Mandel and Feldman both have us going bowling...

[nzm136]

This current team is better than ND

A lot of people would disagree with you.

It’s hard to tell. We beat a down FSU, a middle MAC team, and an fcs team.

ND is #8 in the country. They struggled with Vandy (looking at the score), and Ball State kept it close. But they also knocked off #19 Michigan at home.

 

[anomander]

Thinking through it,
3-0: Done +3

UConn & UNC: Layups +2 (5-0)

Clemson & ND: Really hard -2 (5-2)

BC, NCSU, WF, UL, and Pitt: All tossups, where we’re probably slightly below the group’s average. +2, -3

I can see 7-5, with an outside shot at 8-4. We’ve done well in bowls recently (K-State, MN, and WVU), so I think that we have a really great shot at 8 wins (7-5 w a loss it balanced out by 8-4 with a win). All-in-all, going 8-5 would be extremely promising, given that we’ve only had 2 full recruiting cycles under this system (the first class was truncated).

I think that the fear is a late season slide.

At this point all the games are winnable except Clemson

 

[Ish88888]

Thinking through it,
3-0: Done +3

UConn & UNC: Layups +2 (5-0)

Clemson & ND: Really hard -2 (5-2)

BC, NCSU, WF, UL, and Pitt: All tossups, where we’re probably slightly below the group’s average. +2, -3

I can see 7-5, with an outside shot at 8-4. We’ve done well in bowls recently (K-State, MN, and WVU), so I think that we have a really great shot at 8 wins (7-5 w a loss it balanced out by 8-4 with a win). All-in-all, going 8-5 would be extremely promising, given that we’ve only had 2 full recruiting cycles under this system (the first class was truncated).

I think that the fear is a late season slide.

The D has to show up in the latter third of the season unlike the last few years. I think we do it with our db depth. Think the lbs will still have growing pains, but still see 8-4

 

[Trueblue25]

I think we can beat Florida St at home. We beat Va Tech and Clemson at home. We can beat FSU

Witch!!

 

[nzm136]

At this point all the games are winnable except Clemson

No. Every game is winnable, but not every game is likely to be won. We’ll be dogs for both Clemson and ND.

 

[BlueShaq]

Thinking through it,
3-0: Done +3

UConn & UNC: Layups +2 (5-0)

Clemson & ND: Really hard -2 (5-2)

BC, NCSU, WF, UL, and Pitt: All tossups, where we’re probably slightly below the group’s average. +2, -3

I can see 7-5, with an outside shot at 8-4. We’ve done well in bowls recently (K-State, MN, and WVU), so I think that we have a really great shot at 8 wins (7-5 w a loss it balanced out by 8-4 with a win). All-in-all, going 8-5 would be extremely promising, given that we’ve only had 2 full recruiting cycles under this system (the first class was truncated).

I think that the fear is a late season slide.

UL currently down 14-0 to a winless Western Kentucky team. I'd consider that a strong favorite matchup there.

 

[HtownOrange]

Thinking through it,
3-0: Done +3

UConn & UNC: Layups +2 (5-0)

Clemson & ND: Really hard -2 (5-2)

BC, NCSU, WF, UL, and Pitt: All tossups, where we’re probably slightly below the group’s average. +2, -3

I can see 7-5, with an outside shot at 8-4. We’ve done well in bowls recently (K-State, MN, and WVU), so I think that we have a really great shot at 8 wins (7-5 w a loss it balanced out by 8-4 with a win). All-in-all, going 8-5 would be extremely promising, given that we’ve only had 2 full recruiting cycles under this system (the first class was truncated).

I think that the fear is a late season slide.

You have a reasonable basis for your concern, history is against ED playing a full season.

I think the fear of a late season slide is greatly reduced:
1) The recruits are proving up
2) Depth is increasing
3) We have a solid back up QB (or 2 or 3)
4) The offense is clicking
5) We have a couple talented running backs and a couple solid guys

Just my take.

 

[elimunelson]

This current team is better than ND

Louisville stinks, UNC stinks, Uconn stinkers. Those 3 are musts for our 6 win plateau.

The rest, minus Clemson, are games we can conceivably win. 8 is very in play

 

[orangenauburn]

Why not. 10-2 add a bowl win 11-2

 

[SU2NASA]

15-0

Still in play.

 

[AZOrange]

We can win the damn ACC

 

[texascpa]

We can win the damn ACC

F it. We can win the National Championship

 

[FAL]

F it. We can win the National Championship

Gimme what you are smokin’!

 

[creatorsgam]

F it. We can win the National Championship

Bama looks decent and could hang with us for a half, but yeah.

 

[FAL]

Bama looks decent and could hang with us for a half, but yeah.

:rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling:

 

[stuckinbig11]

Mandel Robinson -- haven't heard that name in a long time

 

[blue&orange]

I’ll go with 7-5 based on what we’ve seen.
Future wins are Uconn, UNC, and Lou will be when we get bowl eligible. It’s also possible we can get to six by NC State. It would be great to play November games not to just get to six, but rather have it already clinched and instead push for 7-9 wins and a stronger bowl.

 

[creatorsgam]

I’ll go with 7-5 based on what we’ve seen.
Future wins are Uconn, UNC, and Lou will be when we get bowl eligible. It’s also possible we can get to six by NC State. It would be great to play November games not to just get to six, but rather have it already clinched and instead push for 7-9 wins and a stronger bowl.

I’d take it. Anything else is gravy.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I'll start predicting how many wins we end up with once we get to 6.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Mandel Robinson -- haven't heard that name in a long time

I think he wore 44 in 1979 or 1980

 

[CanadianSU]

At this point all the games are winnable except Clemson

It's a long shot. I mean a huge long shot... But Clemson is a winnable game. Bryant got hurt today didn't seem too serious but could linger.

Again almost an impossible task. But they aren't close to Bama right now IMO. Also barely beat a pretty meh Texas A & M team.

 

[Orangefan1]

People need to
Throw away their preseason predictions of six wins or
Hoping for that. This team can get 9 or ten this year

 

[Finwad32]

I'm going to predict 4-0.

Anything beyond that is pointless right now. This thread was 30-days old, some very real assertions at that point are laughable now.

 

[omniorange]

The ACC division makeup is a joke and always has been. The Coastal is so watered down compared to the Atlantic that it’s not even funny. Nothing will change as long as UNC’s boy Swofford is commissioner.

Anyone think he wants Carolina facing Clemson, FSU, and Louisville every year? Add in very improved teams in NCSU, Wake, and Boston College (with Syracuse not far behind) and it’s easy to see what’s what.

Babers is doing a great job fielding a tough as nails team in his short tenure. If he can get to the point where he’s consistently recruiting high 3 and 4 star players, the sky’s the limit for Orange football.

The Coastal Division's TOP SECRET code name is the "Irish Division".

Of course ND full time continues to be fool's gold, but fools will continue to be fools.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[texascpa]

I'm going to predict 4-0.

Anything beyond that is pointless right now. This thread was 30-days old, some very real assertions at that point are laughable now.

May be pointless, but it's fun to think about.