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Opinion: C-USA West is clearly superior
Ronnie Woodward, Asst. Sports Editor
Issue date: 11/6/08 Section: Sports
"Defense wins championships," said ECU safety Van Eskridge. "I don't think it's any different in Conference USA. If the defense continues to play the way we've been playing, we should be fine because we know we have guys on the others side of the ball who are going to make plays eventually."
Coming into this week's games, four of the top five scoring offenses in C-USA belonged in the West. On the other end of the spectrum, four of the top five defenses belonged in the East.
Defense does win championships, but C-USA is the exception to that rule. The records of C-USA's teams indicate that the offenses usually win games. Heading into this week, four teams in the West had conference records above .500. On the other side, only ECU and Marshall were above .500.
For some reason, the conference's best offenses reside in the West and the conference's best defenses reside in the East. In the conference which has been won with offense lately, I'll take the West.
This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com
Coming into this week's games, four of the top five scoring offenses in C-USA belonged in the West. On the other end of the spectrum, four of the top five defenses belonged in the East.
Defense does win championships, but C-USA is the exception to that rule. The records of C-USA's teams indicate that the offenses usually win games. Heading into this week, four teams in the West had conference records above .500. On the other side, only ECU and Marshall were above .500.
For some reason, the conference's best offenses reside in the West and the conference's best defenses reside in the East. In the conference which has been won with offense lately, I'll take the West.
This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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Josh
posted 11/08/08 @ 10:35 PM EST
And let us not forget another thing we learned Saturday at the game. Mascots with huge grins on their face is NOT a good idea!
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