At the end of the day, this team as a whole has regressed

[mantonio]

This team will find a way to win 6 games & get a bowl. This was the reasonable expectation for a depleted team. Until there is more talent, we can expect to be near or at .500

I can live with this for a short time while the program rebuilds. God, it's better than a 3 win ceiling!

 

[rrlbees]

This team will find a way to win 6 games & get a bowl. This was the reasonable expectation for a depleted team. Until there is more talent, we can expect to be near or at .500

I can live with this for a short time while the program rebuilds. God, it's better than a 3 win ceiling!

This depleted stuff drives me nuts. When a bunch of guys were kicked off or left it was said we had a depleted squad. Now we have kids graduate like everyone else does and we have a depleted squad. Many here were sure we'd have 85, or real close to it, scholie guys this year. When will we not be depleted?

 

[javadoc]

This depleted stuff drives me nuts. When a bunch of guys were kicked off or left it was said we had a depleted squad. Now we have kids graduate like everyone else does and we have a depleted squad. Many here were sure we'd have 85, or real close to it, scholie guys this year. When will we not be depleted?

When we have a roster led by solid upperclassmen who dominate the two-deep, and who are not injured.

 

[rrlbees]

When we have a roster led by solid upperclassmen who dominate the two-deep, and who are not injured.

That describes the offense. So we're halfway there. When will we see it in defense?

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[javadoc]

That describes the offense. So we're halfway there. When will we see it in defense?

I would not characterize the offense that way. QB - solid starter, no backup, thus no two-deep. OL is a mess with questionable talent and no backups at all to speak of (or so it seems). RB? Bailey and then whom, according to my criteria? TE is Provo and then? WR is the one position that I consider decent, but even then there are no stars, thanks to meathead Sales. The O is "depleted" - or you could say just plain under-staffed.

 

[rrlbees]

I would not characterize the offense that way. QB - solid starter, no backup, thus no two-deep. OL is a mess with questionable talent and no backups at all to speak of (or so it seems). RB? Bailey and then whom, according to my criteria? TE is Provo and then? WR is the one position that I consider decent, but even then there are no stars, thanks to meathead Sales. The O is "depleted" - or you could say just plain under-staffed.

You aren't describing depleted, your talking talent. With your description 1/2 the teams in the country are depleted. We also have close to the moat experienced offense in the big east. As to injuries, nobody is hurt on offense. Even on defense it is overstated. We played Toledo and everyone cried injuries while Toledo had more defensive starters(4) out than us.

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[javadoc]

You aren't describing depleted, your talking talent. With your description 1/2 the teams in the country are depleted. We also have close to the moat experienced offense in the big east. As to injuries, nobody is hurt on offense. Even on defense it is overstated. We played Toledo and everyone cried injuries while Toledo had more defensive starters(4) out than us.

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Trudo and Hickey are/were huge injuries, IMO.

 

[rrlbees]

Trudo and Hickey are/were huge injuries, IMO.

Trudo is hurt? I see him on the sidelines in uniform and he is listed in the 2 deep. Of 22 projected starters and specialists, we are down 1 player and he returns this week. We may be one of the healthiest teams in the country right now.

 

[OttoMets]

Trudo is hurt? I see him on the sidelines in uniform and he is listed in the 2 deep. Of 22 projected starters and specialists, we are down 1 player and he returns this week. We may be one of the healthiest teams in the country right now.

Perhaps a little misleading, since both starting corners are playing with hard casts on a hand due to no depth behind them, but the injuries haven't been catastrophic by any means.

 

[suloyalfan]

And Speller, White, Middleton and Kay.

Legree... Fairchild... Donte Davis would have been nice to have last year. I'm sure there are others that I'm forgetting...