re: Revise your season predictions

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I think they were telling people they feel confident but that doesn't mean good in the slightest.

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I don't understand why people take what coaches say seriously. It means nothing.

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replaced 2 walk on linebackers with a 5 star from bama,

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Walk ons or not, two can’t be replaced by 1 and not expect a drop. Especially in the leadership that Morgan brought on defense.

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brought in a safety who got meaningful snaps on a national championship team

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There’s a reason UGA fans weren’t upset he left.

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Injuries have destroyed the defense.

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Three years in, we should have more depth than this. Relying and dying by what is available in the portal is no way to live…

I picked us for an optimistic 9-3 though in a few discussions I put up the caveat of "as long as our passing game doesn't regress too much without Burks" and "we can't afford a string of injuries to one of our position groups on defense."

Needless to say... our passing game has regressed and our secondary was obliterated with injuries the first game of the season. Even by bad things always happen to Arkansas football standards that was uncalled for.

I think we get to 7-5 if we get some people healthy. The back half of the schedule is a bit more forgiving than the front and we play some teams who are on the ropes themselves. That having been said, 4-8 is also on the table if the team collapses down the home stretch.

I think this is going to be one of those if only seasons we look back on a decade from now and shake our heads.

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I put up the caveat of "as long as our passing game doesn't regress too much without Burks" and "we can't afford a string of injuries to one of our position groups on defense."

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I’m gonna need next week’s lotto numbers if you got ‘em.

I mean, I don’t really care how we play down the stretch, outside of stringing together some inexplicable shutouts Odom needs to go. Period.

This pass defense is historically bad, and the personnel situation there is so bad that we’re in perpetual “portal or bust” mode for the foreseeable future due to recruiting and evaluation misfires in the backend.

For all his faults, Briles’ offensive issues can be course corrected by Pittman taking a heavier hand and vetoing some of the drive stalling bullshite playcalls when Briles reverts into Madden mode.

Our issues on offense are surface level and can be corrected. Our issues in defense are several years in the making and take a lot of work, luck, recruiting, and portal magic to come back from. That’s on Odom.

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Notherdamnhog 8-4

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I'll revise to 6-6. Just don't see enough talent on defense and we're due for more injuries on offense.