Missouri ain't surprising nobody. They have a solid program .
Less than 2 weeks - Who's your pick for the team that surprises the league?
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I don't think there will be much of a surprise this year. Depth is thinned out at the big boys now, so injuries will determine the "surprises". New coaches at programs could move the needle one way or another.
Yeah, the college game has changed a WHOLE lot in the last 5 years. We weren't even talking NIL back when Leach & Drink were hired. Coaches and programs had to adapt to NIL and are still adapting even today. To me Leach was a coach who could have you winning within 3 years or less. Drink's personality and the way he used to normally recruit indicated to me it would take a little longer for him to develop his recruiting relationships. Mizzou sits in between 2 great recruiting metro areas all by themselves. Drink, IMO can have you winning within 5 years or less. Nowadays 5 years of being very average or worse can strain most fanbase's patience. Last year was a good year for them. Will he do it again this year? Maybe. Maybe not. Even if he comes up a couple wins short of last years, I think he'll still have Mizzou on a positive trend line. Kind of like trading stocks....are you a day trader (want an immediate winner), or are you a long term investor (willing to accept some mediocre years for a bigger payoff in the end). Mizzou has the best pro-style QB in the SEC in Cook. I see him being a huge plus for them. I do like Milroe at BAMA as the best dual-threat QB.
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I have LSU going to Atlanta. I don’t think their schedule has gotten nearly enough talk. No Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Mizzou on the schedule, and OM-Bama-OU all have to come to Baton Rouge. Only other iffy game I see is at A&M. But I think they go 3-1 in that stretch and are in the SECCG.
I can see us losing for sure but you don’t think we can be competitive at home with a team who also went 5-7 last year? I know Mertz is good but I fully believe that should at worst be a close game.
They lost 5 off last year defense to NFL and just lost the starting edge rusher for the year. Lost the LG and LT on the OL to graduation. Won 4 games last year by single digits. Lost DC to LSU. I don’t see Mizz finishing better than 8-4
I see the same thing, the talent on the two rosters is not comparable
Yes all that talent made the head coach look like an AMAZING coach. Maybe he can give speeches and lecture others on how to be a successful man like Saban did so often.
While 8-4 is an off year. I'd take it in a heartbeat. Mizzou has a very positive trend line.
They’ve got the program established and rolling. they also have good resources and nil funding. Missouri is pretty strong in the sec. never thought that would be the case.
And the other SEC teams transfers are all All-Americans huh?
Lebby is going to make some of you eat plates of crow. Barring no major injuries, especially Shapen.
I say Ole Miss. if they don’t win a national championship this year their whole season is a bust and they should fire Kiffen.
All I've ever said is Lebby may be a great hire or he may be a terrible hire. Nobody knows yet because we haven't seen anything from him yet. Recruiting and transfer rankings have to be taken with a grain of salt, but the rankings from independent sources aren't great. And the DC hire especially looks underwhelming. But we'll see.
Auburn has the best chance to be better than expected.
One thing I've learned....it is incredibly easy to see good coaching. I know that talent makes up a big chunk, and good coaches will still get blown out by significantly better talent. But you can always tell. You knew immediately in 1991, 2009 and 2020 that we were in good shape. You knew immediately in 2004 and 2018, that we were in trouble.
As far as the offseason, you got the warm and fuzzies in basically every one of them. Hell we were even fired up in 2003. Offseason means absolutely nothing.
I got 8 or 9 wins easily. They have the best WR in the SEC and their QB is one of the top two best.
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