C-USA Breakdown: UNT football up for challenge

Harry · August 28, 2013

Brett Medeiros / Senior Staff Writer

This season, UNT is one of seven teams that will be joining Conference USA. Over the
past four seasons, there has been a different C-USA overall champion every year.

The competition in the new conference is very high compared to the Sun Belt. Last year, the
Conference USA standings had three teams at the top of the conference standing with a 7-1
record. The Sun Belt had just one team finish with seven conference wins.

“It’ll be fun playing new teams week in and week out this year,” senior wide receiver Brelan
Chancellor said. “They haven’t seen us and we haven’t seen them so it’ll be some good
matchups.”

The toughest teams in the conference are the University of Tulsa, who finished with an 11-3
record overall and 7-1 in conference play, and East Carolina University (8-5, 7-1).

Read more: http://ntdaily.com/unt-football-conference-usa-challenge/

Travis · August 28, 2013

The CUSA competition this year will be no different in strength to the Sun Belt of last year. In my opinion.

drex · August 28, 2013

Perception is amazing. This pup writer for the Daily has a higher perception of CUSA than the SunBelt, even though the SunBelt might be better top to bottom than CUSA....time will tell. Nice to be a part of a conference with a higher reputation.

MeanGreenTexan · August 28, 2013

Perception is amazing. This pup writer for the Daily has a higher perception of CUSA than the SunBelt, even though the SunBelt might be better top to bottom than CUSA....time will tell. Nice to be a part of a conference with a higher reputation.

Well crap, I guess it's too late to go begging back to Commissioner Benson huh?

C-USA top to bottom is actually better than the SBC top to bottom. No doubt. Of course, it's all perception right now because none of us know how the leagues will perform with all of the changes.

glick1980 · August 28, 2013

The Sun Belt was rated higher at the end of last year than CUSA. I think CUSA was rated below two FCS conferences. CUSA was brutal last year, something like 7-35 OOC against FBS opponents.

Mean Green 93-98 · August 28, 2013

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-college-footballs-conferences-2013

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2012/11/fbs_college_football_conferenc_8.html

Personally, I'd give the edge to the Belt right now in top to bottom football strength. That doesn't mean that I'd prefer to be back in the Belt, and that doesn't mean that won't change this year or next.

outoftown · August 28, 2013

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-college-footballs-conferences-2013

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2012/11/fbs_college_football_conferenc_8.html

Personally, I'd give the edge to the Belt right now in top to bottom football strength. That doesn't mean that I'd prefer to be back in the Belt, and that doesn't mean that won't change this year or next.

This. Exactly this.

houstonmeangreen · August 28, 2013

Brett Medeiros / Senior Staff Writer

This season, UNT is one of seven teams that will be joining Conference USA. Over the
past four seasons, there has been a different C-USA overall champion every year.

The competition in the new conference is very high compared to the Sun Belt. Last year, the
Conference USA standings had three teams at the top of the conference standing with a 7-1
record. The Sun Belt had just one team finish with seven conference wins.

“It’ll be fun playing new teams week in and week out this year,” senior wide receiver Brelan
Chancellor said. “They haven’t seen us and we haven’t seen them so it’ll be some good
matchups.”

The toughest teams in the conference are the University of Tulsa, who finished with an 11-3
record overall and 7-1 in conference play, and East Carolina University (8-5, 7-1).

Read more: http://ntdaily.com/unt-football-conference-usa-challenge/