Jump to content

PerryGreen

Members
  • Posts

    10
  • Joined

  • Last visited

PerryGreen's Achievements

Newbie

Newbie (1/14)

0

Reputation

  1. Our offense outgained yours...congrats on the win. You are the better team, we just took too long to get off the bus to play.
  2. I don't know how I forgot about the 52-14 dismantling of Baylor in '03. I guess after a while I've just come to consider Baylor a non-BCS program. ANYWAY...good luck to you Akron on your tough schedule this upcoming season, and I'm looking forward to our game in your home opener.
  3. Wow, I sense some hatred left over on this board from past MTSU vs. Akron games.Anyway, the Sun Belt had no one drafted this year, which was rare. Last year Demarcus Ware from Troy was selected in the top half of the first round. I could go back and list a bunch of others but that would probably only bore the folks here.As far as the bottom half of the MAC competing in the Sun Belt...how will we know that? Considering the Sun Belt's record vs. the MAC I wouldn't bet on that.
  4. The MAC is a more tradition-rich conference and is stronger at the top football wise. However, the Sun Belt is a very young football conference. Troy beat a Brad Smith led Missouri team a couple of years ago. As you read above, MTSU has beaten Vanderbilt on numerous occasions as well. So the wins over BCS teams are rare, but they do exist. North Texas beat Cincinnati in a bowl game in '02 (the same year the Bearcats lost to National Champions Ohio St. on a last second field goal). Troy has beaten Marshall the same season they've beaten good teams like Kansas State. Finally, our record against the MAC is impressive since the inception of Sun Belt football.Thanks for your compliments of my team though. The four year conference unbeaten streak and four straight bowl games was a great run. We just hope we can get back to that level soon.If we seem quick to defend our teams and our conference, try to understand. Like many of your MAC counterparts, we have spent years defending our teams against fans of the Texas's, Oklahoma's, Alabama's, and Tennessee's of the world. As you know, it takes true school pride and some seriously thick skin to be a true fan of teams like these. See ya in the fall!
  5. Not to interrupt the MTSU vs. Akron debate...but a conference full of little hick towns? Denton, TX has a population of 80,000. UNT has over 32,000 students. AND...Denton makes up the top part of the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex triangle which is the 7th largest TV market in the nation.Granted, the Sun Belt is a weak conference...but Akron plays in the MAC. While you may be an upper tier MAC team (right now), your conference includes some teams that are just as weak as Sun Belt teams. And if I remember correctly, the Sun Belt finished ahead of the MAC in football in the Sagarin conference rankings.The elitist complex starts at the very bottom of 1-A and goes on up. Do you think that the Big 10 looks at the MAC any differently than the Big XII or the SEC looks at the Sun Belt? Come on.
  6. For a team not as talented as Middle Tennessee...we've done pretty well. They've never beaten us. Even in our worst year in the brief history of the Sun Belt, we beat them at their place.
  7. Appreciate you posting the info...but NTSU? We haven't been called that in decades. Mean Joe Greene doesn't still play here. Anyway, carry on.
  8. Thanks for the quick response. I put a link to this board over at GoMeanGreen.com. I'm sure there will be plenty of discussion before the season starts. I remember that Akron won at least a share of the MAC title and played Memphis really tough in a bowl game (we know that those guys can play, they beat us in the New Orleans Bowl in '03 without Deangelo Williams) last season. It'll definitely be a tough one. Feel free to come chat anytime.Oh, and my partner during my internship last summer was a Can't St. student...I was constantly reminding her that . See ya.
  9. Hey Zips! Looks like you guys did get kinda screwed with only one home game out of the first six. Anyway, the one home game should be a good one. I know a lot of us are looking forward to it. We had our worst year in five season last year, but we're hoping to bounce back!
×
×
  • Create New...