bucknuticus
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I think we have a combined 4 starters returning, oh boy!
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College Football Bowl and Playoff Thread - Where American Mediocrity is rewarded!
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Alabama's had it's fair share, but 7 with Bell to go is a crazy amount. I don't think we'll even see that number this year, as Allen and Tim Williams have expressed (so far) that they are staying), and I could see those 2 as 1st/2nd rounders.
We've mostly been fortunate to not have too many of those "why are you leaving this early" guys. Vinnie Sunseri being on (he left and left no one in the secondary last season, where he very well could have made a difference against OSUn last year, as he got injured late the year before and was sorely missed against Oklahoma.
From a story:
So now it's 14 1st rounders, 3 2nd rounders, 1 3rd, 1 5th and 1 6th.
Man, that's nuts. Seems like Cook's been there longer than 2 years.
Purple Cheeto
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HAND EGG
I suck at that though
Hard to guess ours (thankfully, season's not finished yet).
So, best guess: 6 Offensive starters returning, 4-7 Defensive Starters returning (who knows who is starting on the defensive line? They all do), punter/kicker/snapper returning. Kicker we want is going to Florida.
Only will lose 1 WR (Slotty Pippen)
Lose another QB, but we're on the "Brand New Every Year" diet there.
Lose the top 2 RB's. This is where it'll hurt the most. Will depend on BoScar and OtherGuy. Unsure what recruit we might have this year.
Lose the Center and RT, but that's better than what we had coming back this year (LG, RG, RT).
Who knows what will happen with OJ Howard. Will anyone remember he's there or not?
Will lose a starting CB and a 3rd team backup CB. Will have 2 great young ones back. Unsure on Tony Brown's future, could be good, could be processed. Another 5 star or 2 is back there somewhere.
Will lose safety Geno "DUI" Smith, could lose Eddie Jackson to draft, and then there's 3 freshman who sound ridiculously good. So, do think we'll be able to put 4-5 quality players in the secondary
Will lose Ragland, Dillion "Slim" Lee, and Denzel "Washington Robert" Devall at LB. Could lose Reuban "Auburn" Foster and Ryan Anderson to draft (those 2 would be "why now?" draftee's). Tim Williams, SDH and Rashaan Evans being left, with 5 star Christian Miller going "Remember me, guys?" somewhere out there.
At DL, we'll lose probably half of them. Giving us just one NFL line rather than 2 rotating ones.
Reed, Pettway and Darren Lake are gone. A'Shawn "Thanks Mack" Robinson is assuredly gone. Leaving us with J. Allen, D. Payne, D. Tomlinson and #1 HS player of 2013 D. Hand left. Probably unknown NFL players about to be unleashed that know one knows about.
Depending on how QB and RB turn up, is the difference between being back in the playoffs and being in contention for it in November. 2016 Schedule "might" be a little easier, depending on how USCw performs. East team is Kentucky, Arky and Ole Miss will have lost alot of players, A&M is currently in disarray, leaving Auburn, Tennessee and LSU left. Think only 1 of those is currently not trending down.
GoldenEye 007
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I'm not even convinced a college football season happened at all this year. In fact, I'm pretty confident it didn't.
FloydtheFathead
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Listen Yaboosh, let's just be united in our love of Tom Herman hmm..
Also I wasn't around then.. I only discovered GAF in the last year of school.
God... Damn... Just... Damn.. 4? Over/under wins for next season should be fun.
perfectchaos007
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December 4, 2014 was the date of UCF's last win so I can see how you may believe football was cancelled in 2015
GoldenEye 007
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We're still under NCAA sanctions. For winning the bowl appeal in 2013 allowing us to go to the Fiesta Bowl, we decided to be gracious to the NCAA and give ourselves the death penalty in 2015.
perfectchaos007
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U of H to go winless in 2017 confirmed. I believe the alliteration appropriate phrase is "silent sanction"
Azwethinkweiz
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I'm excited for all the South Carolina fans who disappeared after 2013 to show up and run their mouths the minute things look grim for Clemson. Thankfully I'll be at the game and not reading it.
Oh shit, Jalen Hurts is already enrolled and practicing on Scout Team 247's #1 Dual Threat QB. 2 guesses on who he's attempting to "replicate."
perfectchaos007
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Will Alabama actually allow a Dual Threat QB to start? I can't remember them ever having a DT starter
We let Running Backs and Tight Ends play QB the last 2 years.
bucknuticus
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Trevor knight is heading to college station
FloydtheFathead
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So he's basically Squicken?
Nice! I mean, fuck Clemson and everything, of course, but that's awesome.
It'll be a couple of years before the Gamecock bandwagon is out of the shop, so enjoy the relative quiet! We'll just be over here, trying to learn the rules of basket-ball.
Azwethinkweiz
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I see a #4 so I have a pretty good idea.
You'll always be fam, impirius! It's those other jokers who only showed up after your team started winning that I don't like.
chaosblade
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Doubt he has a shot at starting next year. Would be like to see Barnett get it so we might get some stability at QB for 3-4 years.
reelbigtink
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Clay Travis is certain Saban is going to the Colts. I doubt it, but let's see here...
We lose to Clemson, super coach Dabo comes home to replace Saban, we go 8-4 next year, win the natty every year after that.
We lose to Clemson, super coach Dabo comes home to replace Saban, we go 8-4 next year, win the natty every year after that.
The only notable thing both of them have done in that last 4 years is beat Alabama, so it's a perfect fit.
This whole post should have just stopped when you got to this point.
Clay Travis is a douche who is incorrect about damn near everything.
FloydtheFathead
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GoldenEye 007
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Looks like UCF has a defensive coordinator. Erik Chinander, current OLB coach at Oregon and former assistant with the Eagles.
Known as a strong recruiter, but obviously doesn't have coordinator experience at the FBS level. Will be interesting seeing how UCF's traditionally good defense fares with the change in offensive style. I'm imagining not that well.
Known as a strong recruiter, but obviously doesn't have coordinator experience at the FBS level. Will be interesting seeing how UCF's traditionally good defense fares with the change in offensive style. I'm imagining not that well.
FloydtheFathead
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Not sure why Fox Sports picked him up, but he started his career in Tennessee and made hay hating on Alabama.
The Oregon linebacking corps was atrocious this year, but I can't say how much of that falls on Chinander.
We demoted our DC as well, which was probably the ideal resolution there.
FloydtheFathead
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timetokill
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Ohio State is in the news again.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...te-buckeyes-star-maurice-clarett-arrested-ovi
http://espn.go.com/college-football...te-buckeyes-star-maurice-clarett-arrested-ovi
I'm sure every fan base has its paranoid conspiracy theorists who think the media is out to trash their fan base. Clay Travis actually hates Alabama and goes out of his way to run the school down at every opportunity.
FloydtheFathead
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It's actually kind of sad because I thought he got himself straight.
I see.
Well, the Saban to Colts thing has died for another year.
Also:
what bias? I don't know what you guys are talking about.
The only thing those rumors are good at is getting him a big raise every year.
No, keep those assholes off our lawn!
Yeah, I'd rather not read posts about how athletics shouldn't have scholarships and all the other anti college sports talking points.
Discuss the game, not what you think about the collegiate sports landscape at large.
Wants to reunite with Landon, maybe then he could teach him how to cover a tight end.
GoldenEye 007
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Former A&M QB Kyle Allen is apparently transferring to Houston.
Staff at UGA is now almost complete with Smart hiring Shane Beamer from VT to be special teams coordinator/tight ends coach. So he's finally doing what Richt never did at UGA, have a special teams coach. Worth noting that Richt hired a special teams coach at Miami, seems to be doing a lot of things differently there with a fresh start.
Most are thinking that Smart's DC will be Mel Tucker or Tosh Lupoi from Bama.
Most are thinking that Smart's DC will be Mel Tucker or Tosh Lupoi from Bama.
Blake Sims ran for like 450 yards one season, right?
perfectchaos007
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I know how to acquire the DT label is completely arbitrary, but I believe you should average >500 rushing yards per season. I don't think Blake Sims rushing for 350 yards his senior year would make him DT, especially considering he rushed for under 200 yards in his Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior seasons. I know the strength of defenses you're playing are a factor, so if you're rushing for a similar amount of yards compared to your teams runningback then that would also make you DT
chaosblade
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Blake Sims barely played until his senior year. He was even on the roster as a RB during some of those years (looks like his Freshman year by those stats).
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