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[Fried Chicken]

Just because 2 teams played an entertaining game in Week 1 doesn’t mean both teams are better.

We’ve seen this play out a number of times, where a game is entertaining and immediately everyone thinks we watched 2 good teams only to realize both were mediocre later in the season. My candidate for this season is USC & LSU. I won’t be shocked to see both teams look pedestrian as the season goes on.

The same goes for anyone beating a highly ranked team. GT’s win against FSU last week suddenly doesn’t look like near as big a deal. Not their fault but it’s the truth.

And of course, a close win might look better as the season goes on. Us winning an ugly game against UCF a few years ago comes to mind…and that game ended up being their only loss of the season. But man, we came out of that game very concerned.

I won’t be shocked if the ODU win looks a little better, on paper only, when the season is over. We’ll never forget how ugly it was and how poor the offense played. We won’t feel better about that.

Still way too much is unknown to make dogmatic statements (such as we have no chance against so and so). Those hard takes get the views and the clicks, but we should all know by now a ton of things can change. For example, if Cam Ward goes down…Miami is probably a completely different team.

 

[Blues man]

Cant say I'm not interested to see how ODU does against ECU and VT the next two weeks.

 

[Uscg1984]

Here's to hoping our ugly ODU win turns out to be like our 2013 ugly UCF win.

 

[Bubba Fett]

I tell you what... We are some irrationally hopeful sons of bitc... buttercups.

Someday, someday...

 

[fpr4]

Just because 2 teams played an entertaining game in Week 1 doesn’t mean both teams are better.

We’ve seen this play out a number of times, where a game is entertaining and immediately everyone thinks we watched 2 good teams only to realize both were mediocre later in the season. My candidate for this season is USC & LSU. I won’t be shocked to see both teams look pedestrian as the season goes on.

The same goes for anyone beating a highly ranked team. GT’s win against FSU last week suddenly doesn’t look like near as big a deal. Not their fault but it’s the truth.

And of course, a close win might look better as the season goes on. Us winning an ugly game against UCF a few years ago comes to mind…and that game ended up being their only loss of the season. But man, we came out of that game very concerned.

I won’t be shocked if the ODU win looks a little better, on paper only, when the season is over. We’ll never forget how ugly it was and how poor the offense played. We won’t feel better about that.

Still way too much is unknown to make dogmatic statements (such as we have no chance against so and so). Those hard takes get the views and the clicks, but we should all know by now a ton of things can change. For example, if Cam Ward goes down…Miami is probably a completely different team.

3-9

 

[Fried Chicken]

I tell you what... We are some irrationally hopeful sons of bitc... buttercups.

Someday, someday...

My post wasn’t just about us. Not sure how you came to that conclusion. I said as much about LSU and USC than I did us. That’s why they call it Overreation Monday. I’ve made it clear all week I don’t have much hope. Honestly, I think we’re a 4 win team. Thought maybe 5 wins coming into the season.

My thoughts have to deal more with college football in general. People wanted to hire Brent Key for one win over FSU. People think USC is so much better for beating an LSU team that hasn’t been all that great in a few years. I thought Miami looked really good beating Florida, but Florida may end up being a 2-3 win team.

My only point was not to be dogmatic after Week 1.

 

[Fried Chicken]

3-9

Ok, you focused on about 2 sentences in the entire post. How about USC & LSU? Miami? Georgia Tech? College Football in general?

 

[AllinGamecock]

If 3-9, 4-8 Change needs to happen

 

[Fried Chicken]

If 3-9, 4-8 Change needs to happen

Probably will. I’m not sure who we can hire to right the ship. Honestly, that ship may have sailed for this program in the era of 120 scholarships and NIL. I could see Chadwell ending up at UF. I don’t think he would come here now.

But as far as this thread goes, I’m interested to see who, if anybody, takes a step back in Week 2 Tennessee has so much momentum but they have a tough game against NC State in Charlotte. Not sure what Syracuse has this year, but that game in the Carrier Dome for GT seems like a trap game. Not a ton of great matchups this weekend. Interested to see how it plays out for USC & LSU after many said it felt like a playoff game. Time will tell if they are really that much improved or just both mediocre. Lincoln Riley was on life support coming into the season. After one game, it’s like everyone forgot how bad they were last season.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Ok, you focused on about 2 sentences in the entire post. How about USC & LSU? Miami? Georgia Tech? College Football in general?

I didn't watch the whole game but LSU's quarterback looked good to me from what I saw. Clemson 's defense looked good for a half. The rest of the teams we play didn't seem to have much of an opponent to really judge. And then there was Vandy.

 

[Fried Chicken]

I didn't watch the whole game but LSU's quarterback looked good to me from what I saw. Clemson 's defense looked good for a half. The rest of the teams we play didn't seem to have much of an opponent to really judge. And then there was Vandy.

Vandy, no doubt, had a huge win. Will be interesting to see if they can play to that level week after week. Also, will be interesting to see how Va Tech does the rest of the season. Many were picking them to win the ACC. I didn’t understand why, and now I certainly don’t. But that was a huge win for them.

 

[Bubba Fett]

My post wasn’t just about us. Not sure how you came to that conclusion. I said as much about LSU and USC than I did us. That’s why they call it Overreation Monday. I’ve made it clear all week I don’t have much hope. Honestly, I think we’re a 4 win team. Thought maybe 5 wins coming into the season.

My thoughts have to deal more with college football in general. People wanted to hire Brent Key for one win over FSU. People think USC is so much better for beating an LSU team that hasn’t been all that great in a few years. I thought Miami looked really good beating Florida, but Florida may end up being a 2-3 win team.

My only point was not to be dogmatic after Week 1.

My only point was humor. I wasn't coming after you. I hate it when fans on this board go after each other.

 

[Uscg1984]

Vandy, no doubt, had a huge win. Will be interesting to see if they can play to that level week after week. Also, will be interesting to see how Va Tech does the rest of the season. Many were picking them to win the ACC. I didn’t understand why, and now I certainly don’t. But that was a huge win for them.

To your point in this thread, _maybe_ it was a huge win. Perhaps Va Tech is on their way to a 3-9 type season. In that case, an overtime win at home against a terrible team doesn't end up looking like a huge win.

OK, so maybe any Vandy win over a P5 team is huge, but you get the point.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

To your point in this thread, _maybe_ it was a huge win. Perhaps Va Tech is on their way to a 3-9 type season. In that case, an overtime win at home against a terrible team doesn't end up looking like a huge win.

OK, so maybe any Vandy win over a P5 team is huge, but you get the point.

2 weeks ago Vandy was one of our "guaranteed" wins.

 

[Lurker123]

2 weeks ago Vandy was one of our "guaranteed" wins.

I will still say that, if only because I'm too embarrassed to say that vandy is good enough to give us a game. We've sunk that low.

 

[will110]

I will still say that, if only because I'm too embarrassed to say that vandy is good enough to give us a game. We've sunk that low.

They gave us everything we could handle and then some in 2021. There actually have been quite a few competitive games over the last 15 contests between Carolina and Vandy.

The problem with really long winning streaks is that they eventually have to end...

 

[BvilleCock]

1984. First game should have been a loss to The Citadel.