CBS Top 138

I think we take UF, OM and LSU.

Not to be a Debby Downer but did anyone ever think that we would be hopeful for a 6-6 year.

Here are QBs that we will face this year:

Samford - Johnson - 2025 Oregon State
Southern Miss - Hampton - 2025 Illinois
Vanderbilt - Curtis - New
Arkansas - Jackson - 2025 Arky (1 start)
UTK - Macintyre - 2025 UTK (No starts So effectively New)
UF- Philo - 2025 Ga Tech - Backup (1 career start so effectively New but has system experience.)
Cowbell Express - Taylor (2025 2 career starts. So new but system experience)
Baylor - Lagway (UF 19 starts, experienced but new system)
bama - Russell (New some playing time in the system)
LSU - Leavitt - (ASU multi year, but new to the O)
UgA - Stockton - you know the drill
Ole Sis - Chambliss - you know the drill

So looking at the above there are effectively new QBs in 5 of the programs we will face. They will be new to that offense as well.

3 that have been in the system but are new. - bama, UTK & Arky
2 that are experienced but are in new offenses - LSU & Baylor
2 that have multiple starts at their place.- uga & Ol Sis (don't know if their O will be different)

I realistically see us at 7-8 wins depending on how our D holds up then a bowl game. I think the core of our O will be fine. Experienced players at many key areas showing the others how the culture & work ethic is needed. I think with some breaks we can be realistically on the 8-9 level & hit a good bowl game.

Yeah not exactly a murderers row of QBs… chambliss and Leavit are legit…. Lagway has the talent. Russell could be a future star, we’ll see.

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#22 Florida at home

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Sumrall, one of the coaches we were first after landed at Florida. His recruiting has been very good. Should be a great one.

Tbh, I wouldn't be all that happy going 6-6 this year considering we have a 5th year senior at QB in Byrum Brown, all his offensive coaches and his head coach came here together, his WR's, his Center, etc. all came with him. We retained DJ Durkin at DC and it's true that we lost some talented guys on defense but we still have alot of talent on this defense. This coaching staff is really good. We have 3 coaches on our defensive staff that are SEC defensive coordinators with Durkin, Banks was DC at Tennessee and we got the DC from Mississippi State. We also get Alex McPherson back at kicker and he is 100% healthy according to reports.

Like one commenter already said, we face alot of new QB's this year who have no experience or very few snaps at all. Our schedule is tough, like all SEC schedules, but our schedule is like 11th or 12th in the SEC for SOS. So we got lucky there.

Harsin went 6-6 in his first regular season with Bo Nix and TJ Finley as QB. Freeze also went 6-6 his first regular season and that was with Payton Thorne as our QB. If we only go 6-6 this regular season, with all that I mentioned on our defense, offense and coaching staff, it will be underwhelming. I predict 8-4 and hopefully a bowl win for 9 wins. Vegas has us favored in our first 4 games.