FAU part of Conference USA blues
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Wise Owl
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http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_bianchi/2010/09/ohio-state-marshall-south-carolina-southern-miss-conference-usa.html
Ohio State stomps Marshall, South Carolina destroys Southern Miss: Conference USA embarrassed on opening night
Conference USA embarrassed itself on the opening night of college football season.
Ohio State clobbered Marshall 45-7 Thursday night and South Carolina put a humiliating 41-13 knot on the head of Southern Mississippi.
And we won’t even discuss UAB’s 32-31 loss to Florida Atlantic, a mediocre team from the Sun Belt Conference, Thursday night.
Awful.
What made it even more awful was unranked South Carolina destroying Southern Miss even when the Gamecocks had three starters missing because of eligibility issues. Yes, this is the same Southern Miss that is one of the trendy picks to win Conference USA this year.
UCF coach George O’Leary has said for years that if Conference USA teams want to start earning respect, they can’t just play opponents from BCS leagues, they need to start winning some of those games.
“It’s not just good enough to play people (in BCS leagues),” O’Leary said recently. “It’s winning. That’s what catches people’s attention.”
And what doesn’t catch people’s attention is getting beaten like Ricky Ricardo’s conga drum. Did you watch the games Thursday night? Conference USA looked more like Conference Liechtenstein. On a night when the league needed to come up big, it came up amazingly small.
After posting a miserable 4-24 record against BCS competition last year, Conference USA’s unofficial mantra during the offseason was that the league would get better against the big boys this year.
After one night of college football, it looks more like the league is weaker than ever.
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Wise Owl
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Re: FAU part of Conference USA blues
rook01 said
Mike Bianchi's blog in the Orlando Sentinel lamenting the stomping their division took Thursday night.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_bianchi/2010/09/ohio-state-marshall-south-carolina-southern-miss-conference-usa.html
Ohio State stomps Marshall, South Carolina destroys Southern Miss: Conference USA embarrassed on opening night
Conference USA embarrassed itself on the opening night of college football season.
Ohio State clobbered Marshall 45-7 Thursday night and South Carolina put a humiliating 41-13 knot on the head of Southern Mississippi.
And we won’t even discuss UAB’s 32-31 loss to Florida Atlantic, a mediocre team from the Sun Belt Conference, Thursday night.
Awful.
What made it even more awful was unranked South Carolina destroying Southern Miss even when the Gamecocks had three starters missing because of eligibility issues. Yes, this is the same Southern Miss that is one of the trendy picks to win Conference USA this year.
UCF coach George O’Leary has said for years that if Conference USA teams want to start earning respect, they can’t just play opponents from BCS leagues, they need to start winning some of those games.
“It’s not just good enough to play people (in BCS leagues),” O’Leary said recently. “It’s winning. That’s what catches people’s attention.”
And what doesn’t catch people’s attention is getting beaten like Ricky Ricardo’s conga drum. Did you watch the games Thursday night? Conference USA looked more like Conference Liechtenstein. On a night when the league needed to come up big, it came up amazingly small.
After posting a miserable 4-24 record against BCS competition last year, Conference USA’s unofficial mantra during the offseason was that the league would get better against the big boys this year.
After one night of college football, it looks more like the league is weaker than ever.
Can you say major a-hole? Articles like this make it easy to hate on UCF. Sorry, not everyone in the C-USA can open up against South Dakota.
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GO OWLS!
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FAU part of Conference USA blues
Sideshow2313 said
Mike Bianchi does not represent CUSA or UCF, if you knew anything about Orlando Sentinel you would know it is all GATOR so don't hate of CUSA or UCF.
Agreed, it's nonsensical to bag on UCF because of Bianchi.
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Wise Owl
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Hell, I know a lot of UCF fans that would rather not have him on their side.
Regardless though, I figured this game would have layed out our season for us. IF we would have lost, I think we would have had a LONG Season and probably get 3-4 wins, if were lucky. But, I figured if we can beat a team like UAB, we have a legitimate shot at a winning season. Lets hope I'm right . GO OWLS!
FAU - We got Bowls!
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