Football in 11th place

cousin oliver · November 9, 2023

Seems weird to me as we were always at least in the upper half of the standings in the other conferences.

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NT93 · November 9, 2023

The fact is we've played the most difficult conference schedule and it's probably not even close.

That being said, if we don't beat Tulsa and UAB, we will have earned our spot in the bottom third of the conference.

southsideguy · November 9, 2023

Not hard to figure out why we are. Especially when in the last two games I thing the other's teams backs have about two hundreds between them on the first five plays of the game.

Travis · November 10, 2023

54 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

Not hard to figure out why we are. Especially when in the last two games I thing the other's teams backs have about two hundreds between them on the first five plays of the game.

But no worries.. we have people here advocating that we still have the right guy to lead that ‘problem’ area.

Cr1028 · November 10, 2023

16 hours ago, cousin oliver said:

Seems weird to me as we were always at least in the upper half of the standings in the other conferences.

Especially since last season we were the conference runnerup and played in the conference title game.

Edited November 10, 2023 by Cr1028

Cr1028 · November 10, 2023

16 hours ago, NT93 said:

The fact is we've played the most difficult conference schedule and it's probably not even close.

That being said, if we don't beat Tulsa and UAB, we will have earned our spot in the bottom third of the conference.

While it is probably a more difficult conference slate, it is only by a slight margin. Tulane and SMU are really the only schools that are a step up in competition and we were already used to playing SMU annually. Last season we beat the #5 team and one of the #6 teams on this list. We also lost on a last minute highlight reel drive against one of the teams tied for first. I disagree strongly with the premise that we have suddenly been dropped into a world beater conference because we haven't.

Matt from A700 · November 10, 2023

Sucks we didn't get to play Rice, Charlotte, or ECU.

cousin oliver · November 10, 2023

Yes I did not realize how difficult our schedule was this season compared to SMU and others.

NT93 · November 10, 2023

1 hour ago, Cr1028 said:

While it is probably a more difficult conference slate, it is only by a slight margin. Tulane and SMU are really the only schools that are a step up in competition and we were already used to playing SMU annually. Last season we beat the #5 team and one of the #6 teams on this list. We also lost on a last minute highlight reel drive against one of the teams tied for first. I disagree strongly with the premise that we have suddenly been dropped into a world beater conference because we haven't.

I’m not comparing to last year, I’m comparing to the other team’s schedules in the American. No other team has to play Tulane, Memphis, UTSA, and SMU. Trade out Tulane and Memphis for Charlotte and ECU and we might not be in 11th place.

I wasn’t aware that there was a premise that we have been dropped into a world beater conference, but I would disagree as well. It’s definitely better than CUSA, but it’s also down from what it’s been in the past.

Cr1028 · November 10, 2023

42 minutes ago, NT93 said:

I’m not comparing to last year, I’m comparing to the other team’s schedules in the American. No other team has to play Tulane, Memphis, UTSA, and SMU. Trade out Tulane and Memphis for Charlotte and ECU and we might not be in 11th place.

I wasn’t aware that there was a premise that we have been dropped into a world beater conference, but I would disagree as well. It’s definitely better than CUSA, but it’s also down from what it’s been in the past.

I am not convinced this coaching staff could beat Charlotte and ECU.