For me, it's a tie between men's basketball and football. Men's basketball - can we continue to make the tourney? Football - a complete unknown but want to see what Lebby takes us offensively.
Of the Big 3(4?) sports - which sport are you most looking forward to watching?
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Men's Basketball
I fear that we have multi-year rebuild in Football although some signs of life offensively would be progress this fall.
I fear that we have multi-year rebuild in Football although some signs of life offensively would be progress this fall.
this year mens basketball because it is a chance to be relevant nationally but football is a close second to see how we are trending and what we (hopefully) have to look forward to.
I really cannot say because college sports are about to change. Will have to see how it all shakes out.
If we’re lucky, football will be kind of like Mullen’s first season after Croom.
Competitive at times but with a losing record.
Men’s Basketball >> Football
I’m a bit more confident in Jans in his third season than I am in Lebby in his first season.
Baseball…
I want to see how the portal works out first but Spring is all about renewal and Fall precedes the seasonal gloom of November so of course I look forward to baseball.
Competitive at times but with a losing record.
Men’s Basketball >> Football
I’m a bit more confident in Jans in his third season than I am in Lebby in his first season.
Baseball…
I want to see how the portal works out first but Spring is all about renewal and Fall precedes the seasonal gloom of November so of course I look forward to baseball.
In the era of the transfer portal, if we are looking at a multi year rebuild, then I don’t think Lebby will be around very long.
As the original question, it probably should be men’s basketball because I think we could be good this year, but it’s football for me. I’m curious to see the offense and how the team in general with Lebby.
Football increasingly feels like a visit to the in-laws: parts of it may not be bad, but I participate mainly out of tradition, and I'll be glad when it's over.
I'm looking forward to basketball - we had some speed bumps with Jans last season/off-season but I still think we've got a good one & are headed in the right direction.
I'm looking forward to basketball - we had some speed bumps with Jans last season/off-season but I still think we've got a good one & are headed in the right direction.
Football then basketball. But I reserve the right to change my opinion after the first couple of football games.
I’m curious what we look like in football, but my expectations are about as low as they’ve been since Croom’s 3rd or 4th season.
Men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and baseball… I kind of expect us to be about the same as we’ve been, so… a good, not great bubble team. I don’t know that there have been any big talent or personnel changes that make me feel like we’re going to take a big leap forward or backwards.
So, of the four, I’d say it’s football, but that’s mostly out of morbid curiosity.
Now… the team I’m kind of excited to see this year is soccer. They’ve quietly become a solid program and I’m wondering if they can take that next step. I think softball could have a good season too.
I just contemplated that we live in a world where our soccer and softball teams have been in the round of 16 more times in the past 25 years than our men’s basketball team.
Men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and baseball… I kind of expect us to be about the same as we’ve been, so… a good, not great bubble team. I don’t know that there have been any big talent or personnel changes that make me feel like we’re going to take a big leap forward or backwards.
So, of the four, I’d say it’s football, but that’s mostly out of morbid curiosity.
Now… the team I’m kind of excited to see this year is soccer. They’ve quietly become a solid program and I’m wondering if they can take that next step. I think softball could have a good season too.
I just contemplated that we live in a world where our soccer and softball teams have been in the round of 16 more times in the past 25 years than our men’s basketball team.
Just the Big 2: Football & Men's Basketball
MBB is probably our best chance to have a national impact. The tourney is such a crapshoot that we might find ourselves on a national stage with a little luck
MBB is probably our best chance to have a national impact. The tourney is such a crapshoot that we might find ourselves on a national stage with a little luck
It’s gonna be real hard for soccer to too last year. But we’ve got a lot back & added several players. I’m expecting top 6 SEC and top 16 in NCAAT, about same as last year.
With football, we will know pretty quickly what we have with Lebby. If you have a good coach, you know immediately. I’m optimistic
Basketball and it isn't close.
Due to a host of reasons, football as a sport just seems way too much of a clownshow at this point. I'll watch it, but I will have very little emotionally invested in it.
Due to a host of reasons, football as a sport just seems way too much of a clownshow at this point. I'll watch it, but I will have very little emotionally invested in it.
I lost interest in most all of them due to portal and NIL. But if I had to pick one I would pick football as that has always been my favorite.
Geez that is depressing. I used to look forward to football all summer. It's nothing more to me now that background noise on the TV. A distraction from my life.
If we were ever worth a darn again, it's always going to be basketball for me. One and done isn't worth a darn.
For me for years it was Football no question not even close then baseball. But now after a boring 37-44 record since Mullen, the lack of parity, and now NIL and transfers that is changing. I know baseball is touched by NIL/transfers but not like football. So for me its baseball, then football. I don't even give a thought to basketball, can't stand the game. I use that time period between the Egg Bowl and first pitch to hunt a little and catch up on honey do's so I dont get fussed at too much for going to 35'ish home baseball games.
Football for me. It's always been my favorite, followed by baseball and basketball. I think we'll be pleasantly surprised by the offense. I just hope the defense is at least serviceable.
It’ll be fun this year too. Just getting to the point the next step up is elite teams. I think we’ll have a better team next year than last. Just gonna be hard to beat a Stanford or a UNC to take that next step.
1. Baseball
2. Baseball
3. Baseball
4. whatever is televised next.
I could watch baseball regardless of who’s playing. I haven’t watched a complete basketball game outside of State games in years. I’m a very apathetic football viewer as well.
2. Baseball
3. Baseball
4. whatever is televised next.
I could watch baseball regardless of who’s playing. I haven’t watched a complete basketball game outside of State games in years. I’m a very apathetic football viewer as well.
Always football. I don't expect much at all, but I want to see how it goes. I just hope I don't get to the point I don't care at all. College sports is
Rapidly becoming a professional sport, I always liked it better than pro sports because it at
least made a pretense at being played by amateurs who shared the college experience with us non-athletes. That connection is rapidly going away.
Rapidly becoming a professional sport, I always liked it better than pro sports because it at
least made a pretense at being played by amateurs who shared the college experience with us non-athletes. That connection is rapidly going away.
Football and baseball are the only ones I care about. If it weren't for the threads on here I wouldn't know what happened in basketball.
One of the depressing things about college football these days is that the term "multi year" is no longer applicable to anything but overpaid coach's contracts.
Football and men’s basketball. Football to see what Lebby can do and basketball with all the new pieces added to the team that should make them a little more dynamic on the offensive end of the floor.
I love all 3 a lot but nothing comes close to football. I desperately wanna see us get back to playing .500 SEC football and hopefully taking that next step. Jan's has me pumped cuz he's a good coach. All 3 affect me differently. Kinda like my favorite musical artists; hard to say whose the best when they're all so different.
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For me, I get the most enjoyment from a Saturday afternoon baseball game. I don’t have enough mental bandwidth I’m willing to devote to knowing the majority of players on a football roster, and I’m pretty sour on what has to be done to compete in both football and basketball at this point. Our current baseball coach won the national championship. I just love a good pitchers duel more than about anything in college sports.
This is me. Hard for me to follow who’s on the rosters, so I have no clue what to expect from any sport. Basketball used to be may favorite sport but the roster turnover from year to year has sucked the excitement out of me. I know we return Hubbard, Matthews, and…?
Although there are pros to that. It’s good that we can revamp our football roster after a 5-7 season, so that does give some hope of a quick turnaround
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