Trueblue25
Cali Award Magistrate; 2023 Cali Award Rushing Yds
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For Context:
This season, by far, invoked the use of the tie breaker (Notre Dame attended by 49,861) the most as board contributors dialed in accurate expectations as to overall team record (12 correct predictions), and other hotly contested categories.
Which leads me to point out the prevailing optimism that usually shows itself in the Cali Predictions. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, and glaring limitations… board fanatics always find a bright side to talk themselves into before the season (except for you of course Stevenson ).
So was it really a failed season?
Did Dino truly underachieve?
Or was 7-6 us thinking glass half full and hoping Dino would achieve enough where its truly justified to keep what he has going…going?
I will present the awards in posts following this but wanted to take this moment to say a lot of us move the goal posts on our expectations after the Virginia and NCSU wins…and maybe itll help going back through the award prediction thread linked above to remember that.
If we can curb injuries we’ll be cookin, we’ll never get rid of them fully. Its football and we’ll always be at a slight size/athleticism disadvantage to FSU, Clemson, Miami, etc. but theres still hope here.
***5TH ANNUAL CALI AWARDS 2022/2023 PREDICTIONS THREAD
First and foremost, we have this thread each year to honor our fallen friend and board contributor Calicuse, who passed away on October 7, 2016. Rest in peace Cali. ————————————————— Like Mikel Jones, the Cali Awards are back baby. 2021/2022 was another brutal year. Lost to Rutgers by 10...
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This season, by far, invoked the use of the tie breaker (Notre Dame attended by 49,861) the most as board contributors dialed in accurate expectations as to overall team record (12 correct predictions), and other hotly contested categories.
Which leads me to point out the prevailing optimism that usually shows itself in the Cali Predictions. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, and glaring limitations… board fanatics always find a bright side to talk themselves into before the season (except for you of course Stevenson ).
So was it really a failed season?
Did Dino truly underachieve?
Or was 7-6 us thinking glass half full and hoping Dino would achieve enough where its truly justified to keep what he has going…going?
I will present the awards in posts following this but wanted to take this moment to say a lot of us move the goal posts on our expectations after the Virginia and NCSU wins…and maybe itll help going back through the award prediction thread linked above to remember that.
If we can curb injuries we’ll be cookin, we’ll never get rid of them fully. Its football and we’ll always be at a slight size/athleticism disadvantage to FSU, Clemson, Miami, etc. but theres still hope here.