If you’re not excited about this football season, are you going to watch? If you are, why? Why are you hate watching?
Me, I’m stoked. I have a good feeling about this season kind of like I did last season. It can’t get here soon enough. Anything could happen, but something tells me we’ve got the goods. Better than 2017 where I was trying to convince myself the hype was real.
In all honesty, I keep my expectations tempered. I’ve been burned too many times when I’ve gotten hyped. I look forward to this season and hope it’s a good one.
Well, that’s fine. I just don’t get the people who go in fully believing we’re going to suck, are mad about it, and then watch every game. I think we’re going to be good. Doesn’t mean it’ll work out.
Well, those types of folks watch so they can say “I told you so” if things go south. People love to be right and tell others about it.
Dont let those yahoos bug you. They would be happy if gundy didnt win a game.
Our front 4 is bigger and better. That will make our defense again. Knock on would we stay health. It will be a good year with things falling rite a great year.
Go pokes to Arlington
I just turned 40 and bought my first home…I fully expect us to win a Natty. It just makes sense. This is my year. This is our year. Go Pokes!
You did say you were a man:thinking:
Doesn’t bother me in the slightest. People have the right to their opinions and that’s all it is.
Congrats on buying your first home.
The 3 stooges i love. I poke them to see what nonsense they will type. 
Yeah, but they’re not even happy or relieved that they’re wrong. If my team tripled my expected win total, I’d be ecstatic, but they just get more bitter.
I like your logic. It does make sense. Do you think we have to go undefeated for a shot at the playoff or do you think we can lose one game and still get there?
I think most of us a stoked. Its hard not to be in my opinion. That said, there are just so many variables. Is the O-line going to gel? Are the young RBs going to be able to get it done? Will the defense pick up where they left off now that we have a new DC? Will we stay injury free in the key positions?
We definitely have “the goods” as you say and I expect at least another 10 win season. I just hope that it is a conference championship season.
I was going to say we have no chance without going undefeated, but thinking about it more, I’d say it’s probably 50/50 if we won the conference with 1 loss depending on how the landscape plays out in the other conferences.
Georgia or Bama with 1 loss, surprise SEC winner, Ohio State or Michigan win Big 10 with one loss or fewer, Clemson wins ACC with 1 loss or fewer, Pac 12 winner undefeated, Notre Dame undefeated. That’s who is ahead of us with 1 loss. It seems dumb that I can guarantee that without knowing anything else about the season, but I think we all know it’s true.
With 1 loss, we’re ahead of probably a 1 loss Pac-12 winner, a 1 loss non-Clemson ACC winner, anyone with two losses, a 1 loss Notre Dame, a 1 loss non-champ SEC team that isn’t Georgia or Bama (toss up with LSU), a 1 loss G5 champion, an undefeated G5 champion without a statement P5 win, a 1 loss non-champ Michigan probably a toss-up with a 1 loss non-champ Ohio State.
Undefeated. Leave no doubt. We can’t give the committee a single solitary reason to keep us out. Cause I promise they will look for ANY reason. We don’t get the benefit of the doubt like Goon or Bama or Ohio State.
Yes, we’re a lock to get in if we go undefeated UNLESS Clemson, Bama, Ohio State, and USC all went undefeated, but that won’t happen.
See @jake4 !! I love reading your enthusiasm for the season. College football fans full of piss & vinegar is what it’s all about. And you speak about the demise of college football……it ain’t going anywhere brotha!!
A 1-loss OSU won’t be ahead of a “a 1 loss non-champ SEC team that isn’t Georgia or Bama (toss up with LSU)”. The only way you’d have a 1-loss non-champ would be if that team was undefeated and lost in the SEC champ game. That 1-loss SEC runner up will have a resume far better than a 1-loss OSU. Go pick any SEC team you want & give them a 12-1 record with the only loss coming in the SEC title game. That resume will have a win over Bama or Georgia on it.
No, if A&M’s only loss were to Alabama and Alabama were undefeated (or 1 loss and would have the h2h tiebreaker), A&M would have 1 loss and not be in the title game. They’re not in Georgia’s division, so may not have played them at all. I guess if A&M beat Bama and lost to Georgia in the title game, there’d probably be a debate, but I think a 1 loss OSU champion probably should win out over them, but it might be a toss-up situation.
The only problem i see is thise teams have one lose. We fine.