MeanGreen61

And he's 6'4 & over 200 so the paper can't call him "too small" .

If the team goes into the game thinking win, anything is possible. A win is not probable, but attitude can sometimes make strange things happen. Remember Tennessee in '75. That's why they play the game.

CBS Sportsline #78 ULL #81 Troy #83 Arkansas State #87 FAU #91 muts #94 North Texas #104 FIU #112 ULM #120 WKU

FWIW #78 Arkansas State #87 Troy #94 North Texas #97 UL-Lafayette #98 Florida Atlantic #99 muts #110 Florida international #112 UL-Monroe #119 WKU Others of interest #4 'Bama #27 TCU #84 Ohio #88 Tulsa #90 Army #101 SMU #118 Ball State http://cfn.scout.com/2/898693.html

After week #2, here is the list of Belt teams that rank in the top 50 of various NCAA stat categories. Pass Effeciency Defense #19 North Texas #47 muts Kickoff Returns #27 FIU #46 WKU Net Punting #11 Troy #19 ULL #25 WKU #39 ULM Pass Offense #33 ULL #42 muts #47 FAU Pass Defense #21 muts #32 North Texas Punt Returns #10 WKU #20 Arkansas State Rushing Offense #14 Arkansas State #24 ULM #29 North Texas Rushing Defense #36 Arkansas State #46 ULM Scoring Defense #43 ULL Scoring offense #22 ULM #34 Arkansas State Total Defense #38 North Texas #40 Arkansas State #45 muts Total Offense #30 ULM #43 ULL #47 North Texas

Don't guarantee something you can't prove.

http://philsteele.com/miscpages/projecteds...jstandings.html

Nope doesn't diminish our win at all.

I want everyone we whip this year to do well in other games. Makes us look that much better

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...w.aspx?id=25329

http://bull-run.blogspot.com/2009/09/mac-b...cks-week-2.html

WKU is hosting USF this weekend.

Cut & past off the Sun Belt board. (no link provided) ESPN agrees with you: USF Athletics neeeeds mo' allowance, yodle-e-hiiiii-hooooo. Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett There are far more interesting games on the schedule this week, but there may not be a weirder listing than this: South Florida at Western Kentucky. What in the heck are the Bulls doing traveling to Bowling Green for a road game against a team that just moved up to full-time FBS status? South Florida is the first school from a BCS conference to play at Western Kentucky, and it's not even a 3-for-1 or a 2-for-1 type of deal. This is a straight home-and-home series, with the Hilltoppers scheduled to return the game to Tampa next year. How did this happen? Well, like most things, the explanation starts with money. South Florida's athletic department isn't flush with cash like, say, an SEC school. The Bulls had already agreed to pay FCS team Wofford $300,000 to come in and play sacrificial lamb. With Florida State and Miami on the docket and a planned in-state rivalry date against Florida International, South Florida wanted another, uh, manageable game. Problem is, every school in the country is trying to buy these games, so lower-level FBS teams from the Sun Belt and others hold all the cards. They're often charging $600,000 or more to go on the road without a return date. Add in the fact that Big East schools must schedule five nonconference games instead of the four that most other leagues have, and that becomes a financial burden. And so all of that led the Bulls to agree to play at an FBS newbie with a 22,000-seat stadium. "It's so hard to find teams to play you," Leavitt said. "And to buy teams to come into your place, you have to pay an awful lot of money. We're just not in a position right now where we can do that. So we've had to play some teams like this and travel. It's something you'd rather not do, but that's the way it is." The decision to play Western Kentucky made even more financial sense after Florida International dropped out of its contract to play Rutgers. The Bulls then had to go and pay for another home game and wound up writing a $450,000 check to a second FCS team, Charleston Southern. Will Western Kentucky provide any kind of hurdle at all to South Florida? In their first game as a full-fledged FBS member, the Hilltoppers lost 63-7 at Tennessee on Saturday. But Leavitt said that's not a true representation of their ability. "You throw a lot of it out," he said. "It was [Lane] Kiffins's opening game at Tennessee, and there were probably 100 million people screaming. So it was a very difficult challenge." Leavitt has compared this game for his team to last year's game at Florida International. Like Western, FIU had a record crowd in a newly-expanded stadium. The Bulls escaped with a 17-9 win. Wofford played South Florida close last week for a half before the Bulls ran away for a 40-7 win. With another FCS foe next week before the showdown at Florida State, it would only be human nature for the players to let their minds wander. Leavitt is trying to guard against that. "We've got to have great focus," he said. "We've got to be better than we were last week."

http://www.dnj.com/article/20090909/BLUERA...s+in+first+week

Sagarin really means zip for the first 3-4 games. So0 much of their formula is based on last year.

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...;DB_OEM_ID=1800

WEEK ONE MUSINGS http://www.pigskinpress.com/ On the other hand, North Texas and QB Riley Dodge upset Ball State in Muncie. It’s pretty sad that coming off of a 12-2 season, the Cardinals could only draw 16,000 fans. Dodge and RB Cam Montgomery had Ball State and HC Stan Parrish confused for most of the game. Nice win for the Mean Green; you have to think UNT may beat expectations.

Beleive this is the first week of Harmon Forecast.

Harmon Forecast http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/8820391

Saw somewhere that of the 66 players that traveled to Muncie only NINE were seniors.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/sto...mp;sportCat=ncf

June Jones promised the polster free tickets to the next pony sellout

MAC THREAD IS HILARIOUS http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=385889 SUN BELT http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=385891

MAC POWER RANKINGS WEEK ONE http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_91 10) Ball State, 0-1: Loss vs. North Texas 20-10 -- What the heck was this game all about? The Sun Belt is the conference the MAC schedules to collect easy wins at home without cherry picking. UNT is supposed to be no good, but they were good enough for over 500 yards of offense. Maybe Brady Hoke knew what he was leaving when he took the San Diego State job. Next week: vs. New Hampshire