Let's play "Happy/Content/Disappointed" for 2014.

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Originally Posted by drunkernhelldawg

Football is a game in which the team with less talent can and should sometimes win. It's past time for us to get some of those. In addition, we are closer to those teams in talent than we have been. Mullen has done a good jobb of building position by position. Everybody knows that we had the team that is playing for the big prize beat this past season. We are hitting a higher level of focus. Next season is one of our better opportunities. That's why we need to seize the moment

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I guess I misunderstood exactly what you were saying because I agree with all of this. We certainly can beat Alabama; that said, they still do have more talent than us. It isn't an excuse, it's just a fact. But we are improving and putting ourself in better and better position to take a run at the big boys.

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and not be content if if passes.

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But I'm not sure how you define 'content'. Are you saying we should be upset or consider it unacceptable if we don't win the SEC title next year? Because that would be crazy.

Or do you mean we should keep striving to do it and not just accept 'who we are'? Because I would agree with that.

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Originally Posted by theloungeinleft

Anything below 8 regular season wins will be disappointing, IMO.

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This is me

There's alot of shit that can go on during a season, but outside of losing Prescott for year in Game 2 or 3- we better win at least 8

Happy - any bowl better than Gator
Content - Gator
Disappointed - any bowl worse than Gator

I want to say "We did everything we could to maximize out chances to win" after every game.

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Originally Posted by smootness

I guess I misunderstood exactly what you were saying because I agree with all of this. We certainly can beat Alabama; that said, they still do have more talent than us. It isn't an excuse, it's just a fact. But we are improving and putting ourself in better and better position to take a run at the big boys.



But I'm not sure how you define 'content'. Are you saying we should be upset or consider it unacceptable if we don't win the SEC title next year? Because that would be crazy.

Or do you mean we should keep striving to do it and not just accept 'who we are'? Because I would agree with that.

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I imagine I'll be fine with Mullen if we don't reach the stars. I'm really pretty happy with what he's been doing. It's up to him to keep his passion for coaching our team up, but as long he does so, I'm liking what I see. I'm just saying it'll be ho-hum to me if we're not at least competing for Nashville in late November. We've been to Peach, Cotton, Gator. Even played for the SEC Championship. I feel this team has one of our best combination of elements ever, and we need to make it pay if we can.

The inability to make field goals in time of need will also be a huge disappointment.

10-3 Crazy pumped
9-4 Happy
8-5 okay
less than 8 is a big F-bomb

I'm more confident about the LSU game than I am Kentucky.. I don't what they lose this offseason, but they hung with us in Stark this year and are crootin' decently well. They'll need it big time. Ark will be solid and scrappy next year, but I think we take them. I'm confident in our defense against OM. No Johnny at A&M = win for us (and I'd like our chances with him too). Auburn returns a lot. We'll have to see on Bama, they lose a lot but they're Bama.

I've often thought talent level (recruiting) was 90% of the game. The remainder could be split between home field advantage, key matchups, coaching, and luck. After watching Mizzou all season, UCF against Baylor, and OU last night, I will have to rethink that 90%. Team chemistry plays a huge role.
With that said, I feel like next year's team may be able to go on an incredible run. I feel like we can win some of those unlikely games. I feel like this team can gel around Dak and BMac and build some momentum to have a very special season in 2014. Like always, can't wait for next season.

Happy- 11-2
Content- 10-3, 9-4
Dissappointed- 8-5

Regular season numbers (barring injury, etc):

Happy: 9+ wins
Content: 7-8 wins
Discontent: 7 wins + Egg Bowl loss
Disappointed: 6 wins even with an EB victory


I would like to think that, given the trajectory of the program in the last few years, we should consider 6 wins something of a floor. We've been building and improving continually, so anything less than 6 should be cause for some kind of shake-up.

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Originally Posted by DawgHouseUnited

Regular season numbers (barring injury, etc):

Happy: 9+ wins
Content: 7-8 wins
Discontent: 7 wins + Egg Bowl loss
Disappointed: 6 wins even with an EB victory


I would like to think that, given the trajectory of the program in the last few years, we should consider 6 wins something of a floor. We've been building and improving continually, so anything less than 6 should be cause for some kind of shake-up.

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Barring injury, if we finish with 6 wins, I'll be disgusted and 100% off the Mullen bandwagon. There is NO WAY, if healthy, that we should do that badly. We play:

Southern Miss
UAB
South Alabama
UT-Martin

to go along with:
UK
Vandy
Still rebuilding Arky
TAMU w/o JFF & Evans

Assuming we win all 4 cupcakes, how could we possible stomach a 2-6 SEC record?

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Originally Posted by blacklistedbully

Barring injury, if we finish with 6 wins, I'll be disgusted and 100% off the Mullen bandwagon. There is NO WAY, if healthy, that we should do that badly. We play:

Southern Miss
UAB
South Alabama
UT-Martin

to go along with:
UK
Vandy
Still rebuilding Arky
TAMU w/o JFF & Evans

Assuming we win all 4 cupcakes, how could we possible stomach a 2-6 SEC record?

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As I said, I would be disappointed with just 6 wins. Going forward, I expect a minimum of 6 wins year-in, year-out because of the way the program has been improving.

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Originally Posted by esplanade91

Happy - any bowl better than Gator
Content - Gator
Disappointed - any bowl worse than Gator

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This is my opinion well