"Lot of work to do" - J. Silver article

[Colt house75]

Keep your eye on East Carolina. They are a VA Tech/WVA on the rise. Tulsa can play with any of those teams. USF will compete year in and year out with UCF. Houston and SMU will also improve. If the TV money gets better this ain't a bad conference, especially when Navy comes aboard.

Agree with you ConCarl....East Carolina has put together a good stretch and are on the rise. USF will rise and improve. Houston is no slouch. SMU has seen a resurgence to prior sanction days and Navy brings much more to the table than a football team....if we are still in the Conference given the next TV $$ negotiations, it will prove interesting, especially if the level improves, i.e. similar to UCF triumph over Baylor and the naysayers.

...and I want to throw something else out to my fellow BY'ers---there are big doings going on 40 miles north of NYC on the banks of the Hudson----I have it on good knowledge that high ups at ARMY are pissed off and fed up with the football results and want action. They don't want to play second fiddle to NAVY and Air Force and want a winning team. Expect to see movement within 3 years on level of football being played at West Point. JUST SAYING-if they get their act together-what could be more red, white and blue (not too mention TV contracts) for than AMERICAN AC as a consideration to have a storied program like Army and Navy both in conference AND WINNING against OOC opponents and going to Bowl games.

.....More than ever before, I will be watching all OOC games throughout the conference knowing a bigger payday could be in store......

 

[SAMCRO]

Not sure how you define the old BE, but I don't see programs the caliber of Louisville, Pitt, or WVU with the only exception being Cincinnati which has played very consistent ball. Agree that the departure on Rutgers and Cuse did not dilute competition.

Pitt? IMO you could put UCF, Houston, and ECU in the UL neighborhood. WVU was different. They had an incredibly consistent high performing run under Rich Rod and with Geno at QB. They kept the NBE propped up for a stretch. UL had some good years, but not the consistency. I'd put Cinci over UL over the same time frame. Difference is UL caught a greatly sagging UF team in the Sugar Bowl, and Cinci caught a UF team trying to send Tebow out a winner, while also going thru a coaching change in the week leading up to the game. Big difference.

 

[Confident Carl]

I agree, and the game films from the end of last season show that things started to click on offense.

No question UCONN's offense improved and sure that Diaco and staff will take note of positives that can be carried over.

Our best and most gratifying win last year was Rutgers who has beaten Arkansas two years in a row and who pounded us in 2012 in Piscataway. It was a satisfying way to send them off to the B1G. I am hoping UCONN can continue the rivalry in the B1G or not. It is good for New York Metro football.

 

[uconndogs]

After Huey and Dewey were canned the improvements in the offense and the OL were immediately apparent. Spelling McCombs with Max also helped the OL and the running game immensely. I actually think there was talent on that OL last season, it was just so well disguised with the duck*ed up schemes GDL. Unfortunately, most of that group graduated, and I have no idea what to expect with this unit next season.