CUSA Finishes as No 13 Ranked Conference Below Sun Belt
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:52 pmby Stallion
but schools like Tulane, Rice and SMU have real neat-o graduation rates. Perception is becoming reality
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc07.htm
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:54 pmby Stallion
also finished below the Colonial Conference a Division 1-AA Conference
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:55 pmby jkflamebo
so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:56 pmby J.T.supporta
jkflamebo wrote:so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so
you cant be better when you only get 1 bowl bid
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:57 pmby perunapower
The average Sun Belt ranking is 118.25, the average C-USA ranking is 116.67. Is there any actual math that Sagarin uses to decide order or is it out of a hat?
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:59 pmby jkflamebo
J.T.supporta wrote:jkflamebo wrote:so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so
you cant be better when you only get 1 bowl bid
haha, that's cute. sun belt aint better than cusa
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pmby Stallion
Its a conspiracy among mathematical formulas to embarrass CUSA
Posted:
Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:18 pmby D1Football
With Boise State in the BCS last year and Hawaii this year, I really miss the WAC!
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Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:27 amby The XtC
[quote="jkflamebo"][quote="J.T.supporta"][quote="jkflamebo"]so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so[/quote]
you cant be better when you only get 1 bowl bid[/quote]
haha, that's cute. sun belt aint better than cusa[/quote]
Dont be so sure. Arkansas State finished in the bottom half of the Sun Belt, and in the bottom 10 of the ESPN and Rivals national rankings, but they went 2-1 against C-USA, including a win over one of our bowl teams, Memphis. Memphis also lost to Middle Tennessee.
Both leagues had several schools floundering at the bottom of Division 1. SMU, UAB, and Marshal in C-USA, and UNT, Arky State and FIU in the Sun Belt. Rice had a poor start to the season that included a loss to Nicholls State, but they won 3 games in conference. Marshall lost to New Hampshire, a mediocre 1-AA team (Or championship subdivision, if you prefer) but won 3 games in C-USA.
Comparing wins against by either conference against the BCS, UCF beat North Carolina State, and East Carolina beat North Carolina, but neither UNC or NC State had winning records this year. In the Sun Belt, La. Monroe beat Alabama, Florida Atlantic beat Minnesotta, and Troy beat Oklahoma State.
The two conferences were pretty close this year, head to head, each league won 3 games from the other. Out of conference, though, the Sun Belt had better wins.
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Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:41 amby J.T.supporta
yes, that win over Bama sure helped the SHUN belt conference this year
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Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:32 amby SMU2007
the big east is the 2nd best conference in football? what a joke. just that is enough to completely discredit his "analysis"
Re: CUSA Finishes as No 13 Ranked Conference Below Sun Belt
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Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:24 amby davidsmu94
Yeah and I'm fatter than I used to be too, what's the point?
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Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:06 amby PonyDoh
SMU2007 wrote:the big east is the 2nd best conference in football? what a joke. just that is enough to completely discredit his "analysis"
Agreed. The Big East is terrible and any 'analysis' that validates them is flawed