Game Week - Finally

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well it has been a long wait. Seems like it was 600 days ago we laid a turd in back to back games against Ole Miss and TT, but here we are. The third year iteration of the Leach system. I am not exactly sure what we are going to get this season. As mentioned before, I believe our season hinges on OL play once again as it almost always does with every team. I for one is tired. Tired of us entering the season with national media just really not paying attention to us. From SEC Network all the way through all the pickers out there, no love whatsoever. Picked damn near the last in the SEC, with only Vandy and Auburn there to break our fall. Well, we can all say that is bullshit, and we almost always do better than picked, but the proof is in the on the field WINS. Win, and all things will come. Lose, well you just proved them all correct.

Here is how I see the year.

1. We beat all of our non-conference foes. WE are better than all of them. We have the better roster. WE have the better coach. We are stronger, faster, and deeper than all of them combined. Time to start acting like it. We beat Memphis by 24. We are going to be able to name our score against the other 3. No respect is given here. We are better, we will execute, we will win, handily.

2. SEC wins - Auburn, LSU, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Ole Miss. Those are the games I am saying we win. Auburn is terrible and their coach will be fired before Halloween. Kentucky, well they lost their WR and their QB is not very good. We are better on both lines than their counterparts. We win this one by 10 at their place. Arkansas, surely in year 3 Leach can dial something up for 17s sake. LSU, we are better and they know it. We should have beat them last year but we will this year. First year head coach, coaching against Leach. We will score 2 tds just because they decided to run man to man against us, which I don't think anyone can successfully. At least not in the NCAA. Ole Miss, hopefully Leach can put it on them this year. This, of all the ones listed above, is probably our hardest game. No idea what they are going to be like. Maybe, they enter the game 5-6 on a 6 game losing streak, and we put the final dagger in them. Who knows?

3. GA and Bama - Both are tough. Mistake free football and we could get one of them. But they both excel at forcing mistakes.

4. Texas AM - We went into the Home of the 12th man and took their souls last year. We get them at home this year. Their QB does not scare me one bit. Kind of like Kellen Mond, just kind of a guy even Jimbo never trusted to win the game for them. I would like to think we handle business in this game, but it all depends on who comes out and takes charge. This game will be fun to see.

So 10-2 or 9-3. Time to stop being timid. Let's be ready to execute and attack. Hailstate.

[Maroonthirteen]

Hear, hear. Im not going to make any predictions. Im just so pumped this morning. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I can't wait to get there Saturday morning, get set up and see what we got Saturday night.

Hail State!
Whoop them tricks.

[dawgman15]

The Grind [ON] OFF

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Well it has been a long wait. Seems like it was 600 days ago we laid a turd in back to back games against Ole Miss and TT, but here we are. The third year iteration of the Leach system. I am not exactly sure what we are going to get this season. As mentioned before, I believe our season hinges on OL play once again as it almost always does with every team. I for one is tired. Tired of us entering the season with national media just really not paying attention to us. From SEC Network all the way through all the pickers out there, no love whatsoever. Picked damn near the last in the SEC, with only Vandy and Auburn there to break our fall. Well, we can all say that is bullshit, and we almost always do better than picked, but the proof is in the on the field WINS. Win, and all things will come. Lose, well you just proved them all correct.

Here is how I see the year.

1. We beat all of our non-conference foes. WE are better than all of them. We have the better roster. WE have the better coach. We are stronger, faster, and deeper than all of them combined. Time to start acting like it. We beat Memphis by 24. We are going to be able to name our score against the other 3. No respect is given here. We are better, we will execute, we will win, handily.

2. SEC wins - Auburn, LSU, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Ole Miss. Those are the games I am saying we win. Auburn is terrible and their coach will be fired before Halloween. Kentucky, well they lost their WR and their QB is not very good. We are better on both lines than their counterparts. We win this one by 10 at their place. Arkansas, surely in year 3 Leach can dial something up for 17s sake. LSU, we are better and they know it. We should have beat them last year but we will this year. First year head coach, coaching against Leach. We will score 2 tds just because they decided to run man to man against us, which I don't think anyone can successfully. At least not in the NCAA. Ole Miss, hopefully Leach can put it on them this year. This, of all the ones listed above, is probably our hardest game. No idea what they are going to be like. Maybe, they enter the game 5-6 on a 6 game losing streak, and we put the final dagger in them. Who knows?

3. GA and Bama - Both are tough. Mistake free football and we could get one of them. But they both excel at forcing mistakes.

4. Texas AM - We went into the Home of the 12th man and took their souls last year. We get them at home this year. Their QB does not scare me one bit. Kind of like Kellen Mond, just kind of a guy even Jimbo never trusted to win the game for them. I would like to think we handle business in this game, but it all depends on who comes out and takes charge. This game will be fun to see.

So 10-2 or 9-3. Time to stop being timid. Let's be ready to execute and attack. Hailstate.

So did I miss the news? Did Levis get a season ending injury and they are playing the backup QB? But I'm not scared of Kentucky.

[dawgman15]

So did I miss the news? Did Levis get a season ending injury and they are playing the backup QB? But I'm not scared of Kentucky.

No, but he lost his number 1 receiver responsible for 47% of his passing yards.

[thf24]

No, but he lost his number 1 receiver responsible for 47% of his passing yards.

And almost half of that 47%, over 600 yards, were after the catch. It's utterly mind-blowing what Robinson did for Levis last year, and despite him Levis' numbers were still mediocre.

Add in their #2 last year who's also gone, and that's nearly 70% of their passing yards they have to make up. I don't care who they brought in; unless it's another Robinson, it's going to be an uphill battle for Levis just to reach the same marks he did last year, let alone live up to the NFL hype.

[Lord McBuckethead]

So did I miss the news? Did Levis get a season ending injury and they are playing the backup QB? But I'm not scared of Kentucky.

Levis has a strong arm, but damn did he throw a bunch of picks last year. Also, most of his yards went after the catch to one guy. That dude is gone. Along with the 2nd guy too, I believe. He kind of remind me of that typical Penn State guy. Strong arm, cocky as hell, but the stat sheet looks bare.

[Saltydog]

UH, UK has a solid QB.....

[PikeDawg15]

UH, UK has a solid QB.....

Will Levis is the most ovverated Qb for no reason in college football.

[PikeDawg15]

9-3 with losses to bama, Georgia, and Texas A$M with a outside shot a NY6 bowl selection in one of the at large bowls like the cotton bowl .

Hail State!!!!!!

[BiscuitEater]

UH, UK has a solid QB.....

Who had 'how many' picks at DWS last year? 3 or 4? And our D should be better!

[confucius say]

UH, UK has a solid QB.....

Do they? I read he threw for 200 yards or more only one time vs sec opponents last year. And led the league in picks, despite being middle of the pack in attempts.

[Maroonthirteen]

I will say this. Everyone is chalking Memphis and AZ up as easy wins. However they won't be push overs.

I believe Memphis lost a good number of players. However they have the QB back as well as a WR and RB. Their defense is supposed to be weak but they got a few transfers from other small schools. So who knows. But I will say if we beat them by 24, that will be impressive.

Going to UofAZ, I agree with Robbie Faulk on this one. Arizona won't be a pushover. We should win. But they received a few transfers in to upgrade their roster. It's a long trip. Possibly an element of climate conditions that we aren't accustomed. It is a winnable game but will require some work.

[PikeDawg15]

I will say this. Everyone is chalking Memphis and AZ up as easy wins. However they won't be push overs.

I believe Memphis lost a good number of players. However they have the QB back as well as a WR and RB. Their defense is supposed to be weak but they got a few transfers from other small schools. So who knows. But I will say if we beat them by 24, that will be impressive.

Going to UofAZ, I agree with Robbie Faulk on this one. Arizona won't be a pushover. We should win. But they received a few transfers in to upgrade their roster. It's a long trip. Possibly an element of climate conditions that we aren't accustomed. It is a winnable game but will require some work.

If we lose to a arizona that went 1-11 last season, you can go ahead and prepare to fire mike leach because he isnt making a bowl game if that happens.

[Maroonthirteen]

If we lose to a arizona that went 1-11 last season, you can go ahead and prepare to fire mike leach because he isnt making a bowl game if that happens.

Oh I definitely think we start out 2-0. And we should. But.... winning big both games. I'm no so sure. If we do tilt the scoreboard in both games and the defense shows out. I like your 9-3 prediction.

[thf24]

Going to UofAZ, I agree with Robbie Faulk on this one. Arizona won't be a pushover. We should win. But they received a few transfers in to upgrade their roster. It's a long trip. Possibly an element of climate conditions that we aren't accustomed. It is a winnable game but will require some work.

Shouldn't be a factor as long as the training staff is on their game, 100 degrees in 35% humidity is an improvement over 90 in 75%. I'd be more worried about acclimating to the time change.

[Goldendawg]

I will say this. Everyone is chalking Memphis and AZ up as easy wins. However they won't be push overs.

I believe Memphis lost a good number of players. However they have the QB back as well as a WR and RB. Their defense is supposed to be weak but they got a few transfers from other small schools. So who knows. But I will say if we beat them by 24, that will be impressive.

Going to UofAZ, I agree with Robbie Faulk on this one. Arizona won't be a pushover. We should win. But they received a few transfers in to upgrade their roster. It's a long trip. Possibly an element of climate conditions that we aren't accustomed. It is a winnable game but will require some work.

Good grief! Arizona went 1-11 last year. If we don't win by a large margin, we are in for a horrible year!

[Jack Lambert]

What's the weather looking like Saturday? I need to plan accordingly.

[dawgman15]

At least Mike Leach has experience himself preparing for Arizona, maybe he can use what he learned in his years with WSU to mitigate any climate or altitude differences

[Catfish]

I think we go into Baton Rouge 2-0. If we win these two relatively easy I think we're 3-0 after LSU. Bowling Green easy win. If we can take down T A&M we're going to have a great season.