Casey T
Full Member
Now that we have a good idea of our 2016 roster, and with the season beginning in only 6.5 weeks (feels good to type), what's everyone's season prediction?
My guess is 10-2, followed closely by 9-3, but that is assuming we have decent QB play and our OL & CB play is at least average. I see us losing 2 games out of @WVU, @UT, OU, @baylol in no particular order.
I'm hoping Sawyer earns the starting nod, but will support Hill if he gets it. The good news is if Hill plays as well as he has shown to be capable of at aggy, we should have good enough production at qb to have an efficient offense. If he plays better after 2 more years of practice, or if sawyer plays better, then we're set.
At rb, I see hicks starting with green, sewo, and possibly Nixon backing him up and producing close to what aaron green provided us last year. We should be good at wr, with a bit of a drop off after losing our best ever, but plenty of depth to provide a top 3 wr unit in the B12. Hoping the OL can hold it together, and I think they can based on how our offense runs and considering we hoped to be at least mediocre going into 2014 with lots of question marks and ended up having great production that year.
D will be loaded, especially at DE and LB, followed by S. Hoping we have enough depth at CB and DT to be elite, but even if those positions are average, we'll still be top 3 in the B12 in overall defense.
Let's also remember that we always have at least 1 or 2 unexpected or new faces have an outstanding impact. I.e. turpin 2015, doctson/boykin 2014, fields 2013, verrett 2012...
10-2: 50%
9-3: 40%
8-4 or 11-1: 5% each
My guess is 10-2, followed closely by 9-3, but that is assuming we have decent QB play and our OL & CB play is at least average. I see us losing 2 games out of @WVU, @UT, OU, @baylol in no particular order.
I'm hoping Sawyer earns the starting nod, but will support Hill if he gets it. The good news is if Hill plays as well as he has shown to be capable of at aggy, we should have good enough production at qb to have an efficient offense. If he plays better after 2 more years of practice, or if sawyer plays better, then we're set.
At rb, I see hicks starting with green, sewo, and possibly Nixon backing him up and producing close to what aaron green provided us last year. We should be good at wr, with a bit of a drop off after losing our best ever, but plenty of depth to provide a top 3 wr unit in the B12. Hoping the OL can hold it together, and I think they can based on how our offense runs and considering we hoped to be at least mediocre going into 2014 with lots of question marks and ended up having great production that year.
D will be loaded, especially at DE and LB, followed by S. Hoping we have enough depth at CB and DT to be elite, but even if those positions are average, we'll still be top 3 in the B12 in overall defense.
Let's also remember that we always have at least 1 or 2 unexpected or new faces have an outstanding impact. I.e. turpin 2015, doctson/boykin 2014, fields 2013, verrett 2012...
10-2: 50%
9-3: 40%
8-4 or 11-1: 5% each