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[slick1ru2]

I was thinking of the teams coming to the Big East, besides Boise St, that Temple may be the one that has the best success. However, one of three bowl games from last season still available to watch on ESPN3.com via the Xbox app is the BBVA Compass Bowl, SMU vs Pitt. For those that think the teams coming in don't deserve to be in the Big East, SMU dominates Pitt in this game. Yes, Pitt only had 4 full time coaches in the game, but SMU looked like the BCS team and Pitt, the non-BCS team. June Jones has done a great job with the SMU program. Watching this game, after the garbage that has happened, makes me feel glad that Pitt is departing, getting spanked by an incoming team so decisively.

http://en.wikipedia....VA_Compass_Bowl

[Joe]

That same SMU team got their **** kicked by Tulsa and So Miss. They are a team on the rise, but let's not overvalue the team as it stands. Pitt is on its 4th head coach in a year...

[slick1ru2]

SMU also beat #10 TCU last year. And that So Miss team beat #6 Houston and ended the year #19.

Edited by slick1ru2, 13 June 2012 - 08:15 AM.

[Joe]

Yeah. It's not that they lost to them. It's that they lost to them by 24 points. Then waltzed out the next week and lost by 30+ to tulsa. on top of that lost by 30+ to a very average Texas A&M squad and a very good Hoston team,

They're a decent team, on the rise, but far from a quality BCS squad. Quality BCS teams don't lose by 30 points three times in a year.

[slick1ru2]

SMU also lost their number 1 rusher and was using a converted lineman as an RB the last 1/3 of last year. And I wouldn't characterized last year's Texas A&M team as "very average". Not with the schedule they had and scores against ranked teams. 1 point loss to #7 Okl St, 4 point loss to #18 Ark, 3 point loss to #17 KSU in OT, 2 point loss to #25 Texas.

Edited by slick1ru2, 13 June 2012 - 08:35 AM.

[Joe]

June Jones doesn't run the ball!

Regardless of what you believe 7-6 Texas A&M to be, SMU lost by 30+ points three times.

[bulls phanatic]

Jones took Hawaii to a BCS bowl game. Pretty impressive. Watch out for them

[slick1ru2]

June Jones was running the ball until their RB who avg 6 yards/carry got a toe injury. And yeah, 7-6 with an "A" schedule is a good team. USF would have maybe had 1 win with that same schedule. Conversely, Texas A&M with USF's schedule most likely would have won the Big East.

Edited by slick1ru2, 13 June 2012 - 10:41 AM.

[Paisa el Toro]

And USF got wrecked by that same Pitt team last year. What an embarrasing game to watch, and to add insult to injury, I watched it in 3D at Muvico.

[charsibb]

And USF got wrecked by that same Pitt team last year. What an embarrasing game to watch, and to add insult to injury, I watched it in 3D at Muvico.

I watched it in person. Very painful...

[macphisto]

Yeah. It's not that they lost to them. It's that they lost to them by 24 points. Then waltzed out the next week and lost by 30+ to tulsa. on top of that lost by 30+ to a very average Texas A&M squad and a very good Hoston team,

They're a decent team, on the rise, but far from a quality BCS squad. Quality BCS teams don't lose by 30 points three times in a year.

Very true.

The reason we invited SMU is because of their potential on the football end. They also are seriously looking at getting better in basketball, though how long their new coach stays is way up in the air.

Houston is the better immediate "get" of the two. But both come from a talent rich state and cities with large populations. Hopefully it gets some more eyeballs on our football and longterm improves the conference.

Of all our adds, only Boise State is a proven commodity. SMU, Houston, and (as much as I hate to admit it) UCF all do have good upside, but they are not good BCS teams yet. Temple has taken huge strides and I think they also have good potential. Memphis and SDSU I am not sold on, but I understand why both were invited. Memphis is here because of their basketball. Temple's basketball also favored them as well as their history with the conference.

I think the upside is their for BE football to improve long term and to continue to be better than the ACC. Basketball should remain strong, though losing Pitt and Cuse doesn't help us. Even so, adding Temple and Memphis does help to ease that loss. Syracuse is really the irreplaceable member in the basketball end, but we've got plenty of good basketball staying behind and should continue to rank as the #1 or #2 basketball conference each year.

[Skingraft]

Not a good game- by far the single shitiest USF game I ever watched

[JoeB]

You must not have seen the Rutgers game from a few years back.....

[BiggTipp]

Which bad Rutgers game??? The one we lost 49-16 or when we got shutout 31-0 or the one last year when we choked a 14 point lead and lost in OT..I hate Rutgers more than any other Big East team...by far