(09-17-2019 11:29 AM)_x_ Wrote:  

(09-15-2019 07:10 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  SBC vs FCS 8-0
SBC vs P5 2-7
SBC vs G5 2-7

8-0 vs. FCS is great.
2-7 vs. P5 is acceptable (let's get #3 next week!)
2-7 vs. G5 is a gigantic disappointment...

I think the correct term here is "expected".

(09-17-2019 11:29 AM)_x_ Wrote:  

(09-15-2019 07:10 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  SBC vs FCS 8-0
SBC vs P5 2-7
SBC vs G5 2-7

8-0 vs. FCS is great.
2-7 vs. P5 is acceptable (let's get #3 next week!)
2-7 vs. G5 is a gigantic disappointment...

The good news is, we're still ahead of the MAC and CUSA in the conference rankings. If we can have a decent weekend, we can solidify that position for the remainder of the season. If we have a spectacular weekend, we could even jump the MWC... but we'd need to beat Akron, Ohio, North Carolina, UAB, UMass, and SIU.

(09-18-2019 04:07 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(09-17-2019 11:29 AM)_x_ Wrote:  

(09-15-2019 07:10 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  SBC vs FCS 8-0
SBC vs P5 2-7
SBC vs G5 2-7

8-0 vs. FCS is great.
2-7 vs. P5 is acceptable (let's get #3 next week!)
2-7 vs. G5 is a gigantic disappointment...

The good news is, we're still ahead of the MAC and CUSA in the conference rankings. If we can have a decent weekend, we can solidify that position for the remainder of the season. If we have a spectacular weekend, we could even jump the MWC... but we'd need to beat Akron, Ohio, North Carolina, UAB, UMass, and SIU.

It would surprise me to jump into the 2nd spot after this weekend , even with a 7-0 record. i would guess for us to make the move into 2nd place, we would need bowl results to be included, and of course be almost flawless.

Guess which G5 league is the only one to avoid an FCS loss two straight years?

(09-21-2019 09:50 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Guess which G5 league is the only one to avoid an FCS loss two straight years?

Guess which Sun Belt team is playing an FCS game next week?

(08-26-2019 10:27 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  It's game week so it's time for my annual Sun Belt vs Non-Conference thread. Last year the Sun Belt had one of our best season's ever facing non conference foes and I'm hoping for a repeat! I'll update as the season progresses.

East

Appalachian St (preseason projection 2-2)
ETSU (FCS) W 42-7
Charlotte (CUSA) W 56-41
@ North Carolina (ACC) W 34-31
@ South Carolina (SEC) L

Coastal Carolina (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 3-1)
EMU (MAC) L 23-30
@ Kansas (Big 12) W 12-7
Norfolk St (FCS) W 46-7
@ UMass (IND) W 62-28

Georgia Southern (preseason projection 2-2)
@ LSU (SEC) L 3-55
Maine (FCS) W 26-18
@ Minnesota (Big 10) L 32-35
NMSU (IND) W

Georgia State (preseason projection 1-3)
@ Tennessee (SEC) W 38-30
Furman (FCS) W 48-42
@ WMU (MAC) L 10-57
Army (IND) L

Troy (preseason projection 3-1)
Campbell (FCS) W 43-14
So. Miss (CUSA) L 42-47
@ Akron (MAC) W 35-7
@ Missouri (SEC) L

West

Arkansas State (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
SMU (AAC) L 30-37
@ UNLV (MWC) W 43-17
@ Georgia (SEC) L 0-55
So. Illinois (FCS) W 41-28

Louisiana (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 3-1)
Mississippi St (SEC) L 28-38
Liberty (IND) W 35-14
Texas So. (FCS) W 77-6
@ Ohio (MAC) W 45-25

ULM (preseason projection 1-3)
Grambling (FCS) W 31-9
@ Florida St (ACC) L 44-45
@ Iowa ST (Big 12) L 20-72
Memphis (AAC) L

South Alabama (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Nebraska (Big 10) L 21-35
Jackson St (FCS) W 37-14
Memphis (AAC) L 6-42
@UAB (CUSA) L 3-35

Texas State (preseason projection 1-3)
@Texas A&M (SEC) L 7-41
Wyoming (MWC) L 14-23
@SMU (AAC) L 17-47
Nicholls (FCS) W

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SBC vs FBS 9-16
SBC vs FCS 9-0
SBC vs P5 3-8
SBC vs G5 4-8

SBC vs Ind 2-0

SBC vs ACC 1-1
SBC vs SEC 1-4
SBC vs Big 12 1-1
SBC vs Big 10 0-2
SBC vs PAC 0-0

SBC vs AAC 0-3
SBC vs MWC 1-1
SBC vs MAC 2-2
SBC vs CUSA 1-2

*Preseason projections provided by ESPN

Great week this week! 5-2 overall against OOC teams with a P5 win by App! Some teams are done facing Non-Conference foes while some still have a game left to go. Hopefully we can finish this out strong!

(08-26-2019 10:27 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  It's game week so it's time for my annual Sun Belt vs Non-Conference thread. Last year the Sun Belt had one of our best season's ever facing non conference foes and I'm hoping for a repeat! I'll update as the season progresses.

East

Appalachian St (preseason projection 2-2)
ETSU (FCS) W 42-7
Charlotte (CUSA) W 56-41
@ North Carolina (ACC) W 34-31
@ South Carolina (SEC) L

Coastal Carolina (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 3-1)
EMU (MAC) L 23-30
@ Kansas (Big 12) W 12-7
Norfolk St (FCS) W 46-7
@ UMass (IND) W 62-28

Georgia Southern (preseason projection 2-2)
@ LSU (SEC) L 3-55
Maine (FCS) W 26-18
@ Minnesota (Big 10) L 32-35
NMSU (IND) W

Georgia State (preseason projection 1-3)
@ Tennessee (SEC) W 38-30
Furman (FCS) W 48-42
@ WMU (MAC) L 10-57
Army (IND) L

Troy (preseason projection 3-1)
Campbell (FCS) W 43-14
So. Miss (CUSA) L 42-47
@ Akron (MAC) W 35-7
@ Missouri (SEC) L

West

Arkansas State (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
SMU (AAC) L 30-37
@ UNLV (MWC) W 43-17
@ Georgia (SEC) L 0-55
So. Illinois (FCS) W 41-28

Louisiana (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 3-1)
Mississippi St (SEC) L 28-38
Liberty (IND) W 35-14
Texas So. (FCS) W 77-6
@ Ohio (MAC) W 45-25

ULM (preseason projection 1-3)
Grambling (FCS) W 31-9
@ Florida St (ACC) L 44-45
@ Iowa ST (Big 12) L 20-72
Memphis (AAC) L

South Alabama (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Nebraska (Big 10) L 21-35
Jackson St (FCS) W 37-14
Memphis (AAC) L 6-42
@UAB (CUSA) L 3-35

Texas State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Texas A&M (SEC) L 7-41
Wyoming (MWC) L 14-23
@SMU (AAC) L 17-47
Nicholls (FCS) W 24-3

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SBC vs FBS 9-16
SBC vs FCS 10-0
SBC vs P5 3-8
SBC vs G5 4-8

SBC vs Ind 2-0

SBC vs ACC 1-1
SBC vs SEC 1-4
SBC vs Big 12 1-1
SBC vs Big 10 0-2
SBC vs PAC 0-0

SBC vs AAC 0-3
SBC vs MWC 1-1
SBC vs MAC 2-2
SBC vs CUSA 1-2

*Preseason projections provided by ESPN

Running a little late getting this update posted but with only one OOC game last weekend little has changed. We did go 10-0 as we should every season vs FCS!

Don’t see it happening, but sure would be nice if ULM knocked off #23 Memphis at home Saturday.

So have we pretty much wrapped up non-conference for the regular season other than NMSU and South Carolina?

What a great non-conference year for the conference. Georgia St. beating Army was awesome. Now if App can beat South Carolina and would be really good. Still wish ULM had beaten FSU. That would have helped as well.

This has been one of the most solid years we've had since the 2013 season when we finished as the #1-ranked G5 conference.

In 2013, the SBC went 13-3 against G5 teams, beat Kentucky and Wake Forest, and went 2-0 in bowl games.

That same year, 6 of 8 Sun Belt teams were bowl eligible. That was a higher percentage of bowl eligible teams than even the SEC.

That was a good year. This one is looking even better.

Sure wish we could have taken SMU. Considering how it turned out we might have been a decent team at the beginning of the year. Then stuff happened. But having that win sure would take a little sting out of this year so far.

(10-21-2019 01:12 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  This has been one of the most solid years we've had since the 2013 season when we finished as the #1-ranked G5 conference.

In 2013, the SBC went 13-3 against G5 teams, beat Kentucky and Wake Forest, and went 2-0 in bowl games.

That same year, 6 of 8 Sun Belt teams were bowl eligible. That was a higher percentage of bowl eligible teams than even the SEC.

That was a good year. This one is looking even better.

I would've liked to get 2 of EMU, Ohio, and SMU instead of 1.
It also would've been nice to get one of Minnesota or FSU as well.

But still a solid year.

It's probably a no brainer who the best conference was between the SBC, CUSA, and MAC this year.

SBC - 25% vs. P5, 35.7% vs. FBS, 100% vs. FCS
CUSA - 0% vs. P5, 26.3% vs. FBS, 92.3% vs. FCS
MAC - 4.8% vs. P5, 18.9% vs. FBS, 100% vs. FCS

The one glaring negative is we weren't great head to head vs. those leagues. 1-2 vs. CUSA and 2-2 vs. the MAC.

Its still pretty clear who the best of those 3 leagues is though, and the gap between the MWC and SBC is about the same as the gap between the SBC and CUSA/MAC. Hopefully we can keep distancing ourselves from those two and start to approach the MWC in the coming years.

(10-21-2019 02:19 PM)_x_ Wrote:  It's probably a no brainer who the best conference was between the SBC, CUSA, and MAC this year.

SBC - 25% vs. P5, 35.7% vs. FBS, 100% vs. FCS
CUSA - 0% vs. P5, 26.3% vs. FBS, 92.3% vs. FCS
MAC - 4.8% vs. P5, 18.9% vs. FBS, 100% vs. FCS

The one glaring negative is we weren't great head to head vs. those leagues. 1-2 vs. CUSA and 2-2 vs. the MAC.

Its still pretty clear who the best of those 3 leagues is though, and the gap between the MWC and SBC is about the same as the gap between the SBC and CUSA/MAC. Hopefully we can keep distancing ourselves from those two and start to approach the MWC in the coming years.

Can someone pull the average ranking of opponent played for all FBS games and make an adjustment? I feel like the Sun Belt schedules consistently higher ranked P5 games leading to less true opportunities to win most years.

(08-26-2019 10:27 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  It's game week so it's time for my annual Sun Belt vs Non-Conference thread. Last year the Sun Belt had one of our best season's ever facing non conference foes and I'm hoping for a repeat! I'll update as the season progresses.

East

Appalachian St (preseason projection 2-2)
ETSU (FCS) W 42-7
Charlotte (CUSA) W 56-41
@ North Carolina (ACC) W 34-31
@ South Carolina (SEC) L

Coastal Carolina (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 3-1)
EMU (MAC) L 23-30
@ Kansas (Big 12) W 12-7
Norfolk St (FCS) W 46-7
@ UMass (IND) W 62-28

Georgia Southern (preseason projection 2-2)
@ LSU (SEC) L 3-55
Maine (FCS) W 26-18
@ Minnesota (Big 10) L 32-35
NMSU (IND) W

Georgia State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 3-1)
@ Tennessee (SEC) W 38-30
Furman (FCS) W 48-42
@ WMU (MAC) L 10-57
Army (IND) W 28-21

Troy (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
Campbell (FCS) W 43-14
So. Miss (CUSA) L 42-47
@ Akron (MAC) W 35-7
@ Missouri (SEC) L 10-42

West

Arkansas State (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
SMU (AAC) L 30-37
@ UNLV (MWC) W 43-17
@ Georgia (SEC) L 0-55
So. Illinois (FCS) W 41-28

Louisiana (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 3-1)
Mississippi St (SEC) L 28-38
Liberty (IND) W 35-14
Texas So. (FCS) W 77-6
@ Ohio (MAC) W 45-25

ULM (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
Grambling (FCS) W 31-9
@ Florida St (ACC) L 44-45
@ Iowa ST (Big 12) L 20-72
Memphis (AAC) L 33-52

South Alabama (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Nebraska (Big 10) L 21-35
Jackson St (FCS) W 37-14
Memphis (AAC) L 6-42
@UAB (CUSA) L 3-35

Texas State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Texas A&M (SEC) L 7-41
Wyoming (MWC) L 14-23
@SMU (AAC) L 17-47
Nicholls (FCS) W 24-3

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SBC vs FBS 10-18
SBC vs FCS 10-0
SBC vs P5 3-9
SBC vs G5 4-9

SBC vs Ind 3-0

SBC vs ACC 1-1
SBC vs SEC 1-5
SBC vs Big 12 1-1
SBC vs Big 10 0-2
SBC vs PAC 0-0

SBC vs AAC 0-4
SBC vs MWC 1-1
SBC vs MAC 2-2
SBC vs CUSA 1-2

*Preseason projections provided by ESPN

My apologies for not updating this thread sooner...been a little busy at work. Our OOC season is winding down with only GS and App left to still play a non-conference foe. Hopefully we will pick up two more OOC wins but as of today we are 20-18 vs OOC opponents!

(08-26-2019 10:27 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  It's game week so it's time for my annual Sun Belt vs Non-Conference thread. Last year the Sun Belt had one of our best season's ever facing non conference foes and I'm hoping for a repeat! I'll update as the season progresses.

East

Appalachian St (preseason projection 2-2)
ETSU (FCS) W 42-7
Charlotte (CUSA) W 56-41
@ North Carolina (ACC) W 34-31
@ South Carolina (SEC) L

Coastal Carolina (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 3-1)
EMU (MAC) L 23-30
@ Kansas (Big 12) W 12-7
Norfolk St (FCS) W 46-7
@ UMass (IND) W 62-28

Georgia Southern (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 2-2)
@ LSU (SEC) L 3-55
Maine (FCS) W 26-18
@ Minnesota (Big 10) L 32-35
NMSU (IND) W 41-7

Georgia State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 3-1)
@ Tennessee (SEC) W 38-30
Furman (FCS) W 48-42
@ WMU (MAC) L 10-57
Army (IND) W 28-21

Troy (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
Campbell (FCS) W 43-14
So. Miss (CUSA) L 42-47
@ Akron (MAC) W 35-7
@ Missouri (SEC) L 10-42

West

Arkansas State (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
SMU (AAC) L 30-37
@ UNLV (MWC) W 43-17
@ Georgia (SEC) L 0-55
So. Illinois (FCS) W 41-28

Louisiana (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 3-1)
Mississippi St (SEC) L 28-38
Liberty (IND) W 35-14
Texas So. (FCS) W 77-6
@ Ohio (MAC) W 45-25

ULM (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
Grambling (FCS) W 31-9
@ Florida St (ACC) L 44-45
@ Iowa ST (Big 12) L 20-72
Memphis (AAC) L 33-52

South Alabama (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Nebraska (Big 10) L 21-35
Jackson St (FCS) W 37-14
Memphis (AAC) L 6-42
@UAB (CUSA) L 3-35

Texas State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Texas A&M (SEC) L 7-41
Wyoming (MWC) L 14-23
@SMU (AAC) L 17-47
Nicholls (FCS) W 24-3

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SBC vs FBS 11-18
SBC vs FCS 10-0
SBC vs P5 3-9
SBC vs G5 4-9

SBC vs Ind 4-0

SBC vs ACC 1-1
SBC vs SEC 1-5
SBC vs Big 12 1-1
SBC vs Big 10 0-2
SBC vs PAC 0-0

SBC vs AAC 0-4
SBC vs MWC 1-1
SBC vs MAC 2-2
SBC vs CUSA 1-2

*Preseason projections provided by ESPN

Georgia Southern's win over NMSU puts us one step closer to closing out the OOC season and guarantees that we will finish with a winning record vs OOC opponents. Only the App St vs South Carolina game remains on our OOC schedules this season.

(08-26-2019 10:27 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  It's game week so it's time for my annual Sun Belt vs Non-Conference thread. Last year the Sun Belt had one of our best season's ever facing non conference foes and I'm hoping for a repeat! I'll update as the season progresses.

East

Appalachian St (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 4-0)
ETSU (FCS) W 42-7
Charlotte (CUSA) W 56-41
@ North Carolina (ACC) W 34-31
@ South Carolina (SEC) W 20-15

Coastal Carolina (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 3-1)
EMU (MAC) L 23-30
@ Kansas (Big 12) W 12-7
Norfolk St (FCS) W 46-7
@ UMass (IND) W 62-28

Georgia Southern (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 2-2)
@ LSU (SEC) L 3-55
Maine (FCS) W 26-18
@ Minnesota (Big 10) L 32-35
NMSU (IND) W 41-7

Georgia State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 3-1)
@ Tennessee (SEC) W 38-30
Furman (FCS) W 48-42
@ WMU (MAC) L 10-57
Army (IND) W 28-21

Troy (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
Campbell (FCS) W 43-14
So. Miss (CUSA) L 42-47
@ Akron (MAC) W 35-7
@ Missouri (SEC) L 10-42

West

Arkansas State (preseason projection 3-1) (Actual 2-2)
SMU (AAC) L 30-37
@ UNLV (MWC) W 43-17
@ Georgia (SEC) L 0-55
So. Illinois (FCS) W 41-28

Louisiana (preseason projection 2-2) (Actual 3-1)
Mississippi St (SEC) L 28-38
Liberty (IND) W 35-14
Texas So. (FCS) W 77-6
@ Ohio (MAC) W 45-25

ULM (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
Grambling (FCS) W 31-9
@ Florida St (ACC) L 44-45
@ Iowa ST (Big 12) L 20-72
Memphis (AAC) L 33-52

South Alabama (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Nebraska (Big 10) L 21-35
Jackson St (FCS) W 37-14
Memphis (AAC) L 6-42
@UAB (CUSA) L 3-35

Texas State (preseason projection 1-3) (Actual 1-3)
@Texas A&M (SEC) L 7-41
Wyoming (MWC) L 14-23
@SMU (AAC) L 17-47
Nicholls (FCS) W 24-3

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SBC vs FBS 12-18
SBC vs FCS 10-0
SBC vs P5 4-9
SBC vs G5 4-9

SBC vs Ind 4-0

SBC vs ACC 1-1
SBC vs SEC 2-5
SBC vs Big 12 1-1
SBC vs Big 10 0-2
SBC vs PAC 0-0

SBC vs AAC 0-4
SBC vs MWC 1-1
SBC vs MAC 2-2
SBC vs CUSA 1-2

*Preseason projections provided by ESPN

With App taking care of business at South Carolina yesterday the 2019 OOC season has finally came to a close. Overall the SBC went 22-18 in OOC games including 4 P5 wins! If we keep this up maybe we can start calling ourselves the P7? Congrats to all of the teams that defied pre-season projections to help the SBC over the hump!