In Sumlin's three years, the Cougars have ranked 100th, 111th and 103rd nationally in total defense. With quarterback Case Keenum returning for a sixth year after earning a medical hardship waiver and with two 1,000-yard receivers returning in Tyron Carrier and Patrick Edwards, the Cougars have an offense that could keep them in the BCS conversation.īut the defense is another story. There's no denying what drives Kevin Sumlin's team. But the question of who exactly will be under center come September could rage into the fall.Ĭ-USA: Will Houston find its footing defensively? Independents: Who will be Notre Dame's starting quarterback?Įxperience won't be an issue for Brian Kelly's second Irish team, which returns 17 starters, including a Biletnikoff Award candidate in wide receiver Michael Floyd and an All-America candidate in linebacker Manti Te'o.
Which brings us to the key spring question in each of the five non-AQ conferences this spring - and the key question facing the king of the Independents. That said, one more hurdle remains: breaking through the glass ceiling to claim the crystal football. It may have been a Cinderella story when Utah beat Pitt in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl or when Boise State dropped Oklahoma two years later, but the fairytale effect has worn off. Goliath talk to rest? It makes for great television when Brent Musburger says TCU won one "for the little guys everywhere" by beating Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl, but a team from outside the six power conferences has won a BCS game in five of the last seven years. But before we start diving into some of those pressing issues, a plea: Can we put the David vs.
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