Private, Methodist-affiliated school with legacy of losing

[RGV Pony]

Duke & 1st year coach David Cutcliffe. Now 3-1. 1-0 in conference. 31-3 over a crappy Virginia team. Al Groh, your seat is hot.

[ponygrad90]

i was expecting to see Northwestern off to a 5-0 start

[Pony_Fan]

I guess they'll turn it around before SMU.

• Duke beat Virginia for its first ACC win since Nov. 13, 2004 (vs. Clemson). The win snaps a 25-game conference losing streak.

[PonySnob]

I guess they'll turn it around before SMU.

• Duke beat Virginia for its first ACC win since Nov. 13, 2004 (vs. Clemson). The win snaps a 25-game conference losing streak.

Then at an 11 game conference losing streak, we are not doing too bad.....

[Lebanese4Life]

I guess they'll turn it around before SMU.

• Duke beat Virginia for its first ACC win since Nov. 13, 2004 (vs. Clemson). The win snaps a 25-game conference losing streak.

Then at an 11 game conference losing streak, we are not doing too bad.....

There's a difference. They're in the ACC while we're in C-USA..

[PoconoPony]

ACC has not been that strong for the last 3 years. C-USA could probably play .500 ball if matched up against ACC.

[SMU2007]

ACC has not been that strong for the last 3 years. C-USA could probably play .500 ball if matched up against ACC.

there is no way. ACC is weak for a major conference but miami, va. tech, wake forest, any of these teams would handily beat c-usa schools. Even the midtier ACC schools would fare very well against anyone in our conference.

[PonySnob]

ACC has not been that strong for the last 3 years. C-USA could probably play .500 ball if matched up against ACC.

there is no way. ACC is weak for a major conference but miami, va. tech, wake forest, any of these teams would handily beat c-usa schools. Even the midtier ACC schools would fare very well against anyone in our conference.

Didn't CUSA lose it's matchup against the ACC last week?

[SMU2007]

ECU lost to NC State i know

[westexSMU]

[quote="SMU2007"]ECU lost to NC State i know[/quote]......BUT ECU also beat West Virginia and Virginia Tech this year.

[PonyTime]

I thought that you were talking about Vanderbilt (also methodist affiliated) . . . now nationally ranked - Nashville is gearing up for College Football gameday to visit campus this weekend.

Never thought Nashville would ever be the center of attention of the college football world for a weekend . . .

[EastStang]

I think that CUSA would have a chance to play .500 against many ACC teams. Maryland (lost to MTSU), Va. Tech (lost to ECU), Wake Forest (lost to Navy), UVA (losing to everyone), Ga Tech (still rebuilding, but would beat most CUSA teams); FSU (looks horrible); Clemson (lost to Maryland); BC (no world beater there), and I haven't even mentioned rebuilding teams like Duke, NC State and UNC who could go bowling this year. The BE is nothing to brag about either. UCF took USF to overtime. ECU throttled WVA., Rutgers (back to the sewer), UConn, Pitt (they were so desperate they hired Bennett as DC), Syracuse (can't beat anyone), Cincy and Louisville might win the conference. Right now the only two conferences that pretty much dominate OOC are the SEC and the Big XII. Other than that, the rest are very top heavy. The Pac-10 after USC, who's left? The Big Ten after PSU, Ohio State and perhaps Illinois who's left? The MWC after BYU, TCU and Utah, who's left? The WAC after Boise and Fresno who's left? CUSA after Tulsa who's left?

[DiamondM]

Well, it hasn't been that long since Duke went to a bowl game -- a New Year's Day one at that. I was in law school during the bizarro years at Duke. I played in the band (guaranteed front row seats in Cameron Indoor was the reward) and accompanied an 8-3 Blue Devil team coached by Fred Goldsmith to the Hall of Fame Bowl (now Outback Bowl) in Tampa against Wisconsin on New Year's Day 1995.

On the flip side, I never made it to the Sweet 16 during basketball season. I still hate Austin Croshere for that.

[LA_Mustang]

ACC has not been that strong for the last 3 years. C-USA could probably play .500 ball if matched up against ACC.

Tap on the brakes. I hope you're kidding. Tulsa or ECU, the two best teams in our conference, would probably be favored against only two teams in the ACC - Duke and Virginia. The ACC is miles ahead of C-USA in terms of quality teams.