Mullen Says the Starter is "Nick Williams"

[Todd4State]

I think we are going to miss the seniors on this team. When you add in the schedule in 2017, I'd slow down on next year being "the" year.

We should in theory have a QB by next year with one year of experience returning.

Malik Dear will be a junior and will be a force.

We WILL start Aeris Williams at worst at running back with the rest being some combination of Gibson, Lee, Murphy and maybe even Kylin Hill. We'll see as it is obviously too soon to know about Hill.

We will miss Ross and I have heard that Gray wants to go to the NFL if he can but we will see what kind of season he has first. We return Myles and Dear at worst and Couch will have a year under his belt. Probably Gray returns as well if I had to guess.

All of our TE's come back and should be better.

We lose Clayborn, Desper, and Senior but return Jenkins, Calhoun, and Rankin. The biggest need is at center and we really need at least one of the JUCO's to step in and really probably could use a JUCO center otherwise we're going with Moon.

We get Co-Lin's Dline plus we return Simmons, Adams, and Kobe Jones who were all four stars or better.

Green, Lewis, Jung, and Gray all return at linebacker even though we will miss Richie Brown.

Durr and Smokey will be back at corner with a year under their belt and then we will have Peters and McLaurin at safety if Bryant goes to the NFL after this year. If Bryant comes back our safeties will be even better plus we add Landrews.

Both of our kickers will be back and will be seniors. Some talented returners as well in Mixon and Thomas among others such as Dear.

We will always miss seniors every year. That's the nature of college football. But I see a LOT of talent coming back next year and a lot fewer questions than this year. Not to mention a lot of experience as well. The schedule will be fine- we should be 5-0 between OOC and Kentucky right off the bat assuming BYU leaves their officials at home.

[HancockCountyDog]

You only named three OL.

Out of the DL that you listed, I only feel confident about Simmons. Kobe will redshirt.

Losing an all sec WR will hurt. We can't field a bunch of 5'10" Wrs.

The Co-Lin DL talk is giving me Arizona Western flashbacks. Let's see them on the field first.

We have no idea what to expect from Durr or Smokey, neither has really played corner in the SEC.

As for the schedule, we swap out SC at home for UGA in Athens. We get Bama and LSU at home. We go to AU, A&M, ARK, as well.

It's a tough schedule. We will be relying on Jucos a ton. That almost never works in their first year.

That's why I think people are missing the boat this year, we are setup to have a nice season.

[Todd4State]

You only named three OL.

Out of the DL that you listed, I only feel confident about Simmons. Kobe will redshirt.

Losing an all sec WR will hurt. We can't field a bunch of 5'10" Wrs.

The Co-Lin DL talk is giving me Arizona Western flashbacks. Let's see them on the field first.

We have no idea what to expect from Durr or Smokey, neither has really played corner in the SEC.

As for the schedule, we swap out SC at home for UGA in Athens. We get Bama and LSU at home. We go to AU, A&M, ARK, as well.

It's a tough schedule. We will be relying on Jucos a ton. That almost never works in their first year.

That's why I think people are missing the boat this year, we are setup to have a nice season.

What year AREN'T there questions on the o-line? I said there were fewer questions next year and there will be.

Sweat played at Michigan State- he is already more qualified than any of the Arizona Western players based on that alone.

What are you talking about with the 5'10" WR's? Couch is 6'4" and Myles is 6'0". I'm fine with a slot receiver being under 6'0" tall.

We don't know how Durr and Smokey will do this year- but they are more athletic than Cleveland and Giles and will have a year under their belt this time next year.

Dan is always going to try to redshirt as many JUCO's as he can so I don't see us relying on JUCO's for the foreseeable future.

I actually like the schedule. Three winnable OOC games and out most difficult OOC game is in Starkville. Kentucky. Auburn is a train wreck and might have a new coach. Almost the same could be said for A&M. We'll see how Georgia does under Smart. LSU in Starkville without Fournette. Egg Bowl in Starkville in year one after IT part one comes to Oxford. Alabama in Starkville where our odds of winning have to be better than they are in Tuscaloosa even though yes we will probably lose.

Plus I'm talking about 2017 before 2016 even happens so some of those questions will be answered in the very near future. But I really like the talent on paper that we have.

[defiantdog]

I thought we stated weeks ago that Williams was going to start this game.

[lamont]

You only named three OL.

Out of the DL that you listed, I only feel confident about Simmons. Kobe will redshirt.

Losing an all sec WR will hurt. We can't field a bunch of 5'10" Wrs.

The Co-Lin DL talk is giving me Arizona Western flashbacks. Let's see them on the field first.

We have no idea what to expect from Durr or Smokey, neither has really played corner in the SEC.

As for the schedule, we swap out SC at home for UGA in Athens. We get Bama and LSU at home. We go to AU, A&M, ARK, as well.

It's a tough schedule. We will be relying on Jucos a ton. That almost never works in their first year.

That's why I think people are missing the boat this year, we are setup to have a nice season.

Our next 2 seasons are going to be rough

[HancockCountyDog]

Our next 2 seasons are going to be rough

I really think we can have a solid 8-4 type season this year. Next year I'm a little more concerned.

[Dawgfan77]

Think about this guy's. We were down to Williams.Greenlee,and nick Mullins in Jan of 13. Williams comments which opened the door for Mullins to get an offer from so miss. Greenleaf goes to Fresno where our former commitment chason Virgil is now the starting QB

[Johnson85]

I really think we can have a solid 8-4 type season this year. Next year I'm a little more concerned.

I think whatever we do this year we will likely match next year. We should be better next year and our easier games will be on the road, which I think will result in us being about the same. If we go 4-0 OOC and beat UK this year, we'll probably be good enough to do the same next year.

Then I think however many games we win out of Arkansas, Auburn, UM, and A&M will likely be the same next year. We do trade USCe for UGA, but again, hopefully we'll be better.