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I voted CCU

The Flames are due. Excitement is building over their first playoff appearance AND first playoff win. Fans expect more, and Turner Gill will deliver. Whether that's enough to translate into a higher title than the Big South remains to be seen, though, as UM/EWU and NDSU, among several others, will have a TON to say about THAT....

Based on history, it won't be Furman

dbackjon wrote:I voted CCU

What's your reason?

SuperHornet wrote:The Flames are due. Excitement is building over their first playoff appearance AND first playoff win. Fans expect more, and Turner Gill will deliver. Whether that's enough to translate into a higher title than the Big South remains to be seen, though, as UM/EWU and NDSU, among several others, will have a TON to say about THAT....

Being "due" doesn't mean a thing.

I think CCU will win the BG South based off our returning players and strength on both sides. We had NDSU last year and lost, basically b/c of two bad calls and a bad referee decision.

If we do lose, it'll be to Liberty. Not because they are owed a win, but b/c they are the second best team in the conference.

Ibanez wrote:

dbackjon wrote:I voted CCU

What's your reason?

Team/coach knows how to win. Just really impressed with Moglia and think the Beach Chickens will do it again.

CCU most likely

dbackjon wrote:

Ibanez wrote: What's your reason?

Team/coach knows how to win. Just really impressed with Moglia and think the Beach Chickens will do it again.

Coastal- Ross is a real deal QB

I really think this will be Liberty's time this year. While Coastal is returning a lot of players, Liberty is as well. The Flames are the only team in the conference who can hang with Coastal offensively, and showed last year that they can shut them down defensively as well, and they get the Chants at home this year, and the Flames have shown that they can get it done at home in conference, with only 2 losses there since 2007 (CCU in 2013 by 3 points and CSU last year by 2). I'll go over it in more detail in my prediction thread later, but here is how I see the finishing order

Liberty 6-0
CCU 5-1 (loss to Liberty)
CSU 4-2 (losses to CCU and Liberty
Monmouth 3-3 (losses to CCU, Liberty and CSU
Presbyterian 2-4
Gardner-Webb 1-5
Kennesaw State 0-6

CSU
I'm a homer......

Kennesaw State is a real university?

AZGrizFan wrote:Kennesaw State is a real university?

Yup - NE of Atlanta, in the suburbs

dbackjon wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:Kennesaw State is a real university?

Yup - NE of Atlanta, in the suburbs

With all that SEC-type talent in the southeast how does a school located in the Atlanta suburbs go 0-6 in the soft Big South?

AZGrizFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:
Yup - NE of Atlanta, in the suburbs

With all that SEC-type talent in the southeast how does a school located in the Atlanta suburbs go 0-6 in the soft Big South?

It is their first year as a football program.

This^^^

lol...nobody wants to argue the "soft" comment? Damn....

AZGrizFan wrote:lol...nobody wants to argue the "soft" comment? Damn....

Why? We know we aren't a powerhouse conference like the SoCon used to be. But this 'soft' conference has been getting into the post season more and more. They've been doing well against POWER schools like Montana and NDSU (I'm still pissed about that game. We had it. We had that game won.) Liberty is doing very well and CSU has potential (but I think they might be pissing it away.)

AZGrizFan wrote:lol...nobody wants to argue the "soft" comment? Damn....

Sorry, I was in the can.

Last year's final GPI.

http://www.valley-football.org/news/def ... in-top-25/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

• Conference Ranking
  1. Missouri Valley Football Conference (16.34)
  2. Big South Conference (38.12)
  3. Big Sky Conference (41.22)
  4. CAA Football (41.43)
  5. Ohio Valley Conference (45.71)
  6. Southland Conference (46.08)
  7. Southern Conference (46.68)
  8. Patriot League (53.92)
  9. Northeast Conference (56.10)
  10. Ivy League (59.77)
  11. Independents (60.71)
  12. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (66.37)
  13. Southwestern Athletic Conference (73.14)
  14. Pioneer Football League (80.03)

AZGrizFan wrote:lol...nobody wants to argue the "soft" comment? Damn....

Ibanez and Libertine touched on the more cogent points, but I found the "soft" comment to be asinine and without merit so I didn't think it was worth dignifying it with even a basic rebuttal.

bjtheflamesfan wrote:found the ____ comment to be asinine and without merit

You just described 98.6% of the comments on this site. We should all be used to it by now.

bjtheflamesfan wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:lol...nobody wants to argue the "soft" comment? Damn....

Ibanez and Libertine touched on the more cogent points, but I found the "soft" comment to be asinine and without merit so I didn't think it was worth dignifying it with even a basic rebuttal.

BJ, you gotta get over that. The Big South is soft. It's ok, we're improving by leaps and bounds.

Presby.

Its either gonna be CCU or Liberty. Went with the Flamers since they are hosting, and they have God on their side...

Liberty's schedule looks rather brutal. Might need to win the BS AQ to get in, although 7-4 could get an At-Large with that extra (14th) At-Large for next season's playoffs.Would need 8-3 to be a lock. Smart to finally not schedule 1-2 Div II which seems like they had been doing for a long time.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/tea ... rty-flames" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

CCU on the other hand, looks like they'll get at at large if they don't beat Liberty (8-3 for an AT Large with the rather soft no I-A game schedule):
http://espn.go.com/college-football/tea ... anticleers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;