Oh boy, we had a shake up this week. UCF's loss to Tulsa changed everything. Like every week, the site staff voted for the top ten. SMU (last week #4) - The new number one in all of the land is the fighting Sonny Dykes'. They faced off against #25 Memphis in an extremely tight game … Continue reading Forgotten 5 Power Rankings: The Top 10 for Week Four
With all this possible playoff expansion talk, it got me thinking; what would be the worst-case scenario for the Group of Five? Well, it would be where an expanded playoff doesn't include an auto-bid for at least one G5 team. What does that mean for the G5, you might ask? It's time to go our … Continue reading Group of Five Doomsday: Breaking Free From the Power Five
EDITORS NOTE: This topic has recently resurfaced with the study brought out from Old Dominion. While I personally will choose to believe this was primarily a study used to justify the shut-down of wrestling, it has brought geographic realignment - a worthwhile pursuit in my book - back to the table. Here's my thoughts, updated … Continue reading Geographic Realignment Could Be a Worthwhile Pursuit for the Group of Five
In the previous entries of this series, I explained my idea for a complete rebuild of college football. Part one covered the new rules, and part two detailed which teams would comprise the new Power 5 conferences and provided some examples of what schedules would look like under this new system. Today's final volume will be … Continue reading An Ideal College Football Structure, Part 3: The New Group of 5
For G5 teams, there are only so many ways outside of head-to-head matchups that you can compare yourself to another school’s resume. The easiest way to show how much better your university is than another is to see how you stack up against the Power 5. I decided to take a look at how the … Continue reading Best of the Belt: Ranking the Sun Belt’s Power 5 Resumes
We're a little over halfway through the college football offseason but we have the hardest part of the football-less period ahead of us. No signing day extravaganzas, no spring practices and no college basketball to hold us over. It's just an expansive empty void that we pretend to fill with the NBA playoffs and baseball. … Continue reading Ranking the Sun Belt Football Coaching Jobs
College basketball is in full swing and Sun Belt teams are geared for the second-half marathon. The conference appears to be loaded up top this year, making for an exciting two-plus month season. The Sun Belt has seemingly solidified its spot in the very middle of the basketball world based on RPI, as the rise … Continue reading Sun Belt Basketball Preview: The Real Season Begins
So let me do some explaining. For this week's poll, I added a stipulation. In order to count for the poll, you have to have a win over an FBS program. This obviously led to some interesting changes in who was available to rank in the polls, so I will appreciate if your takes are … Continue reading Week 2 Group of Five Top 10 Poll: Some Explaining to Do
Well, we've finally got our first full week of football under our belts, so what did we actually learn from all this football that took place? Slow Starters Everywhere A number of offenses took a lot longer than we'd like to get rolling. Texas State, Troy, South Alabama and Coastal Carolina were outscored by a … Continue reading What Did We Learn From Our First Week of Sun Belt Football?
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers unvieled a new look basketball/volleyball court at the HTC Center, with some noticable changes. First of all, gone is the two color black and teal arc and sidelines for a new two toned court with teal sidelines and key. On the sides in the wood is GoCCUSports.com and #TEALnation. The word … Continue reading Chanticleers get new basketball court
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