re: Face it - this is a very average SEC west team....

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It's a solid one, even if a tad optimistic, which is certainly understandable.

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7-5 at best is "a tad optimistic?" This fricking place.

Bama and Ole Miss are the only teams that look better than us right now. All other games are close or we look better. I think the offense will look better once we get LF back in his groove. The offense can get a lot better in the next few weeks and they need to if we want to contend for the west. We only have one game with the starting lineup together, it should get a lot better this week as a unit. Special teams and defense are plenty good enough for us to have a chance.

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Look at our remaining schedule and find the six wins it would take to do better. Hell, for that matter, find the five it would take even to get there, never mind better.

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Auburn, UF, OM, Aggy, and whomever the remaining cupcakes are. That was tough.

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Ole miss is very good on offense and at qb.

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If that very good qb turns the ball over 4 times in DV. They arent winning that game.

They have some pieces, but haven't shown they are a complete team either yet.

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Who cares. We get to watch LSU football this Saturday. That's all that's on my mind when it comes to this team.

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Wish everyone on this board would take this route

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I see why your worried. Msu gsme was a fluke with LF fumbling. That just doesnt happen normally. I know msu lost to S. Alabama but they are young and still have talent.

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Yes they do and a lot like the game in 14' the final score has no indication of how dominate we really were in that game. Their front 7 had zero sacks and that is saying something being our offensive line got so banged up in that game.

If Fournette doesn't get the ball stripped out he was spinning around and had a wide open sideline for a 35 yard TD run and we go up 30-6. Hell we might have went up 37-6 by game end the way we were moving the ball on the ground. But instead their QB looses his helmet on a 3rd down play and they bring their back up in on the 4th down and we all know the rest of the story.

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I'd love to hear rational reasons why all of the above is not true.

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I'd love to hear your rational thought as to why we lose those games. All I read was you think we lose some. First off, saying 50/50 we lose 2 of next 3, i don't know how you could get there. You are saying that we have a 66% chance of losing each of those games? That's what your "rational" math would indicate...

My rational reasons. so glad you asked: we are stacked and better in almost every position than we were last year.

We returned among the most starters in the nation.

Some NFL draft projections have us sending up to 7 players in the first round or first 50 picks.

We FINALLY have a QB capable of doing what we need him to do. A guy that will either get the opponent from stacking the box, or we he will throw all over them. We have some of the most talented WRs in the country, and our TE's are getting involved now.

If they don't stack the box, I can't wait to unleash Leonard Fournette on the SEC. I can't wait to watch Guice thrash tired defenses.

Our Defense is getting better every week, and if we can keep winning, come November I see them firing on all cylinders. Key is an absolute freak - on pace for 20 sacks. Neal is looking great. Valentine is getting better every game and he will be a difference maker at bama. Beckwith is a beast.

Jamal Adams flies around the field like Polamalu (ill spare you the Mathieu reference). Tre White is a lock down corner. Tolliver is solid. Jackson is the fasted guy on any field. DB's will be best in country by end of the year.

Special teams could use some work, but they have shown improvement. Growden had a couple monster punts last week. White showed his brilliance in the return game. Jackson showed what he was capable of. Need to see what our FG kicker will be able to do. Nervous there.

Last - Les finally has the QB he has needed to do what he wants. He is spreading it around, opening it up. He hasn't had this opportunity really since 2007 IMO. The only QB he has had since then capable of doing what he needs was Mett - and Mett wasn' ready in 2012, and when he was ready we had the best offense we have ever had, but we had the worst defense in 15 years

They way I see it, we have a team fully capable of being our most talented and well-rounded team in a decade. Possibly defense second only to 2011. Offense 2nd only to 2013.

Aaaaaand....boom goes the dynamite. Thanks for that. Let me call you a cab.

71 posts since 05?

You don't have a want to excel as a poster here.

If DE gets a little better - like 260 yrds per game - 3 to 1 TD/INT , I think we win 9

Any given Saturday. And one week at a time.

We'll see how it plays out. There are many things in work here--DE sparking the team; defense tightening up; o-line getting more consistent; new receivers stepping up.