Yes! That needs to be fixed. How hard is it to have Sr/Covid jr
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Great input here.
My prediction has always been 7-5. 8-4 with this schedule will be a great job by the Pirate.
Will will set records, but he has to improve on his "big play" ability (to include not giving up sacks in crucial situations), if he does improve in that area, then we will be able to get 8 and possibly 9 wins.
I agree we will take a step back next year: too young in too many places. My over/under it 9. I will be disappointed with 7 wins and very, very happy with 11 (regular season). Coach is right about that much.
I believe our recruiting is going well enough EXCEPT for DL. If Pick goes pro we are going to have problems next year with depth. We recruited well enough last year ot be competitive, but need to do much better than this year appears to be going.
The DL recruiting for 2022 with Williams, Clayton, Dinkins and Russell looks really good. Yea they need time to develop but that’s a very good class. There’s always the portal to help fill in gaps like Charlton.
Agree completely. My preseason mag I?m looking at right now has Bama 1, Ga 3, tamu 4, Arkansas 16, Tennessee 23, Kentucky 24 , ole miss 26, Florida 34, Texas 38
......and Miss State coming in at #42
Yet we have calls on here to win 11 and anything less than 8-4 is a total failure.
I am as optimistic and fired up as anyone but something is not adding up here.
Games that Leach by some mythical power that be, got a loss awarded against a terrible team.
2021 - Memphis
2020 - 3-7 Arkansas
2019 - The UCLA game I mentioned prior
2018 - 5-7 USC when Wazzu went 11-2
2017 - 37-3 loss to Cal who went 2-7 in conference
2016 - Eastern Washington
2015 - Portland State
2014 - Nevada
2013 - The last year I would say that he didn't have a "WTF?" Loss
2012 - Loss to 1-11 Colorado
2009 - Worst loss is 6-7 A&M or 10-4 Houston. That team shouldn't have dropped either of those games but I'll give you its a stretch to call it "WTF?"
2008 - His best overall year. Bowl loss to Ole Miss was shameful.
2007 - Loss to 6-7 Colorado as a 9-4 team. More shameful given the prior year they lost to 2-10 Colorado 30-6.
2006 - Blowout Loss to 2-10 Colorado
2005 - Loss late to 4-7 Oklahoma State
2004 - Loss to New Mexico
I think this should make my point. 2008 and 2013 are the only two in that bunch that Leach didn't drop a game to either a G5/FCS or a team with a losing record.
It's just a rule of thumb and it does have merit whether we want it to or not.
The flip side of this is his wins / close loss against long odds
2021 - Kentucky, NC State, A&M take your pick
2020 - LSU, Georgia
2019 - 6-7 Wazzu lost by 2 @ #2 at time Oregon who went 11-2
2018 - 11-2 year so hard to say he won a game he shouldn't. So take your pick from ranked wins.
2017 - 11-3 #5 at time USC
2016 - 10-3 #15 at time Stanford (after dropping a freaking FCS game)
2015 - #18 at time UCLA or Oregon who ended up ranked at end of year (again after dropping an FCS game)
2014 - Wazzu went 3-9 with a win over 9-4 Utah
2013 - 6-7 with a win over ranked USC
2012 - 3-9 with win over 7-6 Washington
2009 - Blowout win over #15 10-4 Nebraska
2008 - Best year. Win over #1 Texsa was huge.
2007 - Win over #3 Oklahoma
2006 - Not much of a signature win but did play #5 Texsa close and lost by 4
2005 - They were just second best team in B12. If they don't lose the Okie Lite game, then they are looking at 10-1 and a BCS Bowl.
2004 - Win over #4 California
Preseason mags are wrong all the time. Look back to last year and see if they had Florida being as bad as they were and Orgeron getting fired. Where did they rank Auburn coming into the season last year?
https://sullyscollegefootballpage.co...%20items...%20
Lindy's had:
Fla #12 in preseason
A&M #6
LSU #16
Auburn #25
North Carolina at #9
How did those turn out last year?
Agree, and we should be ranked much higher. The reality is Arkansas, UK especially but also LSU and Ole Miss are pretty even with us and ranked by the whole country ahead of us. Can we beat all of them ? Definitely but going 3-1 against those four , winning the OOC games and getting beat by Alabama, Georgia and tamu... all top five teams.....should put us in the top 15 in the country. 8-4 would be a hell of a good year assuming a bowl win.
We are going to beat the dog shit out of Kentucky just like we did last year. they are the most overrated team in America and their place is not hard to win at. We just happened to show up in 20 with a brand new coach trying to install an air raid with no offseason, showed up in 18 with Joe 17'ing Moorhead, and in 16 with Peter Sirmon. When we don't suck we beat them to death on a yearly basis. they have beaten 1 MSU team that finished with a winning record THIS CENTURY. They aren't beating us this year.
y'all got me feeling wooly
I like your points ... in 2014 when we were #1 playing at their house it took a shoe string touch down saving tackle by Kenrick Market very late in the game to hang on for a win ... and lately the home team seems to win... I'm kinda like you in thinking we still take them this year even at their house but I wouldn't chalk it up as a guarantee by any means