(Glass half Full Thread) Why I feel USF Football will win 8-10 games in 2021

[smazza]

On 7/25/2021 at 4:35 PM, Gatorbull325 said:

Hello all,

I am bored, tired of talking about the Big 12 and we are officially 1 week away from fall camp. I am known for keeping my green and gold goggles on so I shall break down why I feel we will win 8-10 games this year. I am sharing my views and will not go back and 4th on my opinion nor do I want to make any bets. If you feel we will have a bad year, feel free to express yourself and all power to you. If you have your goggles on, go ahead and say why. We can circle back to this thread after our awesome 2021 season. Go Bulls!!!

Coaching staff: CJS has replaced 40 players and added new staff. I feel that Cam Aiken (RB), Bobby Bentley (WR & Passing Game Coordinator), Ernie Sims (LB), and AJ Artis (Strength & Conditioning) are awesome additions. Our biggest weakness last year was conditioning. I'm going to give an ex-SEC S&C coach the benefit of the doubt. 

Offense:

1. QB - I’m good with Fortin, Williams, March, or McClain. They all shined at the spring game. 
2. RB - We have 7 running backs and 4 of them weigh 200Ibs or more. The other 3 have speed. 
3. O-line - This will be the most improved position. CJC and Jarren Williams both mentioned being impressed with the O-line in their most recent interviews. I stand by having 2-4 future NFL players on this line. They will provide much more time for the passing game and make some holes for our Running game.
4. TE - We are deep.
5. WR - Unproven but deep and have a lot of speed. 
6. Conclusion - Our offense is going to EXPLODE this year. We will be back to scoring at least 30 pts per game.

Defense: I am banking on Glenn Spencer working the same magic he did at FAU. FAU had the 92nd ranked defense and in 2018, after his first year in 2019, they were the 40th ranked defense. I will write off his first year here as getting to know the players and restrictions from the pandemic. The players were out of shape and had no formal camp. This year he knows what he is working with and had a full spring and fall camp. We were 122nd ranked total defense last year. I feel if we get our total rankings in the “60s” we should be OK. Hell, if USF can get the total defense ranked in the low 70s, that should be good enough with the offense we have. 

Conditioning: This defensive line is pretty old. At this point, they should be at their “college physical peak” due to their ages. If Pickney and Kegler can get their strength up we should be ok. Besides Thad Magnum, our defenses weren’t strong enough to overcome their size. S&C coach Trumain Carroll left the team in pretty good shape right before he left for KSU. A.J Artis came in from Tennessee and should have this Defensive line “physically” ready. 
Transfers:  Xander Yarborough and Jamari Stewart should be able to get us more sacks. I would still like another DT or DE transfer, but if these are the only 2 transfers we have to work with, I am good with them both. Jamari Stewart is a bit skinny, but I’m banking on him gaining some weight this off season. 

Below is my pre-fall camp depth chart....this is pretty much what we are working with this year: 

I copied this from ourlads.com

 

Offense	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7
QB	Fortin, Cade RS JR/TR	Williams, Jarren RS SO/TR	Marsh, Katravis SO	McClain, Timmy FR
RB	Joiner, Kelley JR	Battie, Brian SO	Felix, Darrian RS SR/TR (200Ibs)	Mangham, Jaren JR/TR (200Ibs)	Parker, Leonard RS SO (200Ibs)	Hamilton, Mychael SO (200Ibs)	Young, Yasias SO
TE	Brinkman, Mitchell GR/TR	Carter, Chris RS JR	Nance, Thomas RS SO	Greenwald, Gunnar FR	Willis, Holden SO	Akepeu, Flaubert RS SO
WR-X	Weaver, Xavier JR	Terry, Yusuf RS FR/TR	Brown, Sincere SO	Reynolds, Garret SO
WR-Y	Miller, Bryce RS SR/TR	Dollison, Omarion SO	Horn Jr., Jimmy FR	Atkins, Sean RS SO	Helms, Christian RS SO
WR-Z	Williams, Latrell RS SR/TR	Berryhill, Logan RS SO	Tshivuadi, Nickolas FR	Cucci, Michael SO
O-Line	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7
LT	Jennings, Donovan SR	Blanchard, Joshua RS SO	Reyes, Cesar SO
LG	Harris, Demetris RS SR	Sainterling, Sebastian RS JR	Bikowski, Remy SO/TR
OC	Cecil, Brad SR	Hall, Dustyn RS SO	Manconi, Patrick SO
RG	Wiggs, Michael GR	Greene, Uriah SO	McDuffie, Matthew RS SO
RT	Jacobs, Demontrey RS SR/TR	Kilfoyl, Andrew FR	Hopple, Jarrett GR/TR
DEFENSE	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7
DE	Xander Yarborough	Thaxton, Ryan RS SR/TR	Kirby, Stacy RS JR	Incoming Transfer	Grant, Darrien RS SR
NT	Pinkney, Kelvin GR	Green, Blake GR/TR	Kegler, Kevin GR
DT	Mangum, Thad, GR/TR	Yates, Rashawn SR	Incoming Transfer	TYRONE BARBER SR
LEO	Stewart, Jamari FR/TR	Vaughn, Jason JR	Logan, Tramel SO	LE'VONTAE CAMIEL
WLB	Boyles, Dwayne SR	Bellamy, Demaurez JR	Harris, Mac SO	Helton, Keyon RS JR	Nash, Jamal SO/TR	Hicks, Davon FR
MLB	Grier, Antonio SR	Mims, Andrew RS SR	Norris, Brian RS JR	Copeland, Randal RS JR	Gobler, Camp RS SO	Ross, CJ FR
CB	Evans, Daquan JR	Knox, Ben SO	Ervil, Lubens SO/TR	Nealy, Gabe FR	Purcell, Bailey SO
SS	Robinson, TJ RS SO/TR	Hill, Matthew RS SO/TR	Curry, Jayden RS SO	Smith, Jordan SL
FS	Jones II, Will RS FR/TR	Davis, Vincent SR	LaPointe, Mekhi RS SR	Gentry, Cody SR	Herring, Jalen FR
CB	Williams, Christian SO/TR	Stokes, Jaelen FR	Cromarty, Isaiah RS SR/TR	Green, Joshua SR/TR	STANLEY, DEQUAN FR
STAR	Townsel, Christopher SO	Nichols, Brock GR/TR	Turner, La'Javier SO
SPECIAL TEAMS	#1	#2
PT	Stokes, Andrew FR	Scribner, Kenny RS SO
PK	Shrader, Spencer JR	Sackett, Jared SR/TR
KO	Shrader, Spencer JR
LS	Bernard, Bryce SO	Deneen, Ian SR
H	Schneider, Trent GR/TR	Stokes, Andrew FR
PR	Atkins, Sean RS SO	Williams, Latrell RS SR/TR
KR	Dollison, Omarion SO	Terry, Yusuf RS FR/TR

wow very impressive
 

i think they will win less based on past performances

[Gatorbull325]

2 hours ago, smazza said:

wow very impressive
 

i think they will win less based on past performances

First of all, thank you for the compliment. But don't forget that CJS replaced close to 50% of the roster since he got here. This is not the same team from the past 3 years. And the players that have been here have a crap-load of experience/playing time. It may be experience gained while losing a lot, but its still experience. Our new coaches and S&C Director are also pretty bad a$$ so I'm banking on them coaching the players up, providing valuable knowledge and getting them in the best shape of their remaining college career. Too many Seniors on this team to go out like some suckers. We only won one game last year, I hope we dont "win less." lol 

[Rocky Style]

I am glad this thread exists.

[bulloni]

Jeff Scott was on the JP Peterson show today. A few notes:

• 20 million dollar IPF breaking ground this fall
• hoping to have a QB really separate themselves, but goal is to really know who the QB is after the non-conference slate
• jimmy horn jr according to the strength coaches he's already a top 3 fastest guy on the team and they expect him to be out there early this fall. similar to guys they had a clemson.
• sounded optimistic about skill guys and thinks they'll pick up where we left off against UCF. Named Weaver, Latrell Williams, and Miller

[Gatorbull325]

1 minute ago, bulloni said:

Jeff Scott was on the JP Peterson show today. A few notes:

• 20 million dollar IPF breaking ground this fall
• hoping to have a QB really separate themselves, but goal is to really know who the QB is after the non-conference slate
• jimmy horn jr according to the strength coaches he's already a top 3 fastest guy on the team and they expect him to be out there early this fall. similar to guys they had a clemson.
• sounded optimistic about skill guys and thinks they'll pick up where we left off against UCF. Named Weaver, Latrell Williams, and Miller

His interview before that he stated how the offensive line at this point is the group he is most impressed with. Im trying 2 contain my excitement, but this offense is about to explode.

[bulloni]

5 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

His interview before that he stated how the offensive line at this point is the group he is most impressed with. Im trying 2 contain my excitement, but this offense is about to explode.

Yeah I think this'll be the best offense we've had since 2017. If the defense is like last year I can't see anything better than 4-8. If the defense is just average I think we can be playing on black friday for bowl eligibility.

[NewEnglandBull]

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[Triple B]

32 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

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[CousinRicky]

1 hour ago, bulloni said:

Jeff Scott was on the JP Peterson show today. A few notes:

• 20 million dollar IPF breaking ground this fall
• hoping to have a QB really separate themselves, but goal is to really know who the QB is after the non-conference slate
• jimmy horn jr according to the strength coaches he's already a top 3 fastest guy on the team and they expect him to be out there early this fall. similar to guys they had a clemson.
• sounded optimistic about skill guys and thinks they'll pick up where we left off against UCF. Named Weaver, Latrell Williams, and Miller

What happened to this summer?  No bueno.