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Originally Posted by
Coach34
of returning starters in football.
2009- Mullen takes over and the team goes 5-7
2010- Plenty of starters returning- Mullen improved to 9-4
2011- team loses linemen and key starters- falls back to 7-6
2012- team returns more than half of its starters- goes 8-5 with a bowl game loss
2013- loss of starters. Young team also has QB injuries
2014- 17 or 18 starters returned- team started the season undefeated and ranked #1 for a time
2015- lost 4/5 starters on the OL plus the starting TB. Went 9-4 with a bowl win
2016- lost QB and others- slipped back to 6-7 with a bowl win
2017- team had experience and improved to 9-4
2018- Coaching change kept this team from winning 10-plus. Team was loaded
2019- lost starters but should have still been pretty good- went 6-7
2020- transition and lost starters led to losing season
2021- team has starters returning and a year older- better record expected.
Thats how it works with almost all programs. It's actually abnormal for a team with lots of returning starters to be the same or worse than the season before. Shit- Clemson lost their QB and couldnt score a TD against against Georgia. Losing starters affects everyone not named Bama
Auburn returned tons of starters in 2017- including their whole OL. What they do? Won the West
Auburn lost lots of guys on the OL and offense in 2018- what they do? 5th in the West
LSU returned a ton in 2019- what they do? Won a Natty
LSU 2020 lost all those guys- returned only 2-3 starters. What they do? 5-5
Returning starters tell the tale more times than not
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