AAC Week Two Review

Another week is in the books for the 2015 college football season with the American Athletic Conference going 6-5 with only one conference game (Temple-Cincinnati) taking place. Let's take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of week two AAC football.





Week Two Scoreboard:

• Florida State 34, South Florida 14
• Houston 34, Louisville 31
• Connecticut 22, Army 17
• Georgia Tech 65, Tulane 10
• Florida 31, East Carolina 24
• Memphis 55, Kansas 23
• SMU 31, North Texas 13
• Temple 34, Cincinnati 26
• Tulsa 40, New Mexico 21
• Stanford 31, UCF 7

Who/What Looked Good:

• Temple's Run Game: The Owls rushed for a TOTAL of 1,293 yards as a team in 2014 with Jahad Thomas rushing 80 times for 384 yards and no touchdowns. The Owls have already rushed for 364 yards in two game with Thomas (55/328/3TD) already close to surpassing his numbers from last season.
• Greg Ward Jr.: It's time to finally stop calling him a converted wide receiver. Ward is a dual threat quarterback that threw for 236 yards and rushed for 98 yards. Ward made several huge plays down the stretch in a game-winning fourth quarter drive.
• Memphis Dominates: For those smart enough to take Memphis versus the line, it was like taking candy from a baby. Paxton Lynch threw for 354 yards with the TIgers rolling up 651 yards of total offense in the win. 
• Tulsa Wide Receivers: Everyone knew of Keyarris Garrett and Keevan Lucas heading into the game but Joshua Atkinson (3/119/1TD) stole the show in his three catches versus New Mexico. The trio accounted for 14 catches and 186 yards in the game.

Who/What Looked Bad:

• UCF's Defense: The Knights had high hopes going into this season, but now sit at 0-2 with some of the blame going to the vaunted defense. Stanford, a team that struggled to look like an FBS level football team in week one, looked like world beaters in racking up 491 yards and a career-high 341 in the air from Kevin Hogan.
• Cincinnati's Turnovers: The Bearcats outgained Temple by 250+ yards and had 21 more first downs but lost 34-26. Why is that? Five Bearcats turnovers is the reason for the loss. YOu cannot beat a team like Temple with those mistakes. 

Week Three Schedule:

• South Florida at Maryland
• Connecticut at Missouri
• Tulsa at Oklahoma
• Temple at Massachusetts
• Memphis at Bowling Green
• Cincinnati at Miami (OH)
• East Carolina at Navy
• Furman at UCF
• SMU at TCU
• Maine at Tulane