SU vs. "Directionals"

[SWC75]

We were all excited about beginning the season with three "directional" teams. It was a red carpet to 3-0! Except, we went 2-1. I decided to see how SU has done against "directional" teams over the years.

Ground rules: a "directional" is a state school, (sorry Northeastern, Northwestern and Western Reserve), whose name consists of a direction (East or Eastern, Central or Middle, etc.) and the name of the state. if the direction is part of the name of the sate, that doesn't count, (sorry North Carolina). I decided that "East Carolina" is really "East North Carolina" and included them.

10/22/88 East Carolina won 38-14
10/28/89 East Carolina won 18-16
10/12/91 East Carolina lost 20-23
9/5/92 East Carolina won 42-21
9/9/93 East Carolina won 41-22
9/24/94 East Carolina won 21-18
9/9/95 East Carolina lost 24-27
10/14/95 Eastern Michigan won 52-24
10/4/97 East Carolina won 56-0
9/11/99 Central Michigan won 47-7
9/23/00 East Carolina lost 17-34
9/8/01 Central Florida won 21-10
9/29/01 East Carolina won 44-30
11/2/02 Central Florida won 38-35
9/20/03 Central Florida won 38-14
11/12/05 South Florida lost 0-27
11/11/06 South Florida lost 10-27
11/10/07 South Florida lost 10-41
10/18/08 South Florida lost 13-45
10/3/09 South Florida lost 20-34
10/9/10 South Florida won 13-9
11/11/11 South Florida lost 17-37
10/27/12 South Florida won 37-36
9/12/14 Central Michigan won 40-3
9/19/15 Central Michigan won 30-27
10/10/15 South Florida lost 24-45
9/17/16 South Florida lost 20-45
9/1/17 Central Connecticut won 50-7
9/9/17 Middle Tennessee lost 23-30
9/16/17 Central Michigan won 41-17
TOTAL: 18-12 865- 725 (29-24 per game)

I guess “directional” schools are like mushrooms- you’ve got to pick the right one.

 

[MaxwellCuse]

Ohio messes this up a little bit since they have the habit (like the SUNYs) of naming their directionals after the cities they are located in. We've played a significant number of games over the years against teams like Toledo, Kent State, Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. Seems like we've lost far more often to those teams than we should. Not that I'm trying to get you to do any extra work, but I wonder if my impression is accurate or I've just been taking the MAC losses too much to heart?

 

[SWC75]

Ohio messes this up a little bit since they have the habit (like the SUNYs) of naming their directionals after the cities they are located in. We've played a significant number of games over the years against teams like Toledo, Kent State, Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. Seems like we've lost far more often to those teams than we should. Not that I'm trying to get you to do any extra work, but I wonder if my impression is accurate or I've just been taking the MAC losses too much to heart?

Those are not "directionals" but the SU media guide has our all-time record againat every team we've ever played. There's also this:
Basic Opponent-vs-Opponent Record

SU vs. the MAC:
Akron 2-1
Bowling Green 0-2
Buffalo 4-0
Kent State 2-1
Miami University 3-1
Ball State 1-0
Central Michigan 4-0
Eastern Michigan 1-0
Toledo 3-0
TOTAL: 20-5

That's not too bad, considering the two BG losses and the one to Kent State were back in the 70's and Akron and Miami came in the G-Rob era. (The Miami game, 14-17 was the week after the big Louisville upset.)

 

[MaxwellCuse]

Yeah, its those losses to Kent State and Bowling Green back in the 70s when I lived in Syracuse that are still driving me crazy. Good to know that we've really taken it to the MAC since I moved away, however.

 

[OrangeSky]

FWIW, I don't think that Central Florida is a "directional" school. Most people don't know it, but it is the largest university in the country. It is also an up and coming school becoming more competitive academically every year. I predict that they will be a Florida football powerhouse school challenging the other large Florida football powers within 10 years.

 

[SWC75]

FWIW, I don't think that Central Florida is a "directional" school. Most people don't know it, but it is the largest university in the country. It is also an up and coming school becoming more competitive academically every year. I predict that they will be a Florida football powerhouse school challenging the other large Florida football powers within 10 years.

That was predicted 10 years ago. They meet my definition of a "directional" school, as stated. When they are good, (and they are on kind of a roller-coaster ride), they would be one of the "bad mushrooms".

 

[Trueblue25]

South Florida owns us.

 

[SWC75]

South Florida owns us.

I'd like to own South Florida except I might have to rebuild some of it.