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CONFERENCE CHAMP RECAP - TEAM NEWS - BOWL PREVIEW!

Posted on November 1, 2019 at 01:33 PM.

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP:
C-USA - WESTERN KENTUCKY 45 - NORTH TEXAS 31
AMERICAN - CINCINNATI 38 - SMU 21
SEC - ALABAMA 49 - FLORIDA 26
MOUNTAIN WEST - UTAH STATE 35 - FRESNO STATE 18
PAC 12 - OREGON 45 - ARIZONA 38
ACC - VIRGINIA TECH 24 - FSU 17
BIG 10 - MICHIGAN STATE 31 - IOWA 10
MAC - KENT STATE 41 - TOLEDO 24

BOWL SEASON

THE EAST CAROLINA PIRATES WERE INVITED AND HAVE ACCEPTED A BOWL BID TO THE BELK BOWL IN CHARLOTTE, NC ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH 6:00 PM FACING OFF AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS!

NO SUSPENSIONS WERE HANDED OUT DURING THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK, HOWEVER IT WAS FINALS WEEK AND DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCES IN THE CLASSROOM, THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS ARE ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE FOR THE UPCOMING GAME AGAINST THE CARDINALS

BACKUP QB - REID HERRING
STARTING LINEBACKER - AARON RAMSEUR
(BOTH WITH 1.33 GPA'S IN THE FALL SEMESTER)

LOUISVILLE GAME PLAN:
COACH SCOTT SATTERFIELD RUNS A PISTOL OFFENSE THAT HE BROUGHT OVER FROM APPALACHIAN STATE WITH IMPACT QB JAWON PASS AT THE HELM. HE IS ONE HELL OF AN ATHLETE BUT HIS AWARENESS IS LACKING, SO WE PLAN ON CONFUSING HIM AND HOPEFULLY CAUSING SOME ILL TIMED THROWS AND INCORRECT DECISIONS BASED ON OUR DISGUISED COVERAGES. WE WILL HAVE TO SPY HIM HOWEVER TO NOT ALLOW A REPEAT OF THE UCF GAME. WHEN JAVIAN HAWKINS IS IN THE GAME, WE HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AS HE HAS BREAKAWAY SPEED AND CAN CHANGE A GAME WITH JUST ONE TOUCH. DEZ FITZPATRICK IS JAWON'S GO TO RECEIVER AND THEIR MOST TALENTED, HOWEVER THEY HAVE A STRONG CORP OF 3 RECEIVERS THAT ARE GOING TO POSE PROBLEMS FOR THE EAST CAROLINA DEFENSE. THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS FAIRLY STRONG AND WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE LANES FOR THE RUNNING GAME AND PROTECTION FOR THE QB.

THE FRONT 7 OF THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS 3-4 DEFENSE HAS ALL AMERICAN AND IMPACT PLAYERS COMPLIMENTED BY OTHER ROLE PLAYERS THAT IS GOING TO MAKE RUNNING THE BALL DIFFICULT. THE BACK END OF THE LOUISVILLE DEFENSE AINT TOO SHABBY EITHER, BUT ECU WILL HAVE TO PIT THEIR STRENGTH AGAINST THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS IN THE LOUISVILLE PASS DEFENSE. WE PLAN ON ATTACKING THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE USING ZECH BYRD AND FARRIER AS THE SAFETIES ARE THE WEAKEST PART OF THE DEFENSIVE BACKS.

PLAYOFF SELECTION COMMITTEE:

WHAT A YEAR FOR THE PLAYOFF, THE SELECTION SURE HAS SOME TOUGH DECISIONS FOR THE 3RD AND 4TH TEAMS TO GET INVITED TO THE PLAYOFF FOR THE CULMINATION OF THE 2013-2014 YEAR.

#1 VIRGINIA TECH
RECORD - 13-0
ACC CONFERENCE CHAMPS
BEST VICTORY - #9 FSU 24-17 IN ACC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

#2 TEXAS
RECORD 12-0
DE FACTO BIG XII CHAMPS (NO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
BEST VICTORY - OKLAHOMA 34-24 IN RED RIVER SHOOTOUT (OU CURRENTLY RANKED #16)

THE CASE FOR THE NEXT TWO, REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE FOLLOWING TEAMS:

NOTRE DAME, MICHIGAN, ALABAMA, MICHIGAN STATE, AND OHIO STATE

CLEMSON DID NOT WIN THEIR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, (VTECH ALREADY IN FROM THE ACC), UTAH DID NOT WIN THEIR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, (ONLY TOP 10 PAC-12 TEAM), AND CINCINNATI WON THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, (BUT STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE AND LOSS TO UCF AT HOME WHO FINISHED THE YEAR UNRANKED, TOO BIG OF A LOSS TO CONSIDER FOR THE PLAYOFF, AS REMAINDER OF SCHEDULE WAS RATHER WEAK.)

NOTRE DAME
FINISHED THE YEAR AT 11-1, WITH ONLY LOSS TO #4 RANKED MICHIGAN IN OT 29-23 WEEK 2.
NOTRE DAME ALSO BEAT #6 MICHIGAN STATE (COMMON OPPONENT OF MICHIGAN AND OHIO STATE), AND #16 OKLAHOMA (COMMON OPPONENT OF TEXAS)
WILL THE LOSS AGAINST MICHIGAN KEEP THEM OUT OF THE PLAYOFF? THAT IS THE QUESTION FACING THE PLAYOFF SELECTION COMMITTEE

MICHIGAN
WITH TWO LOSSES ON THE SEASON (10-2) WILL THIS BE THE FIRST TEAM IN PLAYOFF HISTORY TO MAKE THE PLAYOFF WITH TWO LOSSES?
MICHIGAN LOST TO AN UNRANKED PENN STATE TEAM ON THE ROAD DURING A WHITE OUT 31-24 AND AGAIN AT HOME AGAINST #6 AND EVENTUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPS MICHIGAN STATE 26-17.
MICHIGAN DID BEAT NOTRE DAME WEEK 2 AT HOME IN OVERTIME 29-23 AND WENT ON THE ROAD AND BEAT OHIO STATE ON RIVALRY WEEKEND 31-21. BUT IS THAT ENOUGH TO GIVE THE WOLVERINES THE NOD IN THE PLAYOFF SELECTION PROCESS?

ALABAMA
NOW BRINGS US TO THE SEC CHAMPS WHO ENDED THE REGULAR SEASON AT 12-1. ALABAMA'S ONLY LOSS CAME ON THE ROAD TO #11 MISSISSIPPI STATE BY A TOUCHDOWN 35-28. AFTER THAT LOSS, THE CRIMSON TIDE DID NOTHING MORE THAN BEAT #21 FLORIDA TWICE (ONCE ON THE ROAD AND ONCE IN THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME) AND THEN BEAT #15 AUBURN AT HOME IN THE IRON BOWL.

MICHIGAN STATE
RANKED #6 (11-2) AT THE END OF THE YEAR AFTER BEATING UNRANKED IOWA IN THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE TWO LOSSES WERE A WEEK 3 LOSS BY 9 TO NOTRE DAME AND A WEEK 12 LOSS 24-10 AT HOME TO OHIO STATE. MICHIGAN STATE DID BEAT THE WOLVERINES 26-17 AT THE BIG HOUSE.
WILL THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP BE ENOUGH TO VAULT MSU INTO THE PLAYOFF, OR WILL THERE BE 0 BIG TEN TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFF?

OHIO STATE
FINISHING THE SEASON AT 10-2 WITH THEIR TWO LOSSES COMING AT UNRANKED PENN STATE (MICHIGAN ALSO LOST TO PENN STATE) AND AT HOME AGAINST MICHIGAN 31-21. GIVEN THESE FACTORS, WITH BOTH MICHIGAN AND THE BUCKEYES LOSING TO PENN STATE AND MICHIGAN BEATING THE BUCKEYES HEADS UP, IS THERE ENOUGH TO CONVINCE THE VOTERS?
THE BUCKEYES DID HOWEVER NOTCH A VICTORY AGAINST THE CONFERENCE CHAMPS MICHIGAN STATE 24-10 AT SPARTY'S HOME.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO SORT OUT! NEXT WEEK, WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE PLAYOFF CONTENDERS!