I like GOOOOLD (and green)

Vandy's academics alone help prop up conference perception. Also, their baseball is probably at least as valuable as USF football. That's not a knock on USF at all, Vandy's baseball is that stout.

I thought he had too much confidence personally, he was throwing crazy passes that he probably shouldn't have thrown.

I don't think so. USF's strength of schedule is nearly the worst in the entire FBS, while there have been good performances it has been against the worst teams in football. FIU, Maryland, and Memphis are all good teams. They are undefeated except for losing to those guys. If you watched any of that game you would know that they are for real, they made Memphis look bad. Memphis is not a bad team, they are a good team. I still have USF at the top of my personal AAC power rankings, but it's closer than ever after this weekend.

Navy doesn't look as good this year as they did last year. I don't think they are going to be undefeated.

It's probably over inflated because MD was considered a quality win on all accounts and FIU is turning out to be not that bad, they seem to be the best team in their conference. It comes down to SOS at this early stage.

Nebraska would pay Frost 6m/year? That would be the third highest in all of college football. Something tells me it will take more than salary to lure Frost away. If he's as good as everyone is saying, they will match salaries to whoever comes calling.

The key word you missed was 'outside' indication. I'm not going to argue semantics. If defense continues to perform, there will be a lot of wins. If not, there will possibly be a couple losses.

When you made the statement they would be the best there had neither been any games played or any outside indication that their D would be there. That is the definition of blind faith. Like I said, I like it.

All I know from this exchange is that your blind faith fandom will never be questioned. I like it.

I have always thought USF were the frontrunners, so far so good on that front. To be completely honest I find your statement hard to believe, the fact that the backfield ranks #2 just goes to show how little stats matter this early. I wasn't sure what to expect from Temple this season but it looks like they are going to have a rough year. The other teams already played are some of the worst in the country. So, at best I would say say that the jury is out on the defense. I didn't expect a top 100 defense from USF come the end of the season, but with the seemingly poor SOS I now believe it's possible to stay in the top 50 or so. Anyone that thinks offense isn't what't going to carry this team is kidding themselves.

He's just happy his team is playing well, it's the other posters that are trying to diminish a strong performance and he's defending them. I'm not sure how good Maryland actually is, but before this game they were definitely better than anyone USF, UCF, ECU has played yet. To me its just good to see the AAC getting quality victories at this early point in the season. When conference play gets going we can really start putting the hierarchy together. As of right now UCF looks like the team to beat to me, curious about Memphis and Navy-but that should clear up sooner than later. Temple, Tulsa look down. ECU looks way down. Houston looks in the middle somewhere. I'll be watching the SMU game, A State is a quality opponent. Good times in the league.

I just really expected better running from MD. They are supposed to be a running team.

Are you watching the game? MD's QB situation is not why this game is lop-sided. UCF is superior in every way. They are bigger stronger and faster. Not even close.

The only poll that matters is the last one! Plenty of time to get quality wins.

I've been in the other threads, do you have a point or are you just trolling? Seeing as how my position on CCS has been nothing but bolstered since the previous conversation took place you aren't really doing anything positive by bringing this up again. Fail. Again, I have said nothing about ECU, it does nothing to me to make fun of them or reference them to me as if you are engaging in some clever comeback. All it does is make you look young in a bad way.

Im sure Houston would have matched his salary.

That would be a wonderful upset

It was an AAC comment. It could have been Memphis for all I care, the point still stands.

That's all possible. Regardless it was smart for him to go somewhere like that because he actually gets to play. He wouldn't sniff the field if he went to Clemson. This is why I think eventually the AAC will pull better recruits, more opportunities to play early and more opps to play in the playoffs (eventually hopefully).

He's a 6'2" 240 pound running back that runs a 4.4 40.

With how crappy conditions look out there I wouldn't hold Memphis too accountable for the sloppiness. It's bad out there. I understand wanting them to lose, but the 'finally playing someone' comment is ripe when the USF schedule is almost as soft as the FIU schedule.

That RB Richardson for UCF looked like a grown man playing with boys. I can't believe he's a freshman.

Out of the 4 schools you mentioned, USF has the best foundation to take a hit and still pull through alright. Memphis is SUPPOSED to be pretty good this year though, so not sure if they are completely set back yet or not. Honestly, I hope they do well this season because that would be a testament to the (growing) strength/quality of the conference-which benefits all schools except perhaps Navy. Memphis probably won't feel the real hit until next season when the prior regime's workhorses have moved on. They might suck this year though, that's why the beginning of CFB season is so exciting-you never know what you really have. The relative strengths/weaknesses of the teams as a whole but our conference specifically are very fluid year to year. To be fair, Strong should be able to pull in talent to restock the armory so to speak, but there is a better than 50/50 chance that there is a fall off next season and maybe season after that. I trust that he's become a better coach after dealing with what I imagine are very difficult conditions over at UT. With that, his ability to develop talent will be key. Rhule and Fuente found ways to develop relatively unheralded talent, that's the key to the mid term success of USF.

What the heck is a Sea Wolf?

This is a funny topic because the sentiment would probably be an 180 degree turn if this question was asked in a down year. As long as the context is kept consistently I see no issue with it on a whole though. That said I really don't think a 30 point victory over SJSU is going to win over any voters compared to a 20 point victory. If I can see it when a team is running up a score then I believe that people who do this for a living and have votes can see it too. It might feel good to the winning team's fans but I don't think it accomplishes anything. If you want to impress the voters with a win over an FBS team, hold them scoreless or a couple FG's at worst and put up a 40 spot.