Games in the American & games tied to the American
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They may be pissed two weeks in a row after next week.
Memphis ain't helping their own rep right now. Getting blown out at home.
That last fumble pretty much sealed the win for Navy. On a positive note, we should have 4 ranked teams next week.
bummer for the AAC chance at the playoffs. But 4 ranked teams and clearly the ultimate winner should get the NY Day bowl bid.
UH still undefeated and a chance to run the table.
Biggest winners today - Bama, OKIE State, Clemson
Biggest losers today - LSU, Michigan State (cheated by karma was ready), Justin Fuente (not crying over that personally)
UH still undefeated and a chance to run the table.
Biggest winners today - Bama, OKIE State, Clemson
Biggest losers today - LSU, Michigan State (cheated by karma was ready), Justin Fuente (not crying over that personally)
Not crying over Memphis. If they couldn't handle Navy, then there is no way they would have run the gauntlet, and beat Navy, Houston, Temple, & Temple in the championship. Which is what they would have had to have done, to have a spot in the playoffs.(Serves em right for the poor ass spit in your face sportsmanship that they exhibited.) Let the best one win, cuz whoever it is, will get a spot in a NY day bowl. I just want us & USF to qualify for the 6th & 7th bowl spots, the conference to look good in the bowls,(especially the NY day bowl) and reap the conference gravy that it will be generously doling out this year. Didn't care for the Bama win, never do. Sucked for Michigan St.
GO NAVY!!!! So Navy and Temple's only loss each is to a team that will be in the 4th spot of the playoff ranking this week (Notre Dame). Temple went toe to toe with them and Navy was there for 3 quarters. Navy is playing extremely confidently now. I feel certain that should a 1 loss Navy and Temple meet in the conference championship game the winner would almost assuredly get the G5 NY bowl bid. Navy's defense is a lot better than anyone gives them credit because everyone is so focused on their old school option offense. It's also a dilemma IMO because Army/Navy is actually the week after the AAC Championship game. If Navy wins and goes into that game with 1 loss, Aresconwould probably want them to dump the game (not that they would ever consider that). Anything goes in Army/Navy...Okies who think the Red River Rivalry or Bedlam even come close to the passion for Army/Navy are smoking something heavy (that they are probably growing in their back yard). It's an odd and potentially precarious situation for Navy.
Of course Kitty probably thinks they are in the driver's seat right now. I just have a hard time rooting for them in anything.
Of course Kitty probably thinks they are in the driver's seat right now. I just have a hard time rooting for them in anything.
Memphis loss really hurts our conference. They were getting a lot of the national attention. Houston is getting no respect from the committee or public perception.
During the Navy Memphis broadcast, they said that if they entered the army navy game with one loss, that they would hold up the rankings and the championship bids for the the result of the army/navy game; That's hardly throwing the game out.
Navy should have no problem handling Army. The Black Knights are one of the worst FBS programs.
The Army/Navy game is the only game played that day, national broadcast on CBS. If Navy enters that game as AAC Champions, in the drivers seat for a NY day Bowl bid, the PR love for the AAC will be tremendous.
Also possible ESPN gives the AAC another College Gameday.
Pretty awesome only 1 conference has more members ranked in the AP & Coaches Top 25 this week. The AAC is not only making a statement as top G5 Conference, but also going toe-to-toe with the P5's.
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The Army/Navy game is the only game played that day, national broadcast on CBS. If Navy enters that game as AAC Champions, in the drivers seat for a NY day Bowl bid, the PR love for the AAC will be tremendous.
Also possible ESPN gives the AAC another College Gameday.
Pretty awesome only 1 conference has more members ranked in the AP & Coaches Top 25 this week. The AAC is not only making a statement as top G5 Conference, but also going toe-to-toe with the P5's.
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U should, other teams activities in Bowls means a lot more revenue for TU.(Most significantly a New Years day bowl means a ton more revenue.)
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We all want TU to go to a bowl game. The point is the more positive and high profile pub the AAC gets, every member of the conference benefits from more exposure, more people talking about the quality of the conference, gives the coaches at each school some added selling points to recruits. It also gives the AAC more leverage for its next TV deal and possibly in trying to convince the P5 to be the P6. The conference depth is much better as well as the bottom half is all improving (except maybe Tulane; UCF will recover).
fascinated to read the bowl projections going into this week
Kentucky in Birmingham Dec. 30
Boise or Nevada in Hawaii Christmas Eve
neither game easy to get to, but opportunities for marquee wins
I'm still expecting Ark. State in Orlando
Kentucky in Birmingham Dec. 30
Boise or Nevada in Hawaii Christmas Eve
neither game easy to get to, but opportunities for marquee wins
I'm still expecting Ark. State in Orlando
We need to take care of the things we control. Let Houston take care of Houston and Memphis take care of Memphis. We all competitors and we play to the best of our abilities. As long as we win the AAC is recognized but we start with our own house. We start with Tulsa Golden Hurricane and let the tiger, cougars and midshipman take care of their house and the AAC will be recognized
What does that have to do with it? You are not coaching the board. A number of posters are expressing a valid interest in how we are doing. At the same time they are maintaining a separate but equally viable & important interest in how the conference performs, because of its very valid importance to TU athletics. We(the general we) are not going out on the field and playing on Saturday. We can hold two goals out there and see them as almost equal in importance, without affecting how the team performs. I just don't quite understand where u r coming from.
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Thats why you the general get things wrong. AAC is a new league but you get respect by beating the team you play. You beat enough team or a powerhouse you will get respect.
Recuiting come easy when you win. Houston has recruited more top espn 300 players than the university of Texas. The Big 12 or SEC dont mean nothing when you can consistently beat teams in that conference like Kentucky Vanderbilt ole miss kansas state iowa state and kansas.
Recuiting come easy when you win. Houston has recruited more top espn 300 players than the university of Texas. The Big 12 or SEC dont mean nothing when you can consistently beat teams in that conference like Kentucky Vanderbilt ole miss kansas state iowa state and kansas.
Disagree with you a bit that the SEC and Big XII mean nothing to those lower tier schools...it means about $20-30M annually they get to put towards their athletic budgets, meaning glitzier recruiting trips, glitzier visits, improved facilities, etc. Think of what TU is doing with the additional $2-3M per just by being part of the AAC versus C-USA?
The AAC conference will do just fine. We just need to keep winning games. Its up to the AD to schedule good non conference opponents who is in the top 25. Team like Iowa State, NC State, Arizona Arizona St and Ole Miss, Georgia Tech Kentucky and Tennessee. These are the teams we can beat a middle of the pack SEC Big 12 or Pac 10 team. These are the type of schools we have issues with in recruiting. We need depth on the roster. We need good to coach up the players we have now. We need to expand our recruiting range.
Are you affiliated with the football program? You keep saying, "we".
The above talk that you hijacked was purely fan board talks, looking at the bigger picture. Nothing wrong with Fans looking beyond the house of the program they cheer for or support.
Coach Montgomery and his staff are assuredly not holding the same concerns, they are as you say more concerned with their house. IMO you jumped the rails and went off the bridge with your point.
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I think we'd all love to see Tulsa play teams you mentioned. I know I would! Aren't we booked out until 2017 or something in terms on non-conference opponents? I'll be in my 40s before we play OU again by the looks of things. After Ohio State next year, our only real marquis matchup will be Oklahoma State for the next few years. We were supposed to play Toledo, but they didn't want to play a small name school like us, so it's really going to be a struggle to get big programs to bend down low and give us a hand up.
Thanks Gmoney! So our non-conference schedule looks mighty thin after 2018. I'm thinking the American conference games might hold greater relevance than non-conference opponents if we keep having top 25 teams like Houston, Memphis and Navy in the mix each year. It's not necessarily a bad thing to have a bunch of cupcakes on our schedule if it gives us a better shot at a higher bowl.
NIU is a good team, but I it's more impressive to play a bottom feeder from the p5; Kansas, WF, Duke, Illinois, purdue, indiaina, . . .
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