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Getting sick of all the spring microscope posts around here. It will sort itself out. So let's jump to the fall and my simple, and I think level headed, take on Manny's upcoming first season.
In any competitive sport, you lose *far* more often than you're beaten. What I mean by that is by just focusing on not making stupid mistakes instead of trying to get clever and outsmart your opponent, you'll go a long way. Most of your opponents will defeat themselves.
When we look at the CFB landscape, we can observe the following: To compete for championships you need a top 5 offense and defense. But if you have at least one side of the ball highly ranked, *as long as the other side is at least average*, you can beat most teams.
A great example of this is UM in 2017. Great defense, but very meh offense. Still, it did enough to almost lock up an undefeated reg season b4 that disgusting last game.
Jump forward a year, defense takes yet another step forward. Offense takes two steps back, can no longer ever pass as average. Catastrophy.
Assuming our D continues to dominate, if Enos can mask our defecencies enough to put together an average offense, I don't see an undefeated reg season as being at all unrealistic. Maybe something goes the other way and we lose 1. That's about all I'd be willing to accept.
Beating the big teams, in our case Clemson always waiting at the ACC, is when all cylinders need to be firing if you want even a chance to win. There can be no carrying in that game. That's a different order altogether, and I can't fault a new HC and new OC still picking up the pieces on that side for not getting there in the first year, especially with all the concern around the O line and lack of depth that will be exposed very quickly by any substantial injuries.
In any competitive sport, you lose *far* more often than you're beaten. What I mean by that is by just focusing on not making stupid mistakes instead of trying to get clever and outsmart your opponent, you'll go a long way. Most of your opponents will defeat themselves.
When we look at the CFB landscape, we can observe the following: To compete for championships you need a top 5 offense and defense. But if you have at least one side of the ball highly ranked, *as long as the other side is at least average*, you can beat most teams.
A great example of this is UM in 2017. Great defense, but very meh offense. Still, it did enough to almost lock up an undefeated reg season b4 that disgusting last game.
Jump forward a year, defense takes yet another step forward. Offense takes two steps back, can no longer ever pass as average. Catastrophy.
Assuming our D continues to dominate, if Enos can mask our defecencies enough to put together an average offense, I don't see an undefeated reg season as being at all unrealistic. Maybe something goes the other way and we lose 1. That's about all I'd be willing to accept.
Beating the big teams, in our case Clemson always waiting at the ACC, is when all cylinders need to be firing if you want even a chance to win. There can be no carrying in that game. That's a different order altogether, and I can't fault a new HC and new OC still picking up the pieces on that side for not getting there in the first year, especially with all the concern around the O line and lack of depth that will be exposed very quickly by any substantial injuries.
