2007 Football preview and offseason fan talk

[MakoMaker]

Looks like we have some more convincing to do to the outside sports world.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2942242

[rhineaux]

_ Looks like we have some more convincing to do to the outside sports world.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2942242 _

Just proves that perception and reality are sometimes different.

I think that the fact that their reason for ranking UL where they did, i.e. totally based on the past ten years and not what is happening now, offers no credit to this thing. All they ever do is take the top half of the BCS schools, study and rank them, and then just let the others fall the same as they did last year. Proof is that UL was being ranked the same five years ago. Everyone who knows the program knows its a lot better now than it was then, but we're still ranked the same. There are tons of reasons why the poll is bogus.

But, you are correct when you say "we have some more convincing to do to the outside sports world." A couple more OOC wins v. teams in other non-BCS conferences (although BCS wins wouldn't hurt), a bowl bid or several, plus our conference mates winning their OOC games, getting into and winning bowls, and winning records against other conferences will all help.

[CrazyCajun]

I THINK THE SUMMER SCHOOL GRADES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE POSTED TODAY. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE. IF ANYONE HEARS ANYTHING PLEASE INFORM.

[DestinCajun]

But, you are correct when you say "we have some more convincing to do to the outside sports world." A couple more OOC wins v. teams in other non-BCS conferences (although BCS wins wouldn't hurt), a bowl bid or several, plus our conference mates winning their OOC games, getting into and winning bowls, and winning records against other conferences will all help. _

Ditteaux!

It ain't rocket science. All we have to do is win those games and they'll find someone else to put on the bottom rung.

[jdebaillon]

Finals are not until this Friday. The first half of summer grades may be posted but second half and full summer classes are not complete.

[CrazyCajun]

_ Finals are not until this Friday. The first half of summer grades may be posted but second half and full summer classes are not complete. _

OK, THE REASON I ASKED IS B/C A FOOTBALL PLAYER SAID THAT THEY WOULD OUT TODAY IF A FEW CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE ELIGIBLE.

[MakoMaker]

I think I saw on CBS Sportsline where we were picked to win the SunBelt.

[ulforlife]

_ I think I saw on CBS Sportsline where we were picked to win the SunBelt. _

as they did...

[DestinCajun]

I think I saw on CBS Sportsline where we were picked to win the SunBelt.

Let's prove them correct so they can stick someone else in the "Bottom 20" for a change.

[Cajunpride101]

5 teams in the bottom 19 is OK for now.
Remember last season when ALL 8 teams "earned" that distinction. Now Troy in Middle turned some heads. My question is WHERE is North Texas? The Belt needs to keep going and keep winning and OUR time will come.

The situation with the Cajuns is that we open with a must win against NC A&T and dominate. We roll over Eastern Michigan with some revenge and pull a stunner AT Houston. Then we slip by FAU on national TV(I still can't believe the lack of offense in that game) and start losing to teams we shouldn't lose to. That Middle Tennesee game was REALLY hard to digest.

[NewsCopy]

"Nine times out of 10, there's going to be a slot for a seven-win team," Waters said. "There's 32 bowl games this year and maybe 33 or 34 soon, so run the numbers and it comes up pretty good."

[NewsCopy]

  NEW ORLEANS - Sun Belt Conference football teams recorded the second-most out-of-conference wins (11) and second-most wins (6) against non-league Division I-A teams in history last year.

But there's an even bigger measure of the league's growth in football. That measure comes in the area that's most rewarding for the players and coaches.

Twice in three years, the Sun Belt has put two teams into bowl games, with Troy and Middle Tennessee both playing in the postseason in addition to the league's regular slot in the New Orleans Bowl.

And the coaches from those two squads readily admit that wouldn't have happened had it not been for the Sun Belt.

"No question we wouldn't have been in last year without the league," said Middle coach Rick Stockstill, whose squad lost to Central Michigan 31-14 in the Motor City Bowl in Detroit. "The bowls have so many tie-ins with conferences, and if you're an independent other than Notre Dame, you're not going to get in."

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