ESPN is the creator or Worlds - Louisville

[billybud]

BC did fine when they had a future NFL QB on the roster...

 

[billybud]

Marshall was one of the winningest teams of the 90's (only behind FSU and Nebraska in winning percentage)....having a world class WR and Leftwich as a QB bumped those stats.

Louisville is good when Bridgewater plays well....The question always is...can a team keep up momentum?

 

[upstater]

Cuse played FSU 13-17 in game one...made the second game a game of anticipation...that game was 14-38.

The Cuse who walked through our tailgate were really Floridians originally from Cuse...but they partied with us.

By the way, Randy Edsall was pathetic against WV's spread option, and he suffered for it not only against WV, but against Michigan and a lot of lesser teams that ran it as well, like Navy. He never seemed to understand that the refs allow these teams to crackback. Couldn't get it through his thick head.

Edsall was good against conventional offenses, but went into "turtle" mode against the Oklahomas and WV and Navy. Look at Rich Rod. He ate Edsall's lunch while at WV, and then beat the hell out of him at Michigan too, in a year when Michigan sputtered on offense and UConn sent 5 defenders to the NFL draft.

 

[upstater]

BC did fine when they had a future NFL QB on the roster...

BC has had a lot of good QBs on its roster over the years. Don't forget Matt Hasselbeck and Glenn Foley.

 

[billybud]

No teams keep the momentum forever...but the good ones bounce back...

Ohio State had a losing year...Texas did as well..USC as well.....all have come back in some fashion.

FSU lost momentum..never did lose out on a bowl (31 straight years)...and had pretty good years in the 2000s interspersed with a couple of bad years (7-6). But the question laways is..what have you done this season?

 

[upstater]

Marshall was one of the winningest teams of the 90's (only behind FSU and Nebraska in winning percentage)....having a world class WR and Leftwich as a QB bumped those stats.

Louisville is good when Bridgewater plays well....The question always is...can a team keep up momentum?

Teams with good defenses contained him pretty easily.

 

[billybud]

Teams with good defenses contained him pretty easily.

Maybe...but Marshall..1990-1999 won 82% of their games....

It was their match ups.....They won 33% of their games with teams from BCS conferences and did not beat a team who was Year End Ranked (AP or Coaches Poll)

 

[upstater]

Maybe...but Marshall..1990-1999 won 82% of their games....

It was their match ups.....They won 33% of their games with teams from BCS conferences and did not beat a team who was Year End Ranked (AP or Coaches Poll)

I really have no clue what this is about. What does Marshall have to do with Louisville and Bridgewater. You're losing me.

 

[billybud]

A good QB...with a decent schedule can win games...lose that QB and it is a different season if you don't reload..,,But a really good QB can put you in the rankings

BC as an example...
Marshall as another...
Texas as another
NC State as another..on and on

 

[upstater]

A good QB...with a decent schedule can win games...lose that QB and it is a different season if you don't reload..,,But a really good QB can put you in the rankings

BC as an example...
Marshall as another...
Texas as another
NC State as another..on and on

Yes, I agree QBs are very important in college as well.

 

[cardsfan123]

*cough* Towson *cough*

 

[larryredbull]

FSU is the exception and a legitimate power. But, the point is that you are nitpicking UCONN's bowl success. I could nitpick too and say FSU is 0-3 against BCS opponents in its most recent BCS bowls. UCONN is certainly not a football power, but if you look at the complete body of work over the past decade, UCONN, in football, has outperformed several teams in the so-called P5 conferences.

Yep. Losing to Towson is really showing where you belong

 

[upstater]

*cough* Towson *cough*

How in the world did Louisville lose to UConn?

 

[upstater]

Yep. Losing to Towson is really showing where you belong

UConn doesn't belong. That's the point. How in the world UConn had better records than Cuse, Pitt, and went. 500 against Louisville is a mystery. Or, those teams suck.

 

[upstater]

*cough* Towson *cough*

Hey, you showed up here after your last post claiming UConn would get no TV exposure this year.

Well, we're on CBS, ESPN and ESPN2 more than Louisville, and more than anyone in the ACC other than Duke. Duke is on 19 times, UConn 16 times, UNC 15 times, Louisville 14 times,

 

[traitor71]

UConn doesn't belong. That's the point. How in the world UConn had better records than Cuse, Pitt, and went. 500 against Louisville is a mystery. Or, those teams suck.

Those teams suck as well. Cuse and Pitt are really bad and Louisville is capable of having a good year once in awhile, especially when they can get players from Florida. That is over now though.

 

[upstater]

Those teams suck as well. Cuse and Pitt are really bad and Louisville is capable of having a good year once in awhile, especially when they can get players from Florida. That is over now though.

This is what I've been saying for a long while, with a lot of brushback from ACC fans. Then again, UConn has a .500 record against the ACCs middling teams as well so... maybe it's all a matter of perspective.

 

[itgoeslike]

Yep. Losing to Towson is really showing where you belong

Tonight's loss doesn't erase the accomplishments over the past decade. It does mean that after 11 straight victories over FCS opponents we have something in common with Michigan.

 

[kyleslamb]

huh? Every conference does...

The Big Ten trys to make the addition of Rutgers and Maryland look liuke something other than the addition of two horrible football programs that water down the brand.

The Big 12, desperate to find two teams so as not to lose their TV contract, pick up WVU and TCU and then sells the speil that this is the nirvanic outcome of a worldwide search...and Notre Dame wasn't up to their standards anyway.

The Big Ten is looking to build brands, not necessarily take only established brands. They're not just looking at what schools have done, they're actually looking forward to what schools could do.

And given where the Big Ten is financially, I'd say they know what they are doing in that regard.

 

[billybud]

Every league needs an Indiana, Purdue, Maryland and Rutgers type team on their schedules.....The bottom of the standings needs some teams.