RTC: MVC Race "Not Really Competitive"

[SubGod22]

I'd still be surprised if ISU isn't a top 4 team this year.

[GOSHOX1]

You are probably right, such a giant drop off from sCUm and us that they could end up in 4th still.

[RoyalShock]

Pretty much what I was thinking. The part that really baffles me is how this guy doesn't seem to know that Wichita State exists. The Shockers were ranked, all be it briefly.

I think the "brushed off three of the league’s best five teams" part is hilarious because he fails to mention that none of those is in the top two. Makes me that much more anxious for the 19th. We have some work to do before then, though.

Someone should let him know that one of those three teams was also beat by UNI - and by a larger margin than CU - by a team we clobbered by 25 without three of our starters.

Let's compare games:

WSU home vs. UNI (+25) against CU home vs. UE (+17) - Even
WSU at Drake against CU at Illinois St. - nod to CU
WSU at Bradley against CU home vs. Indiana St. - nod to WSU

I don't think WSU's loss at UT is any worse than CU losing at home by double-digits to Boise. RPI-wise WSU has the best non-conference win.

Injuries or not, I see nothing that makes CU appear clearly superior right now to WSU. I suppose an argument could be made that CU has five more top-100 OOC wins, but I would counter that with WSU having one more top-50 win. CU's only top-50 win was at home to Indiana State.

[KC Shox]

I'd like my chances a whole lot better against CU if we had CH and RB back. Alas, injuries happen and we have to roll with it. That said, I got no problem with his statement, a healthy CU, on paper, is better than our depleted team. But that's why they play the game.

[Ixiah]

If you look at the box scores Creighton is only playing 7 and their starters are getting a lot of minutes. Injuries, fatigue, and foul trouble can cost Creighton some wins during the season if they continue to do that.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

If you look at the box scores Creighton is only playing 7 and their starters are getting a lot of minutes.

But that clearly means they are superior. I mean, there is a reason bench players are "bench" players... AMIRITE

[ShockerFever]

Normally, that guy is pretty decent, tends to know his stuff, and tries to remain unbiased. Big time FAIL here.

On another level? REALLY? All of sCUm's awesome OOC schedule and great wins don't look so sexy anymore. Cal is not as good advertised. St. Joe's sucks. Wisconsin is down. Arizona State is horrible. What is that left with? Not much. They haven't really proven anything. Creighton hasn't beaten a ranked non-con opponent in 7 years. Counting Evansville and now an 0-3 Illinois State team as Top 5 teams makes him look even more credibility.

When was the last time sCUm has won a Valley regular season title outright? For a heavy favorite and a team playing at "another level", I guess 18-0 is in store. Wasn't last year a Sweet 16 type team too that was supposed to dispatch the Valley? What happened there?

Some of these BJ's are incredibly full of themselves.

[Shocker85]

There’s not a team in the MVC on Creighton’s level right now.

Hogwash ... or is it Jaywash?