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OrangeAfroMan

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They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« on: September 13, 2021, 01:10:17 AM »
Who's better, who's worse than you thought on Sept 1?
Better:  OM, Arky
Worse:  A&M (injury)

Too early to tell:  Barn, Florida, MSU

The rest haven't surprised me.
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2021, 08:53:43 AM »
LSU obviously is worse than I thought.  I was not very high on A&M.  Is Tenn worse than I thought?  Not really.  Mizzou might be a bit worse, but I had them around UK and they lost close, no biggee.  I thought Arky was improving to pretty solid.

Florida may be an "up and down" team able to upset someone (I hope not) and then lose to "UK".
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2021, 09:17:52 AM »
I remain concerned about the running game at UGA.  That has been an issue for some time now.  I know opposing Ds try and stack the box etc., but they are effective at it.  We will have a game where the passing attack is inept and the running game gets stuffed.

Clemson already did that.
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2021, 11:42:22 AM »
If Ole Miss is a 10-2 team, then they're better than I would've assumed.  LSU appears worse than I assumed.

And Florida State is probably worse than I assumed, lolz.  
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2021, 12:09:16 PM »
The two teams I thought would underperform expectations were A&M and UNC.  I picked the upset with VT>UNC.

Florida is hard to asssess they depend so much on QB play and Mullen is a good coach with that.  UGA can't run.  Tenn stinks about like I expected, maybe they are a touch better.  I've been impressed with the coaching at UK.  MSU impressed me last year with that offense.
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2021, 12:31:16 AM »
Yeah, with UNC, i've just seen it too many times where the stud QB looks naked without his toys.  
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2021, 08:19:27 AM »
Yup, exactly so.
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2021, 04:15:37 AM »
Maybe Florida is better than we thought.  That being said, thee Gators are virtually guaranteed of coming out flat next week vs Tennessee.  I don't think the Vols are good enough for that to matter, but still.

Auburn put up a good fight, but as usual, there's really NO reason for teams to worry about their downfield passing. 

Other than that, the only 2 games that might change opinions of teams were MSU losing to Memphis and Kentucky eeking one out vs Chattanooga.  2 shit performances with no known reasons for them. 
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2021, 08:11:38 AM »
I would agree, Auburn and UF were better than I expected.
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« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2021, 08:27:51 AM »
Now, maybe the all knowing gurus will recognize the fact that this year's Bama team is not last year's team.
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2021, 09:54:59 AM »
Alabama won.  As expected.  I wouldn't be surprised if Nick intentionally let the game get a little close just to keep his team on its toes.  The man is an evil genius.
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Re: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2021, 10:49:38 AM »
Quote from: bamajoe on September 19, 2021, 08:27:51 AM
Now, maybe the all knowing gurus will recognize the fact that this year's Bama team is not last year's team.
They built a nice lead and starting whoofing.  The game was closer than it should have been really.

Florida is going to need more offense than QB runs though.
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« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2021, 01:18:59 PM »
The run was working all night.  I'm pissed that we passed so much in the first half.  
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And before any Tennessee fans come calling, that Pitt team ya'll lost to just lost to Western Michigan.
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« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2021, 01:31:26 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on September 19, 2021, 09:54:59 AM
Alabama won.  As expected.  I wouldn't be surprised if Nick intentionally let the game get a little close just to keep his team on its toes.  The man is an evil genius.

Maybe if Florida played great in the comeback....but no, for the Gators to play that imperfectly and still almost win....
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