Umm, so you think Illinois-Kentucky-USF are surprising, I present the BULLALO BULLS!

Fishhead · Oct 14, 2007

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=3>GO BULLS!

Mid-American Standings

</TD></TR><TR class=colhead align=middle><TD align=left>EAST</TD><TD>CONF. W-L</TD><TD>OVERALL W-L</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD align=left>Miami (OH)</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>4-3</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD align=left>Buffalo</TD><TD>3-1</TD><TD>3-4</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD align=left>Akron</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>3-4</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD align=left>Temple</TD><TD>2-2</TD><TD>2-5</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD align=left>Bowling Green</TD><TD>1-1</TD><TD>3-3</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD align=left>Ohio</TD><TD>1-2</TD><TD>3-4</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD align=left>Kent State</TD><TD>1-2</TD><TD>3-4</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

BUFFALO CURRENTLY STANDS AT 3-4 OVERALL AND THREE MORE WINS MAKES THEM BOWL ELIGIBLE!!!!

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Fishhead · Oct 14, 2007

Next Saturdays game will be nationally televised by ESPNU...........

Will proudly be wearing my UB BULLS hat and pulling for the upset.

Fishhead · Oct 14, 2007

Former NEB qb great TURNER GILL is perhaps turning the program around at Buffalo.

If he should somehow get this team into a bowl game, I would like to be the first to nominate him as the potential COACH OF THE YEAR!

Hell, if he wins just one more game this year he should be up for consideration.

In my mind, should the Bulls just so happen to win six games, this will be the biggest season long surprise in ALL of CFB this season............unless SOUTH FLORIDA runs the table that is.

Think about this, with their THREE wins this season, Buffalo has already had a successful season by their standards.

Fishhead · Oct 14, 2007

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align=middle colSpan=2>Mid-American Individual Leaders

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD style="WIDTH: 50%"><TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=2>QB Rating</TD></TR><TR class=colhead><TD align=right colSpan=2>RAT</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD>1. N. Davis Ball St</TD><TD align=right>145.45</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow><TD>2. T. Hiller W Michigan</TD><TD align=right>135.16</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD>3. D. LeFevour C Michigan</TD><TD align=right>133.39</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow><TD>4. D. Willy Buffalo</TD><TD align=right>132.44</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD>5. A. DiMichele Temple</TD><TD align=right>129.94</TD></TR><TR class=colhead><TD align=middle colSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD style="WIDTH: 50%"><TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=2>Rushing Yards</TD></TR><TR class=colhead><TD align=right colSpan=2>YDS</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD>1. E. Jarvis Kent St</TD><TD align=right>935</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow><TD>2. J. Anderson N Illinois</TD><TD align=right>868</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD>3. J. Parmele Toledo</TD><TD align=right>791</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow><TD>4. K. McRae Ohio</TD><TD align=right>680</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD>5. J. Starks Buffalo</TD><TD align=right>624</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

bellyputter · Oct 14, 2007

Turner Gill is going back to Nebraska.

Fishhead · Oct 14, 2007

bellyputter said:
Turner Gill is going back to Nebraska.

If successful here, your probably correct.

billsfan · Oct 14, 2007

Fishhead said:
Next Saturdays game will be nationally televised by ESPNU...........

Will proudly be wearing my UB BULLS hat and pulling for the upset.

GREAT THREAD!! Actually wanted to start it myself yesterday.....This MAC Conference is very underrated......I guess that means we are watching the Bulls next week (FINALLY)!!!!

arty:

cy1981 · Oct 14, 2007

Noticed on the bottom of the MAC standings is Kent State who beat Iowa State who beat Iowa. So you know what that means Fish, Iowa and Iowa State would both be on the bottom of the MAC.

billsfan · Oct 14, 2007

cy1981 said:
Noticed on the bottom of the MAC standings is Kent State who beat Iowa State who beat Iowa. So you know what that means Fish, Iowa and Iowa State would both be on the bottom of the MAC.

LOL....Good point cy1981......both conferences are pretty awful

Fishhead · Oct 14, 2007

cy1981 said:
Noticed on the bottom of the MAC standings is Kent State who beat Iowa State who beat Iowa. So you know what that means Fish, Iowa and Iowa State would both be on the bottom of the MAC.

AGREE.....throw them all in a hat.

I had a poster yesterday debating with me that Illinios was a top 25 team............when the facts are they would be an underdog to at VERY LEAST, NINE TEAMS FROM THE SEC ALONE..........and only slight favs over Miss St., Vandy, and Ole Miss. Could this change as the season progresses, yes. But right now they would be a dog to nine teams on a neutral field..............and this team is contending for the Big Ten crown(supposedly)?

Miss St, Vandy, and Ole Miss fit the mold of the Big Ten teams from 3rd through 9th...........throw them all in a hat.

cy1981 · Oct 14, 2007

Fishhead said:
AGREE.....throw them all in a hat.

I had a poster yesterday debating with me that Illinios was a top 25 team............when the facts are they would be an underdog to at VERY LEAST, NINE TEAMS FROM THE SEC ALONE..........and only slight favs over Miss St., Vandy, and Ole Miss. Could this change as the season progresses, yes. But right now they would be a dog to nine teams on a neutral field..............and this team is contending for the Big Ten crown(supposedly)?

Miss St, Vandy, and Ole Miss fit the mold of the Big Ten teams from 3rd through 9th...........throw them all in a hat.

Betting lines are the true measure of a team's worth. They should throw away all the polls and the BCS bullshit and let the bettors decide the top 8 teams.

FairWarning · Oct 14, 2007

Thanks to Billsfan for getting me on the Bulls the last couple of weeks.

hm2.0 · Oct 14, 2007

Buffalo has been a surprise. It's not quite as easy to move from the outhouse to the penthouse in the MAC as in the Sun Belt...but let's not make too much out of it just yet. The Bulls have beaten Toledo, Ohio (def. is pathetic this yr.) and Temple...inexplicably routed them, much to my chagrin.

Props go to HC Gill though, and yeh, he may not be at UB for much longer.

prodigy · Oct 14, 2007

there are no words to describe how bad the mac is this year from top to bottom. ive been capping this conf for years and its the worst in recent memory all around. but this is a well timed post by fish because buffalo is starting to resemble a legitimate college football program.

theyre still really young on defense and look lost from time to time on that side of the ball.

but they have some of the most underrated backs in the non-bcs conferences.

starks and henry are two very solid weapons in the backfield.

and all turner gill-coached teams are going to pride themseves in running the football.

i think 50% of their success is because the mac is absolutely horrible this year (toledo started a 3rd string true freshman QB yesterday)

but there is definitely something to be said for a good portion of their success coming from the foundation and coaching that gill has brought to the program.

they have a legitimate shot to beat syracuse next week. doesnt sound like much, but it would be a huge step in the right direction for them.

prodigy · Oct 14, 2007

the one reason im a little hesitant to consider this team legit is because in their trip to muncie to face one of the few decent teams in the conference (ball state) they got their doors blown off.

week to week, you never know what youre going to get with the bulls. but their offensive backfield is very nice. as much as id like to say they cant win big mac games because their defense will fail them, i cant because .... well, NOBODY plays defense in the mac this year.

Fishhead · Oct 27, 2007

BUFFALO takes AKRON to the woodshed!!!

BUFFALO now with four wins on the season and still bowl eligible........................

Forget USF, this will be the feel good story of the year in CFB if Buffalo can somehow scratch their way into a bowl game.

BULLS

lander · Oct 27, 2007

Good news - they control their own destiny. Bad news - so do BG and Mia-Ohio, both figure to spank the Bulls.

bellyputter · Oct 27, 2007

They lost to Baylor!

Fishhead · Oct 27, 2007

lander said:
Good news - they control their own destiny. Bad news - so do BG and Mia-Ohio, both figure to spank the Bulls.

Not to sure about that..........

billsfan · Oct 27, 2007

Bulls very impressive this year.....loved the under today, and cashed very easily....thanks for the support -FH-.......looks like we may be going to an UB bowl game this year!