Opening game next season will feature two 2-10 teams

[CPR]

 

Coming off a year like this, we have no reason to expect 5+ TDs even against Western Carolina. But I predict that with some overly-positive press and some local cheerleading over the spring/summer, we'll see plenty of people on here that think we're going to steamroll them and make some serious waves in the AAC. Happens every stinkin year regardless of the coach.

 

Lots of fans are already turned, btw. They'll eventually be back as the program gains some momentum, but I'm not even sure that starts next season. I hope it does!

Raptor, I'm in agreement.  After what we've seen this year and looking at what returns next year (~70% of players NOT recruited by Willie T), what should we expect next year?  I'm not saying that next season's likely problems will be all on Taggart, but it's hard to imagine a lot of positive change when the vast majority of returning players apparently do not fit into Taggart's system (per Taggart).  There's only so much a player can transform into between now and next August (8 months).  With a current recruiting rating (aver stars) at 2.84 (Rivals), it doesn't appear that Taggart is bringing in any better quality players than Holtz.  Although, quality for the spread offense is just that, and the same 2.8 something average star rating for players that match the power  game will be an advantage for Taggart, but my point about star rating is still valid.  If Taggart is this miracle recruiter, then he needs to have recruit classes that average around 3.0 and that have four or five 4-star players and few if any 2-star recruits.

 

We're barely 1 week into the offseason and we already have people expecting a blowout in the first game? When will the bullspen members learn. 

[raptorcj]

We're barely 1 week into the offseason and we already have people expecting a blowout in the first game? When will the bullspen members learn. 

Some of us have thicker cranial cavities than others...

[smazza]

With western carolinas loss to app state, they finish their season at 2-10.

Do we think we can beat a 2-10 FCS team?

 

 

we still play these bad teams

 

amazing

 

terrible scheduling

[BullFan98]

At this point, these are our only winnable games.

[CPR]

 

With western carolinas loss to app state, they finish their season at 2-10.

Do we think we can beat a 2-10 FCS team?

 

 

we still play these bad teams

 

amazing

 

terrible scheduling

 

Every major/mid major program in the country plays these bad teams. We play Maryland, NC State and Wisconsin next year, so our out of conference schedule is pretty **** good. Probably a top 25 out of conference schedule.

[gobulls83]

 

With western carolinas loss to app state, they finish their season at 2-10.

Do we think we can beat a 2-10 FCS team?

 

 

we still play these bad teams

 

amazing

 

terrible scheduling

 

 

 

we still allow these drab posters

 

amazing

 

terrible moderating

[BullTiger]

I'd take 14 - 10 and be giddy like a school girl.

[bullcocky101]

Taggart turned around WKU in his second season and implementing a new system...why can't he do it here with 2 recruiting classes and arguably much greater talent?

[MikeG]

god forbid we take a few months off of whining about football FFS

[Triple B]

god forbid we take a few months off of whining about football FFS