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What does your team lose or gain for next year? What are your early predictions?
Posted on 1/22/25 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 1/22/25 at 3:14 pm
I’m thinking Texas is the favorite to win it all next year. All I know is, here at Ohio State, we will have a lot of rebuilding to do. I’m worried about the early season game vs Texas. With that said, how much is everyone losing or gaining to eligibility, NFL draft and the transfer portal? What team do you see surprising everyone next year?
This post was edited on 1/22/25 at 3:15 pm
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 3:36 pm to Muahahaha
Ohio State will depend on who all goes pro on the Defense.
If we lose literally all 10 eligible starters(aside from Downs), that's going to be very difficult. Our WR room will be fine, a RS freshman QB, and a few pieces on the line. And likely the only backs with a meaningful carry this year.
And we have the portal situation of being in the CFP finals.
If we lose literally all 10 eligible starters(aside from Downs), that's going to be very difficult. Our WR room will be fine, a RS freshman QB, and a few pieces on the line. And likely the only backs with a meaningful carry this year.
And we have the portal situation of being in the CFP finals.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 3:38 pm to Muahahaha
Going to be mid again. 7-5 likely.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 3:42 pm to Muahahaha
Tulane going to wreck the league.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 4:01 pm to Muahahaha
All of the way too early rankings I see go between Texas and Ohio State but more for Texas. Comes down to whether you expect Manning or Sayin to be better. At least one place had Oregon ahead of Ohio State, which I do not see being the case. It also looks like everyone expects it to be even more B1G/SEC dominant in the top 10
Posted on 1/22/25 at 4:01 pm to Muahahaha
ND loses five guys on defense and three on offense.
Offense:
- Lose QB Riley Leonard, TE Mitch Evans, WR Beaux Collins
- Top 8 OL return assuming Schrauth and Craig don't have lingering injury issues (both were starters and had season-ending injuries against Purdue in September)
- All RB's return, including Love, Price, Williams, and Young (assuming no portal surprises on this)
- Collins was fine but not really a threat - he was the clear third option behind Faison and Greathouse by the end of the year and didn't do squat against you all
- Evans is good but TE is one of those positions we just reload and reload; Raridon and Flanagan behind him are both good players
- We get Malachi Fields from UVA at WR
- Tenor of season on this side of the will completely depend on QB play, especially whether CJ Carr is what he has been hyped up to be
Defense:
- Lose S Xavier Watts, CB Ben Morrison, DT Rylie Mills, DT Howard Cross, and LB Kiser
- Watts is going to be a big loss (likely second rounder or so), as will Morrison (likely first rounder, though he hasn't played since Halloween) but we still have talent in the secondary - Moore, Shuler, and Gray are all back
- LB corps gets everyone back except Kiser and gets Botelho back from injury (also against Purdue) - he was the starter at Vyper before his injury
- Lose Mills and Cross at DT; all DE's are back
- Get DT Jared Dawson from Louisville, DT Elijah Hughes from USC, S Jalen Stroman from Virginia Tech, and NB DeVonta Smith from Alabama
Probably biggest unknown now is that Golden just left for the Bengals DC job.
We'll start somewhere in the middle-to-back of the top ten in preseason rankings, which feels about right. That could flex up or down depending on how QB development goes, how much the transfers on defense show out, and who we replace Golden with.
Key games are A&M, Boise State, and USC at home and at Miami and at Arkansas. All five of those are in the first seven weeks of the year, so we'll know by the third week of October what we're worth.
Offense:
- Lose QB Riley Leonard, TE Mitch Evans, WR Beaux Collins
- Top 8 OL return assuming Schrauth and Craig don't have lingering injury issues (both were starters and had season-ending injuries against Purdue in September)
- All RB's return, including Love, Price, Williams, and Young (assuming no portal surprises on this)
- Collins was fine but not really a threat - he was the clear third option behind Faison and Greathouse by the end of the year and didn't do squat against you all
- Evans is good but TE is one of those positions we just reload and reload; Raridon and Flanagan behind him are both good players
- We get Malachi Fields from UVA at WR
- Tenor of season on this side of the will completely depend on QB play, especially whether CJ Carr is what he has been hyped up to be
Defense:
- Lose S Xavier Watts, CB Ben Morrison, DT Rylie Mills, DT Howard Cross, and LB Kiser
- Watts is going to be a big loss (likely second rounder or so), as will Morrison (likely first rounder, though he hasn't played since Halloween) but we still have talent in the secondary - Moore, Shuler, and Gray are all back
- LB corps gets everyone back except Kiser and gets Botelho back from injury (also against Purdue) - he was the starter at Vyper before his injury
- Lose Mills and Cross at DT; all DE's are back
- Get DT Jared Dawson from Louisville, DT Elijah Hughes from USC, S Jalen Stroman from Virginia Tech, and NB DeVonta Smith from Alabama
Probably biggest unknown now is that Golden just left for the Bengals DC job.
We'll start somewhere in the middle-to-back of the top ten in preseason rankings, which feels about right. That could flex up or down depending on how QB development goes, how much the transfers on defense show out, and who we replace Golden with.
Key games are A&M, Boise State, and USC at home and at Miami and at Arkansas. All five of those are in the first seven weeks of the year, so we'll know by the third week of October what we're worth.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 4:08 pm to Muahahaha
Texas could have probably won this year with Arch, such a puzzling loyalty Sark had.
LSU will score a lot of points, be bad on defense and likely get out coached in big moments. There will be highs but we will likely lose 2 games we shouldn’t and miss the playoff.
LSU will score a lot of points, be bad on defense and likely get out coached in big moments. There will be highs but we will likely lose 2 games we shouldn’t and miss the playoff.
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