Marshall #20

[Greenrex]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/05/08/college-football-countdown-directory/8819991/

[All About UNT]

I get that Cato is good but come on........ when will the media stop sucking off Marshall?

They lost to MUTs last year and got throttled by Rice. #20?

[Ben Gooding]

Hey, I like it. I hope they run the table to be honest with you. We, as a conference, need this kind of preseason hype and exposure. Hopefully they are sitting in the top 25 at the end of the season. GMG

[GreenGuy123]

I agree...we need CUSA to have ranked teams.

[North Texas Shep]

Let them run the table then lose to us in the CUSA championship game! Heck, then next season we might be ranked.

[All About UNT]

On second thought you're right

[tmjerm]

On 2nd thought you're right

They were right but so were you...not a legit 20 but good for us nonetheless

[untwillrise]

Marshall might have the weakest schedule ever. They might go undefeated but won't be ranked higher than 15.

[emmitt01]

If you played out the schedule according to these rankings we'd be 8-4.

[SSP]

I wish we could have somebody write stuff about us in these things that actually did their research thoroughly. UTSA was not our finale. Credibility went out the window as soon as I read that.

Edited August 16, 2014 by SSP

[pastorgrant]

If you played out the schedule according to these rankings we'd be 8-4.

Actually, I think it is 9-3.

[jdennis82]

I'm guessing this "ranking" is more an attempt by Paul Myerberg to project that Marshall's weak schedule will force them into the top 25 discussion at the end of the season and he's aggressively ranking them now hoping to point to his accuracy come November.

As others have mentioned, a Marshall team that runs the table and heads into the CUSA title game unblemished would be great for the conference and for the publicity of the championship game. I'd be curious to see how an undefeated Marshall would be ranked by the Playoff Committee once they begin publishing their top 25 in late October. With all the noise surrounding strength of schedule with respect to the top four, I wonder if they'd be inclined to "make a statement" with a low view of Marshall due to their schedule weakness.

[TheWestie]

I agree...we need CUSA to have ranked teams for us to destroy.

[UNT90]

I'm guessing this "ranking" is more an attempt by Paul Myerberg to project that Marshall's weak schedule will force them into the top 25 discussion at the end of the season and he's aggressively ranking them now hoping to point to his accuracy come November.

As others have mentioned, a Marshall team that runs the table and heads into the CUSA title game unblemished would be great for the conference and for the publicity of the championship game. I'd be curious to see how an undefeated Marshall would be ranked by the Playoff Committee once they begin publishing their top 25 in late October. With all the noise surrounding strength of schedule with respect to the top four, I wonder if they'd be inclined to "make a statement" with a low view of Marshall due to their schedule weakness.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Marshall go undefeated, win the CUSA championship game, and remain in ranked by "the committee."

I doubt any teams outside the big 5 ever make "the committee's" top 10 (unless they are undefeated and have a win over another top 5 team).

[wardly]

On another note, CUSA has 6 teams in bottom 30 while the Sunbelt has only 4, 2 of which are 1aa programs moving up, plus Idaho and NMSU.