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link below...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/ ... ball_N.htm

Good article....

Great article and the more press the better for FCS conferences.

Defending national champion Richmond is ranked first in the latest coaches' poll with James Madison sixth and New Hampshire seventh. No. 16 Massachusetts gives the CAA six schools in the top 16. Their combined record is 20-2 with the losses coming on the road to FBS teams by a total of seven points.


Just wow.

UNHWildCats wrote:Defending national champion Richmond is ranked first in the latest coaches' poll with James Madison sixth and New Hampshire seventh. No. 16 Massachusetts gives the CAA six schools in the top 16. Their combined record is 20-2 with the losses coming on the road to FBS teams by a total of seven points.


Just wow.

....and other OOC wins against West Chester, Delaware State, Stonybrook (2), Bryant, VMI (2), Liberty, St. Cloud State, Albany (2), St. Francis (PA), Dartmouth, Fordham, Coastal Carolina, Lehigh, Penn, Central Connecticut State, and Norfolk State. That is QUITE the murderer's row of opponents there. Not exactly something to brag about (not much different from the BSC's list of Western Oregon, Western State, Central Washington (L) UC Davis, Dixie State, SUU, San Diego, Southern Oregon, Cal Poly (L), and a bunch of FBS losses).

Any CAA homer that looks at that list of wins should be embarrassed to ever question the strength of a BSC team's OOC schedule.


And far be it from me to challenge the stats of a major newspaper like the USA today, but Towson lost to Morgan State on 9/26 by a score of 12-9. Last time I checked Morgan State wasn't an FBS school (although this article was probably written prior to Saturday....I didn't click the link ).

AZGrizFan wrote:

UNHWildCats wrote:Defending national champion Richmond is ranked first in the latest coaches' poll with James Madison sixth and New Hampshire seventh. No. 16 Massachusetts gives the CAA six schools in the top 16. Their combined record is 20-2 with the losses coming on the road to FBS teams by a total of seven points.


Just wow.

....and other OOC wins against West Chester, Delaware State, Stonybrook (2), Bryant, VMI (2), Liberty, St. Cloud State, Albany (2), St. Francis (PA), Dartmouth, Fordham, Coastal Carolina, Lehigh, Penn, Central Connecticut State, and Norfolk State. That is QUITE the murderer's row of opponents there. Not exactly something to brag about (not much different from the BSC's list of Western Oregon, Western State, Central Washington (L) UC Davis, Dixie State, SUU, San Diego, Southern Oregon, Cal Poly (L), and a bunch of FBS losses).

Any CAA homer that looks at that list of wins should be embarrassed to ever question the strength of a BSC team's OOC schedule.


And far be it from me to challenge the stats of a major newspaper like the USA today, but Towson lost to Morgan State on 9/26 by a score of 12-9. Last time I checked Morgan State wasn't an FBS school (although this article was probably written prior to Saturday....I didn't click the link ).

Well, if you would have clicked it, you would have seen the stats were for the top teams in the CAA

wideright82 wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
....and other OOC wins against West Chester, Delaware State, Stonybrook (2), Bryant, VMI (2), Liberty, St. Cloud State, Albany (2), St. Francis (PA), Dartmouth, Fordham, Coastal Carolina, Lehigh, Penn, Central Connecticut State, and Norfolk State. That is QUITE the murderer's row of opponents there. Not exactly something to brag about (not much different from the BSC's list of Western Oregon, Western State, Central Washington (L) UC Davis, Dixie State, SUU, San Diego, Southern Oregon, Cal Poly (L), and a bunch of FBS losses).

Any CAA homer that looks at that list of wins should be embarrassed to ever question the strength of a BSC team's OOC schedule.


And far be it from me to challenge the stats of a major newspaper like the USA today, but Towson lost to Morgan State on 9/26 by a score of 12-9. Last time I checked Morgan State wasn't an FBS school (although this article was probably written prior to Saturday....I didn't click the link ).

Well, if you would have clicked it, you would have seen the stats were for the top teams in the CAA

Oh...so they don't want to include the other eight cupcakes in the conference? Was the article written by a CAA grad?

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote: Well, if you would have clicked it, you would have seen the stats were for the top teams in the CAA

Oh...so they don't want to include the other eight cupcakes in the conference? Was the article written by a CAA grad?

FIRST of all, its SIX cupcakes. Learn to count. Secondly, yeah I think he graduated from UMass (i have no idea)

wideright82 wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote: Oh...so they don't want to include the other eight cupcakes in the conference? Was the article written by a CAA grad?

FIRST of all, its SIX cupcakes. Learn to count. Secondly, yeah I think he graduated from UMass (i have no idea)

What? I thought the CAA was up to something like 48 schools now.

AZGrizFan wrote:

UNHWildCats wrote:Defending national champion Richmond is ranked first in the latest coaches' poll with James Madison sixth and New Hampshire seventh. No. 16 Massachusetts gives the CAA six schools in the top 16. Their combined record is 20-2 with the losses coming on the road to FBS teams by a total of seven points.


Just wow.

....and other OOC wins against West Chester, Delaware State, Stonybrook (2), Bryant, VMI (2), Liberty, St. Cloud State, Albany (2), St. Francis (PA), Dartmouth, Fordham, Coastal Carolina, Lehigh, Penn, Central Connecticut State, and Norfolk State. That is QUITE the murderer's row of opponents there. Not exactly something to brag about (not much different from the BSC's list of Western Oregon, Western State, Central Washington (L) UC Davis, Dixie State, SUU, San Diego, Southern Oregon, Cal Poly (L), and a bunch of FBS losses).

Any CAA homer that looks at that list of wins should be embarrassed to ever question the strength of a BSC team's OOC schedule.


And far be it from me to challenge the stats of a major newspaper like the USA today, but Towson lost to Morgan State on 9/26 by a score of 12-9. Last time I checked Morgan State wasn't an FBS school (although this article was probably written prior to Saturday....I didn't click the link ).

The 20-2 record is for the teams in the top 16 (Richmond, Villanova, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, William & Mary, James Madison). Towson isn't one of the top 16 teams.

UNHWildCats wrote:The 20-2 record is for the teams in the top 16 (Richmond, Villanova, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, William & Mary, James Madison). Towson isn't one of the top 16 teams.

Yeah, I got that from wideright's comment. I get it...the CAA wants to pretend the other half of the conference doesn't exist.

Believe me, I understand. We wish sometimes that UNC, Sac State and Idaho State didn't exist (as part of our conference) either. ---at least not at their current level of athletic competitiveness.

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote:


FIRST of all, its SIX cupcakes. Learn to count. Secondly, yeah I think he graduated from UMass (i have no idea)

What? I thought the CAA was up to something like 48 schools now.

Not yet. As I've said we are still in negotiations with the big sky to turn them into CAAWest, this way we can add even more cupcakes to our schedule.

wideright82 wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
What? I thought the CAA was up to something like 48 schools now.

Not yet. As I've said we are still in negotiations with the big sky to turn them into CAAWest, this way we can add even more cupcakes to our schedule.

I know. ISU and UNC ARE cupcakes. Unfortunately for the CAA, only 1/4 of our conference is cupcake, not 1/2. Adding the BSC will bring UP the level of competitiveness in the CAA.

wideright82 wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
What? I thought the CAA was up to something like 48 schools now.

Not yet. As I've said we are still in negotiations with the big sky to turn them into CAAWest, this way we can add even more cupcakes to our schedule.

or not as the case may be for some teams some years lol

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote:


Not yet. As I've said we are still in negotiations with the big sky to turn them into CAAWest, this way we can add even more cupcakes to our schedule.

I know. ISU and UNC ARE cupcakes. Unfortunately for the CAA, only 1/4 of our conference is cupcake, not 1/2. Adding the BSC will bring UP the level of competitiveness in the CAA.

we can drop some teams and bring in others...

CAA East
Richmond
James Madison
Villanova
William & Mary
New Hampshire
Delaware
Old Dominion
Massachusetts

CAA West
Montana
Montana State
Eastern Washington
Northern Arizona
South Dakota
North Dakota
Cal Poly
Weber State

7 conference games... Final week would be #1 vs #1 , #2 vs #2 and so on :p

UNHWildCats wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
I know. ISU and UNC ARE cupcakes. Unfortunately for the CAA, only 1/4 of our conference is cupcake, not 1/2. Adding the BSC will bring UP the level of competitiveness in the CAA.

we can drop some teams and bring in others...

CAA East
Richmond
James Madison
Villanova
William & Mary
New Hampshire
Delaware
Old Dominion
Maine

CAA West
Montana
Montana State
Eastern Washington
Northern Arizona
South Dakota
North Dakota
Cal Poly
Weber State

7 conference games... Final week would be #1 vs #1 , #2 vs #2 and so on :p

Not sure Col Hogan will be to thrilled with your new set up

AZGrizFan wrote:

UNHWildCats wrote:Defending national champion Richmond is ranked first in the latest coaches' poll with James Madison sixth and New Hampshire seventh. No. 16 Massachusetts gives the CAA six schools in the top 16. Their combined record is 20-2 with the losses coming on the road to FBS teams by a total of seven points.


Just wow.

....and other OOC wins against West Chester, Delaware State, Stonybrook (2), Bryant, VMI (2), Liberty, St. Cloud State, Albany (2), St. Francis (PA), Dartmouth, Fordham, Coastal Carolina, Lehigh, Penn, Central Connecticut State, and Norfolk State. That is QUITE the murderer's row of opponents there. Not exactly something to brag about (not much different from the BSC's list of Western Oregon, Western State, Central Washington (L) UC Davis, Dixie State, SUU, San Diego, Southern Oregon, Cal Poly (L), and a bunch of FBS losses).

Any CAA homer that looks at that list of wins should be embarrassed to ever question the strength of a BSC team's OOC schedule.

And far be it from me to challenge the stats of a major newspaper like the USA today, but Towson lost to Morgan State on 9/26 by a score of 12-9. Last time I checked Morgan State wasn't an FBS school (although this article was probably written prior to Saturday....I didn't click the link ).

Bullshit. Every CAA team plays an FCS school - on the road. That makes up for the West Chesters that appear on some schedules.

Besides, it's the Big Sky in-conference schedule that people are questioning.

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote:


Not yet. As I've said we are still in negotiations with the big sky to turn them into CAAWest, this way we can add even more cupcakes to our schedule.

I know. ISU and UNC ARE cupcakes. Unfortunately for the CAA, only 1/4 of our conference is cupcake, not 1/2. Adding the BSC will bring UP the level of competitiveness in the CAA.

I don't think Maine, Delaware and Hofstra can be called cupcakes just yet. They may not be playoff contenders this year, but they are still capable teams. I'd argue that the CAA has the same ratio of cupcakes as the Big Sky - 1/4.

Yeah, I'm real embarrassed about our victory of Liberty... I mean, It's not like they were ranked or anything.

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote:


Not yet. As I've said we are still in negotiations with the big sky to turn them into CAAWest, this way we can add even more cupcakes to our schedule.

I know. ISU and UNC ARE cupcakes. Unfortunately for the CAA, only 1/4 of our conference is cupcake, not 1/2. Adding the BSC will bring UP the level of competitiveness in the CAA.

No, its only 1/3 of CAA that is cupcake, 4 of 12 teams, Towson, NE, URI, and Hofstra...

UNHWildCats wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
I know. ISU and UNC ARE cupcakes. Unfortunately for the CAA, only 1/4 of our conference is cupcake, not 1/2. Adding the BSC will bring UP the level of competitiveness in the CAA.

we can drop some teams and bring in others...

CAA East
Richmond
James Madison
Villanova
William & Mary
Massachusetts
Delaware
Old Dominion
Maine

CAA West
Montana
Montana State
Eastern Washington
Northern Arizona
South Dakota
North Dakota
Cal Poly
Weber State

7 conference games... Final week would be #1 vs #1 , #2 vs #2 and so on :p

FIFY

Someone remind me why ODU is being included in your SuperCAA?

And why isn't Ga State included? If you talk to some of their fans, they expected to be ranked this year, taking the National Championship next year with ease while they await the 2014 deadline until they can appear in the Rose Bowl annually.

BlueHen86 wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote: ....and other OOC wins against West Chester, Delaware State, Stonybrook (2), Bryant, VMI (2), Liberty, St. Cloud State, Albany (2), St. Francis (PA), Dartmouth, Fordham, Coastal Carolina, Lehigh, Penn, Central Connecticut State, and Norfolk State. That is QUITE the murderer's row of opponents there. Not exactly something to brag about (not much different from the BSC's list of Western Oregon, Western State, Central Washington (L) UC Davis, Dixie State, SUU, San Diego, Southern Oregon, Cal Poly (L), and a bunch of FBS losses).

Any CAA homer that looks at that list of wins should be embarrassed to ever question the strength of a BSC team's OOC schedule.

And far be it from me to challenge the stats of a major newspaper like the USA today, but Towson lost to Morgan State on 9/26 by a score of 12-9. Last time I checked Morgan State wasn't an FBS school (although this article was probably written prior to Saturday....I didn't click the link ).

Bullshit. Every CAA team plays an FCS school - on the road. That makes up for the West Chesters that appear on some schedules.

Besides, it's the Big Sky in-conference schedule that people are questioning.

blah...blah...blah....nobody gives a shit about your FCS dick-measuring contests.

JMU DJ wrote:Yeah, I'm real embarrassed about our victory of Liberty... I mean, It's not like they were ranked or anything.

MEAC and SWAC teams and IVY teams get ranked. That don't mean shit.