Miscellaneous 2023 Offseason Thread

[FearlessF]

[847badgerfan]

Nice list.

[Cincydawg]

SEC football win total projections revealed for 2023 season: Which teams are overrated or underrated? (247sports.com)

LSU 9.5
Bama 10
Tenn 9

Auburn 6.5
USCe 6
A&M 8.5

Arky 7
UF 5.5
UK 6.5

OM 7.5
MSU 6.5
Missou 6.5


UGA 11.5  
Vandy 3.5

[Cincydawg]

I think South Carolina could be a surprise team this year on the upside.  (Of course, expectations have risen on them after last season, so they could be a flop as well.  They do have a solid returning QB which often is a good sign.)

[Cincydawg]

Asked about the Horned Frogs and their run to the College Football Playoff National Championship during the question-and-answer part of his speaking engagement, Fisher made sure to point out what happened when they faced Georgia in the most lopsided national title game ever. 

"They stayed healthy," Fisher said with a laugh, according to GigEm247. "They had a lot of experience. They got to where they've got to get to. And then when they got to the SEC, it changed, didn't it? When they got to the SEC, it changed."  



I think when any HC starts making comments about other programs, he's on thin ice if it's not the usual coach speak.  What goes around ...

He really shouldn't be talking in my view about this until at least his team does something equivalent.  TCU made the NC game.

[Cincydawg]

Kirby Smart explains why he decided to publish book 'How 'Bout Them Dawgs!' - On3
Kirby Smart explains why he decided to publish book 'How 'Bout Them Dawgs!' - On3

I'm sure many Florida fans who are GMs of NFL teams might buy one ...

[FearlessF]

And then when they got to the SEC, it changed, didn't it? When they got to the SEC, it changed." 

it wasn't the SEC.  It was the best team in the nation.

TCU might have knocked off Auburn and A&M or hung half a hundred on Vandy

[FearlessF]

TCU went from 5-7 in 2021 to playing in the national championship last season. Although that leap is difficult for any team to replicate, a handful of college football teams are poised to rebound in '23. Under new head coach Hugh Freeze, Auburn should bounce back this fall, especially with a restocked roster from the transfer portal. Oklahoma had bad luck in close games (0-5) but returns quarterback Dillon Gabriel and one of the Big 12's top backfields. Texas A&M, Miami and Nebraska are three other teams that could take a big step forward in the win column after losing records last fall.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/5-college-football-teams-poised-to-rebound-in-2023

[utee94]

it wasn't the SEC.  It was the best team in the nation.

TCU might have knocked off Auburn and A&M or hung half a hundred on Vandy

Well, seeing as Appalachian State beat A&M, I don't think TCU would have had much trouble doing the same.

My question to Jimbo is, "did it change when Appalachian State got to the SEC?"

What a moronic blowhard that guy is. 

[medinabuckeye1]

I'm not sure that I correctly understand this, is it total for the season or out of the 12 scheduled games?

Looking specifically at Ohio State and Michigan at 10.5:

• If it is out of 12 that means 10-2 or 11-1 so really good.
• If it is a total it isn't nearly as good. Based on this one of the two would likely go to the B1GCG and each would go to at least one game beyond that so that is closer to 10-4, 11-4, or 11-3.

[FearlessF]

I'd guess 12 games

apparently they didn't want to guess on Rutgers

appears to me they feel that if the Hawkeyes can average 25.1 points that Brian will keep his job

[CatsbyAZ]

Offense looking up at Auburn. Landing former Michigan State QB Payton Thorne off the transfer portal. Who should provide much needed consistency at QB to go along with shoring up last year's unstable OL with three OL transfers. Hugh Freeze working the Portal.

[847badgerfan]

Well, seeing as Appalachian State beat A&M, I don't think TCU would have had much trouble doing the same.

My question to Jimbo is, "did it change when Appalachian State got to the SEC?"

What a moronic blowhard that guy is.

Third party smack from a coach is about as low as it gets.

[847badgerfan]

Whoever wrote this is batshit crazy.