2012 Pre-Preseason Rankings - Sun Belt

[Zeebart21]

I wasn't listing those teams in order of finish.

Just the same, I don't see ASU finishing 4th either. I think that ULM will be better than people realize and WKU still returns a ton of starters albeit no Bobby Rainey.

ULM will be outcoached once again. We get A stAte, FIU and Wky at home.. I like our chances.

Z.

[CrappDaddy]

Offense will be deadly. If we can play half way decent on defense we will be a tough out

[billbeck451]

very interesting tidbit out of the Sun Herald in Gulfport, Ms a list of the top 40 JUCO players and which school they have signed at Troy has a QB, LB, DB, P, LB. 5 total from the list of the top 40. While this means nothing of future success I guess Troy is trying to rebuild by raiding Mississippi Junior Colleges

[zephyr]

Rainey WAS their team. Without him or an equal replacement, they are a middle of the pack team.

Correct which is why I'm not projecting them to win it because their defense is good enough to do it. However, I still expect them to be in the hunt.

[RaginFan2]

very interesting tidbit out of the Sun Herald in Gulfport, Ms a list of the top 40 JUCO players and which school they have signed at Troy has a QB, LB, DB, P, LB. 5 total from the list of the top 40. While this means nothing of future success I guess Troy is trying to rebuild by raiding Mississippi Junior Colleges

Yeah, it looks like fully half of their commits are JCs. And I think they have something like 27 commits!

[HoustonCajun]

Correct which is why I'm not projecting them to win it because their defense is good enough to do it. However, I still expect them to be in the hunt.

I don't know, we made their QB look like an All Conference player 2 years in a row. Did he also graduate or will he be returning?

[cajunfan337]

very interesting tidbit out of the Sun Herald in Gulfport, Ms a list of the top 40 JUCO players and which school they have signed at Troy has a QB, LB, DB, P, LB. 5 total from the list of the top 40. While this means nothing of future success I guess Troy is trying to rebuild by raiding Mississippi Junior Colleges

Troy has been doing this since they've been in the Sun Belt. Nothing new.

[zephyr]

I don't know, we made their QB look like an All Conference player 2 years in a row. Did he also graduate or will he be returning?

He is returning with their all conference TE, most of their linemen and all of their receivers

[Bankruptcyman]

I thought we had the All-Conference tight end?

[zephyr]

I thought we had the All-Conference tight end?

I am talking more about this year coming up but Doyle was the 2nd all conference TE I believe this year as well. The point is that he's good and he killed us along with their other TE on the road this year. Without Rainey, I think they will still be a tough opponent