(11-04-2019 12:50 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:53 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:39 AM)gusrob Wrote:  I like the opportunity to play ranked teams late in the season.

That's fine, just don't put cross division teams in the final game of the season.

Makes you wonder; if both teams have clinched their divisions; and Memphis and Cincy are the highest ranked Group of 5 teams by far; do you play to win the last game, or not show them anything and leave it all out in the Championship game ???

Better not to risk anything by showing them anything, and taking your chances on the road the next week. Also, go to court and make it illegal for Cincinnati to watch any film of any of our games this season.

Better safe than sorry.

(11-04-2019 04:15 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 12:50 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:53 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:39 AM)gusrob Wrote:  I like the opportunity to play ranked teams late in the season.

That's fine, just don't put cross division teams in the final game of the season.

Makes you wonder; if both teams have clinched their divisions; and Memphis and Cincy are the highest ranked Group of 5 teams by far; do you play to win the last game, or not show them anything and leave it all out in the Championship game ???

Better not to risk anything by showing them anything, and taking your chances on the road the next week. Also, go to court and make it illegal for Cincinnati to watch any film of any of our games this season.

Better safe than sorry.

No way. We are MUCH better at home. Much. Last game of the season, they've seen most of our stuff by then. No need to hold anything back.

(11-04-2019 04:15 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 12:50 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:53 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:39 AM)gusrob Wrote:  I like the opportunity to play ranked teams late in the season.

That's fine, just don't put cross division teams in the final game of the season.

Makes you wonder; if both teams have clinched their divisions; and Memphis and Cincy are the highest ranked Group of 5 teams by far; do you play to win the last game, or not show them anything and leave it all out in the Championship game ???

Better not to risk anything by showing them anything, and taking your chances on the road the next week. Also, go to court and make it illegal for Cincinnati to watch any film of any of our games this season.

Better safe than sorry.

Well, if Navy runs the table, Memphis can't lose to Cinci, or there will be no next week.

Same if SMU runs the table.

Memphis HAS to win out to make the AAC title game if either of those teams run the table.

(11-04-2019 10:03 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 09:36 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(11-03-2019 09:12 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  The Schedule quirk is we got lucky

Every good team has come to Memphis and NO UCF

SMU, NAVY and CINCI all at home. The scheduling gods have smiled on us.

You might think that in a snapshot, but we caught UCF with their two best teams ever and missed them when they had losing records and even this year they are a little down and we miss them. It is nobody's fault but we did not get lucky with UCF scheduling over the last few years.

Oh I completely agree...

This is unusual that we got a favorable schedule.

Heck I remember we had to go to Temple 2 years in a row (14 & 15)

I remember when we had to play the Marines football team.

Will we have a crowd of 60K at the cincy game

(11-04-2019 08:23 PM)memphisike Wrote:  Will we have a crowd of 60K at the cincy game

Nope, black friday excuses

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(11-04-2019 09:58 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Yeah, it was an amateur move - especially since Memphis and Cincy were both expected to battle for division titles this year. If you have to do an interdivisional the last week, do UConn and Tulsa.

I understand everybody's position on this, but I also understand the league's reasoning here. The [Cotton Bowl] goes to the highest ranked champion in the G5. The highest ranking possible comes from two ranked teams playing each other in the championship game. It would be better if the 2 top contenders in each division didn't play each other until the last possible moment to allow their rankings to climb as high as they can before taking a loss.

Personally, I think we should play Houston every Black Friday.

The UH game at their place concerns me most, then the USF game at their place. I think we beat anyone on our schedule at home. But as has been said we control our finish & most likely we have to win out to play in the AAC championship & win the AAC to play in the Cotton Bowl. Good position to be in but it means every game is a must win which comes with added pressure after each week. Just how it ought to be...

(11-05-2019 12:06 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 09:58 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Yeah, it was an amateur move - especially since Memphis and Cincy were both expected to battle for division titles this year. If you have to do an interdivisional the last week, do UConn and Tulsa.

I understand everybody's position on this, but I also understand the league's reasoning here. The [Cotton Bowl] goes to the highest ranked champion in the G5. The highest ranking possible comes from two ranked teams playing each other in the championship game. It would be better if the 2 top contenders in each division didn't play each other until the last possible moment to allow their rankings to climb as high as they can before taking a loss.

Personally, I think we should play Houston every Black Friday.

I remember some analysis done years ago that showed that - from a poll standpoint - it's much better to take the loss early in the year rather than late. It showed a clear distinction in 1-loss teams that lost early being higher ranked at year-end than 1-loss teams losing late.

So there's that. But even moreso, it's the inter-divisional thing that's the problem. You're setting yourself up for back-to-back games featuring the same teams, and no one wants that. I'd be fine with Memphis-Houston on our side and UCF-Cincy on their side. It would be like a tournament.

(11-05-2019 10:29 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 12:06 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 09:58 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Yeah, it was an amateur move - especially since Memphis and Cincy were both expected to battle for division titles this year. If you have to do an interdivisional the last week, do UConn and Tulsa.

I understand everybody's position on this, but I also understand the league's reasoning here. The [Cotton Bowl] goes to the highest ranked champion in the G5. The highest ranking possible comes from two ranked teams playing each other in the championship game. It would be better if the 2 top contenders in each division didn't play each other until the last possible moment to allow their rankings to climb as high as they can before taking a loss.

Personally, I think we should play Houston every Black Friday.

I remember some analysis done years ago that showed that - from a poll standpoint - it's much better to take the loss early in the year rather than late. It showed a clear distinction in 1-loss teams that lost early being higher ranked at year-end than 1-loss teams losing late.

So there's that. But even moreso, it's the inter-divisional thing that's the problem. You're setting yourself up for back-to-back games featuring the same teams, and no one wants that. I'd be fine with Memphis-Houston on our side and UCF-Cincy on their side. It would be like a tournament.

UCF-USF is most logical and USF was actually predicted to be one of the better teams.

Same for Memphis-UH. It should be the last game every year.

(11-05-2019 10:08 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  The UH game at their place concerns me most, then the USF game at their place. I think we beat anyone on our schedule at home. But as has been said we control our finish & most likely we have to win out to play in the AAC championship & win the AAC to play in the Cotton Bowl. Good position to be in but it means every game is a must win which comes with added pressure after each week. Just how it ought to be...

If we had to play Houston this week after the hype over this past weekend then I would agree I would be concerned but the bye came at a right time to settle the team down. I also believe USF just lost their QB and now they have to play Temple and Cincy before they play Memphis. That’s brutal

(11-05-2019 10:42 AM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:08 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  The UH game at their place concerns me most, then the USF game at their place. I think we beat anyone on our schedule at home. But as has been said we control our finish & most likely we have to win out to play in the AAC championship & win the AAC to play in the Cotton Bowl. Good position to be in but it means every game is a must win which comes with added pressure after each week. Just how it ought to be...

If we had to play Houston this week after the hype over this past weekend then I would agree I would be concerned but the bye came at a right time to settle the team down. I also believe USF just lost their QB and now they have to play Temple and Cincy before they play Memphis. That’s brutal

Yeah, I'm hoping UH is committed to the tank the rest of the way out.

USF may be demoralized by the time Memphis gets there.

(11-05-2019 10:49 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:42 AM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:08 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  The UH game at their place concerns me most, then the USF game at their place. I think we beat anyone on our schedule at home. But as has been said we control our finish & most likely we have to win out to play in the AAC championship & win the AAC to play in the Cotton Bowl. Good position to be in but it means every game is a must win which comes with added pressure after each week. Just how it ought to be...

If we had to play Houston this week after the hype over this past weekend then I would agree I would be concerned but the bye came at a right time to settle the team down. I also believe USF just lost their QB and now they have to play Temple and Cincy before they play Memphis. That’s brutal

Yeah, I'm hoping UH is committed to the tank the rest of the way out.

USF may be demoralized by the time Memphis gets there.

Agreed. Our defense makes me nervous, particularly on the road. I would rather play an undefeated team at home than a 1 or 2 win team on the road.

(11-03-2019 09:24 PM)uskjtc02 Wrote:  

(11-03-2019 08:26 PM)3601 Wrote:  Cross-divisional games should not be played the last two weeks of the regular season for obvious reasons. Will be weird if we end up playing Cincy back to back weeks. Hope the conference changes this in the future.

There will be no divisions next year.

Good point. I forgot about that.

(11-05-2019 10:56 AM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:49 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:42 AM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:08 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  The UH game at their place concerns me most, then the USF game at their place. I think we beat anyone on our schedule at home. But as has been said we control our finish & most likely we have to win out to play in the AAC championship & win the AAC to play in the Cotton Bowl. Good position to be in but it means every game is a must win which comes with added pressure after each week. Just how it ought to be...

If we had to play Houston this week after the hype over this past weekend then I would agree I would be concerned but the bye came at a right time to settle the team down. I also believe USF just lost their QB and now they have to play Temple and Cincy before they play Memphis. That’s brutal

Yeah, I'm hoping UH is committed to the tank the rest of the way out.

USF may be demoralized by the time Memphis gets there.

Agreed. Our defense makes me nervous, particularly on the road. I would rather play an undefeated team at home than a 1 or 2 loss team on the road.

Then you should be excited that we will be playing a 6 loss team (UH) and a 4 loss team (USF) on the road the next couple of weeks.

(11-05-2019 12:01 PM)tiger86 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:56 AM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:49 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:42 AM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 10:08 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  The UH game at their place concerns me most, then the USF game at their place. I think we beat anyone on our schedule at home. But as has been said we control our finish & most likely we have to win out to play in the AAC championship & win the AAC to play in the Cotton Bowl. Good position to be in but it means every game is a must win which comes with added pressure after each week. Just how it ought to be...

If we had to play Houston this week after the hype over this past weekend then I would agree I would be concerned but the bye came at a right time to settle the team down. I also believe USF just lost their QB and now they have to play Temple and Cincy before they play Memphis. That’s brutal

Yeah, I'm hoping UH is committed to the tank the rest of the way out.

USF may be demoralized by the time Memphis gets there.

Agreed. Our defense makes me nervous, particularly on the road. I would rather play an undefeated team at home than a 1 or 2 loss team on the road.

Then you should be excited that we will be playing a 6 loss team (UH) and a 4 loss team (USF) on the road the next couple of weeks.

Ha, DOH, I meant to say 1 or 2 win team.

(11-04-2019 04:57 PM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 10:03 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 09:36 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(11-03-2019 09:12 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  The Schedule quirk is we got lucky

Every good team has come to Memphis and NO UCF

SMU, NAVY and CINCI all at home. The scheduling gods have smiled on us.

You might think that in a snapshot, but we caught UCF with their two best teams ever and missed them when they had losing records and even this year they are a little down and we miss them. It is nobody's fault but we did not get lucky with UCF scheduling over the last few years.

Oh I completely agree...

This is unusual that we got a favorable schedule.

Heck I remember we had to go to Temple 2 years in a row (14 & 15)

I remember when we had to play the Marines football team.

Quantico....

(11-04-2019 04:12 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Just looked over remaining schedules for everyone. Using Sagarin for the lines, Memphis and Navy would both run the table and finish with 7 AAC wins each. We hold the tiebreaker over Navy, so we get the West.

The West is a 3-team race and we're the only one who controls our own destiny. Navy-SMU game will eliminate one of them from contention. Then it's up to whomever is left to run the table and hope we drop one.

Likewise Cincy and UCF would each finish with 7 wins. Cincy holds the tiebreaker over UCF, so they get the East. The East is a 2-team race. UCF needs to run the table and have Cincy drop 2 games.

We hold the tiebreaker over Cincy, so we get the CCG.

Nothing to it.

Wouldn’t we have to drop two since we hold the tie breaker over both Navy and SMU?

(11-08-2019 12:06 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 04:12 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Just looked over remaining schedules for everyone. Using Sagarin for the lines, Memphis and Navy would both run the table and finish with 7 AAC wins each. We hold the tiebreaker over Navy, so we get the West.

The West is a 3-team race and we're the only one who controls our own destiny. Navy-SMU game will eliminate one of them from contention. Then it's up to whomever is left to run the table and hope we drop one.

Likewise Cincy and UCF would each finish with 7 wins. Cincy holds the tiebreaker over UCF, so they get the East. The East is a 2-team race. UCF needs to run the table and have Cincy drop 2 games.

We hold the tiebreaker over Cincy, so we get the CCG.

Nothing to it.

Wouldn’t we have to drop two since we hold the tie breaker over both Navy and SMU?

No. His assumption is that either SMU or navy run the table, thereby ending with one loss in conference. If we drop one more, that would leave us with two conference losses.

(11-08-2019 12:06 PM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 04:12 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Just looked over remaining schedules for everyone. Using Sagarin for the lines, Memphis and Navy would both run the table and finish with 7 AAC wins each. We hold the tiebreaker over Navy, so we get the West.

The West is a 3-team race and we're the only one who controls our own destiny. Navy-SMU game will eliminate one of them from contention. Then it's up to whomever is left to run the table and hope we drop one.

Likewise Cincy and UCF would each finish with 7 wins. Cincy holds the tiebreaker over UCF, so they get the East. The East is a 2-team race. UCF needs to run the table and have Cincy drop 2 games.

We hold the tiebreaker over Cincy, so we get the CCG.

Nothing to it.

Wouldn’t we have to drop two since we hold the tie breaker over both Navy and SMU?

Navy is 5-1 in the conference, SMU is 4-1, and we are 4-1.

If we lose a conference game and Navy or SMU win out, then we don't even get to the tiebreaker. Two conference losses total (not additional) will keep us out of the title game.