Is 6 wins possible in 2021?

[gr8spur]

I say yes! And here they are: East Carolina, Eastern Illinois, Troy, Missouri, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee. Lose one, and we need to pick off Kentucky or Auburn.
A six win season and a bowl trip would get the Shane Train rolling!
And to you nay-sayers, I say, "Nay!"
Go Cocks! I've been cheering 'em since "Carolina Plays with A Loaded 38."

 

[jimnasium]

Right now we are undefeated.

 

[Gradstudent]

Isn't Bobo, still minus all his UGA talent, at Auburn now?

 

[1vagamecock]

I say yes! And here they are: East Carolina, Eastern Illinois, Troy, Missouri, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee. Lose one, and we need to pick off Kentucky or Auburn.
A six win season and a bowl trip would get the Shane Train rolling!
And to you nay-sayers, I say, "Nay!"
Go Cocks! I've been cheering 'em since "Carolina Plays with A Loaded 38."

I think it is possible but not probable.

 

[jimnasium]

It tickles me when we talk about just getting 6 wins like it's our goal....lol.

 

[Gamecock Lifer]

6 wins and a bowl are certainly attainable and a reasonable expectation. If we beat the weaker teams, beat Ky and have one “upset” of a good team- we could win 7-8 and that would be an epic turnaround.

How would we do that? We have a fantastic run game coming back, entire OL who blocked for that Kevin Harris explosion last year returns except Hutch and we add Lloyd to the mix... that is a solid foundation and offensive identity to build from. We have a couple good TEs returning too- we need WRs. Transfer portal- got a goodine from Ga Tech, and looks like we will get that FCS QB/WR duo (I assume that is still a thing?), we also add Omega Blake in this cycle- great athlete, playmaker, 4A POY... and it looks like Mosely might be leaning our way after dropping his commit to UT. We may well have a chance at a solid offense next year! I like Doty’s potential and it seems we are all fans of an athletic QB...

Defense is a bigger concern. We have some talent on the DL- mostly unproven. Enagbare returns and he had a fantastic year, and we add the monster DT transfer from Nebraska.

LB and DB are absolute LIABILITIES!! They were last year despite having Izzy and Horn back there... With them and a handful of other guys gone, we will be lucky if we can field enough warm bodies to man a dime set at this point. Let alone having enough guys with the speed and ability needed to run a successful 4-2-5!! I am encouraged Beamer said we plan to add some more DBs this offseason... We better hope we find some studs in the portal!!

obviously we have a lot of challenges but 5-6 wins is still very reasonable with 7-8 a ceiling if everything goes well and we find some more LBs and DBs who can play. It is hard to predict anything at this point not knowing who is playing for us or what the scheme will look like with new coaches on both sides of the ball, but we should always expect to make a bowl.

 

[OldBluJacketJr]

Six wins would be improvement. For next year, six wins would be an accomplishment. We win six games next year, the Beamer hire looks genius!
I’m cheering for our staff and players.

 

[Flameout12]

Wait until after the 1st 2 games.

 

[kappa kock]

Yes. 6 winsin my opinion is expected. The last staff was incompetent. The schedule is also easier. 6 wins should be the minimum....

 

[OldWiseCock]

I think it is possible but not probable.

We could also go winless. I have very low expectations. High expectations wear me out.

 

[king ward]

Is 6 wins possible in 2021?

Barely.

 

[MScott64]

 

[jimnasium]

We could also go winless. I have very low expectations. High expectations wear me out.

I feel ya man but I like the hires we'll see huh?

 

[Gaimcock]

Barely.

And only IF that at best!!! I mean folks, we got A LOONNNGGGG WAAYYY to go - and such just ain't gonna occur quickly within the slightest, not outta this CAVERN that Muschump and Bobo the Dawg-Clown have guided and ultimately left this program in!!!

Patience people - We All Gonna Need It REALLY as of the day Ray hired Champ. Just the way thangs be's ratt now.

I mean if we all want it up where she can be, up to her fully achievable and sustainable level of success, then its simply gonna take devoted time and patience as Beamer achieves his goal(s) of reaching the level we all know we want, and THEN getting us to the point where it can and will be sustained!!

JMHOFWIW!!

 

[jimnasium]

You never know what could happen do you remember how we all laughed when Clemson hired Dabo?

 

[Gaimcock]

You never know what could happen do you remember how we all laughed when Clemson hired Dabo?

Of course, and ironically, its gonna take AT LEAST the same amount of patience, (in fact MORE) on our part from the moment Beamer was hired until he reaches the level we all want!!

 

[JamesRob]

You never know what could happen do you remember how we all laughed when Clemson hired Dabo?

Dabo was on the brink of being fired a couple times earlier in his tenure. Even if Beamer is the right guy, it’s rarely a smooth path for a first time Head Coach. This will be a bumpy ride for the foreseeable future.

 

[Cocky 45]

3.5 wins is what will be projected (if we play a non conference schedule)

 

[gr8spur]

It tickles me when we talk about just getting 6 wins like it's our goal....lol.

Journey of a thousand miles, brother. Journey of a thousand miles.

 

[Gaimcock]

Dabo was on the brink of being fired a couple times earlier in his tenure. Even if Beamer is the right guy, it’s rarely a smooth path for a first time Head Coach. This will be bumpy ride for the foreseeable future.

Again, as previously mentioned...

Dude, you're such a Dork. Go away.

You are SAD.

 

[gr8spur]

Barely.

King, King. Come on, Dude! No need for all the that pessimism. Be a glass half full guy. I like you better that way. We're going to win. I feel it.

 

[jimnasium]

Journey of a thousand miles, brother. Journey of a thousand miles.

Right, but it starts with the first step.

 

[gr8spur]

3.5 wins is what will be projected (if we play a non conference schedule)

They don't allow the .5 wins anymore. If we had them in 1986, we'd had another whole win. Didn't we have two ties that year?

 

[gr8spur]

Right, but it starts with the first step.

Man. You're going to make this journey a long one. Just think. Maybe we DID get that first step right this time. Remember how everyone was so high on Tom Herman and Fuente last go round. And they didn't meet those high expectations. Perhaps we'll go into this with lower expectations, and be pleasantly surprised. I'm behind the new staff 100%.

 

[king ward]

King, King. Come on, Dude! No need for all the that pessimism. Be a glass half full guy. I like you better that way. We're going to win. I feel it.

I'm not being pessimistic. If we get to play a full slate in 2021 and win half the games on our schedule with a new staff and a pieced-together roster, that would represent great improvement and an outstanding achievement.

 

[JamesRob]

Again, as previously mentioned...



You are SAD.

Mrs. Tanner,
I appreciate you but this is a discussion board, not groupthink central. Disagreement is welcome, we don’t squelch dissent here.

While you are at it, tell Ray Ray to do us all a favor and ride off in to the sunset as an ambassador.

 

[jeff2001]

Eastern Illinois, ECU , troy, and Vandy got to win these games. To have any chance to get to 6-6.
And also Ray Tanner, why are we going to ECU ?

 

[Gaimcock]

Mrs. Tanner,
I appreciate you but this is a discussion board, not groupthink central. Disagreement is welcome, we don’t squelch dissent here.

While you are at it, tell Ray Ray to do us all a favor and ride off in to the sunset as an ambassador.

Wow Dew-mahs!! I mean you even unwarily speak to/of yourself in your weakly warped mindset of bewilderment and self-doubt, while ignorantly directing your point(s) of accusation towards someone else!!

And by all means, do blissfully proceed with a so fittingly appropriate "deny, deny, deny" maneuver.

After all, you've quite recently (i.e. as in just now!!) proceeded to "privatize your account" despite it having been previously reviewed by others!!

In closing, by all means proceed accordingly; your vacillation is blatantly obvious!!!

 

[TopHook]

I think 4 is realistic. Hopefully CSB isn't reading this.

 

[CockyinMTP]

I think 6 wins is likely and 7-8 are possible as we get adjusted to Beamer Ball!

 

[Lurker123]

Eastern Illinois, ECU , troy, and Vandy got to win these games. To have any chance to get to 6-6.
And also Ray Tanner, why are we going to ECU ?

With the 3 ooc patsies and vandy, 4 wins is the least to be expected.

Throw in Mizzou and how bad will tenn be by that point? 5 wins almost seems like a gimmee.

 

[JAYBURGER 11]

I say yes! And here they are: East Carolina, Eastern Illinois, Troy, Missouri, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee. Lose one, and we need to pick off Kentucky or Auburn.
A six win season and a bowl trip would get the Shane Train rolling!
And to you nay-sayers, I say, "Nay!"
Go Cocks! I've been cheering 'em since "Carolina Plays with A Loaded 38."

I think 7-8 is realistic but not likely... 5 or more means that the kids are bought into the game plan and the future is bright3 or less is bad deal period... 4-6 means wait until next year...AGAIN

 

[drawplay000]

6 wins and a bowl are certainly attainable and a reasonable expectation. If we beat the weaker teams, beat Ky and have one “upset” of a good team- we could win 7-8 and that would be an epic turnaround.

How would we do that? We have a fantastic run game coming back, entire OL who blocked for that Kevin Harris explosion last year returns except Hutch and we add Lloyd to the mix... that is a solid foundation and offensive identity to build from. We have a couple good TEs returning too- we need WRs. Transfer portal- got a goodine from Ga Tech, and looks like we will get that FCS QB/WR duo (I assume that is still a thing?), we also add Omega Blake in this cycle- great athlete, playmaker, 4A POY... and it looks like Mosely might be leaning our way after dropping his commit to UT. We may well have a chance at a solid offense next year! I like Doty’s potential and it seems we are all fans of an athletic QB...

Defense is a bigger concern. We have some talent on the DL- mostly unproven. Enagbare returns and he had a fantastic year, and we add the monster DT transfer from Nebraska.

LB and DB are absolute LIABILITIES!! They were last year despite having Izzy and Horn back there... With them and a handful of other guys gone, we will be lucky if we can field enough warm bodies to man a dime set at this point. Let alone having enough guys with the speed and ability needed to run a successful 4-2-5!! I am encouraged Beamer said we plan to add some more DBs this offseason... We better hope we find some studs in the portal!!

obviously we have a lot of challenges but 5-6 wins is still very reasonable with 7-8 a ceiling if everything goes well and we find some more LBs and DBs who can play. It is hard to predict anything at this point not knowing who is playing for us or what the scheme will look like with new coaches on both sides of the ball, but we should always expect to make a bowl.

Weaker teams? Lol. We are one of those weaker teams. ..have you noticed we are loading up on walk ons and fcs transfers..

 

[Jaybird1010]

Our LBers and DBs are way below average. I would not bet on six wins

 

[fowl_mood]

No, but thats to be expected. Above four is a great achievement. We will get there, but let's be measured this early on.

 

[boy among men]

its great that people have such short memories...

like i posted few weeks ago, not even an act of saban could turn it around this quickly (2021).

3 wins is an improvement, literally.

 

[Horseshoe 04]

I’m going to tailgate like we are a winner!

 

[0007cock]

It tickles me when we talk about just getting 6 wins like it's our goal....lol.

I do not think the question was if our Goal was 6 wins. But instead is six wins possible.. Big Difference...
Hope the team has their Goal is highr than 6 even if that may be hard to achieve.

 

[DibbleDee]

If we get solid on fundamentals, yes.

 

[jimnasium]

I do not think the question was if our Goal was 6 wins. But instead is six wins possible.. Big Difference...
Hope the team has their Goal is highr than 6 even if that may be hard to achieve.

Touche'