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Title: Double digit returning starters 2017
Post by: ALA2262 on May 19, 2017, 08:41:21 AM
Offense: Four teams return 10 starters, including the QB. Fresno State, Missouri, South Carolina, and TCU.

Defense: One team, Syracuse, returns all 11 starters. Two teams return 10. Georgia and Texas.
Title: Re: Double digit returning starters 2017
Post by: Drew4UTk on May 19, 2017, 09:19:01 AM
going against conventional wisdom, returners are 'subjective' at the very least in my humble opinion...

Syracuse returning all 11, for instance, would make it seem like their D will be stout... but I'm pretty sure I'd take at least 25 starting rosters (even if some had true freshmen on board) before choosing theirs. 

a few years ago my fella returned the entire O line from a dismal line the year before... it was touted to be a strength... they were only marginally better than the year before. 

that said, Texas and UGA returning 10 is likely a good/great thing for those teams, who have a lot of quality players on the bench that would start at 'cuse. 

TCU Mizzou and USCjr ought to be interesting returning the playmakers on O... a lot of folks are looking right past USCjr in the East, and Mizzou is a university in turmoil (off the field).   I want to like TCU... i wonder if they'll ever climb back where they were prior to Peterson?
Title: Re: Double digit returning starters 2017
Post by: ALA2262 on May 19, 2017, 09:53:10 AM
 I remember one year in which Vandy returned all 22 starters. Plus their P and PK. Problem was they played for Vandy the previous year.  :)
Title: Re: Double digit returning starters 2017
Post by: Drew4UTk on May 19, 2017, 09:54:24 AM
heheheheeeeee- yup!!! that's exactly what I mean!!! 
Title: Re: Double digit returning starters 2017
Post by: ALA2262 on May 19, 2017, 10:00:30 AM
You have Petersen and Patterson confused. Petersen was at Boise State and went to Washington. Patterson is still at TCU.
Title: Re: Double digit returning starters 2017
Post by: Drew4UTk on May 19, 2017, 10:09:46 AM
I dang sure do..... i do it every single time.