The Non-S Conference

I've decided to do something a bit different. I'm creating my own college football conference. Nobody will care, except me, and even that is questionable. It will be a new conference of old teams, so technically it's not even totally new.

But I thought it would be fun to track an imaginary league consisting of the 12 teams whose names don't end in "s." You remember these, right? Of course you do. This was the subject of a world famous Illegal Procedure blog entry back in August. Click here to be reminded.

Here's my inaugural Non-S Conference Report...

Alabama (Crimson Tide) [8-0 overall, 5-0 in the SEC West] – Beat Tennessee in Knoxville, 29-9. Up next? A home game against Arkansas State.

Illinois (Fighting Illini) [4-4 overall, 2-3 in the Big Ten] – Lost at Wisconsin 27-17. Next up? A home game against Iowa.

Marshall (Thundering Herd) [3-4 overall, 2-1 in Conference USA] – In their last game on October 18th, they lost to UAB 23-21. This Tuesday, they host Houston.

Navy (Midshipmen) [5-3 overall, independent] —Beat SMU 34-7 in a game in which they didn’t attempt a single pass – the first time since 1997 that a Division I team went through an entire game without a pass. Next up? A home game against Temple.

Nevada (Wolfpack) [4-4, 2-2 in the WAC] – Lost at Hawaii 38-31. Next up? At Fresno State on November 7th.

NC State (Wolfpack) [2-6 overall, 0-4 in the Atlantic Division of the ACC] – Lost at Maryland 27-24. Next up? At Duke on November 8th.

North Texas (Mean Green) [0-8 overall, 0-4 in the Sunbelt Conference] – Lost to Troy 45-17. Next up? At Western Kentucky.

Notre Dame (Fighting Irish) [5-2 overall, independent] – Beat Washington 33-7. Next up? A home game against Pittsburgh.

Stanford (Cardinal) [4-4, 3-3 in the PAC 10] – Lost at UCLA 23-20 on October 18th. Next up? A home game against Washington State.

Syracuse (Orangemen) [1-6 overall, 0-3 in the Big East]– Lost at South Florida 45-13 on October 18th. Next up? A home game against Louisville.

Tulane (Green Wave) [2-5 overall, 1-3 in Conference USA] – Lost at home to Rice 42-17. Next up? At LSU.

Tulsa (Golden Hurricane) [7-4 overall, 4-0 in Conference USA] – Beat UTEP at home 77-35 on October 18th. Next up? UCF on October 26th.