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8-4/9-3.

9-3 is contingent on us having:

1) Fully healthy and on point TVD.
2) Minimal injuries.
3) Young guys stepping up.
4) Some lucky bounces.

Since all of that is unlikely to happen, 8-4 is the most likely outcome.
 
GojiraCane said:
09/01/23 (W) 45-13 Miami (Ohio)
09/09/23 (W) 17-16 Texas A&M
09/14/23 (W) 52-10 Bethune Cookman
09/23/23 (W) 48-20 Temple
10/07/23 (W) 28-21 Georgia Tech
10/14/23 (L) 21-35 North Carolina
10/21/23 (L) 17-33 Clemson
10/28/23 (W) 24-21 Virginia
11/04/23 (W) 35-25 NC State
11/11/23 (L) 28-45 Florida State
11/18/23 (W) 28-27 Louisville
11/24/23 (W) 41-17 Boston College
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FL Cane said:
8-4/9-3.

9-3 is contingent on us having:

1) Fully healthy and on point TVD.
2) Minimal injuries.
3) Young guys stepping up.
4) Some lucky bounces.

Since all of that is unlikely to happen, 8-4 is the most likely outcome.
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I'm there with you. 8-4 or at best 9-3 is our most likely outcome.

I will say we have the ability to shock on the upside. But that's been true for years and the only season we delivered was Richt 2017.

My perfect storm is a TVD who is as good or better then the second half of 2020 combined with and fully heathy and fit Chaney, Restrepo, Harrell and Arroyo. We'll put up 35+ every game under that situation. And while there are still holes on the defense, Guidry is good enough and has enough weapons to keep opponents under 30 against everyone but Clemson. So 10-2 or even 11-1 is in the realm of possibility if ALL the breaks go our way. But it's a two-deviation type outcome.
 
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GojiraCane said:
09/01/23 (W) 45-13 Miami (Ohio)
09/09/23 (W) 17-16 Texas A&M
09/14/23 (W) 52-10 Bethune Cookman
09/23/23 (W) 48-20 Temple
10/07/23 (W) 28-21 Georgia Tech
10/14/23 (L) 21-35 North Carolina
10/21/23 (L) 17-33 Clemson
10/28/23 (W) 24-21 Virginia
11/04/23 (W) 35-25 NC State
11/11/23 (L) 28-45 Florida State
11/18/23 (W) 28-27 Louisville
11/24/23 (W) 41-17 Boston College
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reasonable.
 
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My thoughts:

Mario is a proven HC. 35-13 as HC at Oregon. He lost one home game in his Oregon tenure.

1.)TVD back in an offense he is comfortable with. Spring game 2023 looked much different offensively vs. spring game 2022. TVD had 289 yards passing with 3 TD's. Several plays of 20 yards or more, explosives.

2.)Rebuilt OL with 3 all conference players(Zion, Cohen, Lee). 2 five star freshman, and a returning true sophomore (Cooper) that got a lot of valuable experience.

3.)RB group with Better talent and depth

4.)WR group in in better shape with Young, George, Restrepo, Smith, Ladson, Ray Ray, Harrell.

5.)New DC that runs a defense better suited with our undersized personel. Exotic blitzes and formations. Steele is a good DC, but he works better with bigger DL for his more read/react scheme and less blitzing.

6.)PFF says we have a top 10 edge in Mesidor, a top 10 DT in Taylor, and the top safety in Kitchens. High level pieces to work off of.

7.)LB play should be best since Quarterman and Pink era.

2 teams that are better right now on our schedule is Clemson and FSU.

Texas A&M probably still has more talent position by position than us, but with their prehistoric offense we can win that game at home.

I think we finally overcome UNC this season. Maye struggled down the stretch, and that team lost entire secondary and best offensive weapon in Downs, and a very good OC in Longo.

I'm going 9-3.
 
gacaneaddict said:
My thoughts:

Mario is a proven HC. 35-13 as HC at Oregon. He lost one home game in his Oregon tenure.

1.)TVD back in an offense he is comfortable with. Spring game 2023 looked much different offensively vs. spring game 2022. TVD had 289 yards passing with 3 TD's. Several plays of 20 yards or more, explosives.

2.)Rebuilt OL with 3 all conference players(Zion, Cohen, Lee). 2 five star freshman, and a returning true sophomore (Cooper) that got a lot of valuable experience.

3.)RB group with Better talent and depth

4.)WR group in in better shape with Young, George, Restrepo, Smith, Ladson, Ray Ray, Harrell.

5.)New DC that runs a defense better suited with our undersized personel. Exotic blitzes and formations. Steele is a good DC, but he works better with bigger DL for his more read/react scheme and less blitzing.

6.)PFF says we have a top 10 edge in Mesidor, a top 10 DT in Taylor, and the top safety in Kitchens. High level pieces to work off of.

7.)LB play should be best since Quarterman and Pink era.

2 teams that are better right now on our schedule is Clemson and FSU.

Texas A&M probably still has more talent position by position than us, but with their prehistoric offense we can win that game at home.

I think we finally overcome UNC this season. Maye struggled down the stretch, and that team lost entire secondary and best offensive weapon in Downs, and a very good OC in Longo.

I'm going 9-3.
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I generally agree with all of this GA. But I don't understand why people are so confident in our LB play.

Francisco looked the part during Spring camp, but he wasn't lights out last season at Wash St, a mediocre team in a mediocre conference. Wes looks lost on half the plays. Chase is injured, Keontra has never lived up to expectations. Flagg is limited. Then we have a bunch of 18 year olds ... for 2.5 spots.

Even at the Striker/strong-nickel position, who do we really have? JW is better closer to the line, but he's not a thumper and has poor tackling form. I get the torn labrum issue heavily affected him. But even in HS, he never showed hit stick aspirations. So who goes there?

Net/net as long as Mauigoa stays health, I can see us having a decent MLB situation. But the OLBs are scary unproven or young.

p.s. As I wrote above, the offense could be dominant with a hot-handed TVD supported by a healthy Zion, Chaney, Harrell and Arroyo.
 
9-3 or 8-4. The new coordinators give me hope. We are still a couple classes away from putting it all together.
 
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