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How the Conferences Rank, 1-12: Week 4
By Paul Myerberg // Sep 18, 2012
As an accompanying post to today’s re-ranking, here’s the entire F.B.S. conference breakdown in terms of average P.S.R. 1-124 ranking. It’s not entirely fair to include the Independent programs among the true conferences, seeing that there’s only four Independent teams, but it does give a slight slice-of-life taste of where that quartet stands in the big picture. The listings include the average ranking, highest team ranking and number of teams in the top 25 in parentheses. Without further ado:
Tags: A.C.C., Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independent, Iowa State, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, Texas Tech, WAC
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Notre Dame to Leave Big East, Join A.C.C.
By Paul Myerberg // Sep 12, 2012
Notre Dame will join the A.C.C. in all sports with the exception of football and hockey, the conference announced Wednesday. As first reported by Brett McMurphy of ESPN, the university’s arrangement with the A.C.C. differs from its previous affiliation with the Big East in one significant fashion: Notre Dame will play five non-conference games annually against A.C.C. competition. In a way, this slides the Irish into a role as the league’s 15th member – while certainly not a full-fledge football member, seeing that the program is not playing for any sort of conference hardware, Notre Dame’s relationship with the A.C.C. is far deeper, far more meaningful and far more significant than the university’s prior connection to the Big East.
Tags: A.C.C., Army, B.Y.U., Big East, Conference Expansion, Independents, John Jenkins, John Swofford, Mountain West, Navy, Notre Dame, WAC
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How the Conferences Rank, 1-12: Week 3
By Paul Myerberg // Sep 10, 2012
As an accompanying post to today’s re-ranking, here’s the entire F.B.S. conference breakdown in terms of average P.S.R. 1-124 ranking. It’s not entirely fair to include the Independent programs among the true conferences, seeing that there’s only four Independent teams, but it does give a slight slice-of-life taste of where that quartet stands in the big picture. The listings include the average ranking, highest team ranking and number of teams in the top 25 in parentheses. Without further ado:
Tags: A.C.C., Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independent, MAC, Mountain West, Oregon State, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, U.C.L.A., WAC
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How the Conferences Rank, 1-12: Week 2
By Paul Myerberg // Sep 4, 2012
As an accompanying post to today’s re-ranking, here’s the entire F.B.S. conference breakdown in terms of average P.S.R. 1-124 ranking. It’s not entirely fair to include the Independent programs among the true conferences, seeing that there’s only four independent teams, but it does give a slight slice-of-life taste of where that quartet stands in the big picture. The listings include the average ranking, highest team ranking and number of teams in the top 25 in parentheses. Without further ado:
Tags: A.C.C., Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independent, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC
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No. 29: Rutgers
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 7, 2012
It was only one test, but Kyle Flood got off to a good start. Flood’s job, once the interim tag was removed from his title — which came after Mario Cristobal’s deal fell through, and came only days before national signing day — was to wrap up the strongest recruiting hauls in school history. So far, so good. But to say that he was hired merely as a way to salvage this once-in-a-generation recruiting class misses the point; it also paints the university as ill-focused and myopic, and Rutgers is neither of those things. That Flood was the one coach able keep the class together was just one part of his appeal, albeit the most attractive aspect of his appeal in the short term. Rutgers looked beyond that fact, even if did weigh on its mind, to see a coach with a familiarity with the program, a solid reputation in the region and the sort of background that should ensure a smooth transition. So far, so good.
Tags: Big East, Brandon Coleman, Brandon Jones, Chas Dodd, D.C. Jefferson, Darius Hamilton, Dave Brock, Dave Cohen, Duron Harmon, Gary Nova, Jamal Merrell, Jamil Merrell, Jawan Jamison, Jeremy Deering, Jim Panagos, Justin Doerner, Kaleb Johnson, Khaseem Greene, Kyle Federico, Kyle Flood, Leonte Carroo, Logan Ryan, Mark Harrison, R.J. Dill, Rob Spence, Robb Smith, Rutgers, Savon Huggins, Scott Vallone, Steve Beauharnais
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No. 30: Houston
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 7, 2012
Houston had a simple modus operandi under Kevin Sumlin: push the ball, push it down field, push on first down, push it on third down. Never settle. Maintain this non-stop pressure in the passing game, going for broke even in short-yardage situations. Act, making the opposition react, and never vice versa. This is how Houston kept teams off balance; this is how the Cougars dominated offensively. Despite the coaching change and the loss of several key contributors, this mentality won’t change under Tony Levine, the former U.H. assistant who earned a nice and well-deserved promotion last December. The truth is that it’s not broken – why would Levine and Houston change a thing? The Cougars will continue going full-bore, keeping the same pedal-to-the-floor mentality that propelled this program to such great heights a season ago, as doing anything less would signal that something was wrong with the way U.H. approached the game over the last few seasons. If dominating Conference USA was wrong, here’s guessing that Levine and U.H. don’t want to be right.
Tags: Big East, Braxton Welford, Charles Sims, Conference USA, D.J. Hayden, Daniel Spencer, David Piland, Deontay Greenberry, Derrick Matthews, DeWayne Peace, Dominic Miller, Efrem Oliphant, Eric Braswell, Houston, Jacolby Ashworth, Jamie Bryant, Joey Mbu, Kelvin King, Kevin Forsch, Lloyd Allen, Matt Hogan, Mike Nesbitt, Phillip Steward, Ronnie Williams, Rowdy Harper, Tony Levine, Zach McMillan
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No. 35: Louisville
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 2, 2012
Charlie Strong’s not working wonders; not exactly, at least. The talent he’s brought into Louisville over the last two years might be young, but it’s certainly not lacking in ability: his most recent recruiting haul, from February, was studded with high-profile additions from Florida, where Strong has used his Gainesville ties to great effect. Regardless of the talent level, however, winning games in a B.C.S. conference, whether or not it’s the Big East, is no easy feat. The Cardinals won games last fall with a true freshman playing quarterback. With three freshmen leading the way at receiver. With two freshmen starting on the defensive line. With two freshmen starting in the secondary. So perhaps it’s not surprising to see that Louisville played its best football in October and November, a statement the team’s won-loss record backs up: 2-4 heading into mid-October, the Cardinals closed the regular season with five wins in six games. That this youth will be a year wiser come September, as well as the fact that Strong is still around — and that West Virginia is not — explains why most believe that Louisville will be the Big East’s best team in 2012.
Tags: Adrian Bushell, Andrew Johnson, Big East, Calvin Pryor, Charlie Strong, D.J. Dubose, Daniel Brown, Dominique Brown, Eli Rogers, Gerod Holliman, Hakeem Smith, Jake Smith, James Burgess, Jamon Brown, John Wallace, Keith Brown, Louisville, Marcus Smith, Mario Benavides, Michaelee Harris, Preston Brown, Roy Philon, Shawn Watson, Teddy Bridgewater, Vance Bedford
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U.C.F. Not Considering “Pulling” Appeal
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 1, 2012
A quick follow-up post go with today’s U.C.F. preview. The university has indeed appealed the one-year postseason ban imposed yesterday by the N.C.A.A., which if not appealed would have taken place during this coming season, the program’s last as part of Conference USA. If U.C.F. wins its appeal – it is not appealing the one-year ban placed on the men’s basketball program, only the one upon the football program – it will not suffer any postseason ban whatsoever, as you might think. If it loses the appeal, however, the Knights will be ineligible for postseason play in 2013, when the program joins the Big East.
Tags: Big East, Conference USA, George O'Leary, John Hitt, N.C.A.A., N.C.A.A. violations, Todd Stansbury, U.C.F.
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