Agree on the likely underwhelming WR position. However, the run game is going to open the pass, especially if the TEs are getting open and catching balls on the waggle and play action. That should leave the WRs wide open for chunk yardage. Last year we used the pass to open up the run. This should be a way different team if we execute correctly.
Agreed, they will have plenty of opportunities. I just don’t know if our WR can win 1 on 1 consistently and then catch the ball when they do.
Two things can be true at the same time. Last year's staff was awful and the team was a disaster in more ways than one. We were also just a few points away from a 10 win season (11 if we'd have also played & won a bowl game...imagine that). I think a lot of us are confusing the talent disparity between us and couple of the elite rosters (Bama, UGA, maybe OSU) with our ability to win 10+ games and the ACC, a feat which I think puts a CFP appearance within reach.
WR position will surprise some people. Don't forget Skinner ... was praised for his skill set ... he is light yet and will be frequently used on the outside as a WR ... kid is elite. Also Restrepo ... reliable and working hard. The JUCO has size and goes for the ball ... and I expect a couple of the other 4* highly recruited players to step up. AND RB's catching balls ... and those TE's. The passing game will be alive.
We won 7 games. Enough with the “we were basically a 10 win team. We were so close”and the “we were only a few points away from a 10 win season” like we lost. You act like we got cheated out of victories. That’s why we fired our coaching staff because of their inability to prepare our team. That’s why we brought in a bunch of portal players
The reality is if a certain kicker doesn't have a brain fart and a certain DB doesn't stand flat footed vs a team who shall remain nameless we win those two games. You could also argue that if we don't get the stop vs NC ST we lose that game, there's nothing wrong with discussing these things as it relates to the future success of the team.
Fair enough. But ignoring any and all context about the games and just looking at the final score doesn't do much in the way of analyzing how last year's performance might translate into this year (which, I believe, is the topic at hand). I'm no Bill Parcells, but I think a team can be "better" than their record.
I saw +150 to win the coastal as more value than 8.5 wins; if we go 9-3, we’re winning the Coastal more often than not imo (assuming an A&M loss in baked into the 3). Aka if we do go 9-3 or 10-2, I’d rather be holding +150 than -115 (and this has started moving to -145 on the over 8.5 in recent days).
Blake’s next job should have been at a Northeastern Division 3 school. Instead, he’s at ACC P5 member Boston College.
Manny's next HC job is in the CUSA
I love how people bring up that 4th and 14 excuse. We didn’t stop them because our coaches were terrible and our defense couldn’t make a play. In the Virginia game, people miss field goals all the time. It’s football. All of that is like saying that if Vanderbilt had too 5 recruiting classes, they would win the sec. It’s like saying that FSU would have gone 10-4 if their kicker didn’t miss that FG in 2002. Stop using excuses these “shoulda coulda woulda” excuses to justify our record. We went 7-5. Plain and simple
They were technically a 9 win team. Stop it. People miss field goals all the time and FSU converted on a 4th and long, as they took advantage of our defensive scheme. It's football
