2014 Returning starters in C-USA per Philly Steele

[Harry]

Phil Steele released his returning starter info recently.

UTSA (returns 19 starters)

FIU (18 )

ODU (17)

UTEP (16)

Southern Miss (15)

UAB (14)

Marshall (13)

La Tech (13)

Rice (12)

MTSU (11)

WKU (11)

UNT (9)

Yikes!

[greenminer]

5 of our's on the OL?

[Mitzi Ybarbo]

4 on o-line. RT spot open.

[IslandEagle]

Phil Steele released his returning starter info recently.

UTSA (returns 19 starters)

FIU (18 )

ODU (17)

UTEP (16)

Southern Miss (15)

UAB (14)

Marshall (13)

La Tech (13)

Rice (12)

MTSU (11)

WKU (11)

UNT (9)

Yikes!

Knowing how heavily Steele weighs returning starters in his pre-season projections, do not expect much from him. On the other hand, he is very high on the coaching staff, so he may make some allowances for that.

[greenminer]

4 on o-line. RT spot open.

Thanks. Seems frightening at first, but if you're going to retain experience anywhere, the lines are where it should be.

[TheTastyGreek]

But, I thought Harry says all these other teams are rebuilding and we are fine?

Miner you should frightened.

PS. Where is FAU?

Boca Raton.

Head towards Miami, stop when everyone you see is 80 and playing bocce or shuffleboard.

[Harry]

FAU 10

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2014/JAN14/DBJan23.html

[Ben Gooding]

This means nothing IMO. UTEP is returning 16, USM is returning 15. FIU 18. Anyone scared to play these teams? utsa is returning 19, big whoop. Soza carried that team a lot further than ppl think. He scrambled for tons of hidden yards and extended a lot of plays. He will sorely be missed at utsa. Only teams that have a shot verse UNT in CUSA is Marshal (which we don't have scheduled) FAU, and Rice. Which all 3 are in the bottom half of returning starters. GMG

[JesseMartin]

Ain't scurred.

[GrandGreen]

Not sure why anyone should be scare, but winning next year is going to be a much bigger challenge than with the senior laden team of last year. At this point, no one really knows if NT is at the point of just reloading or just benefited from a very experienced team last year and will have to rebuild this year.

[UNT90]

Not sure why anyone should be scare, but winning next year is going to be a much bigger challenge than with the senior laden team of last year. At this point, no one really knows if NT is at the point of just reloading or just benefited from a very experienced team last year and will have to rebuild this year.

Yep. Lots of questions this year that all have to have a positive answer in order to repeat last year's success. It could happen, but the chances are it won't. Especially 2 years in a row.

One of the biggest things no one talks about is how healthy we were able to remain throughout last season. Can that happen 2 years in a row? I hope so (ya ya ya, superior conditioning is why we are healthy. That and luck).