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BedfordFrog68

Active Member
Yep. We lost six one-score games; Iowa St was the only loss by more than 8, and that was a bit of an outlier. With a bit more efficiency on offense (a QB with a year of seasoning under his belt will help as will a WR coach that can actually coach WRs) and a few less mistakes... we aren't that far from 8-10 wins. Add in LHCGMFP's pattern of 10 wins immediately following losing seasons and five conference home games, and there is reason for hope in 2020.

That pattern of bouncing back was shredded this season....Not saying it won't happen but it's not as predictable as in the ages of yore....
 

dawg

Active Member
That pattern of bouncing back was shredded this season....Not saying it won't happen but it's not as predictable as in the ages of yore....

True, but technically 2018 wasn't a losing season. Finished 6-6, won the bowl game to get to 7-6, and, well, we all know what happened this year. By contrast, we finished 6-6 and then lost the bowl game in 2016, finishing below 500. The 10-win rebound promptly followed in 2017. Am I grasping onto straws? Totally. Is the rebound season as guaranteed as it was in years past? Perhaps not, but it's a long offseason. Gotta keep up hope somehow.
 

Mean Purple

Active Member
Aggie, Auburn and LSU ranked too high.
Clemson had freshmen, sophmores for about 80 of their 120 roster this year. They rotated quite a bit more on D line and Oline. Don't know if all those guys will declare, but they have been loading up. So can see them in the top 5. With the change on staff it will be interesting to see. Ohio State ranking seems reasonable. Same with Ducks. Will be interesting to see what UNC does. That qb is the real deal.
 

Froggish

Active Member
Wacky list...I doubt we are ranked by very many going into the year. OU, OSU, UT, and ISU will all be ranked a head of us.

With the return of Wallace and Chuba, OSU will be the favorite to reach the title game against OU. I believe they have every starter returning at the skill spots and 3 of 5 on the OL.
 

Eight

Member
Wacky list...I doubt we are ranked by very many going into the year. OU, OSU, UT, and ISU will all be ranked a head of us.

With the return of Wallace and Chuba, OSU will be the favorite to reach the title game against OU. I believe they have every starter returning at the skill spots and 3 of 5 on the OL.

you forgot they return 10 of the 11 starters on the defense that played in the bowl game
 

Bruce Berry

Active Member
We also have a favorable home schedule. Gary will get things turned around. Some of you guys will probably be upset though. If you can’t whine about things because we are winning you’ll whine about how crappy the wins are.

Just being reality based. Too many issues on offense and I don't expect Cumbie to suddenly get it.
 

Wexahu

Full Member
how the hell is michigan rank with the three beatings they had and boise gets smoked by a 7-5 udub team by 31 and they stay ranked?

What teams below them should be ranked higher and why? When these polls come out everyone brings up the teams that are overrated, but for every overrated team there has to be an underrated one. Nobody seems to mention those unless they are your team.

I bet if you look at the teams below Michigan and Boise you’ll see teams that never really beat anyone good or had a really bad loss of two themselves.
 
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