We had spurts here and there but nothing consistent. And, in the games where one position group performed better, another group would regress.
Ignorant. With a 24th ranked recruiting class, our talent is NOT the problem. There are plenty of programs with 50-100th ranked classes that are really good, or competitive. Our coaching is the problem.
Maybe I'm just trying to put a positive spin on it - and maybe parroting the official line from Beamer. I don't know. Just didn't want to add on to all the doom and gloom.
Think our goal next year should be a winning season. 7-5 would be a huge improvement with our schedule.
Was that before or after everyone on the line got hurt?... I didn't like the outcome either, but we had about a half dozen linemen out nearly all season... I understand we should have at least seen a little improvement, but it's tough to have so many people hurt
Recruiting won’t help the line next year. Nothing will change unless we get transfers that are game ready
That is why I think 6-6 is more realistic for next year. If there were no injuries on the O line this year I think we still finish no better than 6-6.
The two records you just mentioned are perpetually realistic for us.
The SEC 8 game conference schedule is designed to make sure coaches like Beamer keep their jobs. Playing Wofford and Akron and counting wins against them towards bowl eligibility is embarrassing and if those wins are needed to get to a bowl the season should really be considered a 4 win season.
Reality is a tough concept for a lot of Gamecock fans. Getting excited about an 8-5 season with a 4-4 conference record and 4 wins over 3 cupcakes and Vandy and a win in a joke of a bowl game is hard for me to do.
A thousand thanks for pointing this out. I think most of us negative Nellies want to do better than sleep walk into a 6-6 bowl invitation under (fill in name of head coach no one else wanted). Heck, maybe one day with the right coach we could end up the best W-L record in the East one season.
