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Resetting season expectations

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We were all drinking some yummy maroon Kool-Aid to start the season, but then it gave us green diarrhea.

Now that we've washed it out of our system and sobered up, let's re-make season record predictions:

I think our floor is 6-6 at this point. Plenty of winnable games on the schedule, and the SEC as a whole does not impress me that much (very top-heavy). Nine wins is still very possible, but it would take a lot of things going in our favor to make it happen. So here's my best guess:

At Florida - Win
Bowling Green - Win
Vs Arkansas - Toss-up, but I lean loss
Mizzou - Win
At Ms State - Loss
LSU - Win
At South Cacka Lacky - Win
New Mexican Aggies - Win
At Auburn - Toss-up, but I lean win
Sips - Loss

I think we finish 8-4, with a good showing in a lame bowl; so not a major departure from historical averages, but also not a major drop off in year one which some predicted.

What say you?

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Hungry Ojos
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I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.
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I think you should reset your post to one of the other 10 prediction threads. Seriously how many of these do we need?
https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3488376
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6-6 or 7-5. College Football today is dominated by All Star caliber QB's and big time receivers. Hopefully, things turn around quickly with the guys we have or this year will be tough.
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Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.
Since we are looking to go cheap…hire the McNeese St coach. He was in shape and they played "hard.".
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Anybody drinking the koolaid before this season deserves everything they got.
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6-6

Elko ain't the guy
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$3 Sack of Groceries said:

Anybody drinking the koolaid before this season deserves everything they got.
I was going to mention maroon dye tends to color everything…
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Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.
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24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


No, it would be three.

I was being optimistic in my post.

ETA: I think we beat Auburn and New Mexico which gets us to three. Lose the rest.
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Hungry Ojos said:

24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


No, it would be three.

I was being optimistic in my post.

ETA: I think we beat Auburn and New Mexico which gets us to three. Lose the rest.

I still think 6-6 but 4-8 is certainly possible. Elko might end up being the guy, but not if he stays tethered to Klein. Nothing about Klein's system so far incites confidence.
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Klein's scheme is impacting my opinion of Elko…
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I just am not convinced we have the play makers at WR to be able to not feel like most game are a toss up.
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We may be the worst team in the country. 1-11.
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Quote:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins.
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Notre Dame - Loss
McNeese State - Win
At Florida - Win
Vs. Arkansas at Jerry World- Win
Missouri - Loss
At Mississippi State - Win
LSU - Win
At South Carolina - Loss
Nex Mexico - Win
At Auburn - Win
Texas - Loss

I think we finish 8-4 (5-3 SEC). We are currently 4.5-point home favorites over Missouri. If we win that game, I can see a 9-3 (6-2 SEC) finish.
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#18 Notre Dame - Loss
McNeese - Win
At Florida - Win
Bowling Green - Win
Vs Arkansas - Toss-up
#6 Mizzou - Loss
At Ms State - Win
#16 LSU - Toss-up
At South Carolina - Toss-up
New Mexican Aggies - Win
At Auburn - Win
#2 Teasips - Loss

I realistically have us anywhere from 6-6 to 9-3 based on the toss-up games. But I think we're' closer to a 9-3 team than a 6-6 team based on the reality of our schedule. The fact that neither Miss State nor LSU seem to be able to run the ball helps.

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How in the world are we beating lsu and Arkansas? We dont have an offense
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I called 6-6 before the beginning of the season, and I'm still holding to that.
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5-7 or 6-6
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Hungry Ojos said:

24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


No, it would be three.

I was being optimistic in my post.

ETA: I think we beat Auburn and New Mexico which gets us to three. Lose the rest.

3 wins is an asinine take and I'm very doom and gloom
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We always play Arky close but pretty much always win. They just managed to lose a game despite putting up like 650 yards of offense. We'll pull that one out.

I'm actually more worried about UF and Bowling Green.
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NoahAg said:

Hungry Ojos said:

24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


No, it would be three.

I was being optimistic in my post.

ETA: I think we beat Auburn and New Mexico which gets us to three. Lose the rest.

I still think 6-6 but 4-8 is certainly possible. Elko might end up being the guy, but not if he stays tethered to Klein. Nothing about Klein's system so far incites confidence.
His system needs a dual threat QB. We actually have two of those ready to go...
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We're not beating Mizzou, LSU, or hell Aubie either, no tigers are wins this year.
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7-5 at best. Good possibility of 6-6. Offense is not good and the defense can't be on the field for 80% of the game.
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24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


If you put a gun to that posters head, you realize there is nothing in between where the bullet enters & exits right?
Ronnie '88
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Coolag02 said:

How in the world are we beating lsu and Arkansas? We dont have an offense
No one including Arkansas knows what they are now that the Petrino honeymoon is over. Probably a middle of the pack team just like us. Hence a toss up.

LSU can't run the ball. Nicholls State (whoever the hell that is) gave them more than they wanted for the first half. LSU didn't score in the fourth quarter.

They're both a toss up. At some point if you want to have actual discussion about the games you have to be capable of discussing reality, not just your negative feelings.
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Howdy Dammit said:

Hungry Ojos said:

24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


No, it would be three.

I was being optimistic in my post.

ETA: I think we beat Auburn and New Mexico which gets us to three. Lose the rest.

3 wins is an asinine take and I'm very doom and gloom
It demonstrates how asinine our football program has been and is.
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So Ags are beating Florida and Missouri and the team sucks?
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Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


LOL. You need to apply Summer's Eve to your JJ
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Hungry Ojos said:

24601 said:

Hungry Ojos said:

I think our ceiling this year is four wins. We are really, really bad. I think most people who have more experience with the game of football than a Nintendo controller see this. Scattered, disorganized, talentless, unconditioned, all things you don't want to see. Elko probably won't make it here four years.


I know the response is always "I'm not a gambler" when asked if people would back these crazy statements up, but if someone put a gun to your head and said guess the number of wins this season... your guess would not be 4 wins.


No, it would be three.

I was being optimistic in my post.

ETA: I think we beat Auburn and New Mexico which gets us to three. Lose the rest.
Let's make a bet on it, right now. If we win more than three games, you have to put "I am an idiot. No one should listen to my opinions" in your signature for a calendar year. If we win 3 or less, I have to do that. Deal?
I bet you thought this signature would have a not-so-subtle reference to my political opinions, didn't you? Made you look.
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Typical Aggie mediocrity. Aggies should be used to it by now. It's only been 80+ years since the last and only championship. Pretty pathetic.
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So we have 100 milion tied up with jimbo and elko for the next 7 years?
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Unlike most of you I'm not changing expectations after 1 game. ND was always going to be tough and McNeese showed us nothing.

Are there concerns? Of course but it's too early to say they are legitimate or just 1st game new coach struggles or season long struggles.

As of now I'm still saying 9-3. We will know more after Saturday.
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did anyone see what Bowling Green did to Penn State in Happy Valley?!

they may be tougher than Florida
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