#32 in Lindys pre-season

#51
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Did we boatrace them? I don’t think so. Omar Norman Lott doing something stupid was kinda baked in and not something you can say “well if this hadn’t happened” because it was about as certain as saying Cooper Mays was going to snap the ball at some point during the game.

That team wasn’t in the business of boatracing anyone. Their best wins weren’t boatraces, and some of their worst opponents weren’t boatraced.
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120 games against Kentucky and our average margin of victory is just over 9 points per game.

You certainly like the word boatrace, don't you.
 
#52
#52
WillisWG said:
120 games against Kentucky and our average margin of victory is just over 9 points per game.

You certainly like the word boatrace, don't you.
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Alabama averages 9 wins per season historically. I’m guessing you would say this was a vintage Alabama team then? Because, hey, they hit the average!

I used the word boat race because that was the word used in the post I responded to, that we would “boatrace” a bunch of top 25 teams.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Alabama averages 9 wins per season historically. I’m guessing you would say this was a vintage Alabama team then? Because, hey, they hit the average!

I used the word boat race because that was the word used in the post I responded to, that we would “boatrace” a bunch of top 25 teams.
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what you need to do is quit guessing what I might say and stay on topic which is your poor take on the Kentucky game since that's what we were discussing...you what never mind you're wasting my time
 
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WillisWG said:
what you need to do is quit guessing what I might say and stay on topic which is your poor take on the Kentucky game since that's what we were discussing...you what never mind you're wasting my time
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I used the Kentucky game as an example that we weren’t really able to dominate bad teams at home with two weeks to prepare, so the assertion that we would dominate a bunch of good teams was ridiculous. Then you brought up average win margins that weigh games from the 1800s the same as last year’s game.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
I used the Kentucky game as an example that we weren’t really able to dominate bad teams at home with two weeks to prepare, so the assertion that we would dominate a bunch of good teams was ridiculous. Then you brought up average win margins that weigh games from the 1800s the same as last year’s game.
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You are thicker than one of Butch's bricks. Again with the dominate, boatrace thingy, THE TOPIC is ONLY about your post on the Kentucky game nothing more. I replied to your post because you stated we LOST to Kentucky which of course was WRONG. Then you come back admitted your ERROR but say it should have read "nearly LOST to Kentucky" and said but you're right about the lead being only 3 with 5 minutes left in the game, while technically correct not to say we had the ball on their 6 and scored at 4:55 mark makes that comment disingenuous at best. Kentucky was never a threat after that score. so no we didn't "nearly lost to Kentucky". You are simply wrong.

regarding my comment on Omarr's facemask penalty on UK's 4th attempt in the 4th, I think it was pretty one way street of you to state "nearly lost to Kentucky" because the score was 3 with 5 to go then tio not consider my suggest the score could have been higher, if had not had that penalty. I could have easily used Gilbert's 3 FG attempts as the example but missed opportunities are all part of the game.
 
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We, like many others, have plenty questions in terms of how well the newer players will perform and how well the adjustments to our offense and defense work out. So I’m not that worried about preseason rankings. As others have pointed out, NC State was ranked in the preseason last year and they sucked.

It seems that either most teams have adjusted to our offensive scheme or we haven’t had the QB/receivers combination that we had in 2022 with Hooker and those receivers. I’m good with being a running team and leading the conference in rushing but 2022 was just magical. Hopefully we’ll have some new twists in the offense this year that will stress the opponent’s D.

Hopefully the defense will again be tough on the run. Stopping the run is fundamental to having a great D. And hopefully we can get more pressure in the backfield without having to blitz. Shutting down the run puts more pressure on the secondary since they get challenged more frequently but relying on blitzing to get pressure on the QB leaves the secondary even more challenged - especially against good teams (Ohio State and Georgia last year).
 
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lukeneyland said:
Some of them do. But not nearly as many as these half assed prognosticators like to pretend. Iowa is routinely overhyped we all saw first hand what a joke they are
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You can go back and check my comment history before that Iowa bowl. I had seen them play a couple of times that year, I knew we were going to whip their azz when others were sweating it. As I said above, more than half the teams in the preseason AP poll typically don't finish the season ranked.
 
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Bloodrunsorange27 said:
17th feels about right.
Questions at every position on the o-line. QB uncertainty. Play calling has been awful for past two seasons. Lost a lot on D-line and really didn't replace it.
This feels like an 8-4 team. Could play up to 9-3 or fall to 7-5.

If the o-line struggles and QB play is an issue, it could be a long year.
If the o-line gels and we get better than expected play for Aguilar (with better play calling), we could potentially go 9-3
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I’m worried that bad play calling is going to lead us to a 7-5 season, and it will be painted as
“Well they lost Nico”

Meanwhile UCLA will be a .500 team.

If Golesh were OC last season we would have played Texas in the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP and drew a better spot in the playoffs

And watching the spring game i saw much of the same predictable play calling.

We have 10 win talent but without Nico’s legs, our offense won’t stay on the field.
 
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LittleVol said:
I’m worried that bad play calling is going to lead us to a 7-5 season, and it will be painted as
“Well they lost Nico”

Meanwhile UCLA will be a .500 team.

If Golesh were OC last season we would have played Texas in the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP and drew a better spot in the playoffs

And watching the spring game i saw much of the same predictable play calling.

We have 10 win talent but without Nico’s legs, our offense won’t stay on the field.
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You act like Nico's legs won us some games last year when in reality it was the opposite. He had terrible pocket presence and was literally one of the worst starting QBs in the nation at taking sacks. App St had a truly horrid OL and yet Aguilar was very good at avoiding sacks. We will have a better QB this year.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
You can go back and check my comment history before that Iowa bowl. I had seen them play a couple of times that year, I knew we were going to whip their azz when others were sweating it. As I said above, more than half the teams in the preseason AP poll typically don't finish the season ranked.
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I don’t doubt it. But those are the very sort of team that Lindy’s loves to hype
 
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lukeneyland said:
#32 is laughable. We’d boat race many of the so called top 25 teams just through pure speed and roster talent. Last years NC State game was hilarious
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Unfortunately, it’s not laughable. In fact, I’d say #32 in being a bit generous. This team will be very similar to Heupel’s first team in ‘21. QB misevaluations & complete lack of movement in the transfer portal have gotten us here. Every other SEC team(at least the relevant ones), have aggressively pursued players in the portal while we’ve just sat on our hands for the most part. It’s baffling.
 
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