SBC standings, remaining October games

[luvyosef]

1) Appalachian State 3-0, 6-1
1) Arkansas State 3-0, 4-3
3) Georgia Southern 3-1, 5-2
4) Idaho 2-2, 3-4
5) Texas State 1-1, 2-4
5) Georgia State 1-1, 2-4
5) Louisiana Lafayette 1-1, 2-4
8) South Alabama 1-2, 3-4
8) Troy 1-2, 2-5
10) Louisiana Monroe 0-3, 1-6
10) New Mexico State 0-3, 0-7

Thurs Oct 29th
Texas State at Georgia Southern

Sat Oct 31st
Troy at Appalachian State
Louisiana Monroe at Louisiana Lafayette
Georgia State at Arkansas State
Idaho at New Mexico State

[moonshine]

Only 3 teams (App, GS & USA) with a winning record!

[EastHallApp]

It's gonna be Disco Night in the Grove, because Ole Miss is going to be in the 70s against NM State.

[moonshine]

SBC has 4 teams in the top 100 of Massey ratings.

http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?s ... &sub=11604

SBC has 3 teams in the top 100 of Sagarin.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sa ... RZFrH71i6Q

[luvyosef]

edited title instead of starting a new thread.

[mountaineerman]

The conference is looking really bad . I mean really bad !

[luvyosef]

All October 10 games have now been updated.

[bcoach]

Looks like two more weeks before we know how good we really are.

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

Sun Belt looks bad and I mean bad this year. Not just the records, but I've watched (eye test) many games on Watch ESPN and aside from Georgia Southern who we get at home, I see no real threat to stop us from going 11-1.

[rbarthle17]

Looks like two more weeks before we know how good we really are.

I'm not going to put ULM in the win column just yet.

[EastHallApp]

ULM is a potentially dangerous game. And I don't mean that in the "hey guys, don't overlook Howard!" sense. I mean that, while App is clearly the better team, there's a legit chance we could lose to ULM and it wouldn't be a shock.

It's fairly clear that, to this point at least, App and Southern are the top two teams in the league. But the best team doesn't always win.

[hapapp]

ULM gave us all we wanted last year and I expect we'll get their best shot Saturday evening. Satterfield has been great at keeping our guys focused on the game at hand and if we don't look past the Warhawks we should prevail but every game going forward will have its challenges.

[luvyosef]

Just hope the team stays focused week by week, day by day. If we work the plan, the plan works. May sound corny but it's the truth. Go Apps!

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

This is what worries me. ULM is better than their record and they get us at home. We will likely play our starters the entire game which will be close. The game is at 7 p.m. by time the game is over, board the plane, fly back to the Eastern time zone, arrive in Boone, etc. Players probably won't get to bed until 2 a.m. Sunday morning. We then have a short week to get ready for a pretty good Georgia Southern team on Thursday. Georgia Southern gets a home game against a bottom Sun Belt team. That's what worries me most. Two tough games 5 days apart. I feel our boys are up to the challenge. It starts by focusing on ULM and not looking past them for GSU.

Go Apps.

P.S.

I was pretty damn close with my 38-0 prediction.

We are playing great and I am pumped.

[bcoach]

This comment is not in reply to the previous comment but just reminded me of something I have been thinking about. Is a team really better than their record? Wyoming was better that 0-4 then better than 0-5, are they now better than 0-6? How can a team really be better than their record after a few games?

[luvyosef]

Added another week of games. Go Apps!

[luvyosef]

Added another week of games. Go Apps!

[boonetown1]

I still find it crazy the ease of Georgia Southerns Schedule. How do they get by without playing no A-State or UL-L?

[EastHallApp]

I still find it crazy the ease of Georgia Southerns Schedule. How do they get by without playing no A-State or UL-L?

As crazy as it sounds, we're already probably the only thing standing between them and 8-0. Maybe USA or Texas State sneaks in and catches them on a bad day... but really, who thinks that's happening?

As much as both teams want to win on 10/22, in terms of the Sun Belt race, we probably need it more.

[hapapp]

I still find it crazy the ease of Georgia Southerns Schedule. How do they get by without playing no A-State or UL-L?

That changes next year. Everyone will drop 2 they currently play and pick up 2 they don't. We will pick up NMSU and TX State.