Found this article from April that predicts us only beating Howard, Akron and Illinois. Don't know if this has been posted before but I think it's surprising.
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I had read the article when it came out. I'm not quite as bullish about '24 as some here are but this is pure unadulterated noinsense.Found this article from April that predicts us only beating Howard, Akron and Illinois. Don't know if this has been posted before but I think it's surprising.
Is there nothing? A new QB and likely 2 new starting WR's along with an deeper position room. It seems to me we don't know how it will play out.We know we can put together a 7 minute, methodical 80 yard drive with the best running back in the league.
But we have not proven we can go yards in 2 minutes with no timeouts where we have to throw the ball…
We also have to keep our defense off the field so we aren’t drop dead tired in 4th quarter.
I don’t care how good our defense is, 3 and outs will wear it down and there’s nothing to combat it
I absolutely can.Can you imagine this board if we do go 3-9?
No there’s not nothing Knighty!Is there nothing? A new QB and likely 2 new starting WR's along with a deeper position room. It seems to me we don't know how it will play out.
But what if we score a lot of points to go 3-9.Can you imagine this board if we do go 3-9?
Who cares about predictions ? Good or bad they mean nothing. Too many on here celebrate or melt depending on someone’s prediction as if they have some magical power over our team.Found this article from April that predicts us only beating Howard, Akron and Illinois. Don't know if this has been posted before but I think it's surprising.
According to this, we're going to lose all five road games, all three games to West Coast teams, and lose to both Minnesota and Wisconsin at home. I find that hard to believe. But, as @RUbacker says, we shouldn't treat projections like this as having power.Found this article from April that predicts us only beating Howard, Akron and Illinois. Don't know if this has been posted before but I think it's surprising.
Can you imagine this board if we go 9-3?Can you imagine this board if we do go 3-9?
Agreed - that's how I view these sorts of things. I'm neither optimistic nor pessimistic. Just waiting to see what happens.We know we can put together a 7 minute, methodical 80 yard drive with the best running back in the league.
But we have not proven we can go 80 yards in 2 minutes with no timeouts where we have to throw the ball…
We also have to keep our defense off the field so we aren’t drop dead tired in 4th quarter.
I don’t care how good our defense is, 3 and outs will wear it down and there’s nothing to combat it.
Talent level rising, experience, and my man Al’s favorite quote, “I expect” all mean nothing… You have to prove it on the field.
Can you imagine this board if we do go 3-9?
Hm... I'm not so sure about that. I think people will be coming onto the forum just to argue about the QB change and complain about everything.It will be a ghost town before the end of the season if we are trending towards 3-9
I mean, that seems like way way waaaay too much risk for virtually no reward. But okay. 😀I would bet my left nut on the over on that shit all day
"It's just one of your balls, Smitty. You can live without it. That's why God gave you two."I mean, that seems like way way waaaay too much risk for virtually no reward. But okay. 😀
I'll add much more experience at almost every position except TE and CB.No there’s not nothing Knighty!
They have to prove it to themselves and us.
Everyone will know when the situation arises, we will either be confident or we won’t.
I'm gonna hang onto mine as long as possible, thanks. 🙂"It's just one of your balls, Smitty. You can live without it. That's why God gave you two."
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Last year about this time I was advising caution in expecting a bowl season and I thought 3-9 was entirely possible. And we had many close games where we came out on top.. where we easily came of come out on the wrong end.
Will that happen this season? No one knows. But I do feel comfortable saying that Schiano's coaching and player development system should prevent that. That is, everything I have seen said by coaches and players seems to indicate they work their asses off and demand a lot of themselves and each other. THAT alone should prevent 3-9.
Add in what I expect to be more consistent QB play and WR and passing improvements and I'd think we'd move toward those close wins becoming more comfortable wins rather than close losses.
I'd guess 6-6 to be the bottom end and 10-2 the top end.. but 12-0 sounds great. I mention the 6-6 because of NIL.. who knows what magic our opponents might be able to pull off with their moves. It is all a mystery until the games behind playing out.
If we go 12-0, the worst we could do is 12-2That's as ridiculous as 12-0.
We really don't what we have at QB. We will find out against VTech.We know we can put together a 7 minute, methodical 80 yard drive with the best running back in the league.
But we have not proven we can go 80 yards in 2 minutes with no timeouts where we have to throw the ball…
We also have to keep our defense off the field so we aren’t drop dead tired in 4th quarter.
I don’t care how good our defense is, 3 and outs will wear it down and there’s nothing to combat it.
Talent level rising, experience, and my man Al’s favorite quote, “I expect” all mean nothing… You have to prove it on the field.