CaliforniaBull Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 11 Content Count: 246 Reputation: 56 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/25/2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Breaking down the conference below, I have given each team a ranking in 3 different categories. The first ranking is how good the team will be this year. The second ranking is how good you have been in the past (obviously the more recent past is far more important here, but national following also is considered), and the third ranking is off of potential. Points will be awarded per ranking. East Cincinnati (1,1,2) Pts. 35 USF (7,2,1) Pts. 29 UCF (3,5,3) Pts. 28 East Carolina (6,7,4) Pts. 22 Connecticut (9,6,6) Pts. 18 Temple (8,11,11) Pts. 6 West Houston (4,4,5) Pts. 26 Navy (5,3,7) Pts. 24 Memphis (2,10,8) Pts. 19 SMU (11,8,10) Pts. 10 Tulane (10,12,9) Pts. 8 Tulsa (12,9,12) Pts. 6 So my point is, I am just not sure why they would make the football divisions so imbalanced? My proposed change would be switch Cincinnati and Tulane, but does the American consider Cincinnati rivals with UConn and USF from the old Big East Days? Is it simply due to the 'geographical fit? Not to mention Tulane would be right there along with USF, UCF, and ECU so that would make sense. I just don't see why all 3 bottom feeders in the conference are in one division, while none are in the east. anybody who has a smidge of talent in the west is going to look like a powerhouse, while the east beats up on its own best teams. Hopefully the eastern team is deemed to have a tougher SoS and will win the CCG and take a new years 6 bowl game over stupid Boise st even if it has one more loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick1ru2 Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 555 Content Count: 14,415 Reputation: 445 Days Won: 13 Joined: 07/25/2008 Share Posted August 10, 2015 You want bottom feeders to play bottom feeders, they have competitive games and are fun to watch vs blow outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted August 10, 2015 what is the difference? these things change usf would do poorly in either division 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flsportsfan83 Posted August 10, 2015 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 1,750 Content Count: 17,508 Reputation: 1,262 Days Won: 13 Joined: 08/16/2004 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I don't know how you could possibly have CF ranked behind USF using your criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 86 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Rankings are biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 86 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted August 10, 2015 The whole conference is trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,087 Reputation: 10,858 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Many true points. The conference is what it is, but I first looked at the divisions last week and it stood out that the East was way stronger than the West. It's pretty obvious. Regardless, you have to win the crummy thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,736 Reputation: 10,960 Days Won: 425 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted August 10, 2015 what is the difference? these things change Even a broken clock is right twice a day. My guess is that the division make ups had absolutely nothing to do with the state of the programs at the time but with geography, history (old BE), etc. College football can change too quickly to make decisions like that based on current status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 To be fair, the P5 conferences all have this kind of imbalance... and that was the problem with the Big East - we didn't. The AAC needs to have 3-4 teams that dominate year-in-and-year-out... and 3-4 teams that only have a chance once every 4-6 years. In the SEC that would be Alabama / Auburn / LSU .... and Vanderbilt / Ole Miss / Kentucky In the Big Ten that would be Ohio State / Michigan / Wisconsin ... and Purdue / Indiana / Northwestern In the Pac 12 that would be Oregon / USC and Washington / Wazzu We need to see Cincy / USF / Houston dominate ... and see U Conn / SMU / Tulane / Tulsa remain bottom feeders. If we can get 2-3 teams that can win 10+ games every year, then we can change the attitudes and become P6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted August 10, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted August 10, 2015 We REALLY need to win this conference this year. At least, we need to make a bowl game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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