I think we have a talented team, however I do question the ability of some of the coaching staff. Are we P5 ready yet; not even close, but we have many more challenges than many others equal to us (eg. G5 teams) such as:
Still a young program
Competing in a state that has G5 teams with many years under their belt and a boat load of P5 teams
Impressive campus, however needs to beef up football facilities
Started football in an era where college sports is taking a backseat.
Mediocre coaching staff
Again, we have talented players in spite of the above, however we need to be careful to not get over our skis and expect more than what we can actually obtain (this goes for me too).
I do have confidence and feel that the years ahead will be bright, I just wish those years would get here sooner than later.
We need to always be competitive and we need to win. Reynolds just got sacked and we ran McAlister on 2nd and 19. I agree with you on coaching. Carney is not fooling anyone with these stupid offensive plays.
This is that game that you throw in the backups and see what our future looks like. We arenāt going to come close to making this even a respectful game. Itās OK to throw out the white flag and give acknowledgment to not just the better players, but better coaching. My intent is not to completely bash us, reality at some point, needs to step in. Itās OK to be getting a thrashing from a P5 team. Most of us look at their record and thought it would be close, however what their record doesnāt show is that their last few loses were extremely close against teams that would have crushed us. The size and talent that P5 teams can pull in are just not in the same class of type of players that a young G5 team can get. Thatās just the reality of college football and that will never change.
Agreed, but if they get hurt, we are then playing backups in conference play. Not that we will make it to the championship game, but I can promise we canāt with our backups
I think we can make it to the Championship game. Marshall is beatable even with their defensive coach Lambert. Win out and play Marshall for the Championship. Beat them again. Now if we were in the Sunbelt that might be more difficult. Coastal is for real.
If Duke scores again, which it seems that will happen, the starters need to be pulled for your prediction to become reality and as I was typing , they just scored. The fat lady has sang so the starters need to be pulled the hell off of the field. There is nothing left to prove.
Not sure. I guess it is coming from the same staff that seems to have no urgency with play calling. Even the announcers are commenting on why we are taking so much time on each play. We are literally running the play clock down to 0 before snapping the ball. We are either just trying to keep the ball out of their hands since they are all but guaranteed to score or our coaching staff are just lost. Not sure?