CUSA West

[AusTxPony]

How do you see the Conference race in the West shaping up. Any predictions for Overall and Conference records? Will it be Tulsa again, or Houston, UTEP or us?

[giacfsp]

OK, I'll bite:

UTEP
SMU
Houston
Tulsa
Tulane
Rice

In the coming years, thanks largely to Coach Graham's recruiting prowess, I would expect Rice to leapfrog Tulane and Tulsa .... and SMU to destroy everyone, of course.

[LonghornFan68]

OK, I'll bite:

UTEP
SMU
Houston
Tulsa
Tulane
Rice

In the coming years, thanks largely to Coach Graham's recruiting prowess, I would expect Rice to leapfrog Tulane and Tulsa .... and SMU to destroy everyone, of course.

I might swap Houston and Tulsa, but for the most part your list looks pretty dead-on. This is, of course, assuming SMU can make as big a leap this year with a more veteran team as they did last year with a young team.

[giacfsp]

First of all, without having digested any rosters, I just have a hunch Tulsa will begin to decline, without Graham there to recruit (and didn't he steal a few assistants, too?) and without Mills there to catch everything that goes up in the air. Maybe not right away, but I can see them starting to slide a little.

Of course, my faith in SMU's rise is based on (A) my faith, hope and prayers that we start kicking tail and (B) the performance at the quarterback position. Maybe my optimism is a year premature, as Willis gets his feet wet. But I keep hoping he's more than a typical freshman QB.

We'll see in a few months!

[AusTxPony]

With everything going our way:
SMU 9-3, 6-2
Houston 9-3, 6-2
UTEP 9-3, 6-2
Tulsa 7-5, 4-4
and Tulane and Rice with losing records.

SMU and USM in the Championship Game.

[BUS]

That would be sweet. If SMU makes it to C-USA Championship Game could it be at Ford.

I won a package for the Palomar that might come in handy!!!

Go Willis and the Mustangs!

[tmustangp]

wow interesting yall have tulsa dropping that much.. i have nothing to back myself up, but i don't think they will have two years (last and this yr) like the previous two when they went to a bowl game in 2003 and then dropped off the face of th earth in 2004..

but as long as we are winning that is fine by me

[Metropolis777]

Saw one hell of an improvement from y'all last year. Here's how I see the West shaking out.

SMU 9-3 (6-2) - West Champion
Tulsa 9-3 (6-2)
Houston 8-4 (5-3)
UTEP 6-6 (5-3)
Tulane 5-7 (4-4)
Rice 2-10 (2-6)