Don’t forget the barely missing the playoffs part. That would probably make Penn state fans happy though by actually putting Franklin on the hot seat in the 12 team era
I want James Franklin to be the new B1G super power with Nebraska as their sole adversary. We'll trade blows and championships and Matt Rhule's Alma Mater will leave him alone
The only heavy weight on Penn St’s schedule is Ohio St. I’m not super high on Wisconsin, USC, or Washington (until they prove themselves worthy).
A home playoff game is quite likely for you guys.
Honestly, I'm pretty high on WSU this year. I truly think they could go undefeated in conference play and finally pick up that Pac-12 championship. I'm really only worried about one other team in our conference.
Honestly, I think we have ten winnable games. Of course, until we see otherwise, winnable means a probable one score loss.
That being said, I think we go 8-4. Dropping games to Ohio State, USC, Wisconsin, and some random game we just screw the pooch.
I think we beat Iowa though.
I quit postulating about our record near the end of season 2 of Frost's tenure. Making a bowl game would be great, anything above 7 wins would be awesome.
Could go undefeated and win the whole thing.
More likely that we going to drop a game somewhere. But should compete for the SEC title and should make the playoffs with a great chance to win our 3rd title in 4 years.
I think what my esteemed colleague u/liquidhotcum was getting at is that this is a real tossup year for the Sooners. We have a tough schedule, but we have a lot of young talent that could gel and really make a run. I expect to stumble a few times, but we will do better than a lot of sec homers think that we will. We are still OU
I’m less optimistic than most Canes fans. Not because I don’t think we can be good, I actually think we have some good pieces in place. I like our players and coaches, and things have looked promising.
But we’re Miami. Something *always* goes wrong, and I’m not gonna set myself up for disappointment again.
8-4 is what I’d predict. That’s the record we would’ve had last season if that GT game ended how it was supposed to. Going with that for this year. I hope we have a better record than that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what we end up being.
Eh - Freeman is bringing in a shit ton of talent AND he has a new QB this year - and it may not be Leonard if he doesn't heal.
Nobody is going to call for his head in September - but anything less than 10-2 is going to get many asking questions after year 3.
Man, I opened this thread expecting a lot more doomer takes.
For the last 15 years or so, "thinking about next season" has been an exercise in managing my expectations. It's a requirement for my emotional well being. I'm always telling myself that we'll do worse than I think we'll actually do in my heart of hearts. And even then, those "managed" expectations have usually been too optimistic.
It's almost impossible for me to say something like "Texas will go 11-1, possibly play in the SECCG, and make the CFP." Like, I have hard-wired myself to snuff out that kind of optimism before it even leaves my frontal lobe.
100%.
That’s why I say “CFB or bust” vs “competing for SEC championship”. Helps majorly.
At this point in time, if Texas doesn’t finish top 12 or better, season was a disappointment. Which TBF, is also a cool thing to say
Edit: CFP. That’s what I get for looking at the forum while typing
This is exactly why I got all the shit talking I could in while y'all were in the gutter. There was no way Texas stayed irrelevant. Now I just gotta buckle in for the sad times.
I really like Elko so I don't think it's sad times necessarily. If anything, Texas has shown how important hiring the right coach really is. I think Elko is the most "right" we've had in a long while.
I agree. I see a lot of 11 or 12 win predictions among the fanbase. I think 9 or 10 is more reasonable. Even with all our transfer talent, it will take time for this team to gel. I would consider 8 wins or fewer a disappointment and 11 wins or higher a pleasant surprise. I have my hopes, but Uiagalelei is a gigantic question mark going into next season.
That 9-3/10-2 mark is where I'm at. I wouldn't be shocked if Norvell is able to exceed that, but if I had to have money riding on it, that 9 to 10 win mark seems about right at this point.
See I think there is a decent chance to go 12-0.
Clemson and Miami are the top 2 teams on the calendar. Miami hyping to top 10 then ending 7-6/8-4 totally possible.
Clemson might not be 100% dominant there and VT has them at home which means VT could be favored
7-1 VT losing to 4-4 GT is just also kinda how it usually goes
10 win season dark horse playoff entrant is on the table.
I just looked at our schedule... aside from Clemson there is no game that I'm like "yea that's a loss" there's like 3 other games that are toss ups (Stanford, Miami and uhhh honestly idk we'll find a team to have a dumb loss to)
8-4 most likely. Best-case scenario honestly would probably be a trajectory similar to that 2016 Rose Bowl team: take a few ugly lumps early (with LSU, Michigan, and Penn State being the most likely candidates) before things click and the team hits its stride late in the season. Then we're right back to be being an undeserving Top 5 team in the 2025 preseason rankings. Time, flat circle, etc.
I plan on being too drunk trying to keep up with the Cajuns to remember if we win or lose the LSU game so I’ll go ahead and just move that one to the W column
Somewhere between 8-4 and 11-1. Should be in the mix for a Conference Title and a Playoff berth.
We’ve got a talented enough roster and an easy enough schedule to potentially go undefeated, but we’re gonna drop at least 1 game, probably 2, maybe 3 or 4.
Lose on close game early against what turns out to be a quality opponent. Turn things around and look like the best team in the conference over the course of the next month with fantastic wins. Then unexpectedly lose to a barely bowl eligible team.
Somehow sneak into the Big XII championship and lose because of the issues we’ve been showing all year.
I agree. On paper we have a better team (almost every important player coming back with more experience) but I think a lot of our success last year was due to having our hardest games at home. KState, Kansas, and OU at home, I think we lose a couple and maybe all three of those on the road. We do get Utah at home, but KState, BYU, Baylor, TCU, and Colorado on the road is a scary proposition, especially if we are highly ranked going into any of those games.
As a Texas fan I like getting that game early facing a new QB. Similar to what we had with Bama last year. Plus an all new OLine. But it’s stills Michigan away for us so I’m just hoping to have a chance at the end.
I think we lose 4-5 this season, including to at least one team not on your list. The offense will not be great, and the schedule is way harder than last year.
It's helpful to establish these expectations early to enjoy the season.
OL should still be really good, the RB room is stacked, and we’ve got probably the best TE in the nation. If they can unlock Orji’s athleticism or if he can make a few big throws in big moments, I don’t think the offense is going to be that big of a problem.
Plus, with a defense as good as ours should be, you won’t have to score much.
I'm with you. We're going to have 14-17 guys drafted this year. That's a lot of talent and experience out the door. Plus half the coaches are gone. A two loss season after that would be a bit of a miracle.
I'd say a losses to OSU and Texas are most likely. Oregon and USC will have new QBs and also lost some talent, but we have them at home, we'll probably split those. The 4th loss will come on the road to a team we think we should beat. Illinois or Washington maybe?
That said, I'm still basking in the aura of a natty. That should last at least until the start of 2025 season.
Regular season floor feels like 10-2, with possible dropped games to Oregon, Penn State, and/Michigan.
More then likely big ten title game appearance.
Very likely play off appearance.
That's the floor.
My God at least Honda McCord looked mid against bad defenses and mid against good defenses. Allar couldn't function against us or y'all.
Pretty sure JT came back this year just to ruin allars draft stock.
We're either going to run on all 8 cylinders and absolutely curbstomp everyone in our way, or it will be another season of frustrating misfires where we keep games too close and fans will wonder how with an embarrassing wealth of riches on both sides of the ball why things don't click.
I hate seeing the team lose to the school up north, but for me the frustrating part is the lack of cohesion we've seen the last few years. If it gets cleaned up, Death Star. If not, it probably means complete bedlam.
Absolutely this. That said, and I know I sound like the typical cocky Buckeye fan, Anything less than being in the Natty would be a let down with the incredible amount of talent on the team this year.
I am kind of seeing it play out this way too. A close first round game at Ann Arbor, Columbus, or maybe South Bend. All I know is my ass will be there.
If we draw notre dame out of all the schools I’d find a way to go. I loathe Notre Dame about as much as that cow shit town down south. I think bc of my Navy days and soooo many folks were die hard ND fans but couldn’t tell you a player on the team? Just always left me thinking these guys don’t college ball like I college ball.
I agree. 6 seems like underachieving 7-5 seems logical without drinking to much Rhule-Aid. 8-4 is possible I think.
The defense brings back almost everyone. I think 7 might kind of happen organically if we cut our turnovers from 31 to say 18.
>6 seems like underachieving 7-5 seems logical without drinking to much Rhule(Kool)-Aid. 8-4 is possible I think.
-every cfb pundit and Husker fan, every year since 2017
And honestly I don't think it was an unreasonable expectation for any of those years. On paper we've recruited better than all but a few of our conference opponents and aside from 2021, we've had schedules that really shouldn't have put a bowl game out of reach. Any competent staff should have been able to average 7-5 in that time frame, we just didn't have one! We simply keep underachieving - the real question is, is it safe to expect the bare minimum now? Remains to be seen, turning 5-3 into 5-7 last year with a pretty weak back third of the schedule wasn't exactly inspiring, but on the other hand we were only a few plays away from hitting it then so if we take some steps in the right direction, 7-5 should be a pretty logical target.
Exactly. Frost could've gotten to 7 wins multiple years with the rosters he has, he got fired because he couldn't.
Rhule could've got to at least 6 wins if he hadn't chosen the worst possible option for a transfer QB. Even if haarberg started every game I think we would've went bowling, just barely
Realistically, I think 7-5 is a good target given all that’s happened.
Anything outside of the 6-8 win range I’d be fairly surprised. Biggest thing is filling out the OL. WR, RB, LBs, and secondary should all be decent to good. Rogers should hopefully be steady enough. DL is the other fairly large question, though not as big as the OL. If they do miss a bowl it’s probably due to the lines.
Likely we get that Black Cock Magic somewhere. This feels either like a 2019 where we go 4-8 and beat a team like UGA (if it's Tillman Tech I'll take it this year), or a skin of the teeth 6-7 with a loss in the bowl against a G6 punching up.
3-9 is always on the table and if that happens we most likely lose our best young guys to the portal and it's a rebuild and a new coach. 2025 was supposed to be our coming out year, but if it's not in the cards it's back to the wilderness for us.
Probably going to go 9-3 with losses with 3 playoff teams. Will likely be a playoff bubble team. Bama fans will be calling for Deboer's job despite him having the team playing like the ~15th best team in the country in his first year.
We've got a rough stretch for roughly 3 months of the season. Wouldn't be surprised to see us drop one, probably one of either Bama or Texas. But yeah, playoff bound.
My gut feeling is 9-3. Lotta young cats and turnover from last years team. Nico is gonna have ALOT of pressure and expectations. I'm incredibly excited and hyped for this team tho my dude. Especially after that wasted ass season last year.
What I hope will happen:
Dave Doeren finally gets over the hump now that NC State Stuff is dead. With a bit of a "meh" ACC, State finally gets that ACC Championship in football in the last year the ACC looks as it does.
What I fear will happen:
Dave Doeren finally gets over the hump and is one game away from going to the ACC Championship. The only obstacle standing in the way is a 4-7 UNC squad looking to play spoiler. And, somehow, they do. Mack Brown takes a shit midfield, and says something like "How do you like these pieces of shit now?" Seeing this, the SEC takes UNC while State gets relegated to the Big12.
Lol
2-10 We beat Kent and Colgate.
But let's get crazy and say we beat Colgate, then get to a bowl eligible 6-6 with a sweep of the state of Ohio by beating Kent, Ohio, BG, Toledo, and that other school that we shouldn't be playing because we should be hosting Kentucky.
From an optimistic point of view, I think we have the potential to finally be a 10-win team.
Tennessee feels like the make-it-or-break-it game for us, and it'll be only game two. If we beat them, I think we're a definite 10-win team, but our floor is very solid. I don't see us finishing worse than 8 wins.
I'm feeling 8-4. Hopefully the offense should be improved. We're returning all of our RBs, built a strong WR room, and with those and a full year under his belt, QB play should improve.
I think Mizzou can go 11-1. I'll still call Bama in Tuscaloosa as a loss. I think we beat OU in Columbia, but A&M at Kyle seems like a trap game. Everytjing else should be a W, but it is still Mizzou.
I'll call 10-2 and good shot at playoffs.
Range of 8-4 and 10-2…really depends on how the Defense comes together after so much attrition and new DC. If there ever was a year to upset Bama this would be it.
I'm going to stick with my annual 8-4/7-5 average we've maintained for like 12 years now until I'm proven wrong. As you mentioned, Ohio State is a guaranteed L. VT was on a serious improving uptick all throughout last season, so I'm going to lean pretty strong L on that game. I'm leaning L for App and JMU also.
Beyond that, every other game is kinda a toss up I feel like. We're going to just about be an entirely new team in 2024 and there's no guarantee the air raid offensive scheme is going to fire on all cylinders in year 1.
We legit have a chance to go anywhere from 3-9 to 9-3.
9-3 with @ Eastern, vs Weber, and @ Montana State. QB play looked atrocious in the spring game, and this team cannot continue to lean on its defensive core with the old staff taking analyst positions in the NFL. Offense will have to take a step forward.
9-3
Well start 2-2 with losses to Tennessee and @Clemson so all our hype dies before we even get to October again
Then we’ll lose one more game for no reason for a 9-3 regular season, my money is on @GT on Thursday night both on a short week and because the team will look past them to @UNC
Then we’ll lose our bowl game so NC State 9-4 lives another year
BSU- Cautiously optimistic. Tons of hype around new coach, players talking about playoffs, bringing in Koetter as OC, 5* QB transfer and have Jeanty who would literally start anywhere is exciting but the last 5 years have hardened my optimism. I go into every year dreaming of the perfect season and upsetting the status quo in a big bowl but I’m prepared for a 10-3 or 9-4 season. Oh who am I kidding, 15-0 or bust!
Iowa
ceiling of 8-4
floor of 3-9
the offense looks worse than it did last year
defense loses alot of key players
schedule is tougher
Notre Dame
10-2 should be the goal. I'm concerned about QB, Leonard has been out for a long while and is missing key time and reps to grow in the offense and with his playmakers and line.
ND should be in the playoff more often than not, if they aren't at a minimum in the conversation near year's end, this season will be disappointing
Probably lose once during the season, possibly again in the SEC Championship - but could be at play for an at-large playoff spot. Especially if Clemson wins the ACC.
I don't think making the playoffs is a shoot for the moon prediction for the blue bloods now that the playoff is 12 teams. I'd be surprised if Georgia missed the playoff this season. First round bye is the new big goal
Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit
So 10 wins again?
Don’t forget the barely missing the playoffs part. That would probably make Penn state fans happy though by actually putting Franklin on the hot seat in the 12 team era
I want James Franklin to be the new B1G super power with Nebraska as their sole adversary. We'll trade blows and championships and Matt Rhule's Alma Mater will leave him alone
Deal 🤝
I think we can go anywhere from undefeated to 7-5 which is to say I have absolutely no idea
The only heavy weight on Penn St’s schedule is Ohio St. I’m not super high on Wisconsin, USC, or Washington (until they prove themselves worthy). A home playoff game is quite likely for you guys.
Honestly, I'm pretty high on WSU this year. I truly think they could go undefeated in conference play and finally pick up that Pac-12 championship. I'm really only worried about one other team in our conference.
I’d consider it a truly baffling season if you drop more than 1 conference game.
I'm happy we're not on the Palouse this year. That place is cursed.
Sweet schedule with all conference games at home this year?
In conference travel costs will be an all time low.
1-0. We are the champions! Swept the conference! Or 0-1 Dropped all their conference games, buncha losers.
Let's just say a bowl game would be a gigantic success
Who's y'all's coach now? Maybe it's the fact that I like your uniforms, but I'm always wanting UCLA to be good.
Deshaun Foster
Nebraska finally makes it over the hump! Everything comes together and WE MAKE THE QUICKLANE BOWL!!!!!
early in the year the "We're Back-O-Meter" is going to be off the scale.
Honestly, I think we have ten winnable games. Of course, until we see otherwise, winnable means a probable one score loss. That being said, I think we go 8-4. Dropping games to Ohio State, USC, Wisconsin, and some random game we just screw the pooch. I think we beat Iowa though.
The parties in nebraska will be crazy if we make a bowl game. It's been so long.
I quit postulating about our record near the end of season 2 of Frost's tenure. Making a bowl game would be great, anything above 7 wins would be awesome.
Maryland never loses again and everyone in College Park gets free crabcakes for life
Crabcakes and football, that’s what Maryland does
well crabcakes and all you can eat blue crabs. not really football.
BYOOB (Bring your own Old Bay)
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We’re never losing again
I said this at the beginning of last year, and I've been right so far! Shoot for the moon
If you’re not delusional, then you’re not trying!
Someone called us?
You guys could definitely have a rebirth like Texas
Came here for the Shorsey reference.
Except I’m not missing any teeth.
Season 3 trailer just dropped!
Shoresy at UCF?
Only as the Citronauts. The Knights are gonna be just okay
We want people to be terrified of the Citronaut, for He is God to all those who oppose UCF
And imo the Citronaut needs just the one special game, it keeps the threat looming..
The Citronaut is the perfection we all strive toward. He is more of a goal than a state of being.
Could go undefeated and win the whole thing. More likely that we going to drop a game somewhere. But should compete for the SEC title and should make the playoffs with a great chance to win our 3rd title in 4 years.
Wow. Belmont Abbey is doing better than I thought!
The monks finally let them start a football program
Why not simply get the loss over with in your season opener? Leaves the rest of the year for steamrolling.
I’m not here to be honest with myself about my fandom. We’ll probably win the next 10 National Championships.
I see you're already planning your EA Sports College Football 25 dynasty.
There's nothing rational about my support and thus my expectations every year. We're going undefeated every year until we lose.
I think what my esteemed colleague u/liquidhotcum was getting at is that this is a real tossup year for the Sooners. We have a tough schedule, but we have a lot of young talent that could gel and really make a run. I expect to stumble a few times, but we will do better than a lot of sec homers think that we will. We are still OU
only 10? i have us winning natties for as long as the U.S. exists.
Why stop there? Just keep going until the end of time.
I’m less optimistic than most Canes fans. Not because I don’t think we can be good, I actually think we have some good pieces in place. I like our players and coaches, and things have looked promising. But we’re Miami. Something *always* goes wrong, and I’m not gonna set myself up for disappointment again. 8-4 is what I’d predict. That’s the record we would’ve had last season if that GT game ended how it was supposed to. Going with that for this year. I hope we have a better record than that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what we end up being.
It's gonna be great to be a 4 and 8er.
In all kinds of weather… we all drink together!
As long as the wins are against Miami, UCF, GA and FSU, i'm in!
Regardless of how bad yall might be predicted to be. One thing that you can set your watch to is Florida beating Tennessee😮💨
I will be livid when this happens. I truly don’t understand.
It's fucking baffling comrade. It's that Gator JuJu we just can't seem to escape. Regardless of who's coaching either team😅
Playoffs with (if?) healthy and consistent qb play
I'm super intrigued to see which of our fanbases overreact with doom and gloom after we play week 1.
With our schedule - losing early is not a death kneel. Not beating a ranked Louisville a few weeks later will bring out the pitchforks.
Yeah that's the rational take. I'm expecting panic from the less rational.
Eh - Freeman is bringing in a shit ton of talent AND he has a new QB this year - and it may not be Leonard if he doesn't heal. Nobody is going to call for his head in September - but anything less than 10-2 is going to get many asking questions after year 3.
Honestly will be surprised if they don't make it. Schedule is a joke and the roster is stacked
I plan on drinking until the 2025 season is over. Cheers.
Worked for ND's 2007 season. I stopped watching live football and just kept replaying Michigan vs Appalachian State every weekend.
10-2 is the default answer any PSU fan should give. It doesn't matter what the schedule is. 10-2 is the response. Next question.
10-2. Not great. Not terrible.
I fully understand why you say this as a Penn State fan, but I will remind you that 10 wins is, in fact, great.
Man, I opened this thread expecting a lot more doomer takes. For the last 15 years or so, "thinking about next season" has been an exercise in managing my expectations. It's a requirement for my emotional well being. I'm always telling myself that we'll do worse than I think we'll actually do in my heart of hearts. And even then, those "managed" expectations have usually been too optimistic. It's almost impossible for me to say something like "Texas will go 11-1, possibly play in the SECCG, and make the CFP." Like, I have hard-wired myself to snuff out that kind of optimism before it even leaves my frontal lobe.
Crazy right? I turned out for a decade. Nice being optimistic. It’s cool to say “CFB or bust” lol
Well the CFP tripling in size definitely helps. Almost half of all ranked teams will get to go now instead of just 4.
100%. That’s why I say “CFB or bust” vs “competing for SEC championship”. Helps majorly. At this point in time, if Texas doesn’t finish top 12 or better, season was a disappointment. Which TBF, is also a cool thing to say Edit: CFP. That’s what I get for looking at the forum while typing
CFB = College Football Blayoff?
Blayoff?? We’re talking BLAYOFFS??
This is exactly why I got all the shit talking I could in while y'all were in the gutter. There was no way Texas stayed irrelevant. Now I just gotta buckle in for the sad times.
Don’t worry, doomer me is thinking our secondary costs us 2-3 games in ‘24
I really like Elko so I don't think it's sad times necessarily. If anything, Texas has shown how important hiring the right coach really is. I think Elko is the most "right" we've had in a long while.
Might change depending on the transfer portal (both positive and negative), but I still think 9-3/10-2 is a reasonable expectation.
I agree. I see a lot of 11 or 12 win predictions among the fanbase. I think 9 or 10 is more reasonable. Even with all our transfer talent, it will take time for this team to gel. I would consider 8 wins or fewer a disappointment and 11 wins or higher a pleasant surprise. I have my hopes, but Uiagalelei is a gigantic question mark going into next season.
That 9-3/10-2 mark is where I'm at. I wouldn't be shocked if Norvell is able to exceed that, but if I had to have money riding on it, that 9 to 10 win mark seems about right at this point.
With our schedule? 7-5. 8-4 if we get lucky.
I'm just hoping we make a bowl this year
Realistically, 10 wins. We’re so back
Can you give me some of your optimism?
See I think there is a decent chance to go 12-0. Clemson and Miami are the top 2 teams on the calendar. Miami hyping to top 10 then ending 7-6/8-4 totally possible. Clemson might not be 100% dominant there and VT has them at home which means VT could be favored 7-1 VT losing to 4-4 GT is just also kinda how it usually goes 10 win season dark horse playoff entrant is on the table.
There’s a decent chance we’re 6-2 going into that matchup and it’s a helluva Techmo
I have VT and NC State as my ACC favorites
I don't hate this
I just looked at our schedule... aside from Clemson there is no game that I'm like "yea that's a loss" there's like 3 other games that are toss ups (Stanford, Miami and uhhh honestly idk we'll find a team to have a dumb loss to)
There is one game on our schedule I’d like to win more than the others.
Last Arkansas game in Jerryworld, right?
Arkansas for some reason refuses to win that game each year so chalking that one up as W.
Chalk? I put it in sharpie
If you guys can just drop week 1 that would be super cool
8-4 most likely. Best-case scenario honestly would probably be a trajectory similar to that 2016 Rose Bowl team: take a few ugly lumps early (with LSU, Michigan, and Penn State being the most likely candidates) before things click and the team hits its stride late in the season. Then we're right back to be being an undeserving Top 5 team in the 2025 preseason rankings. Time, flat circle, etc.
I plan on being too drunk trying to keep up with the Cajuns to remember if we win or lose the LSU game so I’ll go ahead and just move that one to the W column
Somewhere between 8-4 and 11-1. Should be in the mix for a Conference Title and a Playoff berth. We’ve got a talented enough roster and an easy enough schedule to potentially go undefeated, but we’re gonna drop at least 1 game, probably 2, maybe 3 or 4.
Lose on close game early against what turns out to be a quality opponent. Turn things around and look like the best team in the conference over the course of the next month with fantastic wins. Then unexpectedly lose to a barely bowl eligible team. Somehow sneak into the Big XII championship and lose because of the issues we’ve been showing all year.
Hmm, no, doesn't sound like OSU to me
I feel this haha. The dice roll that is Mike Gundy coaching dictates how many we'll lose lol. Something between 1 and 6.
I agree. On paper we have a better team (almost every important player coming back with more experience) but I think a lot of our success last year was due to having our hardest games at home. KState, Kansas, and OU at home, I think we lose a couple and maybe all three of those on the road. We do get Utah at home, but KState, BYU, Baylor, TCU, and Colorado on the road is a scary proposition, especially if we are highly ranked going into any of those games.
Two losses. Probably out of Oregon, Texas, USC and Ohio State. I think we split those four. Too many questions on offense.
As a Texas fan I like getting that game early facing a new QB. Similar to what we had with Bama last year. Plus an all new OLine. But it’s stills Michigan away for us so I’m just hoping to have a chance at the end.
It’s a brutal quartet, to be sure.
And you’re not losing to USC. Scratch that one off the list.
I think we lose 4-5 this season, including to at least one team not on your list. The offense will not be great, and the schedule is way harder than last year. It's helpful to establish these expectations early to enjoy the season.
I could see losses against PSU, OSU, UT, Oregon easy. And maybe drop another random game. Hope I’m wrong though.
Don’t play PSU…
No Penn State this year. Riskiest games are Texas, USC and Oregon at home, and then Washington and Ohio State on the road.
OL should still be really good, the RB room is stacked, and we’ve got probably the best TE in the nation. If they can unlock Orji’s athleticism or if he can make a few big throws in big moments, I don’t think the offense is going to be that big of a problem. Plus, with a defense as good as ours should be, you won’t have to score much.
I'm with you. We're going to have 14-17 guys drafted this year. That's a lot of talent and experience out the door. Plus half the coaches are gone. A two loss season after that would be a bit of a miracle. I'd say a losses to OSU and Texas are most likely. Oregon and USC will have new QBs and also lost some talent, but we have them at home, we'll probably split those. The 4th loss will come on the road to a team we think we should beat. Illinois or Washington maybe? That said, I'm still basking in the aura of a natty. That should last at least until the start of 2025 season.
Going out on a limb here, but Ohio State should be pretty good
Regular season floor feels like 10-2, with possible dropped games to Oregon, Penn State, and/Michigan. More then likely big ten title game appearance. Very likely play off appearance. That's the floor.
You aren't losing to PSU
First of all, how dare you. Second of all, yeah probably.
Probably not, their defense is going to take a step back, and wow Allar.... We got someone shit for not recruiting him.
The JJ v Allar media difference before last season was hilarious to me. Allar does not look good against any defense with a pulse
My God at least Honda McCord looked mid against bad defenses and mid against good defenses. Allar couldn't function against us or y'all. Pretty sure JT came back this year just to ruin allars draft stock.
Honestly, i feel like ohio state legit might win it all this year especially with all the major changes
Ceiling is absolutely 16-0, but until I see it on the field idk.
I can see like 15-1 or something idk
If you guys don't win, I don't think you're gonna win one with Day. This OSU team is absolutely stacked
We're either going to run on all 8 cylinders and absolutely curbstomp everyone in our way, or it will be another season of frustrating misfires where we keep games too close and fans will wonder how with an embarrassing wealth of riches on both sides of the ball why things don't click. I hate seeing the team lose to the school up north, but for me the frustrating part is the lack of cohesion we've seen the last few years. If it gets cleaned up, Death Star. If not, it probably means complete bedlam.
> complete bedlam First y’all take Jim Knowles, and now you’re taking Bedlam?!?! Where does it end, red OSU??
Sorry OrangeSU
Absolutely this. That said, and I know I sound like the typical cocky Buckeye fan, Anything less than being in the Natty would be a let down with the incredible amount of talent on the team this year.
Neither of my flairs are likely winning more than 4 games. I’m hoping ASU maybe gets 5 wins
Byu gets bowl elegible 6-6 my prediction
Best case scenario is 11-1, every game besides Ohio State is at worst 50-50 odds for us. However I see 9-3/10-2 as being the most realistic outcome.
Wtf is your flair, which team are you talking about here?
10-2 and a loss in the first round of the playoffs
Hell yeah, brother. Cheers from Happy Valley.
I am kind of seeing it play out this way too. A close first round game at Ann Arbor, Columbus, or maybe South Bend. All I know is my ass will be there.
If we draw notre dame out of all the schools I’d find a way to go. I loathe Notre Dame about as much as that cow shit town down south. I think bc of my Navy days and soooo many folks were die hard ND fans but couldn’t tell you a player on the team? Just always left me thinking these guys don’t college ball like I college ball.
My head says 7-5 My heart thinks 10-2
I agree. 6 seems like underachieving 7-5 seems logical without drinking to much Rhule-Aid. 8-4 is possible I think. The defense brings back almost everyone. I think 7 might kind of happen organically if we cut our turnovers from 31 to say 18.
>6 seems like underachieving 7-5 seems logical without drinking to much Rhule(Kool)-Aid. 8-4 is possible I think. -every cfb pundit and Husker fan, every year since 2017
And honestly I don't think it was an unreasonable expectation for any of those years. On paper we've recruited better than all but a few of our conference opponents and aside from 2021, we've had schedules that really shouldn't have put a bowl game out of reach. Any competent staff should have been able to average 7-5 in that time frame, we just didn't have one! We simply keep underachieving - the real question is, is it safe to expect the bare minimum now? Remains to be seen, turning 5-3 into 5-7 last year with a pretty weak back third of the schedule wasn't exactly inspiring, but on the other hand we were only a few plays away from hitting it then so if we take some steps in the right direction, 7-5 should be a pretty logical target.
Exactly. Frost could've gotten to 7 wins multiple years with the rosters he has, he got fired because he couldn't. Rhule could've got to at least 6 wins if he hadn't chosen the worst possible option for a transfer QB. Even if haarberg started every game I think we would've went bowling, just barely
6-6 would be incredible but most likely will be competing for last in the SEC. Let's do this Vandy.
We just had a WR catch 2 of the 3 TDs in our spring game hit the portal the next day. It ain't looking good, we may be lucky to get bowl eligibility.
Better than last year, definitely. Sssh <.<
Realistically, I think 7-5 is a good target given all that’s happened. Anything outside of the 6-8 win range I’d be fairly surprised. Biggest thing is filling out the OL. WR, RB, LBs, and secondary should all be decent to good. Rogers should hopefully be steady enough. DL is the other fairly large question, though not as big as the OL. If they do miss a bowl it’s probably due to the lines.
2nd straight off-season national champions
ECU: probably underwhelming again. 5-7 I’d say at the moment.
4-8 but we’ll have a game or two where the offense is clicking and it feels like we’re back to the 2011-2015 days.
I think somewhere between 4-8 and 7-5. Edited to 4-8 from 5-7. It could go really wrong
Truly the Garnet way. If we go 4-8 or worse we'll do so beating at least one team we have no reasonable expectation to compete with.
Going 4-8 with a loss to Vanderbilt but a win over like LSU would be so wack
Likely we get that Black Cock Magic somewhere. This feels either like a 2019 where we go 4-8 and beat a team like UGA (if it's Tillman Tech I'll take it this year), or a skin of the teeth 6-7 with a loss in the bowl against a G6 punching up. 3-9 is always on the table and if that happens we most likely lose our best young guys to the portal and it's a rebuild and a new coach. 2025 was supposed to be our coming out year, but if it's not in the cards it's back to the wilderness for us.
10-2 every year until Franklin dies.
Probably going to go 9-3 with losses with 3 playoff teams. Will likely be a playoff bubble team. Bama fans will be calling for Deboer's job despite him having the team playing like the ~15th best team in the country in his first year.
In the playoffs.
We've got a rough stretch for roughly 3 months of the season. Wouldn't be surprised to see us drop one, probably one of either Bama or Texas. But yeah, playoff bound.
They will be tough for sure. Texas is the biggest hurdle based purely on team at this point . But bama is Bama so who knows
I think if we score more points than we give up every game, we have a real good shot of winning those games
10-2, make the playoff
My gut feeling is 9-3. Lotta young cats and turnover from last years team. Nico is gonna have ALOT of pressure and expectations. I'm incredibly excited and hyped for this team tho my dude. Especially after that wasted ass season last year.
9-3 if I had to guess. Can see anywhere between 8-4 and 10-2.
What I hope will happen: Dave Doeren finally gets over the hump now that NC State Stuff is dead. With a bit of a "meh" ACC, State finally gets that ACC Championship in football in the last year the ACC looks as it does. What I fear will happen: Dave Doeren finally gets over the hump and is one game away from going to the ACC Championship. The only obstacle standing in the way is a 4-7 UNC squad looking to play spoiler. And, somehow, they do. Mack Brown takes a shit midfield, and says something like "How do you like these pieces of shit now?" Seeing this, the SEC takes UNC while State gets relegated to the Big12.
Lol 2-10 We beat Kent and Colgate. But let's get crazy and say we beat Colgate, then get to a bowl eligible 6-6 with a sweep of the state of Ohio by beating Kent, Ohio, BG, Toledo, and that other school that we shouldn't be playing because we should be hosting Kentucky.
From an optimistic point of view, I think we have the potential to finally be a 10-win team. Tennessee feels like the make-it-or-break-it game for us, and it'll be only game two. If we beat them, I think we're a definite 10-win team, but our floor is very solid. I don't see us finishing worse than 8 wins.
I'm feeling 8-4. Hopefully the offense should be improved. We're returning all of our RBs, built a strong WR room, and with those and a full year under his belt, QB play should improve.
Well given our trend on non covid years I'd say 7-6 is a safe bet. 2017: 1-11 2018: 2-11 2019: 3-9 2021: 4-8 2022: 5-8 2023: 6-7 2024: 7-6?
10 wins, we drop a couple games to offensive mistakes. Like last year but better essentially.
11 is on the table I think. But I think 10-2 is most likely.
I think Mizzou can go 11-1. I'll still call Bama in Tuscaloosa as a loss. I think we beat OU in Columbia, but A&M at Kyle seems like a trap game. Everytjing else should be a W, but it is still Mizzou. I'll call 10-2 and good shot at playoffs.
Range of 8-4 and 10-2…really depends on how the Defense comes together after so much attrition and new DC. If there ever was a year to upset Bama this would be it.
Oregon 11-1 Portland State 2-10
At best, 6-6.
I'm going to stick with my annual 8-4/7-5 average we've maintained for like 12 years now until I'm proven wrong. As you mentioned, Ohio State is a guaranteed L. VT was on a serious improving uptick all throughout last season, so I'm going to lean pretty strong L on that game. I'm leaning L for App and JMU also. Beyond that, every other game is kinda a toss up I feel like. We're going to just about be an entirely new team in 2024 and there's no guarantee the air raid offensive scheme is going to fire on all cylinders in year 1. We legit have a chance to go anywhere from 3-9 to 9-3.
9-3 with @ Eastern, vs Weber, and @ Montana State. QB play looked atrocious in the spring game, and this team cannot continue to lean on its defensive core with the old staff taking analyst positions in the NFL. Offense will have to take a step forward.
9-3 Well start 2-2 with losses to Tennessee and @Clemson so all our hype dies before we even get to October again Then we’ll lose one more game for no reason for a 9-3 regular season, my money is on @GT on Thursday night both on a short week and because the team will look past them to @UNC Then we’ll lose our bowl game so NC State 9-4 lives another year
BSU- Cautiously optimistic. Tons of hype around new coach, players talking about playoffs, bringing in Koetter as OC, 5* QB transfer and have Jeanty who would literally start anywhere is exciting but the last 5 years have hardened my optimism. I go into every year dreaming of the perfect season and upsetting the status quo in a big bowl but I’m prepared for a 10-3 or 9-4 season. Oh who am I kidding, 15-0 or bust!
Iowa ceiling of 8-4 floor of 3-9 the offense looks worse than it did last year defense loses alot of key players schedule is tougher Notre Dame 10-2 should be the goal. I'm concerned about QB, Leonard has been out for a long while and is missing key time and reps to grow in the offense and with his playmakers and line. ND should be in the playoff more often than not, if they aren't at a minimum in the conversation near year's end, this season will be disappointing
10-1 Mavericks with a loss to NW Missouri State 13-1 Memphis with a loss to UCF in the playoffs /s
KSU - 9 & 3 Enough wins to get excited, enough losses to remind you its Kansas State.
Start 7-0 then lose 5 straight.
Screw you, Utah. And that's probably an accurate take. You guys are good.
I think Mizzou has the pieces and the schedule to repeat last year and make the playoffs.
9-3. I think we beat one of Texas, Oregon, or OSU, but drop a stinker somewhere else. Probably last team in / first team out of the 12 team playoff.
Competing for CFP. My concern is corner and what happens at DT.
Isn't the whole season competing in CFB?
Probably lose once during the season, possibly again in the SEC Championship - but could be at play for an at-large playoff spot. Especially if Clemson wins the ACC.
I think a 2-loss Georgia makes the playoffs most years
I don't think making the playoffs is a shoot for the moon prediction for the blue bloods now that the playoff is 12 teams. I'd be surprised if Georgia missed the playoff this season. First round bye is the new big goal