished 1-11).

Aside for WVU and maybe Pitt (a lot of talent but poorly coached) nobody else in the Big East that year was as good (on the field) as UCF, Houston and Memphis will be this year. Louisville and Syracuse stunk (they both finished 4-8). UConn, Rutgers and USF were mediocre (8-5). Obviously UConn is a shell of what it was in 2009, but USF is at worst about the same as they were in 2009 (arguably better though for various reasons).

I am not so sure if even Tony, Mardy and the boys in their prime would come out of this schedule unscathed.

so your opinion is 8-5 teams in the AAC are better than 8-5 teams in the Big East. we'll just have to agree to disagree, because i find that to be laughable.

Not at all what he said, and the assumption that you find laughable is an assumption that you created. Even if our conference schedule was more difficult in the Big East in 2009, the degree of difficulty was slight. The OOC schedule this year is far more difficult, and our best conference opponent (UCF) is coming off of two undefeated seasons, making them far more accomplished than the top team in the Big East (outside of UC) in 2009. So, yes, it would have been very difficult for that 2009 team to come out unscathed.
 
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Aside from FUCLA, theeOSU, and @Marshall for a tough OOC...UCF, Houston, and Memphis could all end up being ranked in the top 25 this season. Along with us of course. I'd say that SOS is every bit as tough as anything we played in the old BE. Heck, CryAMUH and ECU will be improved this year.
 
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UConn will be worse than last year though. They're preparing for the FCS.
 
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(08-07-2019 02:13 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 02:07 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 01:41 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  The schedule is tougher this year but it was horrible last year so it needed to be better. if our aspirations are to eventually return to the Kelly years it still isn’t tough. People on here saying if more than 9 wins it’s one of the best uc teams ever. If the 2007-12 teams were suiting up against this schedule less than 10 wins would be bad.

I want to get back to the level where Memphis and temple aren’t big games. I know they are for now but I really hope in a few years losing to 5-6 loss American teams isn’t acceptable.

I want out of the AAC as bad as anyone, but I am going to let you in on a little secret...

Our 2019 schedule is a lot harder than it was in 2009. Our OOC games were SE Missouri State, Oregon State, Fresno State, Miami U. and a bad Illinois team. We got UCLA, Ohio State, a pretty good Marshall team that will be in the hunt for their conference championship and a Miami team that is much better than they were in 2009 (the 2009 Redhawks finished 1-11).

Aside for WVU and maybe Pitt (a lot of talent but poorly coached) nobody else in the Big East that year was as good (on the field) as UCF, Houston and Memphis will be this year. Louisville and Syracuse stunk (they both finished 4-8). UConn, Rutgers and USF were mediocre (8-5). Obviously UConn is a shell of what it was in 2009, but USF is at worst about the same as they were in 2009 (arguably better though for various reasons).

I am not so sure if even Tony, Mardy and the boys in their prime would come out of this schedule unscathed.

so your opinion is 8-5 teams in the AAC are better than 8-5 teams in the Big East. we'll just have to agree to disagree, because i find that to be laughable.

TLDR: our SOS will end up being very similar to 2009s give or take 5 ranking positions.

FWIW, according to S&P+ our SOS in 2009 was #48 (I think this is calculated after the Florida game because it lists our record as 12-1.) I think this years schedule will fall pretty close to that. Trying to take recency into account, last year Boise had the #56 SOS and I think our schedule is on par with theirs last year and going to OSU may make it a bit better. Boise played at #24 Oklahoma State, #14 Utah State, and Fresno St when they were #16 and again when they were #25 (In my opinion, I believe the conspiracy that Fresno St had no business being ranked that final week but they were to help Bama's SOS). 3 ranked teams and everyone else was mediocre.
 
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The 2008 Bearcats played a really challenging schedule and won 11 games. The 2018 Bearcats played a bad scheduling and won 11 games. Going in 2009 we knew the team could knock off ranked teams because they did it the last two years.

The 2019 Bearcats are stepping up big time in schedule difficulty. Not only that, style of plays in modern college football makes it difficult because road games against high powered offenses were few and far between 10 years ago in the Big East. Navigating Memphis and Houston on the road is extremely difficult because you have to score in the 30 to 40 just to have a chance to win. Probablysimilar numbers will be needed against Ohio State and UCF. Toss in UCLA, Temple, at USF and at Marshall and margin for error shrinks.
 
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(08-07-2019 02:37 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  UConn will be worse than last year though. They're preparing for the FCS.

...and doing of fine job of preparing these past few years I might add.

But on a more serious note, '09 Big East and '19 American are probably pretty close in degree of difficulty. UCF, Houston and Memphis have excellent programs and P5 victories in the AAC; USF and Temple have made noise too with bowls and a few P5 wins these past few years. In the Big East, Syracuse and Pitt were big football brand names from days gone by but haven't shown much swagger in the ACC. Rutgers never really challenged UC much after the 'Cats took their #7 ranked team down in Nippert. WVU and Louisville were really strong most years but were their best teams better than UCF's undefeated team that took down Auburn? We can only speculate on such comparisons.

I would argue that in UC's years in the Big East, the conference often outperformed the ACC head to head and on the national stage in BCS 6 bowls. All before Clemson rose to the top.
 
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(08-07-2019 03:04 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 02:37 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  UConn will be worse than last year though. They're preparing for the FCS.

...and doing of fine job of preparing these past few years I might add.

But on a more serious note, '09 Big East and '19 American are probably pretty close in degree of difficulty. UCF, Houston and Memphis have excellent programs and P5 victories in the AAC; USF and Temple have made noise too with bowls and a few P5 wins these past few years. In the Big East, Syracuse and Pitt were big football brand names from days gone by but haven't shown much swagger in the ACC. Rutgers never really challenged UC much after the 'Cats took their #7 ranked team down in Nippert. WVU and Louisville were really strong most years but were their best teams better than UCF's undefeated team that took down Auburn? We can only speculate on such comparisons.

I would argue that in UC's years in the Big East, the conference often outperformed the ACC head to head and on the national stage in BCS 6 bowls. All before Clemson rose to the top.

Sorry. This is an absurd take. People really don't understand how good the Big East was during the early stretch UC was in it.

The Big East finished second to the SEC (which was ahead by a wide margin) in sagarin in 2009. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sa...onference/

It finished 5th in 2008 (ahead of the Big 10).
It finished 4th in 2007 (ahead of the ACC and Big 10)
It finished 2nd in 2007 only behind the SEC.

Now you don't have to 100% agree with the computers, but this clearly shows the Big East was in the mix with those leagues (outside of the SEC).

Sagarin breaks it up into divisions now, but just as a contrast the AAC East and West were 11 and 12 last year behind every power division and the Mountain West Mountain Division. Overall they would be 6th once you factor the other MWC division.

In 2017 the divisions finished 10th and 13th, once again behind every power conference division (the AAC East was also behind the Mountain West Mountain and Independents).

In 2016 the divisions finished 10th and 13th, once again behind every power conference division (the AAC East was also behind the Mountain West Mountain and Independents).

Bottom line... the AAC is clearly behind the other power conferences. The Big East was clearly among them. I defend the AAC and think it's been a solid league for what it is, but it's ridiculous to pretend it has ever been at the level of the Big East when UC was at its peak.

If the AAC finishes second to the SEC in sagarin that would be unbelievable. The Big East did it twice in 4 seasons.
 
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2009 results
No. 25 West Virginia 9 – 4
No. 15 Pittsburgh 10 – 3
Rutgers 9 – 4
Connecticut 8 – 5
South Florida 8 – 5
Louisville 4 – 8
Syracuse 4 – 8

2018 results
No. 11 UCF 12 – 1
Temple 8 – 5
Memphis 8 – 6
Houston 8 – 5
South Florida 7 – 6
East Carolina 3 – 9
Tulsa 3 – 9
UConn 1 – 11

Also account for the fact that 7 of the big east losses were against our top 10 team vs only 3 losses for our aac opponents last year came from us.

The only two teams our 2009 team might lose to this year is osu and ucf, putting them at 10 wins. losing anymore than that would have been bad (not sure how this is a debate) and both games would have been competitive and winnable. not sure how you can argue any of those other opponents beating the 09 team wouldnt have been bad. or the 08 team. or the 07 team. or the '11 or '12 teams. ANY of those teams losing to any of the other opponents this year would have been embarrassing for the program on the same level as losing to a 9-4 toledo was. expectations certainly have dropped around this program.

I dont at all agree that our new conference competition is comparable to the big east, i consider the AAC a step down from the Big East. Apparently im in the minority on this. louisville/wvu/tcu/rutgers sure seemed to think so and bolted. if we want to be at that level again we need to start expecting to beat 8-5 AAC teams every single time. people hyping a 9-4 marshall team and 3-9 ucla? sure some of the teams on our schedule will be better this year, but some will be worse too. the hype for these schools is way overblown. you really think winning 9 games on this schedule will impress voters or P5 conferences? i dont.
 
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(08-07-2019 03:29 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 03:04 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 02:37 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  UConn will be worse than last year though. They're preparing for the FCS.

...and doing of fine job of preparing these past few years I might add.

But on a more serious note, '09 Big East and '19 American are probably pretty close in degree of difficulty. UCF, Houston and Memphis have excellent programs and P5 victories in the AAC; USF and Temple have made noise too with bowls and a few P5 wins these past few years. In the Big East, Syracuse and Pitt were big football brand names from days gone by but haven't shown much swagger in the ACC. Rutgers never really challenged UC much after the 'Cats took their #7 ranked team down in Nippert. WVU and Louisville were really strong most years but were their best teams better than UCF's undefeated team that took down Auburn? We can only speculate on such comparisons.

I would argue that in UC's years in the Big East, the conference often outperformed the ACC head to head and on the national stage in BCS 6 bowls. All before Clemson rose to the top.

Sorry. This is an absurd take. People really don't understand how good the Big East was during the early stretch UC was in it.

The Big East finished second to the SEC (which was ahead by a wide margin) in sagarin in 2009. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sa...onference/

It finished 5th in 2008 (ahead of the Big 10).
It finished 4th in 2007 (ahead of the ACC and Big 10)
It finished 2nd in 2007 only behind the SEC.

Now you don't have to 100% agree with the computers, but this clearly shows the Big East was in the mix with those leagues (outside of the SEC).

Sagarin breaks it up into divisions now, but just as a contrast the AAC East and West were 11 and 12 last year behind every power division and the Mountain West Mountain Division. Overall they would be 6th once you factor the other MWC division.

In 2017 the divisions finished 10th and 13th, once again behind every power conference division (the AAC East was also behind the Mountain West Mountain and Independents).

In 2016 the divisions finished 10th and 13th, once again behind every power conference division (the AAC East was also behind the Mountain West Mountain and Independents).

Bottom line... the AAC is clearly behind the other power conferences. The Big East was clearly among them. I defend the AAC and think it's been a solid league for what it is, but it's ridiculous to pretend it has ever been at the level of the Big East when UC was at its peak.

If the AAC finishes second to the SEC in sagarin that would be unbelievable. The Big East did it twice in 4 seasons.

Completely agree. What the American has going for that makes it difficult is the playing style but overall depth and consistency is still lacking.
 
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(08-07-2019 03:42 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 03:29 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 03:04 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 02:37 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  UConn will be worse than last year though. They're preparing for the FCS.

...and doing of fine job of preparing these past few years I might add.

But on a more serious note, '09 Big East and '19 American are probably pretty close in degree of difficulty. UCF, Houston and Memphis have excellent programs and P5 victories in the AAC; USF and Temple have made noise too with bowls and a few P5 wins these past few years. In the Big East, Syracuse and Pitt were big football brand names from days gone by but haven't shown much swagger in the ACC. Rutgers never really challenged UC much after the 'Cats took their #7 ranked team down in Nippert. WVU and Louisville were really strong most years but were their best teams better than UCF's undefeated team that took down Auburn? We can only speculate on such comparisons.

I would argue that in UC's years in the Big East, the conference often outperformed the ACC head to head and on the national stage in BCS 6 bowls. All before Clemson rose to the top.

Sorry. This is an absurd take. People really don't understand how good the Big East was during the early stretch UC was in it.

The Big East finished second to the SEC (which was ahead by a wide margin) in sagarin in 2009. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sa...onference/

It finished 5th in 2008 (ahead of the Big 10).
It finished 4th in 2007 (ahead of the ACC and Big 10)
It finished 2nd in 2007 only behind the SEC.

Now you don't have to 100% agree with the computers, but this clearly shows the Big East was in the mix with those leagues (outside of the SEC).

Sagarin breaks it up into divisions now, but just as a contrast the AAC East and West were 11 and 12 last year behind every power division and the Mountain West Mountain Division. Overall they would be 6th once you factor the other MWC division.

In 2017 the divisions finished 10th and 13th, once again behind every power conference division (the AAC East was also behind the Mountain West Mountain and Independents).

In 2016 the divisions finished 10th and 13th, once again behind every power conference division (the AAC East was also behind the Mountain West Mountain and Independents).

Bottom line... the AAC is clearly behind the other power conferences. The Big East was clearly among them. I defend the AAC and think it's been a solid league for what it is, but it's ridiculous to pretend it has ever been at the level of the Big East when UC was at its peak.

If the AAC finishes second to the SEC in sagarin that would be unbelievable. The Big East did it twice in 4 seasons.

Completely agree. What the American has going for that makes it difficult is the playing style but overall depth and consistency is still lacking.

The AAC is very respectable as the 6th conference. i believe our schedule this year is very solid, i just dont see the juggernaut gauntlet so many others on here see.
 
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(08-07-2019 01:56 PM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  Um, I don't think anyone on here thinks losing to a 5-6 loss AAC team is acceptable.

People used to complain about our scheduled back in the BE glory days too. The 2009 team's OOC schedule was SW Missouri St., Oregon St., Fresno St. Miamuh of Ahiya and Illinois.

Is that better than at O$U, UCLA, At Marshall and … Miami U... ???

What? literally everybody on here is talking those games up and talking about our tough schedule. people are hoping to split houston and memphis who both lost 5-6 games. Are you not reading the thread?

and compariing the ooc schedule in 09 while ignoring the conference schedule doesnt even deserve a response.

i agree this is a tough schedule for uc RIGHT NOW but its not a tough schedule if we have P5 aspirations.

Well... who do you suggest we schedule ?

Normally, conferences require that you be IN them to schedule games with all their teams.

Its the same with the conference we're in right now. We all kind've have this agreement to play each other, so there's not a whole hell of a lot we can do about it now.

And might I suggest a little less fiber in your diet. It might help you to not shi+ yourself on every post.
 
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RE: Predict the Number of Regular Season Wins
(08-07-2019 04:42 PM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 02:04 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  
(08-07-2019 01:56 PM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  Um, I don't think anyone on here thinks losing to a 5-6 loss AAC team is acceptable.

People used to complain about our scheduled back in the BE glory days too. The 2009 team's OOC schedule was SW Missouri St., Oregon St., Fresno St. Miamuh of Ahiya and Illinois.

Is that better than at O$U, UCLA, At Marshall and … Miami U... ???

What? literally everybody on here is talking those games up and talking about our tough schedule. people are hoping to split houston and memphis who both lost 5-6 games. Are you not reading the thread?

and compariing the ooc schedule in 09 while ignoring the conference schedule doesnt even deserve a response.

i agree this is a tough schedule for uc RIGHT NOW but its not a tough schedule if we have P5 aspirations.

Well... who do you suggest we schedule ?

Normally, conferences require that you be IN them to schedule games with all their teams.

Its the same with the conference we're in right now. We all kind've have this agreement to play each other, so there's not a whole hell of a lot we can do about it now.

And might I suggest a little less fiber in your diet. It might help you to not shi+ yourself on every post.

I never even said I have a problem with the schedule but I think it’s hilarious you got so upset that you’re pouring on sarcasm and reading it as me sh-ing myself just because I disagree LOL. I think half the teams we play are solid but not anywhere near level of difficulty most on here are talking them up to be. I guess having higher aspirations than splitting games with 8-5 AAC teams was going too far in your opinion.
 
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