re: Expectations for 2023 foosball

The hype last summer? WTH are you talking about? Everyone last summer said we were a 5-7, 6-6 team! And we were!!

Many many years ago I saw the country music band Alabama on the Johnny Carson show. Johnny mentioned how they put out their first album, every song hit the charts and they were an overnight sensation.

One of the fellas said "yeah after 20 years of playing every juke joint in the south. You write 100s of songs and you get to know the top favorites on the road over the years. You get a contract for an album and you put the top 10 on it".

What I just described was Holden Geriner boys. And you will see his top 10 debut this spring. And just like the band, everyone will be saying where has this kid been all this time....just honing his skills biding his time.

Seriously, he will walk away with the starting job this spring. I heard on one of the podcasts one of the fellas talking about what the players thought. He said some of the players said if we had better protection last year Holden would already be the starter, he is a far better passer.

Forget the dual threat nonsense, you actually have to complete passes to be a "dual" threat. Right now we need a quarterback and he is on the roster.

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Most times, the best hand wins

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i would say most hands are decided by the best bet, not necessarily the best hand.

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7 wins.

8 if the dominos fall favorably.

9 if miracles happen.

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I still stand by my earlier prediction above.

I think OP was before much of the early portal too, but I’d have to go check. We basically now have a new OL, DL, and QB now

After OP: we added DL Lawrence Johnson, WR Shane Hook, DL Justin Rogers, DL Nasil-Kite, LB Austin Keys, LB Demario Tolan, RB Battie + all the spring additions

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still stand by my earlier prediction above

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Same. Especially the recruiting part. What Freeze does on the trail trumps on the field for me this year.

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With the easier schedule, 8-9 wins next season, top 10 recruiting class, and I’m cool.

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It's going to be a tough year, but I'm excited to see what this team can do.

We have 6 should win games:
UMASS
@ Cal
Samford
Miss St
@ Vanderbilt
New Mexico State

3 Toss-up games:
@ A&M
Ole Miss
@ Arkansas

3 Most Likely Lose:
Georgia
@LSU
Alabama

That SEC Opening is going to be rough, and hopefully we can win at least 1. I'm afraid of the team losing some motivation if we start 0-3 in the SEC.
@ Texas A&M
Georgia
@ LSU

15-0
Heisman: Thorne
Doak Walker: Cowboy

7 wins is great. 6 wins last year would have been great

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Is he reinstated to working out in the athletic building yet?

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Heard he was mostly doing film work.