HarveyGlass

That's what I'm talking about. You want to talk about strength-of-schedule but who has LSU beaten? They looked horrible beating a mediocre Tennessee team by 4. And...... They have done absolutely nothing else to deserve being called a "top 5 team in the country". It's all tradition and name recognition. SEC hype. They beat UT by four and UK 49-0, therefore, they are a top five team. !?!?

I totally agree. Louisville's chances are shot. It's not for lack of a schedule, though. It's the pure bias that some humans possess. If Miami and Cincy can scrape up one more win, the Cards will have played 9 bowl teams also. And I would totally give USC the shot if they win out.

gosh, i hate when facts get in the way of such a great argument... Yeah, yeah you got me there. :PLike I said above, every game I saw, they looked bad. I guess they must have run up those numbers against that tough non-conference schedule of LA-Lafayette, Arizona, Tulane, and Fresno State (all at home). Combined record: 14-24. Wait a minute, I thought the SEC was super tough. Are you saying it's possible to have a weak SEC schedule! *gasp* ;D And the "standings mean nothing" baloney is convenient. IMO, I think Pitt and USF could hang with UT and Bama. Auburn, probably not. Just my opinion, though.

No, I didn't know that LSU had a top10 scoring offense. :-[ I only followed three of their games; the 49 they put on UK, the 3 they dropped on Auburn, and the 28 they scored on UT. In the AU and UT games, they looked pa-thet-ic. I just naturally figured that they scored 49 on UK because, well, they were playing UK. That UT/LSU game was one of the worst games I've seen this year. Neither team looked good at all. Both teams tried to give the game away, but neither seemed competent to even do that right. lol The way you're nit-picking the BigEast teams could be done to any team in the country. And that's my point, I guess. Most people have their own criteria for when, exactly, they will become "sold" on the BigEast. The only way to overcome that, is to win head-to-head matchups. But even then, excuses abound. All I'm saying is that, objectively, the league stands on very firm footing. I think any "elite" team from any conference could compete for the BigEast title, just like any "elite" team from the BigEast could compete for any other conference title. The SEC does have more overall good teams, they also have more overall bad teams.

I can see why you've got quite the fan club over here; you're a real pleasure to converse with. Anyone ever tell you that? Florida's OOC schedule; Southern Miss, UCF, Western Carolina, and FSU. Combined record: 16-24. Louisville's OOC schedule; Kentucky, Temple, Miami, Kansas State, MTSU. Combined record: 26-26. Florida has beaten one top10 team. Is that supposed to impress me? They beat #9 LSU and lost to #15 Auburn. Louisville beat #8 West Virginia and lost to #7 Rutgers. Sagarin says UF's strength-of-schedule is 15th, and Louisville's is 24th. You think the Gators are that much more worthy than Louisville? But wait. Now you're gonna tell me that you and you alone know that LSU and Auburn are both better than WVU and Rutgers, even though both human polls and the computer rankings say otherwise. Louisville has played two top ten teams, and Miami was top20 when we played them (top5 when we scheduled them). A win on the road at Kansas State minus 2 Heisman candidates do anything for you? We held them to 6 points. Texas gave up 42 in three quarters. Let me hear some stats from you, smazza.

I know this is an old topic, but man, I just have to say; We all hear how SECers think they all have great defenses, but it's a lie. Seriously, if UT gives up 28 points to a horrrrible LSU offense, and 33 points to a very bad Georgia offense, and 30 points to *ahem* Air Force, do you truly believe that the Vols could keep UofL or WVU under 40? 50? RockyTop, how many SEC teams could run the guantlet of UofL, WVU, RU, Pitt, and USF? The SEC has some good teams, and occasionally some great ones, but there are very rarely any teams that could run through any other conference like some unstoppable juggernaut. Bottom line: When Kentucky is second in the big, bad Eastern Division, it's not as tough as you think.

Mayo might turn out to be a great player, but he has burn-out written all over him, IMO. The anti-Lebron, if you will. He already looks like he's lived a hard 35 years. K-State did get Bill Walker (who'll play this year), and Michael Beasley, so Huggs has got something to work with. For one year.

That sums up every SEC team. You folks have UF, we have UK. For years and years before we started playing the wildcats (and destroying them regularly), they actually believed that they had the better team simply because they played in the SEC. They still think that two SEC losses equals one BigEast win. :

No. Unless you think having a top10 program is embarrassing. Don't get so worked up over the goofuses on the MacBoards. Any Cardfan with half a brain knows what the Bulls are capable of. One of our teams recurring problems has been the containment of scrambling quarterbacks, so who knows what's going to happen Saturday.

Holy smoke, that's incredible. Obviously that's not real high on CJL's list of priorities or it would have been fixed by now. why do you have horns on that cardinal? I'm a Louisville fan, but went to USF. And I'm clever.

Holy smoke, that's incredible. Obviously that's not real high on CJL's list of priorities or it would have been fixed by now.

Louisville 36-28 350 A. Jackson

Don't feel bad, UofL's not in the ESPN/USAtoday top 10. There isn't anything easy about this game, and people who know football know that the BigEast is for real.

Great job, Bulls. Can't wait till next week. Hopefully the cards will be ready.

Thanks for the welcome. Sorry the cards couldn't carry the BigEast banner to the NC game this year. I tell you what, though, Rutgers is very good. I really don't think many teams, if any, could have won at RU that night. I don't feel as bad about losing, since they have such a great story going on up there. I'm more of a basketball fan anyway. ;D I loved watching Chucky Atkins play.

No SEC team is worthy of NC this year. No ACC team is worthy of NC. No Big12 team is worthy. What's your point?

Winning AT #3(for WVU), and AT #14(for UofL), is not the cakewalk you make it out to be. You obviously think the BigEast does not deserve to be ranked very high, but I want to know who could stroll into either place and be considered the favorite. As for Petrino, he's young. He learned a lesson Thursday, and hopefully he'll be better because of it. Keep in mind that UofL is just now (the past couple of years) starting to get big-time talent. This year alone will double the value of a scholarship to Louisville in the eyes of HS kids.

:-/ I'm from Louisville and hang out at CardinalEmpire, but I went to USF back in the mid 90's and root for the bulls every game but one. Thought I would join the pen and say hi. Go BigEast.