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It has to be said

Per your 2018 comparison post, I feel two corners have been turned. The first is we are remarkably better on offense and the D is deeper than past seasons. The second the ACC is a dumpster fire … I said it two weeks before the season started I don’t think the ACC will have as many teams ranked at seasons end but I feel we will be one of them. Honestly the only game on our schedule I felt like winning is less than 50% was ND, even now I may rethink it. They manhandled a pretty good Louisville team last night, if it were Wagner or UConn I’d be more skeptical but they big boyed the Ville and it was glorious.
 
Ehhh...great start to the season (my 5/0 start prediction still good) but let's pump the brakes. One game so far. To me corner turned is bowling in back to back years. There's lots to like here after game 1. Let's just enjoy the ride for now.
 
Cusefan69 said:
Ehhh...great start to the season (my 5/0 start prediction still good) but let's pump the brakes. One game so far. To me corner turned is bowling in back to back years. There's lots to like here after game 1. Let's just enjoy the ride for now.
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Normally I would agree but this team just feels different.
 
Cusefan69 said:
Ehhh...great start to the season (my 5/0 start prediction still good) but let's pump the brakes. One game so far. To me corner turned is bowling in back to back years. There's lots to like here after game 1. Let's just enjoy the ride for now.
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Why?

We were just home 'dogs to a team that's dominated us in recent years, playing against a QB who has carved us up repeatedly. And we destroyed them on both sides of the ball.

All of the prognosticators who picked us to finish in last place were fools, given the number of starters we had returning. And we saw it all manifest -- albeit imperfectly -- last night.

And there is still a LOT of room for improvement, with the penalties, drops, etc.

I'm not pumping the brakes at all -- I say, time for the fanbase to get excited, and enjoy these next two weeks leading up to the Purdue game. Last time I felt this confident was 2018, and we know how that turned out. People were saying pump the brakes then, too.

But if Shrader can throw the ball like he did last night, and the DL can continue to play well and not be the liability many feared, then both the floor AND the ceiling for this team's potential just got raised substantially.

Let's Go Orange!!!
 
RF2044 said:
Why?

We were just home 'dogs to a team that's dominated us in recent years, playing against a QB who has carved us up repeatedly. And we destroyed them on both sides of the ball.

All of the prognosticators who picked us to finish in last place were fools, given the number of starters we had returning. And we saw it all manifest -- albeit imperfectly -- last night.

And there is still a LOT of room for improvement, with the penalties, drops, etc.

I'm not pumping the brakes at all -- I say, time for the fanbase to get excited, and enjoy these next two weeks leading up to the Purdue game. Last time I felt this confident was 2018, and we know how that turned out. People were saying pump the brakes then, too.

But if Shrader can throw the ball like he did last night, and the DL can continue to play well and not be the liability many feared, then both the floor AND the ceiling for this team's potential just got raised substantially.

Let's Go Orange!!!
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I told a buddy of mine I thought our floor for the season was 6-6, I saw 11 coin toss games on our schedule … I may need to rethink it … the one thing I think truly helps is that the ACC just isn’t that good. Miami may be the best in the conference if Clemson doesn’t improve from last season.
 
Cusefan69 said:
Ehhh...great start to the season (my 5/0 start prediction still good) but let's pump the brakes. One game so far. To me corner turned is bowling in back to back years. There's lots to like here after game 1. Let's just enjoy the ride for now.
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Oops -- I think I misinterpreted your post when I originally skimmed it.

What I was reacting to, you weren't implying.
 
RF2044 said:
Why?

We were just home 'dogs to a team that's dominated us in recent years, playing against a QB who has carved us up repeatedly. And we destroyed them on both sides of the ball.

All of the prognosticators who picked us to finish in last place were fools, given the number of starters we had returning. And we saw it all manifest -- albeit imperfectly -- last night.

And there is still a LOT of room for improvement, with the penalties, drops, etc.

I'm not pumping the brakes at all -- I say, time for the fanbase to get excited, and enjoy these next two weeks leading up to the Purdue game. Last time I felt this confident was 2018, and we know how that turned out. People were saying pump the brakes then, too.

But if Shrader can throw the ball like he did last night, and the DL can continue to play well and not be the liability many feared, then both the floor AND the ceiling for this team's potential just got raised substantially.

Let's Go Orange!!!
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Oh I am not saying don't get pumped up and enjoy. There's allot to be excited about and I certainly am onboard. Again I am pretty much the only one on the board who called a 5 and 0 start. I just think if we are going to start saying that the corner is turned that it takes both a larger and more consistent set of data points.
By no means am I saying don't be amped or excited though. We should all enjoy this start and the potential for a really fun season.
 
RF2044 said:
Oops -- I think I misinterpreted your post when I originally skimmed it.

What I was reacting to, you weren't implying.
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All good, just tried to clarify in a follow up. :)
 
RMH44 said:
Constant, relentless GS criticism. Don't tell me you've forgotten?
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Considering I predicted 3000 yds passing for him this year I never thought he wouldn’t be better. But there’s no denying he had work to put in, his mechanics were horrible. He’s obviously worked on it.
 
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Cusefan69 said:
Ehhh...great start to the season (my 5/0 start prediction still good) but let's pump the brakes. One game so far. To me corner turned is bowling in back to back years. There's lots to like here after game 1. Let's just enjoy the ride for now.
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I'm with you. I'm hoping this is us peering around that corner. This can be different than 2018 followed by 2019. Assuming we have a good year (7+ wins would meet that definition for me), we have so many more pieces that will come back than in 2018. Just the QB alone will be such a huge difference (not sure why the sideline girl said this was his last year).
 
I remember someone predicting we'd be an NC contender in hoops after we beat Drexel to open last season.

While yesterday was a tremendous catharsis, and the team showed so much improvement from last year, we don't really know how good the 'Ville is. Meaning, we don't know how good we are.

Yep, week to week is the way to go.
 
Symphony Steve said:
I remember someone predicting we'd be an NC contender in hoops after we beat Drexel to open last season.

While yesterday was a tremendous catharsis, and the team showed so much improvement from last year, we don't really know how good the 'Ville is. Meaning, we don't know how good we are.

Yep, week to week is the way to go.
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Agreed. But boy did this week feel good.
 
orangencpolice said:
Don’t jinx us for god’s sake…
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How is that a jinx? Injuries are realistic part of the game and we saw tucker down for minutes last night. When was the last season the Cuse starter made it all 12 games?
 
Otto2000 said:
How is that a jinx? Injuries are realistic part of the game and we saw tucker down for minutes last night. When was the last season the Cuse starter made it all 12 games?
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Sarcasm Otto. I know it’s always possible, I just don’t like to think about it.
 
sufandu said:
I'm with you. I'm hoping this is us peering around that corner. This can be different than 2018 followed by 2019. Assuming we have a good year (7+ wins would meet that definition for me), we have so many more pieces that will come back than in 2018. Just the QB alone will be such a huge difference (not sure why the sideline girl said this was his last year).
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Yeah I caught that too, no idea why she said that. I suppose maybe he could graduate and move on?
 
RF2044 said:
Why?

We were just home 'dogs to a team that's dominated us in recent years, playing against a QB who has carved us up repeatedly. And we destroyed them on both sides of the ball.

All of the prognosticators who picked us to finish in last place were fools, given the number of starters we had returning. And we saw it all manifest -- albeit imperfectly -- last night.

And there is still a LOT of room for improvement, with the penalties, drops, etc.

I'm not pumping the brakes at all -- I say, time for the fanbase to get excited, and enjoy these next two weeks leading up to the Purdue game. Last time I felt this confident was 2018, and we know how that turned out. People were saying pump the brakes then, too.

But if Shrader can throw the ball like he did last night, and the DL can continue to play well and not be the liability many feared, then both the floor AND the ceiling for this team's potential just got raised substantially.

Let's Go Orange!!!
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If Shrader can throw the ball like he did last night and receivers can hold on to them all, we’ll be in even better shape. Looks like Garrett has been putting the work in with Beck. He was ACCURATE as hell last night – I think he will keep throwing that way which is great.

TONY’S D was on fire dumping Cunningham several times. Really a great team WIN.

I also say Dino should suggest to Wildhack that Tony is being mentioned as an upcoming, if not already there D Coordinator that people are seeing as a great addition to their team and should suggest to John that his contract should be extended and for more $. We need him!
 
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