. Conference play begins immediately for the Golden Hurricane when they hit the road to take on East Carolina. Road games at Memphis and SMU make up their first three conference match-ups. Notre Dame has been added to the schedule for 2010 and will host Tulsa on October 30th. The West division of Conference USA will likely be decided November 13th at Houston. I love the offensive ability on this team, but their defense makes me a little weary. The defense will play well enough to reach at least 9 wins this season.