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FWIW- ESPN's nBE 2013 Pre-season Rankings

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/i...r-rankings


1. Louisville.
2. Cincinnati.
3. Rutgers.
4. Central Florida.
5. San Diego State.
6. South Florida.
7. Connecticut.
8. Houston.
9. Temple.
10. SMU.
11. Memphis.

That is a sad sight to see. Hope we can prove them wrong, but with our OOC schedule - it is tough

Purely based on this year's final Sagarin:

1. Louisville.
2. Cincinnati.
3. Central Florida.
4. Rutgers.
5. SMU.
6. San Diego State.
7. South Florida.
8. Connecticut.
9. Temple.
10. Houston.
11. Memphis.

ESPN can go to hell.

when has ESPN had anything positive to say about us?

especially Lee Corso...

"ahh, f*^ck it..."

ponyinNC wrote:FWIW- ESPN's nBE 2013 Pre-season Rankings

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/i...r-rankings


1. Louisville.
2. Cincinnati.
3. Rutgers.
4. Central Florida.
5. San Diego State.
6. South Florida.
7. Connecticut.
8. Houston.
9. Temple.
10. SMU.
11. Memphis.

That is a sad sight to see. Hope we can prove them wrong, but with our OOC schedule - it is tough

Top 5 is solid but you could draw 6-11 out of a hat.

Well, we'll be lucky to start the conference schedule at 1-3

I don't think we're that far down either, but they make a good point: We lose all of our name players. Line, Hunt, Davis, etc. We are probably in the bottom half unless a couple of players step up *cough Gilbert *cough.

June has produced four straight 1,000 yard rushers in his offense. I absolutely love Line, and he has been phenomenal here, but I don't feel that his graduation is an insurmountable loss like Adelson does. an All American JUCO running back is on board. Wimbley is still in the backfield, and Line is a RS-FR now for depth. Signs point to the staff incorporating Gilbert into the running game more, complementing the delayed hand off. A lot of running yards are gained in this offense because defenses key on stopping the pass. I don't see our rushing totals retreating to 2008 when McKinney led the team with something absurdly low, like under 300 yards.

In regards to the defense, the linebackers sitting behind our graduating players are supposed to be fast, strong, and athletic, We also get the half-dozen guys we lost in the secondary back after injury. Parks progressed this year and Acker was solid.

A bunch of holes to fill. Defensive line, big time. We'll see how it shakes out. Maybe Junesus will pick up a late-game transfer or JUCO player or two like Moore or Crawford.

Does anyone know our '13 schedule?

ponynut wrote:Does anyone know our '13 schedule?

Tech 8/31. Baylor 9/14. At TCU 9/28.

The rest tbd assuming we punch out of the rematch w johnny football

Here is our OOC schedule. As for Big East schedule, membership has to be finalized, e.g. is SDSU or out and who might replace them:


Saturday
08/31/13
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX

Saturday
09/07/13
TBA


Saturday
09/14/13
Baylor Bears
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX

Saturday
09/21/13
at Texas A&M Aggies
Kyle Field, College Station, TX

Saturday
09/28/13
at TCU Horned Frogs
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX

sbsmith wrote:Top 5 is solid but you could draw 6-11 out of a hat.

Um, how is top 5 solid? We were better than SDSU this year.

ponyboy wrote:

sbsmith wrote:Top 5 is solid but you could draw 6-11 out of a hat.

Um, how is top 5 solid? We were better than SDSU this year.

Right, and by placing SDSU so high, it smells of another attempt by ESPN to degenerate nBE knowing that SDSU is likely gone.
Am I paranoid?

Tenth would be embarrassing. Perhaps this is more east coast media ignorance. In any event, this should motivate our team and our coaches.