Easily 11-1.
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Easily 11-1.
7 is our ceiling
We wont be very good on D in 2020.
I think we lose Kentucky, Bama, and LSU for sure. Kentucky will be at home and returns 16-17 starters.
NC State should be improved with all the starters they return and we play there. Toss-up
A&M likely beats us. They are better and return 17-18 starters
Mizzou returns 19 starters including 10 starters on a top 20 rated defense. New coach and new QB could be a good thing or take time. We dont know. Toss-up
Auburn's passing game will be better and the back end of their D should be good. They have trench questions and their recruiting will have to live up to the hype. Toss-up
We have alot of holes to fill on D and will be doing a 180 on offense. We were not good on D this year and lose most of our best players. Too many holes
At OM will be very exciting as we go for 3 in a row and Kiffin works to make them better.
Calling Kentucky Unwinnable is being a complete troll. We have beaten them about 9 of the past 11 years or so. They don't recruit well. They have a coach that wins about 7 games a year. We could lose on the road. It's not a forgone conclusion.
I would take 7-5 in a heartbeat. My hope is we are a little more competitive in the losses.
Kentucky has beaten us the last 2 games at their place and won more games than we have the last 4 years. They return 16-17 starters and will be pretty damn good in 2020. 2020 is our transition year. You guys acting like a team that has been 65% run the last 4 years and is going to suddenly transition to 65% pass with no problems are insane.
These kind of threads drive me nuts. Why even talk about this before a spring game. Some of you are already setting yourselves up for disappointment. Let this play out.
Kentucky has beaten us the last 2 games at their place? How does that matter at all? We have beaten them 9 of the past 11 years. We beat them by like 3 touchdowns with a freshman quarterback this year. They have been pretty damn good once in your lifetime and that was 2 years ago. They aren't going to be pretty damn good. They are going to be the same 7-5 in the bad sec east that that they have been since Mullen started whipping their ass a decade ago.put them in the sec West the last 4 years with MSU as a crossover opponent and stoops is not their coach any more.
It's impossible to base a team projection on just one side of the ball.
We still have too many unknowns. BUT given that offense I think the floor is 6 wins and the ceiling is 10. That's a lot of variability but it's because:
1. We don't know how quickly it will take our guys to adapt to Leach's offense. Personally I think we will adapt quickly. Getting Costello affects this some- the ceiling probably goes up with him.
2. Defensively I think we will be improved. We won't have to deal with Tutor Gate. The biggest question is still unofficially who our DC will be and how the JUCO's will adapt and if we add any grad transfers there.
3. Special teams will be better. This unit cost us at least one loss last year. We return good kickers and we added Ruiz to help with kickoffs. Brock is a huge upgrade over Jones.
4. S&C will be improved. This alone also cost us a game last year. I really think that we're going to be a lot better than people think because of this alone. S&C isn't just about getting stronger. It's about athleticism, injury prevention, flexibility, building speed and endurance. We really suffered with this last year big time. People like Errol Thompson are going to look like completely different players.
Actually all things considered- the fact that we were able to win six games with our culture issues, mass suspensions, and lack of S&C is a positive in that it means we have the raw talent to turn things around pretty quickly with changes. Which we obviously have made. Most teams with those issues end up like Arkansas. And that may have eventually happened with Moorhead if we allowed him to stay around long enough.
Ugh
I should've known that a win/loss thread would end up causing the same stupid debates.
I was hoping this thread would actually discuss the offensive depth chart. Whiff on my part
Our 4 year composite is higher than theirs by about 10 spots. Try again. Gotta love message boards. They play in the sec East. Comparing those 2 schedules is absolutely idiotic. We just beat them by 3 touchdowns with a guy that you could outcoach. Their quarterback who saved their mediocre coach also entered the draft. Thinking we have a good shot at beating Kentucky doesn't make me a homer.
We are going to win more than many skeptics like 34 think. Leach can beat you with his and can beat you with yours. We could not have landed a better guy and Leach knows the capabilities here and that's why he took the gig. The no bullshit genius is about to embark on a very memorable journey where his talent pool is no longer at such disadvantages he had in the past. I've never been so anxious for fall.