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  1. 17 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    going to guess the rotation is 6 to start the season and it will finish around 4 by the end. 

     

    2 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    That is the real question. I would guess Moore is the most likely. There will likely be some time missed for injuries in the group. I would bet on Wingo play time increasing as the season progresses. 

    Outside of injuries, I don't get the logic here. If you have 6 starting caliber receivers, why would you not continue to rotate them and keep everyone fresh and productive? 

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  2. 18 hours ago, immamac said:

    I'm gonna laugh when sydir finishes the year with 5+ sacks. 

    He’s more likely to wind up as a sack of goo, watching Spongebob reruns from his mom’s couch in New Jersey by the time the season is finished than with 5 sacks on a football field. How high did you get before visiting the practice on Saturday night? 

    16 hours ago, Vito Andolini said:

    Despite Gaskamp Award notions for Juan and despite all indications he’s a great guy, I find it hard to believe he’ll have a bigger impact than Niblack. Unless Niblack is considered more of an H-back.

    immamac is prone to fits of absurd hyperbole. The post you’re responding to appears to be another example. 

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  3. 1 hour ago, Tylerocks said:

    I've never been, but I have a friend that swears their wings are some of the best restaurtant wings out there.

    I worked there during college. I’ve always thought their wings were about as straightforward and terrific as you can find. 

    Outside of their steaks, most of their food is still damned good in my opinion. Hell, their prime rib is still just fine too. 

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  4. 1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

    The Aggies are believing a much improved defense will boost them in competition. I'm unclear on a few things after the fog of the off-season.

    Wasn't the A&M defense good last year? How much better could it get to make any kind of material difference?

    I've read here that their first string talent is good to excellent on defense. Now I'm recalling what a star Edgerrin Cooper was last year. He's arguably the best linebacker I noticed playing for anybody all season.

    What do they have or whom have they recruited to fill that gap? I recall their linebacker depth chart was pitiful when the season ended. I just checked 247 and see they has two LB (one seemingly very good) committed and on campus. Three LBs transferred in. One from Pitt, a possibly toxic guy from Florida, and a smiling fellow from Youngstown state.

    I didn't intend to write this long when I started, but at least I've done some leg work. I'm thinking their linebacker corps drops in quality with so many new guys and questions. I don't see their defense improving.

    Is this correct?

    If so, everything is reliant on their OL to improve, correct? I think all of their QBs looked good last year, but they won't be enough.

    How far off am I?

     

    The strength of their team, on paper, is their front on defense. They have talent at DT and talent and depth at DE. I wouldn’t expect that group to get pushed around a ton. Oddly, they weren’t great against the run last year, but they have another year of maturation and some of the bitchy play from Nolan won’t be missed. 

    At LB, they’re in the process of lionizing York as some sort of mythical creature. He played a lot as an undersized freshman and called the defense. He’s the best LB they have. The Scooby guy from Florida gets mentioned because SEC but UF packed his bags for him. He’s yet to live up to expectations. 

    Outside of Anderson, their secondary projects to be dogshit. We’ll see, of course. 

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  5. I like NC State to beat Tennessee. I think Iamaleava is severely overrated heading into this season, as are the Tenn WRs. 

    Va Tech absolutely has the schedule to win the conference or play for it in the championship. They also have a QB to boot. Should be interesting watching them. They don't face an FCS opponent, but they face a really weak non-con with: @ Vandy, Marshall, @ Old Dominion, Rutgers. They miss FSU, SMU, NC State, UNC, and Louisville with their only real underdog games looking like @ Miami and Clemson. 

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  6. 17 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

    You know it, I know it, everyone but Jonah knows it.

    So we are recruiting him as a safety and possibly driving off a legitimate safety, hoping that Jonah doesn't play MLB and doesn't end up at LB.

    I don't think that's fully accurate regarding Tilmon. They're not pushing him away. He seems to regard Utah as the better fit. 

    Utah is a funny school in terms of the way they recruit. A lot of guys they land have bigger brand options and still choose to go there and often stick. Not always, of course, but it seems like that's the case more often than not. I do like that Texas and Utah are on some of the same guys. Utah evaluates really well, in my opinion.

    As to Jonah Williams, I have made my arguments for why I think he's a candidate to be a bust or non-entity in college. He's going to ultimately be a LB if he'll let himself grow out. Many people think he could be an excellent LB. That's what drove his early rankings. He comes back later and tells the services and the coaches that he's a safety and that won't be changing. He's also not in love with football. And he's an MLB risk. 

    So there are a lot of red flags there. If he doesn't cost a program a ton of money (but he probably will), he's a quality lottery ticket. He will boost hype and rankings of the class, which helps the overall class, and he could well wind up spinning to the right position and discovering that he can make millions there. There are worse takes with that in mind. 

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  7. I think Florida would have to go 9-3 to get in, and the losses would need to be of the quality variety. They're not putting an 8-4 team into the playoffs in year 1, particularly from the SEC. The optics on that would be horrendous. 

    24 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

    One team to mention- Memphis is a more talented Liberty this year and they play Florida State. If they go 11-1 I hope they get in over Liberty with that schedule. We do not need to penalize teams for playing quality opponents. 

    Good point about Memphis. FSU's schedule is getting little notice, but it's something of a beast in its own right if you look at it. 

    FSU goes: 

    -8/24 (Week Zero) - vs. Ga Tech in Dublin - this is a bear of a trip for both teams and Norvell publicly complained about it at ACC Media Days. 

    -9/2 (Monday of Week One) - vs Boston College in Tallahassee. This is the second week to open the season in which FSU plays a talented QB against their new defense. 

    -9/14 - Memphis - one of the better G5 programs this season according to projections.

    -9/21 - Cal - Cal projects as a bowl team, has a stud TB and will have an excellent defense. 

    -9/28 - @SMU - SMU is a dark horse beloved in the media to win the ACC. They should be tough and solid at home. 

    -10/5 - Clemson - I don't see Clemson competing for the national title, but they're going to be very good and gunning for FSU. 

    -10/19 - @ Duke - Should be the first layup of the FSU season, although I am biased about Manny Diaz and Murphy and think Duke will be shit this year because of them.

    -10/26 - @ Miami - Rivalry game and the second straight roadie. If Cristobal is as big of a dumbass as I think he is, FSU should win here. If somehow that brickhead has Miami rolling with all of their talent, this could be a crazy game.

    -11/2 - North Carolina - UNC has talent, but FSU has more. The transfers should have gelled by now and FSU should be favored to win. The wildcard here is if Mack Brown goes into labor on the field during the game. That kind of distraction could really fire up the tarheels.

    -11/9 - @ Notre Dame - At this point, FSU has faced a legitimately brutal schedule with no true patsies. It's another opportunity to face off against a real dumbass at the head coaching position. Notre Dame is playing the cupcake schedule already alluded to, and this should be a key game they need to bolster their resume. I expect ND to win convincingly but, let's face it, it's August and who the fuck knows what will happen this season?

    -11/23 - Charleston Southern - This season's only true gimme for FSU.

    -11/30 - Florida - Another team that will beaten up by a brutal schedule, the rival gators come to town for what might be their battle for bowl eligibility. 

    FSU faces that schedule with a true mediocrity at QB in DJ Ungaleieleieleilalluelei. That initial 6 game stretch includes just one bye week. Grim.

    FSU and USC are two teams with schedules in the range of difficulty of Florida and no one is giving either any credit for it. It's interesting in terms overall media bias and talking points at this stage. They're not going to give Riley any quarter and no one is giving the whiners at FSU much credit or thought right now.

  8. 14 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    The new kick off is weak. Just give them the ball at the 35 if they kick into the end zone. No reason to fundamentally change special teams. 

    You’re in mid season form with the terrible takes. Solid work. 

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  9. 1 hour ago, texifornia said:

    Isn't part of Liberty's issue that most real schools refuse to schedule them because they're a giant grift that turns well-meaning Evangelical kids' tuition payments into yachts for the Falwell failson and his corrupt buddies?

     

    28 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Nah. There’s no upside for anyone to play them. They aren’t great or anything but it’s no upside if you win and it’s a lose able game with downside. 
    I’m not saying that what you said doesn’t happen, I’m saying nobody gives a shit about that in a scheduling context. 

    All of this is their bullshit and y’all are perpetuating it. They are choosing their course. This is what they want. If they wanted to play P4 teams, they’d be playing them. They’re not unique. 

  10. 2 hours ago, locodos said:

    Etienne is the definition of a gamebreaker.  Electric with the ball and awful in pass pro.  Breaks the game either way.

    It is sad to me that Florida has fallen so far that their fans don’t even know what “electric” looks like out of the skill positions anymore. 

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  11. 6 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    Michigan shut Iowa out in the Big 10 CCG.  I think they'd have been fine in the regular season.

    But your greater point stands, and with the massive conferences we're going to see some seriously imbalanced schedules.  Hell, we already are.  Just look at Florida and Missouri.  Same conference, wildly different difficulty of schedule.  The committee has the ability to address some of this nonsense with their selections, but I doubt they'll let SOS and imbalanced schedules get in the way of picking match ups with better ratings.

    I have no doubt that Michigan would have beaten Iowa during the regular season. My point was more about, well, do they beat PSU the following week? That was a tough game on the road in the first place. Just a what-if? given the nonsense of what they actually faced.

    I am encouraged to hear that the SEC is likely going to a 9th game by 2026. I don't see how the ACC doesn't follow suit, especially since I'd think that inventory is worth money than the FCS games are. I think the biggest thing that probably gets the ACC off the button, if money can't, is watching the Big 12 get 3 teams in a couple of times while they're getting their ACC champion in and begging that the runner-up also get a consideration. Better be Clemson, FSU or Miami in that 2 spot at 11-2, I'm hoping.

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  12. 1 minute ago, immamac said:

    Quick question what's with all the yarn gifs lately? They don't work because yarn is messing with the embeds. 

    Also quick update. Sark has allowed media in for the first 3 days of practice with summaries allowed. There is a bonus night practice on Saturday but that one is gagged so don't expect any scoop from it. 

     

    Are you going to the Saturday practice? I don't know who gets invited and who doesn't. I got the invite, but I've been traveling a bunch and decided to punt. I think @RGBIII is going, and if you are as well, hopefully y'all can at least offer up your views on what you saw.

  13. On 7/26/2024 at 10:07 AM, Fud said:

    He gone

    They have depth at the position and he wasn't appreciably better than the others, but it doesn't help their depth at the very least 

    He was viewed as someone with an NFL grade, allegedly. 

    Word from people on the UGA staff that any of us would trust is that they have more NFL talent on the offense than they've had since Smart took over, albeit not necessarily the highest end NFL talent. They think every starter this season will ultimately be drafted, with Beck and several OL going in the first (not everyone after this season, as some would be 2026-beyond).

    I'm personally skeptical of this analysis, including the prior views on Thomas before the latest felonious bullshit that should send his ass to prison. The WRs should scare no one. Delp is good, but he isn't Brock Bowers. Yurosek is the better receiving TE and I'd take either Texas TE over him. They have quality TBs including Etienne, but no gamebreakers. Beck is a high quality starter but he gets the benefit of the doubt as much as anyone this side of JJ McCarthy. I question the notion that every OL is a NFL prospect. Wilson is not a known commodity at C. Truss is getting Mims-level love and he played a utility role last year and G the year before. 

    Regarding the D, the word was that they'll be good, not great, by Georgia/Bama standards. That outlook doesn't surprise me. Williams gets love due to recruiting pedigree and NFL grades, but he's yet to be a scary productive player. Mondon and Starks are legit. The rest of the Georgia defense is more recruiting ranking than collegiate output at this point. There's no doubt they'll be very well coached, nonetheless. 

     

  14. 10 hours ago, Nope said:

    He looks like what I convinced myself Armanti Foreman was going to be when he committed 

    He’s saying Owens is also going to be NFL good?

    Texas believes that Owens has an NFL ready arm and is very bright. He's also not a complete statue and has a huge frame. He was basically ignored by the recruiting world, apparently because one of the best QB developers in the sport got on him early. He's eventually going to cost Texas some money to keep him, but they picked him up for fire sale pricing.

    3 hours ago, Codaxx said:

    I think this is a bit over-stated. The OL was pretty good last year overall, but I will concede this is the last step in the reclamation project that was the OL Flood inherited. They had their issues in short yardage last year. They were not an OL that could just come out and just smash competent defenses, but not many OLs can. Another year of physical development and RB development should help that. 

    What the fuck is this? You're not supposed to be optimistic about the OL ahead of a season. Has you handle been hacked?

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