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Bruce Wayne said:
I think 6-6 or 7-5 this season for sure. I would say 7 wins minimum including bowl game.
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I'm with you. Coming out of spring I was thinking 6 wins would be tough. I'm feeling a little better now. The buzz on Worley and Hurd has me quietly optimistic our offense is going to surprise people. And some of these newly added freshmen defensive players appear ready to contribute early. Still think the O Line will be an adventure but I'm pretty confident we get a bowl game this year.

I think we torch USU and Arky State. It will be tough sledding for a bit after that, but I think we grab another USCe-type upset somewhere along the way. And I think we clean up and clinch a bowl sometime in November.
 
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vol2002 said:
I'm with you. Coming out of spring I was thinking 6 wins would be tough. I'm feeling a little better now. The buzz on Worley and Hurd has me quietly optimistic our offense is going to surprise people. And some of these newly added freshmen defensive players appear ready to contribute early. Still think the O Line will be an adventure but I'm pretty confident we get a bowl game this year.

I think we torch USU and Arky State. It will be tough sledding for a bit after that, but I think we grab another USCe-type upset somewhere along the way. And I think we clean up and clinch a bowl sometime in November.
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When I really hit the koolaid, I can convince myself 8-4 can happen... But I'm aware that's not very likely. I will say, if 8-4 were to happen, Butch would lock up a number 1 class in the nation for 2016.

Im expecting a surprising passing offense, maybe not because the quarterbacks, but we have multiple guys that can turn those 7 yard slant passes into 25+ yard gains. We finally have homerun threats in multiple people. I think that wins us at least one big game.
 
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jave36 said:
Unless Gurley is injured again, I just don't see it. You're right though, their defense is in shambles from all the off field stuff. I think their entire starting secondary is gone, not some front 7 guys.
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Floyd will wreak havoc off the edge against our inexperienced tackles, but I think Butch will have an answer for that by leaving his TE or RB in to help pass protect. These wide receivers can get open against that secondary with only 4 running routes. Plus, we will be coming off a bye week. I see the same thing happening from last year at home, but this year it's on the road. Play a tough game against OU on the road but lose by single digits; week off; upset Georgia the following week on the road.

Ok I have to get back to tempering my expectations now. Drinking too much of the orange Butch-aid!
 
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Bruce Wayne said:
When I really hit the koolaid, I can convince myself 8-4 can happen... But I'm aware that's not very likely. I will say, if 8-4 were to happen, Butch would lock up a number 1 class in the nation for 2016.

Im expecting a surprising passing offense, maybe not because the quarterbacks, but we have multiple guys that can turn those 7 yard slant passes into 25+ yard gains. We finally have homerun threats in multiple people. I think that wins us at least one big game.
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Yep. Also, seems like every year at least one team everyone expects to be good has a monumental collapse. I think we are better positioned to take advantage of that. If we can, I could see us going 8-4. We would need to catch a bunch of breaks and avoid key injuries...
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Floyd will wreak havoc off the edge against our inexperienced tackles, but I think Butch will have an answer for that by leaving his TE or RB in to help pass protect. These wide receivers can get open against that secondary with only 4 running routes. Plus, we will be coming off a bye week. I see the same thing happening from last year at home, but this year it's on the road. Play a tough game against OU on the road but lose by single digits; week off; upset Georgia the following week on the road.

Ok I have to get back to tempering my expectations now. Drinking too much of the orange Butch-aid!
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Fun to think about but Georgia's my pick in the East. Been a bad offseason for sure but they are loaded relative to the rest of the East.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Floyd will wreak havoc off the edge against our inexperienced tackles, but I think Butch will have an answer for that by leaving his TE or RB in to help pass protect. These wide receivers can get open against that secondary with only 4 running routes. Plus, we will be coming off a bye week. I see the same thing happening from last year at home, but this year it's on the road. Play a tough game against OU on the road but lose by single digits; week off; upset Georgia the following week on the road.

Ok I have to get back to tempering my expectations now. Drinking too much of the orange Butch-aid!
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Roll the QB away from Floyd's side enough. He will get tired. Hit him with our best blocking TE too.

Not scared of this game. Use offensive weapons and wear them out :)
 
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vol2002 said:
Fun to think about but Georgia's my pick in the East. Been a bad offseason for sure but they are loaded relative to the rest of the East.
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I think Georgia is the team that is supposed to be good, but will have the monumental collapse. I may be completely wrong. They will be extremely young and inexperienced in the secondary, and will have a new defensive coordinator, and that whole unit has been decimated with off-season trouble. IMO, many teams will load the box and stop the running game, and make Mason beat them with his arm.
 
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I really want to hear more about UT getting Jordan brand. Ha that's a crazy tidbit of info. It's a game changer. I think it would be awesome.
 
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Wickman said:
We tried our best
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NochNoch said:
I'd love for you to be right but, how'd we do on the road last year?
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Just hoping that in the second year under Butch we play better on the road. I just think things are stacking up very similar to the Georgia game from last year for us to pull the upset. We will see in due time. I'm sure I'm completely wrong, but I'm going to stick with that as my upset special. Then, the following week we go into Neyland and beat the socks off the blue and orange team. :)
 
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WarMachine said:
Just read this. I don't like butting heads with people, but I don't disrespect people and I don't really appreciate the disrespect from other people aimed at me.

My only statement was basically "I dont understand what he just said."
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Until I figured it out...I didn't voice my lack of knowledge. Don't be in such a hurry to figure everybody's style out...more fun at a slower pace...if you finally get it and still don't like it?...you have options.
 
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butchna said:
Until I figured it out...I didn't voice my lack of knowledge. Don't be in such a hurry to figure everybody's style out...more fun at a slower pace...if you finally get it and still don't like it?...you have options.
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I usually get and enjoy the Witch Doctor character but I gotta agree with WarMachine: the initial post didn't make any sense.
 
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