2. Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh (5-8/195, Soph.)
BUZZ: Lewis ran for 1,799 yards last season; that's second-most in school history, behind only Tony Dorsett. He was the Big East's rookie of the year and offensive player of the year.
My fav back in the country...
Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
stats as the basis for someone being better.
Lord. keep that %@+* in the fantasy football geek threads
First off I agree more or less with everything you said and I appreciate the fact that you show us some respect and realize that we are a legit team, you will find out first hand in a few weeksOriginally Posted by 5am6oody72
Those are all good points and I've always ragged on Florida for their !%*%# OOC scheduling, but you guys can't really get on anybody about their scheduleOriginally Posted by Where Are You Harold Miner 2
You can't justify putting Florida ahead of Boise based on the end of last year and who is coming back.Originally Posted by henz0
@ Boise being better than Florida
People need to stop bagging on the fact that BSU is not in the SEC which is top heavy and everyone knows Florida never even attempts to prove itself outside of the SEC. At least Texas man's up and schedules some games OOCI know you scheduled Oregon and us OOC the past couple years, but beyond that your whole schedule is a complete cake walk. You guys are a great team but Florida would have also gone undefeated the past few years had they played your schedule, and not by 7 points against Tulsa or 10 points against Louisiana Tech. Florida would molly whop those teams.
One of the things I admire about you guys is that you execute so well that you can play with the big boys even though you might not have the same talent level (obviously guys like Pettis, Young, Avery etc. are very talented but top to bottom you do not have the same talent level as a Florida or a Texas). That being said, good coaching and execution will only get you so far, look at what Florida did to Cincy last year (who I would argue was a team with fairly similar make up to Boise). I'm not saying that Florida is going to be definitively better than you next year, but rather that you can't underestimate how much of an impact the talent level has. You guys are definitely capable of beating a lot of good teams, but I really don't think you'd be able to make it through an SEC schedule the way Florida or Bama do. Is that a function of program history, school size, conference etc? Yes, but looking at it from a neutral standpoint that doesn't change the fact that those teams can often "out talent" other schools. That's what happened to us when we played LSU in 2007, we just got straight up out talented, especially in the trenches.
Lucky for you guys, we are not one of those teams that has those deep talent bases at almost every position, so we won't be able to out talent you and your high level of execution could pose a big problem for us. I still think we will pull it out though.
He's our LB coach.
Lets see, he is faster ( a lot faster) hes quicker and has better agility. Quizz might have better feet but its close.
I say on your day you can beat anyone in the country and every team would have to fear them. That is why a lot of teams don't play the mid major heavyweights because people conveniently forget when a big school comes in and beats one of yall. I know it was 5 years ago but UGA smashed Boise the first game of that season. Also, FSU crushed BYU last year in Utah after they were riding high from the Oklahoma win. Would you really blame UF or anyone else that they don't play OOC when they go to Tuscaloosa, play LSU, go to Tallahassee, play UGA and USCe and then if they win the East then probably play Bama again in SEC Championship. There is no point in playing BSU or TCU when the public will just say after "well they were just a mid major" and it would not give the boost that it should. There is not much of an upside to play these teams.
We didnt give a $%@% about that sugar bowl and !%%* andre smithOriginally Posted by Where Are You Harold Miner 2
First off I agree more or less with everything you said and I appreciate the fact that you show us some respect and realize that we are a legit team, you will find out first hand in a few weeksOriginally Posted by 5am6oody72
Those are all good points and I've always ragged on Florida for their !%*%# OOC scheduling, but you guys can't really get on anybody about their scheduleOriginally Posted by Where Are You Harold Miner 2
You can't justify putting Florida ahead of Boise based on the end of last year and who is coming back.Originally Posted by henz0
@ Boise being better than Florida
People need to stop bagging on the fact that BSU is not in the SEC which is top heavy and everyone knows Florida never even attempts to prove itself outside of the SEC. At least Texas man's up and schedules some games OOCI know you scheduled Oregon and us OOC the past couple years, but beyond that your whole schedule is a complete cake walk. You guys are a great team but Florida would have also gone undefeated the past few years had they played your schedule, and not by 7 points against Tulsa or 10 points against Louisiana Tech. Florida would molly whop those teams.
One of the things I admire about you guys is that you execute so well that you can play with the big boys even though you might not have the same talent level (obviously guys like Pettis, Young, Avery etc. are very talented but top to bottom you do not have the same talent level as a Florida or a Texas). That being said, good coaching and execution will only get you so far, look at what Florida did to Cincy last year (who I would argue was a team with fairly similar make up to Boise). I'm not saying that Florida is going to be definitively better than you next year, but rather that you can't underestimate how much of an impact the talent level has. You guys are definitely capable of beating a lot of good teams, but I really don't think you'd be able to make it through an SEC schedule the way Florida or Bama do. Is that a function of program history, school size, conference etc? Yes, but looking at it from a neutral standpoint that doesn't change the fact that those teams can often "out talent" other schools. That's what happened to us when we played LSU in 2007, we just got straight up out talented, especially in the trenches.
Lucky for you guys, we are not one of those teams that has those deep talent bases at almost every position, so we won't be able to out talent you and your high level of execution could pose a big problem for us. I still think we will pull it out though.
The one thing I say about Cincy is that they were kind of a flash in the pan program, and we have the most wins in D-1 in the last ten years. That is against inferior competition relative to the SEC, but we win and win and then win some more. My argument against the SEC/Big 10/Pac 10 stuff is that if we had that level of recruiting we would be as good or better than those schools but thats something that cant be proven ever so its a moot point.
We open the season next year against Ole Miss and we will lose a lot of key guys so we will find out how we do against a middle of the road SEC school. I think a lot of SEC fans think that the middle of the road and even bottom of the conference is better than BSU and I just have to disagree.
I would have loved to have played Florida last year in the Fiesta bowl and have TCU played Cinci. A few years ago UTAH absolutely mopped the floor with Alabama (something that Bama fan's seem to forget rather quickly).
Give the mid major heavyweights, BSU, TCU, BYU, Utah a chance and lets see what can happen. So far the Pac-10 and VTech are the only ones to really step up and see whats what.
My argument against the SEC/Big 10/Pac 10 stuff is that if we had that level of recruiting we would be as good or better than those schools but thats something that cant be proven ever so its a moot point.
