It's make or break next year for AU. The loss of Adam's and Lawson will hurt. However the Dline will still be very deep with Holland, Brown, Davidson, Cowart, Russell, Williams, James, Johnson, Coe, and Jackson. That's still a star studded line, and with improved LB play and a veteran secondary the defense shouldn't see any drop off.

The offense will be improved as everyone comes back except for Kozan and Leff, and they will be replaced easily. The team could have been better down the stretch this season if the injury bug hadn't hit the, so hard. The pieces will be there next year, but i'm skeptical as we always fall on our face when we have high expectations. It's no doubt the bar will be set high next season though.

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Posted by FearlessFreep

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Posted on 12/22/16 at 11:47 am to WarDamn101

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It's make or break next year for AU. The loss of Adam's and Lawson will hurt. However the Dline will still be very deep with Holland, Brown, Davidson, Cowart, Russell, Williams, James, Johnson, Coe, and Jackson. That's still a star studded line, and with improved LB play and a veteran secondary the defense shouldn't see any drop off.

The offense will be improved as everyone comes back except for Kozan and Leff, and they will be replaced easily. The team could have been better down the stretch this season if the injury bug hadn't hit the, so hard. The pieces will be there next year, but i'm skeptical as we always fall on our face when we have high expectations. It's no doubt the bar will be set high next season though.

This, pretty much.

Just having more than one credible option at QB will be a luxury we haven't had in the past couple of seasons. Our defense will likely not be quite as good, but if our offense can perform at mid-season level for the entire year we can afford to give up a few more points per game.

But I won't expect a road win over LSU (or any kind of win against UGa) until it actually happens again.