Started By
Message

re: Is your team going to be better or worse on offense in 2023, and why?

Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:19 pm to
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
16381 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

Was coming in to say this. I think a better method would be to look at yards per play than yards per game, because the number of plays are going to go down a lot this year across the board which will cause total yards per game to decrease as well.


Yep. I'd have rather seen them shorten the play clock to balance the clock rules and also reign in the replays to shorten the games.
This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 3:20 pm
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
11135 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:19 pm to
If we’re not any better on offense this year we may just want to give up football
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28114 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:19 pm to
Same, Brady Cook will be the QB. We are very good and deep at wr, but QB sucks
This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 5:34 pm
Posted by ISEN_AG
ThunderWolf Manor
Member since Aug 2013
1937 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:20 pm to
Better. I think it'd have to be a team effort to actually do worse than last year.
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
25891 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:22 pm to
Worse but might average more yards.
Posted by MizzouAntler
Member since Sep 2012
850 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:23 pm to
Better for two reasons:

1) OL was bad last year and was shored up in a big way through the portal and development of a couple key young players.

2) Our QB will not be a first-year starting QB playing the whole season with a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder.
Posted by wadewilson
Member since Sep 2009
36675 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:23 pm to
quote:


It's going to be hard to show marked improvement with the new clock rules giving underdogs incentive to take the air out of the ball.





What is the rule again?
This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 3:25 pm
Posted by EricZeier
Member since Oct 2018
266 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:25 pm to
Worse but not by much. Beck will be a step down from SB.
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
16619 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:26 pm to
quote:

3 Mississippi 496.2


Should be better. QB 2nd year in system. Judkins back at RB. Two healthy legitimate TEs. Overall WR group should be good with transfers coming in.
Posted by Dear Diary
USA
Member since Jul 2023
1110 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:27 pm to
Is there any fan base that thinks their team will be worse? It appears some people will be getting their feelings hurt
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
73627 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:28 pm to
quote:

Is there any fan base that thinks their team will be worse?


Honest Bama fans
Posted by Dear Diary
USA
Member since Jul 2023
1110 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

Honest Bama fans

Most "honest" Bama fans are predicting 2 or 3 losses. Which is about what they did last year.

Who else?
Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
17420 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:30 pm to
quote:

What is the rule again?


Clock won't stop to set the ball on 1st downs anymore except for the last two minutes of the half.
Posted by Whentheleveebreaks
Member since Aug 2020
1895 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:33 pm to
Better

Actually have a QB, best WRs that I can remember
And
Can’t get worse
Posted by Tiger_Claw
Little Rock, AR
Member since Nov 2013
5142 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:40 pm to
quote:

Better. We return 77% of last year’s production. As crappy as the O was last year, it doesn’t make sense they they would regress. Still may not be very good, but logically they should be better.


Agreed. I think we will be better on that side of the ball. Especially with bringing in an offensive coordinator and having a lot of guys return. That being said, I am hoping that they can make some magic happen.

Posted by TRUERockyTop
Appalachia
Member since Sep 2011
15899 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:42 pm to
quote:

 Is there any fan base that thinks their team will be worse? It appears some people will be getting their feelings hurt


I'll say that Tennessee will be worse. It's hard to say by how much though. Heupel hasn't had an offense finish outside the Top 10 nationally since he's been a head coach.

Tennessee finished with the #1 Total offense and #1 Scoring Offense in the country last season. That's going to be incredibly hard to replicate. I'll say we'll drop down to a Top 10-15 unit for 23
Posted by so_comfort
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2014
725 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:43 pm to
Worse for UGA if total yards is the metric.

Lots of sitting on the ball in the second half of blowouts with the upcoming schedule.
Posted by Windy City
Member since Jun 2019
1739 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:48 pm to
Before:





After



Posted by Dear Diary
USA
Member since Jul 2023
1110 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:52 pm to
quote:


Tennessee finished with the #1 Total offense and #1 Scoring Offense in the country last season. That's going to be incredibly hard to replicate. I'll say we'll drop down to a Top 10-15 unit for 23

This is what I was getting at and was going to initially say. I think a few teams may have overachieved last season. UT may be one of those but it's yet to be seen. LSU, USCe are two more, I hope I'm wrong on LSU.

To me there is only ONE team that's basically a lock to improve over lastbyear and everyone else is a crap shoot.
Posted by Captain Falcon
Member since Apr 2020
681 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 3:52 pm to
quote:

Does anyone think it was great? For the most part, it took the SEC exactly one game to figure it out.


Nobody thought it was great when Leach was still with us, but since then some have questioned why Arnett didn’t hire an Air Raid OC.

It had some good games but it never got to the level that Leach had it going at Tech and Wazzu. And frankly defense carried State in some of its biggest wins the last few years, particularly Ole Miss and the bowl game last year. When the Air Raid sputtered, it was ugly.
This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 3:53 pm
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 5Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter