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EastAthens

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Can we talk about football?
« on: July 20, 2022, 09:34:51 AM »
If Ohio State gets their linebackers straightened out they will be impossible to beat. Their offense seems unstoppable.

If Alabama gets their offensive line straightened out they will be impossible to beat.  Gibbs is my early Heisman choice.

Penn State and Mississippi State will be way better than people  think.

Clemson's defense will be simply spectacular.

Miami seems to be back which should be scary for everybody. 

Stetson Bennett is going to show the f out this year.
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2022, 09:44:56 AM »
FOOTBAL? Is that within the guidelines of the Forum Charter?
Damn I swear this is the longest off-season somebody screwing with the sands of time
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2022, 09:53:19 AM »
Quote from: EastAthens on July 20, 2022, 09:34:51 AM
Clemson's defense will be simply spectacular.

Miami seems to be back which should be scary for everybody. 

former longtime defensive coordinator, Brent Venables, is now at Oklahoma

and folks have been bullish on the Canes before
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2022, 09:53:30 AM »
My team on the upside is UCLA, as mentioned before.  A lot of teams are complete mysteries to me, probably a 4-5 game swing possible, Florida, Clemson, A&M, Texas, USC, Eastern Michigan, ... LSU, Ole Miss, ...  
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2022, 10:34:47 AM »
Utah is going to repeat as Pac 12 champs, while USC will only win 8 games.

Texas isn't going to contend in the Big XII.   Hard to say whether Baylor, Oklahoma or Okie State wins it, but not Texas.  Kansas wins 6 games.

SEC will be nice and boring with Georgia vs. Alabama in a possibly undefeated matchup.  Both teams make the playoffs of course.  Vanderbilt will be the class of the conference in a few years, at least according to their coach.

In the Big Ten, we'll have Ohio State vs. Purdue in Indy.  Maryland and Illinois go bowling.  Nebraska is Nebraska again with 7 or more losses.

ACC will probably see Clemson win it, but they'll lose a game or two along the way.

Cincinnati and Michigan State go back to 7 or 8 wins, after great seasons in 2022.

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2022, 10:44:00 AM »
so basically, nothing changes from last season

that's going out on a limb, because that never happens from one season to the next
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2022, 11:09:37 AM »
Quote from: EastAthens on July 20, 2022, 09:34:51 AM
If Ohio State gets their linebackers straightened out they will be impossible to beat. Their offense seems unstoppable.

If Alabama gets their offensive line straightened out they will be impossible to beat.  Gibbs is my early Heisman choice.

Penn State and Mississippi State will be way better than people  think.

Clemson's defense will be simply spectacular.

Miami seems to be back which should be scary for everybody. 

Stetson Bennett is going to show the f out this year.
With OSU- it is all about the scheme. 

they were incredibly basic and predictable under Coombs- it was easy for Oregon and UM to isolate LBs and outnumber them at the point of attack- - or, to put them in decisions where you could make them wrong easily. 

I would suggest they have several excellent LBs. We will see how much Knowles can get done in year 1- but it is NOT a question of talent.

If he makes good progress- they will be a decent team and a tough out. 
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2022, 11:18:37 AM »
Usually, about three teams in the preseason ranked 3-10 drop fairly far, like to 8-5ish.  The top three teams rarely have poor seasons, they usually finish top ten.  Obviously, 4-5-6 teams below 25 will end up doing pretty good, finishing top 20ish.

Somebody will get an injury bug.  I see USc and Texas in some top tens, meh.  Helmet.  LSU is interesting.  Look at the talent rankings, that usually tells much of the story.  Who had the top ranked talent last year?
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2022, 12:02:05 PM »
Michigan was a glaring one last year.  The talent said they would contend, but we were all skeptical.  Again, it looks like they have the talent of a top 5-10 team.  I think they'll be right there again this year, but hoping the Game goes to the Buckeyes this time.
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2022, 12:12:55 PM »
Yup, and they did, while Texas has talent and didn't.

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2022, 12:19:26 PM »
Michigan motivated the head coach with a contract redo and a stern warning

I'm hoping the same strategy might work on Scott Frost
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2022, 12:30:40 PM »
I did like the hire of Whipple from Pittsburgh to be the OC.  And then Casey Thompson will bring some more stability as well.  I'm just stuck in believe it when I see it mode with Nebraska.  I guess I was with Michigan last year, so let's see if I'm wrong again here.
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2022, 12:46:57 PM »
fingers crossed
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2022, 12:54:15 PM »
Nebbie is a good pick to do better than expected I think mostly because they had so many close losses last year.  Teams like that often regress to the mean.

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