Why I have optimism

Last year -
OL
Dellinger at C, Cam Wire starting, Campbell first start ever.

This was basically a disaster, resulting in JD running for his life and praying the snap would come in his viscinity.

QB
JD in a new system, with guys like Kayshon in his ear, pouting and generally adding lots of negative noise.

WR
We were force feeding Kayshon in this game thinking he was something else. In hindsight, we were pushing the ball to a guy that was our 3rd or 4th best WR. Major negative noise guy as well.

TE
Taylor in first game, different guy now. Some of the backups concern me with lack of experience still.

RB
We had tons of uncertainty and could not run the ball. Now we have experience and a plethora of weapons.

Offense is just night and day from game 1 last year.

Special Teams -
one of worst units in college football to start the year.


D-
LB
No harold perkins in game one and we thought Mike Jones was our best LB somehow. Speights, Perk, Penn - much different story.

DL
got no pressure on travis LY, not convinced that will change but at worst we are the same.

CB’s
Same unknowns as last year, but at least you are working with safeties who are calling out the defense who have experience and talent.

Safeties
brand new to BK last year, now the vets of the D.

FSU, practice game before we played them last year. We were a band of misfits playing for the first time.

It’s not only that we were so improved from start to finish last year, in relation to FSU it’s more so that we learned our personal from game 1 to game 4 or so. Drastically different….

I don’t know how much they have changed, but can’t imagine a team that had a bigger advantage than the FSU team that played that LSU scenario last year. So much was in their favor, which gives me reason to feel optimistic.