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I'm actually really optimistic.



1 - the OL got some trial-by-fire, IN A WIN, that will only help them going forward.  They're green and that's the toughest front they'll face until LSU and possibly even until UGA.  We couldn't run well, but getting that experience vs legit dudes in a win is big.

2 - 2 of the turnovers were literally just given away, which is unlikely to happen again.  

3 - The tackling issues were there, but on the long TD, it was 2 CBs not making the play and on the passing TD, that was a backup safety in, because the better player was suspended for the game.  The back 7 will tighten up, especially after that showing.  They CAN, they just have to actually do it.

4 - We got the win in a sloppy, game.  Maybe it was a grade D performance, but we're 1-0 going into a cupcake game.  The offense will be able to run the plays how they're designed more freely and the OL will get to build on what they did by hopefully blowing some holes open.



If these players were static machines that always play the way they always play, I'd be freaking out.  But they're not, and they'll improve, and there will be an ebb-and-flow to the rest of the season.  Boy, I was jacked up at kickoff - I reeeeeally missed college football, as we all have.

the Cyclones play defense

Shutdown Fullcast's breakdown was outstanding

Shutdown Fullcast's breakdown was outstanding

What/who the hell is that?

I liked the old Pigskin Classic and Kickoff Classic games from the 90s/2000s that were basically what we had last Saturday with the Gators/Canes and Rainbows/Wildcats.  I believe Brutus mentioned it earlier, let's continue to have these Week 0 games, and refer to them as the Pigskin Classic and Kickoff Classic.

Oh, and while we're at it, go back to conference alignments and post-season from 1983.  Thanks in advance...

You're preaching to the choir most here would agree - but what you point out makes too much sense

Yeah, I'm not sure why all the columns im reading keep referring to Week 0 games as a new thing. I also remember the Kickoff and Pigskin Classics from old Giants Stadium.

Yeah, it expanded out to like 4-5 games by the turn of the century.  I think MSU hosted Colorado State once in one for no reason.

But yeah, for about a decade there was one on Saturday and one on Sunday, and both were generally decent game.  I remember attending the 1995 Michigan-Virginia one.  Miserable experience.  It was nearly 100 out, it was move in weekend on campus, mixed with a UM football game, you couldn't get anywhere.  The ending was fairly memorable though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXxHNTipjMc

I'm actually really optimistic.



1 - the OL got some trial-by-fire, IN A WIN, that will only help them going forward.  They're green and that's the toughest front they'll face until LSU and possibly even until UGA.  We couldn't run well, but getting that experience vs legit dudes in a win is big.

2 - 2 of the turnovers were literally just given away, which is unlikely to happen again. 

3 - The tackling issues were there, but on the long TD, it was 2 CBs not making the play and on the passing TD, that was a backup safety in, because the better player was suspended for the game.  The back 7 will tighten up, especially after that showing.  They CAN, they just have to actually do it.

4 - We got the win in a sloppy, game.  Maybe it was a grade D performance, but we're 1-0 going into a cupcake game.  The offense will be able to run the plays how they're designed more freely and the OL will get to build on what they did by hopefully blowing some holes open.



If these players were static machines that always play the way they always play, I'd be freaking out.  But they're not, and they'll improve, and there will be an ebb-and-flow to the rest of the season.  Boy, I was jacked up at kickoff - I reeeeeally missed college football, as we all have.

Yep, if I were a Florida fan I’d feel the exact same way.  Get the win anyway you can and try to improve from here.  A win is a win, especially in week 1 against a pretty good team.