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re: Your school's most suprising season
Posted on 7/25/20 at 7:43 pm to turnpiketiger
Posted on 7/25/20 at 7:43 pm to turnpiketiger
Greatest season of all time for LSU football.
Be specific.
Be specific.
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Posted on 7/25/20 at 8:43 pm to Cdawg
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“2010, Mullen 2nd year with Relf at QB.”
Actually 2010 is not that big of a surprise. People disparage Coach Croom these days but they conveniently forget that he left Mullen with a cupboard full of talent and a great recruiting class as well. Credit to CDM for good coaching but our defense in 2010 was loaded with quality players (Croom’s recruits).
“2010, Mullen 2nd year with Relf at QB.”
Actually 2010 is not that big of a surprise. People disparage Coach Croom these days but they conveniently forget that he left Mullen with a cupboard full of talent and a great recruiting class as well. Credit to CDM for good coaching but our defense in 2010 was loaded with quality players (Croom’s recruits).
Posted on 7/25/20 at 8:50 pm to Godawgs4
I always felt croom was a good man who left state better than he found it
Posted on 7/25/20 at 9:12 pm to Jb1994
2005. Preseason top 5....first losing season in a long time.
This post was edited on 7/25/20 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 7/25/20 at 9:34 pm to VolsDeep
And yall still beat a 11 win lsu team in baton rouge
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:18 pm to Jb1994
2014
Entered the season preseason top 10
Had many returning from the previous 11-2 season
Finished 7-6 barely beating Miami in the Independence Bowl
I didn’t think that bad
Entered the season preseason top 10
Had many returning from the previous 11-2 season
Finished 7-6 barely beating Miami in the Independence Bowl
I didn’t think that bad
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:49 pm to Jb1994
That’s a good positive surprise. I thought 2016 was a championship caliber team and they stunk, that was a negative surprise. Got rid of the Les cancer though.
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Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:35 pm to Jb1994
2012 Auburn. 85 players on scholly say F it. Then 2013 says ok we will play now.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:44 pm to TheWalrus
I remember Miles said the offense was "awfully productive" after the Wisconsin game 
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:09 am to Jb1994
2012 for Arkansas. I thought we would take a step back after Petrino pulled his little stunt and got fired but I had no idea things would fall apart as quickly as they did. We started the season ranked in the top 10. We finished with 4 wins while watching Coach John L. Smith have a very public nervous breakdown.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:33 am to Jb1994
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“I always felt croom was a good man who left state better than he found it“
This is the exact truth. While I will always love Coach Sherrill, our football program was a complete dumpster fire in 2003. Coach Croom then had to purge about 20 talented but very undisciplined players off the team in 2004.
People conveniently forget that today. In essence, he had to build the football program from ground zero. He had his faults and shortcomings but he slowly built the program on a solid foundation over five years of time.
He left CDM with a good roster and a good recruiting class. The program was in much better shape than he found it.
Coach Croom was/is a quality man. I have a cousin who is a Bama grad who even to this day says that Bama made a huge mistake by not hiring Croom when they hired Shula.
“I always felt croom was a good man who left state better than he found it“
This is the exact truth. While I will always love Coach Sherrill, our football program was a complete dumpster fire in 2003. Coach Croom then had to purge about 20 talented but very undisciplined players off the team in 2004.
People conveniently forget that today. In essence, he had to build the football program from ground zero. He had his faults and shortcomings but he slowly built the program on a solid foundation over five years of time.
He left CDM with a good roster and a good recruiting class. The program was in much better shape than he found it.
Coach Croom was/is a quality man. I have a cousin who is a Bama grad who even to this day says that Bama made a huge mistake by not hiring Croom when they hired Shula.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:58 am to Godawgs4
1972 - were picked dead last in the conference after Sullivan and Beasley and most of the rest of the talent graduated. It was not a talented team, but it was a mean team and we loved them. They only lost one game.
2013 - By the end of the season, the 2012 team was more f-ed up than a football bat. Never seen anything like it, don't want to seen anything like that again. Wouldn't even wish that on bama. But maybe hearing everyone say that they were the worst ever put a big chip on their shoulder. 2013 was wonderful. We were test driving a car before the season started and the salesman was a former Vandy player. He told me his friend's son, an Auburn player, had told him that Auburn was going to be really good that year. We both kind of laughed at that. I asked him who the player was and he said Carl Lawson Jr., a guy who had already impressed a lot of folks. That was the first clue.
2012 was the worst. It started out okay, and we actually played LSU a good game, but then the wheels came of in a spectacular fashion. I remember watching people get up and leave at halftime of the Georgia game, they didn't even bother to boo. They weren't worth booing.
2013 - By the end of the season, the 2012 team was more f-ed up than a football bat. Never seen anything like it, don't want to seen anything like that again. Wouldn't even wish that on bama. But maybe hearing everyone say that they were the worst ever put a big chip on their shoulder. 2013 was wonderful. We were test driving a car before the season started and the salesman was a former Vandy player. He told me his friend's son, an Auburn player, had told him that Auburn was going to be really good that year. We both kind of laughed at that. I asked him who the player was and he said Carl Lawson Jr., a guy who had already impressed a lot of folks. That was the first clue.
2012 was the worst. It started out okay, and we actually played LSU a good game, but then the wheels came of in a spectacular fashion. I remember watching people get up and leave at halftime of the Georgia game, they didn't even bother to boo. They weren't worth booing.
This post was edited on 7/26/20 at 9:00 am
Posted on 7/26/20 at 9:02 am to Jb1994
My Top 3 for Alabama:
1. 1992 (13-0, SEC champions, national champions)
2. 1999 (10-3, SEC champions under Mike DuBose)
3. 2008 (12-0 undefeated regular season)
1. 1992 (13-0, SEC champions, national champions)
2. 1999 (10-3, SEC champions under Mike DuBose)
3. 2008 (12-0 undefeated regular season)
Posted on 7/26/20 at 9:02 am to turnpiketiger
Gotta be 1990. Coming off a 7-5 season. Lost one of the best rb in SEC history early to the NFL who was our whole offense. Fired our coach. Hired a coach from Duke. Starting a new young qb.
Only to go 9-2 with the best record in the SEC and laid the groundwork for what would be a dominant decade.
Only to go 9-2 with the best record in the SEC and laid the groundwork for what would be a dominant decade.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 9:58 am to Jb1994
2012 - I thought we'd improve under Muschamp's 2nd year, but didn't think 11-1 type.
2018 - was very low expectations for Mullen in year 1, but he did a really nice job that year.
Bad surprise:
2010 - Depsite losing Tebow and all the guys before from the 08 and 09 teams, I thought UF was still totally capable of being in contention to win a division or at least get 9/10 wins at worst. They also had a loaded recruiting class in 2010. Finished 8-5 and looked really shitty most of the games.
2018 - was very low expectations for Mullen in year 1, but he did a really nice job that year.
Bad surprise:
2010 - Depsite losing Tebow and all the guys before from the 08 and 09 teams, I thought UF was still totally capable of being in contention to win a division or at least get 9/10 wins at worst. They also had a loaded recruiting class in 2010. Finished 8-5 and looked really shitty most of the games.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 9:58 am to SpotCheckBilly
quote:Scot Loeffler
2012 was the worst. It started out okay, and we actually played LSU a good game, but then the wheels came of in a spectacular fashion. I remember watching people get up and leave at halftime of the Georgia game, they didn't even bother to boo. They weren't worth booing.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 10:22 am to Jb1994
2002 in a bad way. Thought for sure we were a title team with Grossman back.
Boy was I wrong.
Most surprising in a good way was probably 2012. Team with limited offense going 11-1 with a brutal schedule. Team left me on the edge of my seat every game though.
Boy was I wrong.
Most surprising in a good way was probably 2012. Team with limited offense going 11-1 with a brutal schedule. Team left me on the edge of my seat every game though.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 10:40 am to Jb1994
2000
Dubose. Nuff said
Dubose. Nuff said
Posted on 7/26/20 at 12:50 pm to SpartyGator
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Scot Loeffler
As Shug would say, "you're so right."
This post was edited on 7/26/20 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 7/26/20 at 1:01 pm to Clark14
2012 - great start, better then expected, sour ending loss to Charlie Strong
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