charsibb Posted July 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Will be released Tuesday. Here's Joey Knight's ballot. What's yours? 1. Cincinnati. 'Cats are loaded offensively, and Tommy Tuberville's defenses are traditionally rugged 2. UCF I waffled here because of the Knights' uncertainty at QB, but nine starters return on defense 3. East Carolina For my money, Shane Carden's the league's best QB, and Justin Hardy's the top wideout 4. Houston Lost amid the Cougars' pass-happy style is a defense that forced a nation-best 43 turnovers in '13 5. Tulane The Green Wave, who made a bowl game last year, possess an outstanding secondary and promising freshman QB 6. USF Stronger, speedier Bulls will at least double their '13 win total. I just don't know if they'll triple it. 7. SMU Mustangs have some replenishing to do, but the newcomers are promising and June Jones knows his stuff 8. Temple My sleeper team in the league. In their last five games of '13, Owls tied or led entering fourth quarter 9. Connecticut All signs suggest new coach Bob Diaco will get it done in Storrs. But offseason loss of workhorse TB Lyle McCombs hurts 10. Memphis Tigers made defensive strides in '13, but the offense scored more than 21 points only three times 11. Tulsa The Golden Hurricane, 3-9 last year, must replace virtually their entire offensive backfield http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/my-preseason-aac-ballot/2189335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted July 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 My ballot 1. USF 2. UCF 3. Cincinnati 4. East Carolina 5. Houston 6. Tulane 7. Memphis 8. SMU 9. Connecticut 10. Temple 11. Tulsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBull Posted July 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 8,159 Reputation: 864 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/25/2008 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I lobbed in a homer vote, sure. Not much to back it up except...uh...Go Bulls!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted July 28, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted July 28, 2014 What's ECU's defense looking like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apis Bull Posted July 28, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,586 Content Count: 23,185 Reputation: 2,332 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/05/2002 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I never pick against USF. That's why I don't gamble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyBull Posted July 28, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 44 Content Count: 1,705 Reputation: 221 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/25/2013 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Homer as well. But with this conference it really isn't such a long shot. If we can come out firing and build momentum. For as bad as we were last year a lot of those games were way too close. Houston and UCF could have had very different outcomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danm1983 Posted July 28, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 44 Content Count: 2,994 Reputation: 151 Days Won: 4 Joined: 08/20/2009 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Until proven otherwise: 1. Cincinnati - proven offense and defense returning 2. Houston - could almost call this a tie, UH should be strong 3. UCF - defense will be good, and WR corps, but that isn't Bortles back there 4. ECU - offense is likely best in the AAC, jury is out on defense 5. Temple - sleeper team that might surprise some on offense this year 6. Memphis - I think they're on the right track 7. Tulane - gamble pick, but they can score, will be a big challenge against better competition this year 8. USF - their potential could see them as high as #5, but could also see them in the #12 spot too, time to show up 9. SMU - offense looks good on paper recently, but team hasn't gotten it done 10. UCONN - could be another sleeper/big improvement team, but losing McCombs hurts. Defense should improve immediately under Diaco. 11. Tulsa - not sure if 2013 was just a bad year or not, but they're here until we find out more about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cophbulls Posted July 29, 2014 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 417 Content Count: 3,174 Reputation: 378 Days Won: 12 Joined: 08/30/2004 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Official http://theamerican.org/news/2014/7/26/FB_0726140019.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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