we dont have to stop him, just hold our own.
I'll admit, it doesn't look good, but it does look a million times better than last year.
Best case for USC on the road........
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I'll admit, it doesn't look good, but it does look a million times better than last year.
Our defense has been on a steady decline since 2012. I prefer to look at how many yards we give up per play as that shows a better measure of how your defense performs. In 2012 we finished 9th in the country giving up 4.4 yards per play. Amazingly, that number dropped to 5.4 yards per play and a ranking of 58th in 2013. In 2013 we still had guys like Jadeveon Clowney and Kelcy Quarles, yet we could not get our defense to perform better than middle of the pack on giving up yards per play. Finally, last year we finished 108th giving up 6.2 yards per play.
Yes, there was a talent drop-off from 2012, but I don't believe for one second that our talent level was ranked 108th in the country in 2014. If we had finished ranked 50th-60th, that would have been more expected.
Anything can happen, but I will be surprised if our defense is not vastly improved. Whether that is enough to win 1,2,3,4, or 5 games on the road, we'll have to wait and see.
Yes, there was a talent drop-off from 2012, but I don't believe for one second that our talent level was ranked 108th in the country in 2014. If we had finished ranked 50th-60th, that would have been more expected.
Anything can happen, but I will be surprised if our defense is not vastly improved. Whether that is enough to win 1,2,3,4, or 5 games on the road, we'll have to wait and see.
Yelp, last year we out scored them but if you think one instance that we will take a rookie QB into the Georgia game and put up a bunch of points against them then you are dreaming. Chubbs will not be stopped and we lost to much at receiver and at QB to match them in a shoot out.
carolina has operated for years with one go to receiver and a lackluster supporting cast. this year is no different, we lost a couple of guys who made a few nice catches here and there but were minor factors in there careers here at best. we return the all american and have some talented young receivers that will match the output of byrd/jones/roland.
i cant say one way or another on mitch at qb, he could turn out to be a connor shaw or he could flop. he's been here for 3 years and this will be his 3rd game starting, im not optimistic, but it could be worse.
3-2 is a reasonable prediction. I see us beating UNC, Mizzou, and Tenn. Uga and tamu will be prob losses. I will say that tamu was pretty bad most of the 2ns half last year and uga is breaking in a new bq so both games are not impossible to win. Best case is 5-0. Reasonable expectation is 3-2...
UNC is a must win...a lost would be devastating. We may not even be favored at kick.
Best case is 3-2....0-5 is more likely. 5-0 and 4-1 are pipedreams at best. We would need help to get 3-2....like the other team loses their QB that week of practice or there are suspensions.
Oh yeah...remember, I am a sunshine pumper. I sense no energy from the fanbase despite many great things happening in regards to various programs. I fear that recruiting took a coup de grace under spurrier...even mangus is struggling now.
People talk about the bad DC hire from within. The bad call was jr to recruiting coordinator. And those who believe we have some great OL coach, he is running out of time to prove it.
I hold out my sunshine pumping hope that our defense gets a massive bump...and our QB shocks the world...or at least the southeast.
My prediction is for a tough year, but an exciting end when we bring in a big name coach as spurrier heads off to Florida.
