There’s also a caste system on Coogfans. Wanna guess where you rank?
High enough to get you to respond to my posts!
The ACC has FSU and Clemson which have both been elite programs in recent history. Then they have Miami, VT, and Louisville which are respectable. Everyone else is G5. The B12 has 15 respectable programs and then us. But we should be back up to respectable pretty soon.
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We got 4 wins last year with a worse coaching staff lol
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Interesting, I never thought of that.
Vegas doesn’t fool around. If you’re so confident, bet the mortgage on the over
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Yes, beating TCU on the road would be an upset, but I don’t know if Cincinnati would be. UH was not prepared to play that game last year, and it’s not like Cincinnati is a juggernaut. They only won three games, beating Eastern Kentucky, Pitt (3-9), and UH. They lost to Miami (OH) and Baylor. I think that’s a game we can win along with UNLV, Rice, and Baylor. We’ll probably need to beat two of Iowa State (at TDECU), Arizona (road game), and/or BYU (road game) to get to six wins barring a bigger upset. But who knows? Half the starters are transfers, so it’s especially difficult to predict how good we’ll be.
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This is going to make preseason predictions a lot harder from here on out. You can weigh the players leaving/coming and make an educated guess, but you never know how everything will gel together. I think we’ll see a few surprises each season.
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AND in our first year in a Power Conference.
Not seeing how we shouldn’t be better.
Fritz’s coaching style is one of development which does not bide well for year 1 when we have 8 returning starters, we have the 7th hardest schedule according to CFN, and our best transfer is already out for the season. I will set my expectations at 3 wins and will re-evaluate after the OU game. I do predict if we do become bowl eligible Donovan Smith is a first round pick and the next great UH quarterback…
Easy.
Having only two defensive starters (from an already bad defense) and one online starter returning is generally NOT a formula for success.
And as Deion found out last year, it’s hard to win right away with a team full of transfers.
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and as Sonny Dykes (TCU) and Jeff Brohm (Louisville) found out …you can win 10+ games and even end up in the playoff in your first year of a P5 schedule…and WITH a team full of transfers!
Stop making excuses!
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TCU in 2022 had more starters returning than UH does this year though.
They brought in some good transfers as well, but the situation isn’t really comparable.
They then graduated A LOT, hence the 5-7 2023 team.
TCU has been third in average recruit rank in the Big 12 most every year (behind only UT/OU). They were loaded with talent when Dykes came in, and were playing well as a team.
I think Brohm was similar, but don’t follow them that closely.
Maybe, I just don’t think our problem last season was a “talent issue” …it was a “coaching issue” which we think we’ve corrected.
Typically, if you have an above average upper classman QB with an understanding of the offense, you do well.
I do think we have that plus we have the skill positions players to support him.
I expect to see the squad that played the second half of the UT game a lot more next season.
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Fair answer. Everyone has their beliefs. You asked why several people thought there would not be big improvement and you got several answers.
I do expect the play to be better, I just don’t see a huge jump in wins. I am sure everyone here would love to see 7, 8, or 9 wins. Just most not willing to predict it or put money on it.
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We could get to 6.
Our talent is not bad. Coaching has been bad.
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I rewatched the okst game from last season. I was sick. I still never watched the k state game again, that was the worst game I’ve ever seen. Whipped is all i could say.
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IMHO 6 and a Bowl !
Go Coogs !
That game was close at halftime but it could have been worse OSU didn’t really start feeding Ollie Gordon the ball until the 2nd half if they did the whole game it would have been as bad as K-State.
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