Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

This is the forum for talk about SMU Football

Moderators: PonyPride, SmooPower

User avatar
SMU 86
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 12943
Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:41 pm

Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by SMU 86 »

Another one will bite the dust this weekend. Beat Rice.
"We will play man to man and we will pick you up at the airport." - Larry Brown

________________________Champion________________________
Image
Rebel10
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 12534
Joined: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:20 pm

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Rebel10 »

This is truly the worst CUSA I have seen since in many years. A good Texas 5A team would give Southern Miss a pretty good game. Rice should fall to SMU.
#HammerDown
User avatar
SMU_Alumni11
PonyFans.com Legend
PonyFans.com Legend
Posts: 3654
Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:04 am
Location: Somewhere near Knox

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by SMU_Alumni11 »

Rebel10 wrote:This is truly the worst CUSA I have seen since in many years. A good Texas 5A team would give Southern Miss a pretty good game. Rice should fall to SMU.
No kidding how a ranked USM last year could plummet this bad just shows how bad cusa really is
User avatar
mustangxc
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 7339
Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:57 pm

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by mustangxc »

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:
Rebel10 wrote:This is truly the worst CUSA I have seen since in many years. A good Texas 5A team would give Southern Miss a pretty good game. Rice should fall to SMU.
No kidding how a ranked USM last year could plummet this bad just shows how bad cusa really is
I disagree. How do you explain national championship Auburn plummeting as far as it has?
User avatar
SMU_Alumni11
PonyFans.com Legend
PonyFans.com Legend
Posts: 3654
Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:04 am
Location: Somewhere near Knox

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by SMU_Alumni11 »

mustangxc wrote:
SMU_Alumni11 wrote:
Rebel10 wrote:This is truly the worst CUSA I have seen since in many years. A good Texas 5A team would give Southern Miss a pretty good game. Rice should fall to SMU.
No kidding how a ranked USM last year could plummet this bad just shows how bad cusa really is
I disagree. How do you explain national championship Auburn plummeting as far as it has?
Yes and I should have expanded my argument. Auburn is that one team that's pathetic in the SEC except when they buy an all star. However CUSA has very seasonal teams that will be good one year and terrible the next. Like ucf was last year, Houston and USM this year, Memphis, utep, Tulane every year etc. This conference has horrible OOC records especially against BCS competition.
User avatar
Junior
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 11513
Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:56 am
Location: Dallas, TX

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Junior »

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:
mustangxc wrote:
SMU_Alumni11 wrote: No kidding how a ranked USM last year could plummet this bad just shows how bad cusa really is
I disagree. How do you explain national championship Auburn plummeting as far as it has?
Yes and I should have expanded my argument. Auburn is that one team that's pathetic in the SEC except when they buy an all star. However CUSA has very seasonal teams that will be good one year and terrible the next. Like ucf was last year, Houston and USM this year, Memphis, utep, Tulane every year etc. This conference has horrible OOC records especially against BCS competition.
Are you saying auburn has always paid their players? Because they have been a pretty good program for a while. This year excluded, of course.
Derail the Frogs!
User avatar
Mustangs35SMU
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 13010
Joined: Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:01 am
Location: Garland, TX
Contact:

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Mustangs35SMU »

Cam Newton was the sole reason Auburn won that National Championship. And they most certainly paid for him.
Image
User avatar
Junior
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 11513
Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:56 am
Location: Dallas, TX

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Junior »

Mustangs35SMU wrote:Cam Newton was the sole reason Auburn won that National Championship. And they most certainly paid for him.
Agree 100%. But that isn't the only good Auburn team in the last ten years. They were plenty good before the got him under contract.
Derail the Frogs!
User avatar
Mustangs35SMU
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 13010
Joined: Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:01 am
Location: Garland, TX
Contact:

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Mustangs35SMU »

Agreed, but that was also before Chizik became the head coach (don't think he's anything without a star player on his team).
Image
User avatar
Junior
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 11513
Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:56 am
Location: Dallas, TX

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Junior »

Mustangs35SMU wrote:Agreed, but that was also before Chizik became the head coach (don't think he's anything without a star player on his team).
I was just refuting 11's comments that the Cam Newton team was the only good Auburn team. That's simply a ridiculous assertion.
Derail the Frogs!
User avatar
jkflamebo
Hall of Famer
Hall of Famer
Posts: 2092
Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 8:20 pm

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by jkflamebo »

All about coaching. Fedora left Southern Miss that's why they've tanked.
User avatar
SMU_Alumni11
PonyFans.com Legend
PonyFans.com Legend
Posts: 3654
Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:04 am
Location: Somewhere near Knox

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by SMU_Alumni11 »

Junior wrote:
Mustangs35SMU wrote:Agreed, but that was also before Chizik became the head coach (don't think he's anything without a star player on his team).
I was just refuting 11's comments that the Cam Newton team was the only good Auburn team. That's simply a ridiculous assertion.
No but that was their BCS team right?
User avatar
Junior
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 11513
Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:56 am
Location: Dallas, TX

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Junior »

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:
Junior wrote:
Mustangs35SMU wrote:Agreed, but that was also before Chizik became the head coach (don't think he's anything without a star player on his team).
I was just refuting 11's comments that the Cam Newton team was the only good Auburn team. That's simply a ridiculous assertion.
No but that was their BCS team right?
Huh?
Derail the Frogs!
User avatar
Junior
PonyFans.com Super Legend
PonyFans.com Super Legend
Posts: 11513
Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:56 am
Location: Dallas, TX

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by Junior »

They won the BCS in 2010 but went 13-0 in 2004 in what should have been another championship year.
Derail the Frogs!
User avatar
SMU_Alumni11
PonyFans.com Legend
PonyFans.com Legend
Posts: 3654
Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:04 am
Location: Somewhere near Knox

Re: Thank Goodness For Below .500 Teams

Post by SMU_Alumni11 »

Junior wrote:They won the BCS in 2010 but went 13-0 in 2004 in what should have been another championship year.
2004 was so long ago, back when we had an actual president 8)
Post Reply