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  1. 4 hours ago, Baron said:

    And somebody put A&M at 10. Just as egregious.

    It was me. They are a top 5 roster in college football.  https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/
    With even a resemblance of modern offense they are a without a doubt just as worthy of an early season top 10 as anyone else. Last season shouldn’t matter after the first week of games are played. If it does this “much better SDC top 10” is no more of a fraud than the media polls. 

    There isn’t a honest football fan alive that can understand the game at a complex level in both scheme and recruiting, that watched the games this past weekend and think Texas is essentially a unanimous top 10 and A&M is not. They both have legitimate top 10 rosters, both played scrubs. A&M executed in such a way that they scored TDs on their first 5 possessions in route to their 5 star QB having the highest QBR through week one in the country. They played an almost perfect game against an overmatched opponent. If you watched both games Saturday it’s VERY hard to say Texas looked without a doubt better. You’re just basing your opinion on previous season results and bias. 

  2. The biggest difference in the offense is efficiency. How many times did the playclock roll down waiting for the playcall to come in? How many times did the offense just look like it was easy and it was flowing according to a game plan rather than just a collection of plays thrown together in a book? 
     

    Jimbo is not an offensive idiot in todays game. He could get into the booth and call plays and they would be fine. The issue is and has always been he couldn’t handle being a HC AND OC. This is a whole lot of BP making changes but also a whole of the team just finally getting 100% offensive effort from a staff rather than 75% because it’s spread to other aspects. 

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  3. 47 minutes ago, KirtFalcon said:

    It's hard for me to believe Saban couldn't find a better QB prospect than Milroe as bad as he looked last year when he was on the field ... he looks more like a RB/LB than a college QB .... yea, I know he looked good against Podunk U this past Saturday .....

    This kid was highly recruited by Sark and Texas as well. He’s more athlete than QB but it’s still a guy everyone was after for a while. 
     

    I also would hold judgement on the kid until after this weekend. If he torches Texas you might have a different feeling about him. 

  4. 4 hours ago, Stoney said:

    So.....Jimbo still calling plays huh? 😏 At halftime Petrino has called 16 runs for 100 yards and attempted 16 passes for 175 yards. There's Jimbo's balance but the explosive plays was all Petrino. 2 30+ yard touchdowns? In one half, let alone one game? Petrino even had the o-line line up unbalanced to the left side. Jimbo would never. It was a fun 1st game.

    Yea it felt good to watch the offense put up some points and yards early. Like you mentioned regardless of opponent it’s easy to see this is a different team. I also noticed much more disruption from the Dline and better run fits than last year. The team is improving. Miami next week will be a good test. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, HearEmaGrowlin said:

    Yep, many people wanted college players to be able to capitalize on their likeness and here we are.

    Why are people now against it?

    I’m not sure people wanted it, I just think those that weren’t completely against it didn’t think about some of the potential downsides of it. 
     

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  6. 1 hour ago, Lobo97 said:

    With depth, I meant the #2's and 3's. That's where they lost a lot. The starters, I believe they return the most in the SEC. That's where I totally agree that they need to stay healthy. If they start suffering injuries again, they could be in trouble again. I also agree with you regarding the playcalling. The only question I have to that, however, is how much do you think the playcalling had to do with OL play last season? That was probably their biggest weakness. 

    The oline was the worst hit group with injuries last season…. Playcalling didn’t help them but the final game of the season 3 of the 5 starters on the OL were true freshman. In fact, 7 of 11 starters on offense were true freshman that beat LSU. Some of them are not even starting now because older injured players rejoined the team after healing from their injuries. 
     

    The team has much more depth than you think. They had a lot of transfers but people down realize the vast majority of them were 3rd string players and kids who were kicked off the team anyway. Only 2-3 kids of all the ones that transferred would be in the two deep this year had they stayed. 

  7. 1 minute ago, Lobo97 said:

    I think their defense is. The offense still has to prove it. And they took a big hit at depth with all the transfers. 

    They didn’t lose but 1 wr on offense to transfers and brought in 2 more from the portal. I’m with you on proving it before believing in them, but they “on paper” are as talented as most of the top 10 when you break them down position by position. It was playcalling that is really the biggest issue with their offense not the pieces of the offense. They also must stay healthy which is a big issue with the offense the last two seasons.  

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  8. 10 hours ago, Lobo97 said:

    Not even close. 

    I mean who’s not close? The 8-4 lsu team that last 3 games by double digits? The Tennessee team that’s replacing basically all its offensive production? The Florida team with questions all over it? A&M coming off a 5-7 season? Ole miss? South Carolina? 
     

    If you ask me is penn st good enough to go undefeated through the top half of the sec, I’ll  say no. But they are more than capable of playing with all of those teams I listed. What’s “not even close” about the teams I listed and penn st in a 1 game neutral field game? Whose head and shoulders better? 

  9. 2 hours ago, Coach Rab said:

    Not buying what you are selling.  Georgia will be better than everyone that they play, but there are teams in the SEC that are capable of challenging them.  Alabama will be the same.  Ohio St and Michigan do not have that challenge in the Big 10 right now.

    Penn st is just as good as anyone in the sec not named Georgia/Bama. I’d argue Wisconsin and Iowa are just as good of games as say Florida is for Georgia and A&M is for Bama. 
     

    My point is when you’re at that level most games look like a “non challenging” game. Michigan is loaded. I think they are a top 2-3 team in terms of proven production coming back. Ohio st is also loaded just not quite as much imo.  There’s not a team in the sec I would say “challenges” them besides Georgia Bama and maybe Tennessee offensively. Everyone else looks the same or worse than Penn st and Wisconsin who you are saying are not challenging enough. 

  10. 30 minutes ago, Mr. P said:

    Yep. Bama is rebuilding in some key areas. I see UT as a trap game...  for them. 

    I've got the 'Horns winning that one by +13. 

    13+ @ Bama is bold. Not saying I think Texas can’t win it but have we seen Bama get beat like that at home in 10 years? Even LSU and Burrow couldn’t accomplish that. 

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  11. 2 hours ago, Coach Rab said:

    I was just looking at Michigan and Ohio State's schedule...  Literally won't be matched until November.

    They won’t be matched because they are good. Same with Georgia. Same with USC. You don’t see any challenges because they are that much more talented than their schedule. You can look at the exact same schedule for a team you have in your fringe top 25 team and find 3-5 potential losses. It’s because they aren’t that good. 

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  12. I also laugh at some people taking roster talent into account as why teams should or shouldn’t be ranked, then give absolutely no chance to what is EASILY a top 10 roster in college football. I didn’t put them in mine either for the simple fact of I believe last seasons result should mean something in a meaningless preseason poll, but if you’re going to claim some teams have roster talent in some spots and then point to last seasons results in others you are showing a ton of bias in your ballots. 

  13. 2 hours ago, Coach Rab said:

    It depends on your criteria for top 10.  Mine is based on where I think they will finish the year.  So while USC is probably not one of the best 10 teams in the country, they literally only have 1 game on their schedule where they might face someone with more talent than they do.  So for me, I think they will be a top 5ish team at the end of the season due to the complete lack of competition that they will face.

    Similar in my ballot as well. Plus when you have a QB and offense as good as they have, you are in every game. I know their defense isn’t great and that will affect you long term,  but there isn’t a team in the country they can’t play with on a game to game basis with that offensive potential. They are a top 10 team just as much as anyone else. Now I can understand if they are not in everyone’s top 5, but they are easily a top 10 team. The bottom half of the top 10 has just as many holes in their roster or more. 

  14. 52 minutes ago, Lobo97 said:

    Well technically, no one has done anything, yet, to deserve their current ranking. 

     

    That said, they are basing it on how the team did last year, and what they return. Michigan lost 1 game, and that was a playoff game by 6 points. They are also the only team in the preseason Top 4 that's returning a starting QB. 

    And that running game should be elite. 

  15. 3 hours ago, Mojo1000 said:

    At least was a position you could afford to lose. I just hope they actually utilize the Tight End position. The offense was solid when they had that in their arsenal.

    The spring game featured a lot of 12 personnel. (2 TEs.) I expect the position to be used effectively from weak to weak to exploit weaknesses. 

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  16. 25 minutes ago, DB2point0 said:

    Ok dummy, you were the one stating (or using a tweet that was actually incorrect) that Texas’ NIL couldn’t be matched or something like that.  I showed you proof that the Texas collectives were actually/factually not the top collectives, and that they were even behind your beloved Aggy.  It was actually a compliment to you, but your paranoia can’t handle those.  Once again you tried to snidely take a shot at Texas and it backfired.   ANTI made a naive statement about Texas and two recruits that most know were wrong, but you also insinuated that ALL Texas fans felt that way.  Once again, you were incorrect.  Just run along back to Texags and join your circle again.  We don t care what you think.

    I’ve gotten PMs from 3 of your “piers” as Texas fans on this site talking about what a joke you are and a disgrace to the Texas fan base. “We” might not care what I think, but they don’t care about you either. 

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