What final record would you consider acceptable?

Woah woah woah

New coaching new schemes

That alone is worth 2 losses

I’m not going to jump off a cliff for 8-4, I’d be ok with 9-3, 10-2 would be great


But be real, you can’t throw down 10-2 as year one expectation after we just blew it all up, that’s not realistic

9-3 or better under this new coaching staff and scheme would be acceptable, I’d probably take 8-4 as well (which is what I’m predicting).

The schedule is fairly favorable, but as we’ve seen just because you bring in a bunch of high ranked recruits, doesn’t mean you automatically win games. We’ve got paper talent on campus, hopefully Elko and Co can develop it into real talent, unlike Jimbo.

Spot on.

8-4 - Won’t feel great, but it’s Elko’s first year and technically an improvement.

9-3 - Feeling good, signifant step forward and something Jimbo and Sumlin only accomplished once each.

I'm torn between these two, there seems to be more unknowns when it comes to our opponents this year than I can remember in a while. Hopefully having the tougher games at home will matter for a change this year, I'd say I'm around 60% toward the 9 win mark.

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With our schedule and talent, I expect nothing less than 10-2.

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First time, huh.

Honestly, 8-4. Elko's first year at the helm shouldn't expect immediate results, have to give him time.

Rant will be destroyed if we win the new CFP

Acceptable? 8-4
Expected? 9-3

Im happy football is back. I’m ready to be hurt again

I’m sorry, I didn’t know that Johnny and Mike Evans were walking out onto Kyle field this year

To me it always matters how and to who you win and lose to when judging an acceptable record.

For example, y'all know my well worn stance that while it was great that we won an Orange Bowl under Jimbo the teams on the schedule that season ended up being so thoroughly mediocre that anything less than the record we had would have been a failure in my mind. We essentially went 1-1 vs good/complete teams that season and losses to anyone else would have total failures on the staff.

All that said, going by pre-season predictions of what the media believes our schedule will look like? I'd say 7-5 is the absolute floor for an acceptable record.

This assumes we are in the game in the second half of all losses and there are no major injury issues. How the team finishes the season would also be important. Losing 4-5 by mid October would be awful BUT if the team finished 5-0 w/road wins at USCe/Auburn, a win over what should be a highly ranked sip, and a decent bowl opponent it would indicate things were looking up. Of course if we had a season like the Sumlin years where we race out to a 5-0 or 6-0 record only to finish 8-4? Well... there had better be serious injury issues for that to not be a massive red flag.

Currently Notre Dame, LSU, Missouri, and Texas would be the teams most would expect we lose to w/Florida and Auburn being the next two most likely games for a potential loss. Losing all 4 of the big ranked games and splitting w/Florida and Auburn would suck but be somewhat understandable for a first year HC.

I do think the schedule does set Elko up for a big season if the lines come together and we have few serious injuries though. We only have 4 true road games (UF, AU, USCe, MSU) and all the pre-season ranked teams are at home. I could easily see 10-2 (or maybe even better depending on the breaks) from this squad. Of course I can also see 6-6 if the wheels come off.

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9-3 or better under this new coaching staff and scheme would be acceptable, I’d probably take 8-4 as well (which is what I’m predicting).

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Sticking with all of this still. 8-4 just seems more disappointing now after getting ranked in the top 15 and considering two of our losses are to USCe and Auburn which we kinda had penciled in as wins to start the season.