2021 Strength of Schedule for WVU
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Have them at 24th
7th in the conference
4 teams in the FPI Top 12
Beats the two teams ahead of WVU.
TCU and TX Tech. Both around 20
Beats all the teams behind in the FPI
Marshall fans should know because it is how they get P5 games.
Teams like to play a cupcake in OOC
Without that it would be a Top 3 schedule. Playing the #9 hardest schedule with a cupcake says a lot
He and others are setting up the SOS excuse for when WVU underperforms this year.
Underperforming would be 5-7
Their expected record is 6-6
If Neal Brown goes 8-4 I would trust him.
The team is there especially if they can get the ball outside downfield.
Wheaton is a big WR. Just need the time in the pocket
Their expected record is 6-6
If Neal Brown goes 8-4 I would trust him.
The team is there especially if they can get the ball outside downfield.
Wheaton is a big WR. Just need the time in the pocket
For the 2021 football season WVU has the 24th toughest schedule in the nation, according to the ESPN College Football Power Index.
Alabama has the toughest, Oklahoma 2nd, Iowa State 4th, Ohio State 5th, Oklahoma State 9th, Penn State 10th, Notre Dame 11th , Texas 12th , TCU 19th , Texas Tech 21st , Kansas State 44th , Baylor 47th , Pitt 51st , Marshall 91st , Kansas 110th , Akron 124th .
WVU will play SIX teams with the 21 toughest schedules. Including the Mountaineers, that's SEVEN Big 12 teams playing one of the 21st toughest schedules in the country BECAUSE THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE IS SO TOUGH!
Alabama has the toughest, Oklahoma 2nd, Iowa State 4th, Ohio State 5th, Oklahoma State 9th, Penn State 10th, Notre Dame 11th , Texas 12th , TCU 19th , Texas Tech 21st , Kansas State 44th , Baylor 47th , Pitt 51st , Marshall 91st , Kansas 110th , Akron 124th .
WVU will play SIX teams with the 21 toughest schedules. Including the Mountaineers, that's SEVEN Big 12 teams playing one of the 21st toughest schedules in the country BECAUSE THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE IS SO TOUGH!
Yeah the only FCS team on schedule to go with 11 P5 schools.
How's Marshall high school schedule doing?
What excuse would that be? SOS is an SOS. These rankings also change throughout the season depending on what teams will do.
Some people like to rain on people's hopes. Every fan thinks their team will be the national champion before the season opens. That's good. It's ALWAYS better to see the silver lining than the dark clouds. Those who do live 7.5 years longer, and happier, too. ***** and you die younger! ***** away and dig your own grave!
Nobody ever dies until it's their time and when the good Lord calls them. Your theory on living longer is full of holes.
All SEC West and Big 12 schools with tough schedules.
The level of the Big 12 is improving. This is why I think it could help Neal Brown eventually but also this year there is no reason to act like that man can't coach if he only wins 7 or 8 games.
The level of the Big 12 is improving. This is why I think it could help Neal Brown eventually but also this year there is no reason to act like that man can't coach if he only wins 7 or 8 games.
Homerism would be thinking your team will+should hit 8 wins on this roster... Curious, other then political reasons why do you not like Brown? Nobody wanted to see Vic go, but it would have hurt recruiting if he stayed, that much should be obvious. I personally find he is far more likeable as a person then DH, he's definitely more detail oriented, and from how hes building the roster eventually will not display the same exploitable weaknesses the previous staff consistently ignored or could not resolve.
Brown is consistently regarded as one of the top 10 coaches under 45, and top 30 or so in all of NCAAF. Which will probably continue to climb after he has time to build the **** show DH left behind. Brown had to coach the team he was given, one of the youngest teams in all of D1, not only young but due to lack of recruiting by the previous staff in the 2015-2017 years, not very talented either. He didnt inherit a trifecta of Geno, Bailey, & Austin... He got a QB who never started a game, was forced to get temporary fill-ins until his recruits have time to develop, a non-existent OL, Freshmen core of WR's, and 1 decent RB.
Going from the youngest and talent lacking teams in D1 to the level of improvement we saw in Year 2 is a miraculous coaching job by Brown. If Sam doesnt fumble and BIG12 Refs dont miss that endzone Pi we should have beat Texas & Texas Tech, not to mention the likely 1-2 wins that was canceled due to COVID. The offense has not been great, but my lord, look at what hes had to work with the past two years. Name one consistent playmaker, name a home-run threat, name a few All conference OL, or a dependable/consistent GO2.. Hes done a great job considering the talent & experience hes had... You can be pissed we lost to Texas & Texas Tech, but both of those teams whipped our *** in 2019. Considering Texas had one of the best rosters in all of D1, the fact it came down to the Refs, tells you Brown knows how to get more from less. Between the OL, QB, WR cant win 1vs1, WR drops, forced him to deploy simple & predictive concepts, he simply didnt have the talent to deploy.
Statistically WVU was one of the most improved teams in all of D1. If you say, "So what, thats because he sucked so bad his first year". I would invite you to look at DH's 3rd year, the season after he lost the Trifecta to the draft and had to start inexperienced offense..
No matter your political views, which we probably align on a few, recruits & players dont share them. If you want to be good, you have to attract talent to leave their home state and play in Morgantown, and cant afford to have a reputation that many youngsters feel represent CNN's best hyper partisan perspective of backwoods country folk with pitchforks & long ropes.. While I agree thats nonsensical, and totally illogical you have to put yourself in the best position to recruit the best talent possible. Keeping Vic, while it blowed to see him go, was absolutely impossible. Improving talent levels takes time(YEARS), getting true freshmen developed & experienced also takes time(YEARS). WVU has never been a program that can roll out on the field with 9 underclassmen on both sides of the ball and win games... Any expectation otherwise is not centered in reality.
Furthermore, its not homerism to support your coach, to do all you can to help our program succeed. To give him time to establish & build his vision, culture, & recruit specifically to the schemes he prefers to deploy, and give them time to develop(YEARS)... Its just going to be Year 3 of a 5 year process. If we dont see improvements year to year, and dont have a signature win(upsetting a higher ranked team) by the end of his 4th year, Ill be the first to join in on demanding tough questions be asked. Still though, Dabo & Rich Rod didnt win a major bowl game until their 5th year. Until then, lets do all we can to help our program succeed and display a little logic & patience and allow everything to properly unfold before logical data based opinions are formed. My point, you cant blame Brown for choosing whats best to attract talent. He and Vic was close, that was probably one of the toughest decisions Brown has made to date as a HC. A horrible situation, but absolutely required in order to mitigate the damage.
His trolling is very friggin weak. its embarassing to be in the human race with him...
The reason I asked is because I’ve been on this board since 2001 and I remember a lot. He pissed and cried over Rodriquez, Stewart, holgorsen, beilein, Huggy and now Brown. So basically any coach WVU has had.
never posted on this board when Rodriguez and Beilein were coach, Wrong again.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
Don't act like Brown can't coach if he doesn't win 7-8 games. But the former coach couldn't coach because he only won 7,8,10 games
Support the coach, not a bandwagon fan, yet railed against the former coach endlessly until he left and didn't support anything that staff or those teams did no matter if it was whipping Clemson or Beating Texas in Austin more than once. Only found negatives every time, all the time.
The BIG 12 is "terrible I tell you" when the previous staff won 7,8 or 10 games, then coming off the most down season in the BIG 12s history, when Brown could only muster 4 conference wins all at home ,"the BIG 12 is improving".
Up is down and down is up. Trump is good and good is bad. Must be the end of the world.
Don't act like Brown can't coach if he doesn't win 7-8 games. But the former coach couldn't coach because he only won 7,8,10 games
Support the coach, not a bandwagon fan, yet railed against the former coach endlessly until he left and didn't support anything that staff or those teams did no matter if it was whipping Clemson or Beating Texas in Austin more than once. Only found negatives every time, all the time.
The BIG 12 is "terrible I tell you" when the previous staff won 7,8 or 10 games, then coming off the most down season in the BIG 12s history, when Brown could only muster 4 conference wins all at home ,"the BIG 12 is improving".
Up is down and down is up. Trump is good and good is bad. Must be the end of the world.
3 Top 10 teams
4 Top 15 teams
5 Top 25 teams
The TX Tech game is a question mark
But the other 4 losses were to Top 15 teams...
Big 12 wasn't down last year.
Looks to be better in 2021
4 Top 15 teams
5 Top 25 teams
The TX Tech game is a question mark
But the other 4 losses were to Top 15 teams...
Big 12 wasn't down last year.
Looks to be better in 2021
It's simple for me. Coach or player if they wear WVU blue and gold then they are my guys or gals. When they leave I thank them for coming to WVU. Silver linings are much better than dark clouds, which eat away at your soul if you focus on them.
Did you even read the topic of this thread doofus? You're slipping further into the abyss.
"Doofus," huh? You mother obviously never washed your mouth out with soap. It started out about strength of schedule and degenerated into comparing WVU coaches and those who thrashed them. And you accuse ME of straying from the topic? Do you know the meaning of "doofus"? A simpleton. My 140+ genius IQ proves you wrong. All I was saying is that all this chatter about coaches and players during the off-season is meaningless and pointless. When they show up during the season then I'm all aboard for the coaches and players in WVU uniforms. What about "slipping further into the abyss" is that? By the way, you slip FARTHER into the abyss. Or any distance. Further is a progress of thought. My 43 years as a newspaper editor taught me to respect the minute distinctions in our language. I'll just wait till football season to see how happy my alma mater makes me.
Correction on your post Confused. Frustrated. Envious. You meant your 43 years of reading a newspaper not working at one. Surely even someone with a demonstrated IQ of 14 should get that. And yes doofus does indeed describe you. How's your miniature golf league doing?