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#49 Mississippi State http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/1...state/#more-964 Who is No. 48?: This university’s home state is named after the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.

Internet poster puts of fake story on OU quarterback cocaine bust & now faces legal problems. http://newsok.com/story-about-ou-qbs-drug-.../?tm=1215656301

#50 Louisville http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/1...ville/#more-963 Who is No. 49?: As the Countdown busts into the top 50, a small light begins to shine at the end of the tunnel. Program No. 49 snapped the SEC’s second-longest bowl drought with a bowl appearance last fall, its first since 2000.

Not UNT, but interesting. Denton resident will be inducted into Nebraska Hall of Fame. Former Husker footballer. http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/...9.3a98a4ad.html

#51 Virginia http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/0...ginia/#more-961 Hint to next team, No. 50: This university’s departed starting quarterback threw for over 11,000 yards and 70 touchdowns during his sterling four-year career.

ah yes, just one of your assumptions. Not posted as a reason it's okay. Merely stated Blue RIbbon Previews are posted on other boards.

Actually SMU and Rice weren't a shoo-in for membership. The Tulane Prez pushed for them to be in a package deal with Tulsa. President of a private school pushing membership for 3 private schools.

The Blue Ribbon Previews of more than a few teams are posted on more than a few boards.

#52 Air Force http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/0...force/#more-960 Who is No. 51?: After going 27 years without a national championship, this university’s men’s lacrosse team has won three titles since 1999.

Article posted on the muts board by SpaceRaider. excerpts from a lengthy article: ...Offensive Breakdown If you breakdown the starters on the offensive side the SEC leads the field with 63 projected starters. The Big Ten finished second with 57 projected starters, and the ACC finishes a very close third with 56 projected offensive starters. The Pac-10 ended up with 38 projected starters, the Big 12 has 28 projected offensive starters and the WAC has 16 projected NFL offensive starters. The Mid-American Conference and the Big East Conference each have 13 projected offensive starters and Conference USA has 12 projected starters. The Mountain West Conference finished with 11 projected offensive starters and the Independents, (Notre Dame, Navy and Army) have nine projected starters. The Sun Belt Conference has four projected offensive starters. The small college ranks have 32 projected starters on the offensive side of the ball...... ...Defensive Breakdown The SEC leads the way on the defensive side of the ball with 74 projected starters. The ACC finished up second with 65 starters and the Big Ten finishes up third with 48 projected starters. The Big 12 finished fourth with 44 projected defensive starters and the Pac-10 finishes fifth with 32 starters. The Big East finished up with 20 starters, the Mountain West has 11 projected starters and Conference USA has 10 starters. The Sun Belt has eight projected starters, the Mid-American has six starters and the WAC has five projected starters on defense. The Independents have four projected defensive starters and the small college teams have 25 projected starters. Overall Breakdown When you break it all down, the SEC leads the way with 137 projected starters for the 2008 NFL season. The ACC finished second with 121 projected starters. The Big Ten finished third with 105 starters and the Big 12 was fourth with 72 projected starters. The Pac-10 finished with 70 starters, the Big East has 33 starters and Conference USA and the Mountain West each have 22 starters. The WAC has 21 projected starters and the Mid-American has 19 starters. The Independents have 13 projected starters and the Sun Belt has 12 starters. There are 57 players from the small college ranks that are projected starters in the NFL for 2008....... ARTICLE http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080706...rs_coming_from_

Here's some non-BCS teams that have 1AA opponents this year. I doubt that they are paying anywhere near BCS type $$$ to get them in. SUN BELT Arkansas State ULM Troy MAC Ball State C. Michigan E. michigan Miami (O) Kent State N. Illinois Ohio WAC Boise Idaho La. Tech Nevada NMSU San jose MWC Air Force BYU Colo State S. Diego St TCU Wyoming CUSA UCF Houston memphis SMU

Nevada

I do know that we got Navy in return, but that wasn't exactly planned was it ? The point is unless the 7th away game is a necessary SECOND money game, why wouldn't we be better off with a 1AA home opener financially vs traveling to a mid-major ?

If we have 6 1A (FBS) home opponents great ! If not why go on the road for a 7th games ? Isn't the goal ONE money game a year ? With a 1AA home opponent: 6 away games 1 Money game (LSU, Texas, etc) 1 Away home & home with "mid-major" (SMU, Tulsa, Rice, Houston, Army) 4 conference games home games 1 1AA opener (Texas State, SFA, etc) 1 Home & home with mid-major 4 conference games In '06 we had OC away games with Texas,Akron & Tulsa. Who thinks we made more traveling to Akron that we would have if we'd hosted a 1AA for our opener ?

Off the Muts board. http://southerncollegesports.com/fb_08_preview_sunbelt.html

Hawaii $4,922,062 Boise State $1,672,056 Nevada $1,380,377 Fresno State $1,308,608 San jose State $971,747 Louisiana Tech $855,015 Utah State $800,247 Idaho $800, 247 New Mexico State $432,197 http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbc.../807060362/1032

#53 UCLA http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/0...-ucla/#more-958 Who is No. 52?: Bill Parcells has been the head coach with the Giants, the New England Patriots, the Jets, the Dallas Cowboys and this program.

Saw a post on the MWC board that in the future Air Force will schedule a 1AA or FCS team as their home opener on parents Day. Did some checking and it seems that more and more programs are scheduling a 1AA or FCS team for an additional home game. 65 of 120 FBS teams are doin' it, including Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU, Houston, TCU. If we can't get enough 6 FBS home games each year, why not schedule a 1AA/FCS team like Texas State to assure us of 6 home games? 7 away games makes it a lot harder to have a winning season.

#54 Arkansas http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/0...ansas/#more-957 Who is No. 53?: This team has gone 43-33 over the last six seasons. Unfortunately, its bitter rival is 70-8 over the same span.

Their primary goals should be: 1. Have a winning season (it's been a while) 2. Play in a bowl game (it's been a long while) 3. Hope the Enron accounting can be abandon in announcing game attendance. 4. Hope the money guys continue to fund their high price coaches salary.

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/

#55 Maryland http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/0...yland/#more-956 Who is No. 54?: This program’s new coach is on his third job in as many seasons.

There's really not a lot to gain by scheduling OC games with Tech. We don't recruit there & already go to the area every other year to play ULM. Rather see us schedule Houston to go along with Rice & Tulsa.

UNT gets fair amount of mention in this Boise State thread. http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=336&f=2246&t=2643841