re: So Many Juniors and Seniors

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Please don't hate on me, but prepare for realism & reality. I'm afraid younger fans will put too much pressure on Brennan to be as good as Burrow right off the bat...it's not going to happen...2021 will be his year to shine...

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Nobody who understand the game will hate on you for this. It turns out very few actually get this concept. It's the sole reason I thought we would get to the playoff this year. We had so much returning talent that it would be an anomaly if we weren't better. I said this multiple times and people called BS.

We will take a step back next year. I don't know if that means we miss the playoff, but I could see us in serious dogfights with Texas, Florida, Auburn, and Alabama, and I don't know if we have the experience to handle it. Defensively, I think we will be fine, but it's hard to expect Myles to not have some setbacks going into his first year as a starter.

Last year I said the ceiling was a national championship and the ABSOLUTE floor was 10-2 with my prediction being 11-1.

2020 I say the ceiling is, again, the national championship (I truly believe we could come out and win it) and the ABSOLUTE floor is 8-4. I think we go 9-3/10-2 with losses to Alabama, UF (tossup), and Auburn. Texas still aint shite and either is TAMU. I just can't see us beating Auburn 4 years in a row, particularly when we play them at Jordan Hare again. Their defense won't be as nasty, but it will still be good and Nix should be at least a little better. UF will have Trask back with a full off-season and that's a game I could see going either way. It helps them that it is at home. If Tua comes back I can't see us beating Alabama, especially with the weapons they retain.

Just a realistic prediction. I know everybody hates those when they are bad and thinks you're a homer when they are good, but there it is.