Respect and accomplishment, aren't always the same thing.
Louisville hasn't done crap in football, in years, yet people have been drooling over them non-stop this season. They struggled mightily with FIU, who beat them last year. They nearly blew a 29 point lead against UNC, who also beat them last year, last year, they lost their bowl game to an NC State team we beat 44-14.
The year before that?
The year before that?
The year before that?
Exactly.
BYU has storied success and has been pretty good(be nice if we could land them) Boise State obviously has been the best non-aq for awhile, SDSU these past two years, has been pretty good(8 wins last year, 9 wins the year before, won the poinsettia bowl), Airforce is okay...(if we get them) Though Memphis is putrid, they should ease the loss of the basketball powers, UCF pretty decent, with their win over Georgia in their last bowl game. Trying to think about the others... Navy is up and down, Temple see Memphis.
Those currently among us, UConn had a bad year last year but is still okay in my eyes. USF needs to step up. They couldn't make a bowl game last year, that is to say, they couldn't win 6 games. That's after winning their 4 non-conference games before Big East play.(they lost their 5th to The U. in November) Louisville, as I said, hasn't done anything in a few years. Rutgers, beat a decent Iowa State team in last years Pin Stripe bowl and seem pretty solid with Schiano leaving. They're not bad.
I think from this point on, Boise, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Rutgers are going to be the flag bearers. I think Louisville is a paper tiger. They'll be even more so when Strong leaves.
