maybe 9-3 if we got lucky.
Many said 7-5, tops ... maybe even 6-6, while some said 5-7. A few said we'd win 'em all but you could tell they were laughing when they said it. ALL acknowledged it was going to be a rebuilding year and so far we've seen a lot of good things that point to that happening.
You can't deny our defense is much improved, as is (IMHO) our offensive line. Connor Mitch got a tough break before he could ever get started and now we'll move forward with Perry Orth. He's looked pretty good and he comes from good stock, his Dad played football at West Virginia.
Why so many (fans?) feel the urge to trash our team, the players and especially the coaches makes absolutely no sense to me.
Why we have to put up with so many impostors on the FGF makes even less sense, but hey - it's a free country.
The rants penned on the FGF won't matter to the players or coaches and no one else cares, either so let it rain. Just remember when it stops raining you (and you know WHO you are) had nothing to do with rooting 'em on or watching their backs.
We got beat by a decent KY team that's much better than they've been in recent memory but so what, did anyone watch anyone else yesterday? Auburn had to play OT to beat a D-2 school AT HOME while supposedly 'powerful' Louisville and Notre Dame both looked awful, as well - so did FSU. I didn't see all the games but I've read the scores and there's a lot more 'parity' out there (it seems to me) than there's been in a LONG time.
OSU had to put the hammer down against an obviously hugely overmatched Hawaii team and score 3 TD's in the 4th to make it 38-0. Until then Hawaii actually had as many 1st downs and yards passing as OSU did, they just ran out of subs to 'rotate in' and their guys on D were finally just beaten down.
We know Alabama is loaded but they didn't completely blow away that little school they played yesterday. Vandy played UGA pretty tough, too before 'folding' late.
It's still 'early' and there's a lot still to learn and see about what we have and what's going to happen. That 8-4 most predicted still appears plausible to me, and why so many feel compelled to criticize is a mystery to me.
Missing a FG we usually make, throwing that pick on 1st down, suffering a fluke play like that 2-pointer instead of tying it up and popping off when we're on the 2 to get put back to the 17 weren't in and of themselves 'utter failures' ... they 'collectively' caused the loss. Eliminate almost any ONE of them and we survive with a W, eliminate two of them and we most certainly would have won.
We're not a GREAT team right now, but we're still 'pretty good' ... and 'good enough' to beat 'bout anyone still on our schedule if we can stop the mess-ups and get a little more out of the forward-pass.
We can STILL have a 'good' year and I think we will. I guess we'll see. I'm not planning to stop watching (or cheering).
Many said 7-5, tops ... maybe even 6-6, while some said 5-7. A few said we'd win 'em all but you could tell they were laughing when they said it. ALL acknowledged it was going to be a rebuilding year and so far we've seen a lot of good things that point to that happening.
You can't deny our defense is much improved, as is (IMHO) our offensive line. Connor Mitch got a tough break before he could ever get started and now we'll move forward with Perry Orth. He's looked pretty good and he comes from good stock, his Dad played football at West Virginia.
Why so many (fans?) feel the urge to trash our team, the players and especially the coaches makes absolutely no sense to me.
Why we have to put up with so many impostors on the FGF makes even less sense, but hey - it's a free country.
The rants penned on the FGF won't matter to the players or coaches and no one else cares, either so let it rain. Just remember when it stops raining you (and you know WHO you are) had nothing to do with rooting 'em on or watching their backs.
We got beat by a decent KY team that's much better than they've been in recent memory but so what, did anyone watch anyone else yesterday? Auburn had to play OT to beat a D-2 school AT HOME while supposedly 'powerful' Louisville and Notre Dame both looked awful, as well - so did FSU. I didn't see all the games but I've read the scores and there's a lot more 'parity' out there (it seems to me) than there's been in a LONG time.
OSU had to put the hammer down against an obviously hugely overmatched Hawaii team and score 3 TD's in the 4th to make it 38-0. Until then Hawaii actually had as many 1st downs and yards passing as OSU did, they just ran out of subs to 'rotate in' and their guys on D were finally just beaten down.
We know Alabama is loaded but they didn't completely blow away that little school they played yesterday. Vandy played UGA pretty tough, too before 'folding' late.
It's still 'early' and there's a lot still to learn and see about what we have and what's going to happen. That 8-4 most predicted still appears plausible to me, and why so many feel compelled to criticize is a mystery to me.
Missing a FG we usually make, throwing that pick on 1st down, suffering a fluke play like that 2-pointer instead of tying it up and popping off when we're on the 2 to get put back to the 17 weren't in and of themselves 'utter failures' ... they 'collectively' caused the loss. Eliminate almost any ONE of them and we survive with a W, eliminate two of them and we most certainly would have won.
We're not a GREAT team right now, but we're still 'pretty good' ... and 'good enough' to beat 'bout anyone still on our schedule if we can stop the mess-ups and get a little more out of the forward-pass.
We can STILL have a 'good' year and I think we will. I guess we'll see. I'm not planning to stop watching (or cheering).
