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GoSU96 said:
The wishful thinking was that ND and Louisville were going to regress.
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Well, I don't specifically remember anyone saying that we'd go 3-2 against that stretch. I'm fairly certain that most posters project WF as a win, but I don't think that anyone credible suggested that any 0f those other games are likely W's.

And I don't fault people for predicting that ND / louisville might regress--both teams lost a ton to the NFL draft--including first round pick QB Bridgewater for lville, and a ton of defensive players for ND. Plus the suspensions they had in the preseason. Ergo, they might have dropped off.

It's still early. Let's see how things play out. If we play like we did against Villanova, then we'll struggle to win four games. If we get our heads out of our arses, then more is possible.
 
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Lou, pitt, duke, and maryland go into tossup category with nd, fsu and clemson likely losses
 
Not sure if I remember that, I do remember people telling us that VT schedules no one and never wins a big game.

FWIW UL looked great beating up a Miami team with an 18 year old QB. ND is another story.
 
ND didn't lose much on offense and their qb is really playing well. They look like a top 10 team to me. They recruit well and Kelly can coach, only a matter of time before it all came together.

I want to know where the poster is that was all roostered up on Vanderbilt past few years, stating they would be fine even after Franklin left. Complete trainwreck right now.
 
anomander said:
I was as disappointed as anyone after our pathetic season opening performance, but no way in hell am I counting any of these games (minus FSU and Clemson) as losses.
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Nd is better than clemson
 
OrangePA said:
Nobody On The Schedule Is A Given Win Right Now.

CMU Now Looks To Be A Challenge.

And I Have No idea Whether It's Talent Or scheme
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I agree but one thing this team HAS to do is take advantage of opportunities. Dropping picks or not fighting to get that fumble will decide many games. My guess is that the schedule is close to Top 5 now.
 
GoSU96 said:
3. I hope we don't see any "Shafer has lost me" or "He's horrible and in over his head" posts when they come out of that stretch.
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GoSU96 said:
SU had a good change to go 3-2 against ND, FSU, Lville, Wake and Clemson. 1. I hope people are realistic and stop thinking the ND and Lville were going to fall off because of changes. 2. I hope the team emerges healthy. 3. I hope we don't see any "Shafer has lost me" or "He's horrible and in over his head" posts when they come out of that stretch.
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. Lol what a joke you are after one game... Freedom of speech on here but still LOL you must be a huge basketball fan
 
Why don't we just play the next two games and see what we have? Nova just wiped out Fordham 50-6. They ran 80 plays and racked up 514 yards while holding Fordham to 219 total yards. Nova is pretty good.

When we look around many P5 teams had trouble non P5 opponents. We are the only team that had their starting QB ejected.

Just reminds us how bumpy the start of each season can be.
 
GoSU96 said:
The wishful thinking was that ND and Louisville were going to regress.
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How are you so sure they won't? They were 12-1 last year, and their QB is not as good. Maybe at least see how they do at UVA.

No one thought ND was going to regress when they got Gholston back. But when the suspensions hit people hoped it would weaken their defense, which tends to happen when 4 D starters are suspended in the preseason.

Thus whole thread is strangest I told you so I've seen in quite some time.
 
Chip said:
How are you so sure they won't? They were 12-1 last year, and their QB is not as good. Maybe at least see how they do at UVA.

No one thought ND was going to regress when they got Gholston back. But when the suspensions hit people hoped it would weaken their defense, which tends to happen when 4 D starters are suspended in the preseason.

Thus whole thread is strangest I told you so I've seen in quite some time.
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Those suspensions have nothing to do with it.

There's no told you so. The fact is that this is a hard schedule and there was a lot of it's not that hard, 8 wins should be expected, we should go .500 against those four, blah, blah, blah.
 
Crusty said:
Why don't we just play the next two games and see what we have? Nova just wiped out Fordham 50-6. They ran 80 plays and racked up 514 yards while holding Fordham to 219 total yards. Nova is pretty good.

When we look around many P5 teams had trouble non P5 opponents. We are the only team that had their starting QB ejected.

Just reminds us how bumpy the start of each season can be.
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The original post had nothing to do with how good or not good SU is.
 
GoSU96 said:
Those suspensions have nothing to do with it.

There's no told you so. The fact is that this is a hard schedule and there was a lot of it's not that hard, 8 wins should be expected, we should go .500 against those four, blah, blah, blah.
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damn it would be better if Marrone was the coach
 
Who the heck said we were going 3-2?

I just hope we can beat Central Michigan.
 
GoSU96 said:
The original post had nothing to do with how good or not good SU is.
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Well, I think it did. I understand you made other points with respect to ND etc but the opening line of "Remember when..." implied that we are not as good as people thought we were before the season started. My post was responding to both points about team quality - them as well as us- it is too early to tell. Sorry, if you took offense.
 
GoSU96 said:
If they win 1 of those games four games it will be a great job. I hope they aren't so down going into Wake that that one gets away.
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There are unrealistic expectations ( go 4-1 or 5-0 ) then there is setting the bar too low ( 1-4 ) something in between should be the hope. Too early to tell just how good we are, ND looks good but i have never watched a Michigan team look so inept since DMac ripped them apart. Louisville beat a what seems to be annuaully overrrated Miami. Too early to tell. Even FSU does not seem to be the force they were last year. ( though I'm not expecting a win in that one )
 
SWC75 said:
Who the heck said we were going 3-2?

I just hope we can beat Central Michigan.
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A number of people in the tacked season prediction thread.
 
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