Pretty ugly game for two "Top 5" teams.
Lots of penalty flags ... especially the cheap personal foul variety. A couple of "turf tackles" -- when the grass apparently makes a touchdown saving tackle. Apparently trying for the endzone when in the redzone is a felony in Louisville. A fumble every few minutes so far in the first half....
Ugggggggly!
oh thank god .... Erin Andrews there to save the otherwise ugly event.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:oh thank god .... Erin Andrews there to save the otherwise ugly event.
She can't save the fumbles.... OMG...
WV: Exposed
UofL: Not that good either
Hell maybe Rutgers is the best team in the Big East.
More ACC jealousy of the Big East
Don't you wish you had 3 undefeated teams.
Pretty entertaining game to me.
I bet we would have quite a few undefeated teams playing nobody teams OOC, and a VERY soft bottom half of the conference.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:I bet we would have quite a few undefeated teams playing nobody teams OOC, and a VERY soft bottom half of the conference.
UL had Kentucky, Miami, and K-State OOC
GT had Nyota Dame, Samford, and Troy
Powerhouse teams like Samford & Troy
Note the near complete shutout of the top half of the Big East in this chart:
[code:1]
| ACC | Big East
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Elite OOC | Florida (FSU) | Ohio St (UC)
| ND (GT, UNC) |
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Quality OOC | Alabama (Dook) | WF (Cuse, UCONN)
| BYU (BC) | Iowa (Cuse)
| S Carolina (CU) | Miami (UofL)
| Georgia (GT) | Va Tech (UC)
| W Virginia (UMD) |
| Louisville (UM) |
| Rutgers (UNC) |
| Pitt (UVA) |[/code:1]
BamaBlazer Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:I bet we would have quite a few undefeated teams playing nobody teams OOC.
UL had Kentucky, Miami, and K-State OOC
GT had Nyota Dame, Samford, and Troy
Powerhouse teams like Samford & Troy
Kansas State won't be bowling, and lost to Baylor badly. Kentucky is the same old SEC cellar they always are. Miami is having a down year. They're still decent, but they're not the Miami of the last 5 years.
GT played a Top 10 Irish team, and will play Georgia. No contest.
Quote:Kentucky is the same old SEC cellar they always are.
Will you still say that if they knock off Georgia on Saturday? Kentucky is 4-4, pretty respectable, really.
CMichFan Wrote:Quote:Kentucky is the same old SEC cellar they always are.
Will you still say that if they knock off Georgia on Saturday? Kentucky is 4-4, pretty respectable, really.
They won't. The pups have regrouped nicely after the Vandy-MSU debacle.
How does the ACC do in head-to-head match ups with the Big East?
BamaBlazer Wrote:How does the ACC do in head-to-head match ups with the Big East?
Laughably, nearly a tie. If UNC won against USF, it would have been 4-4 head to head. That's laughable, given how the matchups were highly favorable for the BE.
BE #1 UofL vs ACC #6 Miami = BE W
BE #2 WVU vs ACC #7 Maryland = BE W
BE #3 Rutgers vs ACC #12 UNC = BE W
BE #4 Pitt vs ACC #9 UVA = BE W
BE #5 Cincinnati vs ACC #4 VT = ACC W
BE #6 USF vs ACC #12 UNC = BE W
BE #7 UConn vs ACC #5 Wake = ACC W
BE #8 SU vs ACC #5 Wake = ACC W
Line them up top to bottom, throwing out every 3rd ACC team or something like that... and the ACC would win handily.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Line them up top to bottom, throwing out every 3rd ACC team or something like that... and the ACC would win handily.
Is that with or without suspended players?
Face it, the ACC is WEAK! this year.
The BE has faced the ACC and their raid.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:BE #1 UofL vs ACC #6 Miami = BE W
BE #2 WVU vs ACC #7 Maryland = BE W
BE #3 Rutgers vs ACC #12 UNC = BE W
BE #4 Pitt vs ACC #9 UVA = BE W
BE #5 Cincinnati vs ACC #4 VT = ACC W
BE #6 USF vs ACC #12 UNC = BE W
BE #7 UConn vs ACC #5 Wake = ACC W
BE #8 SU vs ACC #5 Wake = ACC W
Line them up top to bottom, throwing out every 3rd ACC team or something like that... and the ACC would win handily.
Ok, lets show some scores for those games:
1. UL vs Miami - 31-7 UL blowout win
2. WVU vs. Maryland - 45-24 WVU blowout win
3. Rutgers vs. UNC - 21-16 UNC's best showing of the year
4. Pitt vs. Virginia - 38-13 blowout win
5. UC at VPI - 29-13 UC is leading at the end of the 3rd quarter, gives up some TDs in garbage time as they are trying to come back (INTs).
6. USF @ UNC - 37-20 USF wins, it wasn't even that close
7. UConn vs. Wake - 24-13 Wake vs a terrible UConn team, and UConn had a chance late to take the lead
8. Syracuse vs Wake - 20-10 pretty much the same game as UConn vs Wake, had a chance late.
The top half of the conference just destroyed the ACC. The bottom half all had good games against teams near the top of the ACC.
The ACC tried the knockout punch against the Big East 3 years ago but the Big East got back up and now is swinging right back. Everyone said Miami and VPI would mean the end of the Big East but now are realizing that UL, USF, and Cincinnati don't play that bad of football. Plus, with VPI and Miami down, it makes the Big East look that much better. The ACC has no top level teams this year.
Oh, and by the way, how can FSU be considered "elite"? They SUCK this year, that isn't elite. Is this just based on historical record?
mlb Wrote:Oh, and by the way, how can FSU be considered "elite"? They SUCK this year, that isn't elite. Is this just based on historical record?
He's not saying FSU is elite. Florida certainly is this year.
OwlJacket Wrote:He's not saying FSU is elite. Florida certainly is this year.
Fair point, I misread his chart.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Note the near complete shutout of the top half of the Big East in this chart:
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| ACC | Big East
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Elite OOC | Florida (FSU) | Ohio St (UC)
| ND (GT, UNC) |
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Quality OOC | Alabama (Dook) | WF (Cuse, UCONN)
| BYU (BC) | Iowa (Cuse)
| S Carolina (CU) | Miami (UofL)
| Georgia (GT) | Va Tech (UC)
| W Virginia (UMD) |
| Louisville (UM) |
| Rutgers (UNC) |
| Pitt (UVA) |[/code:1]
Anyone else see the irony of an ACC fan's argument that the BE is no good, but then uses the BE as examples of quality opponents....
I am saying they're way overrated up top. (Note the thread title: "This is two Top 5 teams?!")
Furthermore, I'm saying the perception of the "strong" Big East is built almost entirely upon soft schedules, and especially NOBODY in the TOP HALF of the conference playing somebody decent out of conference.... or, up until last night (or perhaps the Pitt-Rutgers game a week ago), decent IN CONFERENCE either.