Congrats Big East: 5-0!

[smazza]

you seem hung up on the fact that we won our bowl games wthout giving any consideration to the level of the opponents. We had favorable matchups in EVERY bowl game.

as I have said-- the whole thing is highly subjective. If you want to go around touting the Big East as the next greatest thing to college football--- go for it. I'll stick with the reality of the situation which is simply this. We had a nice year in the Big East. One might say two years in a row. Does that make us better than the others who go through various cycles and often beat each other up? I don't see it that way. Yeah-- they have some bad teams but that is pretty natural to ANY type of conference setup-- right down through to the Pee Wee leagues.

I'll just let you go on your crusade and wish you well. GOod luck stormin' the castle, hope you find that grail

mikeg is making a very valid point

[smazza]

Stats (numbers not opinions) that say we are not the best conf in 2006?

waiting...

CONFERENCE          CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS

  1  PAC-10              (A) =  81.82      81.45  (  1)     10

  2  SOUTHEASTERN        (A) =  80.27      79.91  (  2)     12

  3  BIG EAST            (A) =  78.38      78.77  (  3)      8

  4  BIG TEN             (A) =  76.11      77.17  (  4)     11

  5  BIG 12              (A) =  74.22      74.09  (  5)     12

  6  ATLANTIC COAST      (A) =  73.93      72.85  (  6)     12

  7  MOUNTAIN WEST       (A) =  66.88      67.55  (  7)      9

  8  I-A INDEPENDENTS    (A) =  66.69      66.64  (  8)      4

  9  CONFERENCE USA      (A) =  65.05      65.24  (  9)     12

 10  WESTERN ATHLETIC    (A) =  63.38      64.15  ( 10)      9

 11  GREAT WEST          (AA)=  60.80      60.31  ( 12)      5

 12  MID-AMERICAN        (A) =  60.65      60.64  ( 11)     12

 13  ATLANTIC 10         (AA)=  56.48      56.97  ( 13)     12

 14  SUN BELT            (A) =  56.23      55.91  ( 14)      8

 15  GATEWAY             (AA)=  55.17      54.26  ( 15)      8

 16  BIG SKY             (AA)=  53.39      53.30  ( 16)      9

 17  SOUTHERN            (AA)=  49.82      50.86  ( 17)      8

 18  IVY LEAGUE          (AA)=  48.13      48.43  ( 18)      8

 19  BIG SOUTH           (AA)=  43.19      42.84  ( 20)      5

 20  SOUTHLAND           (AA)=  43.14      43.03  ( 19)      7

 21  PATRIOT LEAGUE      (AA)=  41.79      41.15  ( 21)      7

 22  OHIO VALLEY         (AA)=  41.05      40.80  ( 22)      9

 23  SOUTHWESTERN        (AA)=  38.10      37.94  ( 23)     10

 24  MID-EASTERN         (AA)=  37.55      36.84  ( 24)      9

 25  NORTHEAST           (AA)=  33.09      32.66  ( 25)      8

 26  I-AA INDEPENDENTS   (AA)=  31.11      31.87  ( 26)      4

 27  PIONEER             (AA)=  27.61      29.40  ( 27)      8

 28  METRO ATLANTIC      (AA)=  18.61      19.42  ( 28)      5

 29  ***UNRATED***       (**)= -90.00     -90.00  ( 29)      1

STATS DONT HELP BIG EAST

[windbane]

What a year for the Big East!

4 months ago they were saying take away automatic BCS bid

Now? Arguably #2 conference in the country.

Not just a statement, a HUGE statement...and Im proud that USF could be a part of that.

Next year looking even better

big east is still behind pac10,big 10,sec, and big 12  TODAY

let's see if big east can remain ahead of acc for another year

ok, and when you show the stats above clearly the big east is better than the big 10 and big 12.

[chicky9914]

Way to go Cincy....not bad for a team who got a whole new coaching staff just 3 weeks ago!

[windbane]

Way to go Cincy....not bad for a team who got a whole new coaching staff just 3 weeks ago!

yeah, unfortunately (to me, it depends on how you look at it) they have a good new coach.  he won 2 bowl games this year and central michigan has one of the best freshman QBs in the nation (set record, or very close, for most passing TDs for a freshman in NCAA history).  of course, so do we so hopefully we improve and beat them next year.

[Joe]

Big 10 and SEC are 1 and 2 (really close); Big East sitting nice in the 3rd position.

[Bull Matrix]

Bottom line is that the BIG EAST shut a lot of those critics up this season. A job well done indeed. Now, USF needs to continue to grow stronger to help this conference keep the respect that we earned this season.

[crambone]

Big East ftw!