8-4 This Year. What is Next?

#27
#27
Next year will be challenging if some on the OL and DL don't decide to return for a 6th year.

Secondary needs to improve and really would like to see staff changes. Martinez and Banks coaching safeties is a recipe for disaster.

Offense should be fine next year from a skill point. Mike Matthews is a day 1 starter and Thornton and white returning is a good duo.

I agree 8-4 9-3 is prob most realistic. I'm as impatient as anyone but just have to hope recruiting stays in tact
 
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#30
#30
Volos said:
Next year will depend on whether a number of seniors return or not. We have a lot of OL and DL who can come back. If most of them come back (along with Bru), we will have a veteran team who can help out Nico and possibly contend for NC. If they all go pro, 8-4 type of season.
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Agree with this with one caveat…the loss of OL MIGHT not hurt us if the young guys develop. Lang, Nichols, Reddick, and Grant have all been mentioned by Elarbee as guys he’s excited about. Umarov is another. If those guys develop and/or we get some good portal linemen, we can withstand some of those OL leaving.
 
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#33
vols 30 said:
We are going 8-4 with these guys. Maybe some new faces is a good thing
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A lot of these defensive guys likely wouldn’t get drafted, so I expect many to remain if they’re eligible. You are right, though. You can’t NOT play some these younger guys with huge upside potential on the defensive line and in the secondary. Pearce and Josephs are good examples that started playing a lot last year. This year we’ve seen Telander and Arion Carter play an active role as freshman. Time to get more of the younger DBs in the game too. Ricky Gibson is going to to be good.
 
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#37
DarkVolder said:
Brutal schedule next year and breaking in a new QB as well I expect 7-5 or 8-4 hopefully recruiting continues to go well. I think we could be really good in 2025 and 2026 depending on how Nico develops.
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It’s crazy that what year “we are breaking in a new QB” is a liability when our season is not over with no real task left to accomplish since we are DQ’d from the East. It’s almost like 2 games + 4 weeks of bowl practice/bowl game would be a good use of time for that “new QB we will break in” to get put on film
 
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#38
#38
tennesseeduke said:
With McCoy and Pili out yes agreed.

What’s happened to Beasley?
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I only saw him make one obvious tackle. The entire lack of team effort yesterday makes me wonder if there is not some locker room strife going on and players are starting to just mail it in.
 
#39
#39
NighthawkVol said:
It’s now 6-6.
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Right. After starting 3-0 against us, we've won 4 of the past 5 and 6 out of the last 9 meetings.

So my point stands, besides joining the SEC when Dooley was coach (and to make a broader observation, the SEC east was so down that Vanderbilt was beating teams like Florida, Georgia and Tennessee), they've been a non factor.
 
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daj2576 said:
Right. After starting 3-0 against us, we've won 4 of the past 5 and 6 out of the last 9 meetings.

So my point stands, besides joining the SEC when Dooley was coach (and to make a broader observation, the SEC east was so down that Vanderbilt was beating teams like Florida, Georgia and Tennessee), they've been a non factor.
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Yep. Meant to reply to the poster who said it was 5-5.
 
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