re: How exactly are we supposed to be worse next year?

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U obviously havent been around here very long.....year after year Les underwhelms. Even in 2011, the way we won games bailed Les's arse out. Gonahead and ger pumped up though....i'm just going on history

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Even in 2011, the way we won games bailed Les's arse out.

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i don't even know what this is supposed to mean. outside the alabama games, we beat the shite out of everyone we played. how exactly did that bail les out?

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doesn't mean they're going to be pretty good.

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He didn't say pretty good, he said they will be decent. They were decent last year when they only lost by 6 in Tiger Stadium.

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Who's their QB, anyway?

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Is this supposed to be a joke? Try Bo Wallace. The same Bo Wallace that threw for 310 yards and ran for another 54 yards in Tiger Stadium in 2012. He also accounted for 4 touchdowns.

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bama is suppose to be good

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They're overdue for a letdown. Injuries, academics, something. It takes luck to win a MNC and even Saban can't control Dame Fortune. Are the offseason arrests a harbinger? We'll see.

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ole miss is going to be decent

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Meh. Freeze seems to be a decent coach, but they have to get a lot better to be a legit threat. One recruiting class won't do it.

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florida is going to be better

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So will we, and we have more upside than they do, IYAM. And we get them at home. I'm still not sold on Driscoll as a top flight SEC QB.

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we have to play georgia.

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Our biggest challenge. Playing in Athens is always tough for us.

You didn't mention A&M. I look for JFF to have the mother of all sophomore slumps and they finish 3d or 4th in the SECW.

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Did u see the cotton bowl?

Johnny football pretty much does what he wants

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Like 5 turnovers in one game?

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And Bama and Georgia on the road. Your point?

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Are you dense? AU/arkie/atm/Florida at home. I would rather take that the those on the road and bama/Georgia on the home. .

Georgia will not be as good as their top 5 ranking suggest. That might finish 3rd in the east.

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Alabama and aTm 2 certain losses

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There are no certain losses for this year's team. There are about four 50/50 or worse games, which equates to a NEAR certainty of at least one or two losses, but even that near certainty doesn't apply to any one game in particular, but only the group of four murderous ones.

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UGA probably a loss

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Maybe. I'd say this one is probably 50/50.

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TCU, FLA toss up

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Are you really high on TCU, or really down on Florida? I don't regard these two games as even close to equal in difficulty. Florida will be MUCH tougher.

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Prob another screw up in there with a young team

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Maybe. We have done better in recent years about not losing to inferior teams, Peach Bowl no-show notwithstanding.

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8-4 is best case scenario but prob 7-5

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No way is 8-4 the best case scenario. I would say it's closer to the worst case. We'd have to lose all four of the tough games, or lose three of them plus another one. I'm not saying it can't happen, but no way is it the best case scenario. And 7-5 seems highly unlikely. In fact, it's probably the worst-case scenario.

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I won't be very popular with this prediction but its how I feel

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I can't agree with your prediction, but don't sweat people getting on your arse about not picking us to go undefeated and win the NC. The Pumpers are exactly like the Haters, but in mirror image.

Before the season, Pumpers say 14-0 and bitch at anybody who says 8-5. After the season, they make excuses for 8-5 and bitch at anybody who expected 14-0. Haters say 8-5 before the season and bitch after if we don't go 14-0. There's not a dime's worth of difference between them, only they just don't know it.

If you predict 14-0 and are disappointed with 13-1, or if you predict 8-5 and are pleasantly surprised with 9-4, then you are being rational. Otherwise, well...see above.

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Did you really add Ole Miss in there? Just because they signed a top heavy recruiting class doesn't mean they're going to be pretty good. Who's their QB, anyway?

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They played us down to the wire in Tiger Stadium last year without any of those new recruits. Is it so crazy to think they will be tough in Oxford with them? And, by the way, the QB ripped our defense a new one last November.

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Are you dense? AU/arkie/atm/Florida at home. I would rather take that the those on the road and bama/Georgia on the home.

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To each his own. If Les Miles had the chance to trade Auburn and Arkie for Bama and Georgia on the home schedule, I'd be pretty pissed if he didn't take it.

The point is that although we have two of our tough games at home, we also have two on the road. So, the fact that we have two at home does nothing to mitigate the strength of our schedule. The home/road balance is equal.

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Georgia will not be as good as their top 5 ranking suggest

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How in the world would anyone know that?

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That might finish 3rd in the east

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Or first in the country. Both are very reasonably possible. They were a few yards short at the end vs. Bama from winning the NC last year.

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We played good in 1 game last year and Les still found a way to lose it.....all u frickers getting pumped up should check that shite at the door....Les is Les....he will frick shite up...love the man, but not the coach

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What a dumbass.

So we didn't play good against South Carolina? We didn't play good against A&M? We didn't play good against Washington?

GTFO - you are too stupid for this discussion.