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Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:25 pm to CorchJay
Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:25 pm to CorchJay
Here ya go
It was even a reply to one of your posts.
Looks like I missed the LSU and Ole Kiff wins, and the MSU and SC losses.
ETA: I wonder how optimistic any of us would have been if we knew before the season that we would lose Pappoe for the year before September was over, and have to start TJ in the last three games.
It was even a reply to one of your posts.
Looks like I missed the LSU and Ole Kiff wins, and the MSU and SC losses.
ETA: I wonder how optimistic any of us would have been if we knew before the season that we would lose Pappoe for the year before September was over, and have to start TJ in the last three games.
This post was edited on 12/28/21 at 11:31 pm
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Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:30 pm to FearlessFreep
You were right on. I was giving us way to much credit.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:50 pm to Tigerman97
I did. This year seemed more difficult to me, considering the circumstances. Do you disagree that Arky and Ole Miss improved over last year? Or that playing away games at LSU, USC, and A&M is more difficult than it otherwise would be? Just my view.
And apparently doing a search of the sos in 2020 and 2021 shows that 2021 was at least as difficult (if not moreso) than 2020.
2020 SOS
2021 SoS
ESPN 2020 SoS
ESPN 2021 SoS
Anyways, it’s a moot point whether Gus and his staff would’ve won 6 games or not. The guy had stagnated/regressed since 2017 and deserved to get fired.
And apparently doing a search of the sos in 2020 and 2021 shows that 2021 was at least as difficult (if not moreso) than 2020.
2020 SOS
2021 SoS
ESPN 2020 SoS
ESPN 2021 SoS
Anyways, it’s a moot point whether Gus and his staff would’ve won 6 games or not. The guy had stagnated/regressed since 2017 and deserved to get fired.
This post was edited on 12/29/21 at 2:21 am
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:19 am to AUBLAW
As frustrating the season was, we played pretty competitively IMO, but realistically we still weren't on the next level where we could overcome the zebras, and I think we knew that, or so I thought. For example, the Miss St game was an abomination on paper, but did everyone forget how many of their drives got extended in the 2nd half because of penalties? Something like 5? There’s only a few teams in the country who can overcome that, and if we're honest with ourselves, we'd know our roster certainly ain't one of them. Same for yesterday's game on UH's winning drive, three consecutive head-scratching calls/no-calls in a row. We get a few holes filled next season, then we probably get a few Ws out of those same Ls...
This post was edited on 12/29/21 at 6:21 am
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:06 am to CorchJay
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Before this year everyone said our WRs were so good
Well, that's just another lie.
We all watched the spring game and wondered where the hell any playmakers were. Everyone hoped someone from that group would make the jump to a number 1. But everyone knew WR was a giant question going in.
But this is just more of you pretending you're the smartest person in the room.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:14 am to CorchJay
Corch you got baited by the same suspect. When you gonna learn?
Posted on 12/29/21 at 9:25 am to AUBLAW
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And apparently doing a search of the sos in 2020 and 2021 shows that 2021 was at least as difficult (if not moreso) than 2020.
The 2020 schedule is skewed because you can't account for playing an all SEC schedule. We have winless SEC teams that get to 4 wins because they always beat their OOC games. Last year that was masked by the all SEC schedule. I'm not trying to be argumentative but it was clearly more difficult than this seasons schedule.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 11:35 am to CorchJay
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I hope I'm wrong about Harsin as well. But he certainly doesn't seem to be the part. He's a phony it appears. We will see. If I'm wrong I'll admit I was wrong.
A phony? what does that mean?
You give all this history, and stats, then bam...phony.
He's been here 1 year. I think we simply jump the gun on what is a disaster and what is not.
I heard McElroy talk about Saban's first year today, and he said he lost his last 4 games after a good start, and win suprising wins like Harsin did.
McElroy said there were simply bad players, bad culture that Saban needed to clean out, and he did.
I don't look at records totally. There will be a time records do matter, but not right now.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 1:09 pm to Tigerman97
quote:I will be argumentative and say you’re clearly wrong.
I'm not trying to be argumentative but it was clearly more difficult than this seasons schedule.
Throw out the first two cupcake wins and look at the 8 games we played this year vs common opponents, and compare them YoY:
Arky - much better
LSU - about the same
UGa - slightly better
Ole Kiff - much better
TAMU - clearly worse
MSU - clearly better
SC - much better
Bama - clearly worse (but still CFP quality)
That leaves UK and UT vs Penn St and GA St. Give the edge to 20 there, but not by much.
I can’t see any justification to say 2020 was tougher, especially when you consider the multiple players missing games due to COVID.
This post was edited on 12/29/21 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 12/30/21 at 1:14 pm to FearlessFreep
With our QB’s and WR core, we were lucky to win 6. Other teams did a good job riding the media propaganda that Gus ran a HS offense and didn’t prepare offensive players for NFL. The NFL commentators even did this. Truth was, it hurt our OL, WR, and QB recruiting more than we know. Harsin doesn’t have this against him but you can bet something will come out in press that Harsin does to ruin NFL chances. It’s what you get to deal with at AU. I like Harsin. Think he will win if he can build the talent on offense and find a QB that is a winner.
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