I know its early, but I just want to see what everyone else thinks...
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Wise Owl
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I know its early, but I just want to see what everyone else thinks...
walty12 said
Our offensive coordinator wants to run the running spread, he wants a QB that runs the ball a lot. Its very similar to Rich Rods offense.
That's why he was brought in from Montana State. He had to use what he had last year but know he is starting to put together his type of offense. I believe we are going to see a very different product on the field compared to last year.
GO OWLS!
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First Flight
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dusky256fc said
walty12 said
Our offensive coordinator wants to run the running spread, he wants a QB that runs the ball a lot. Its very similar to Rich Rods offense.
That's why he was brought in from Montana State. He had to use what he had last year but know he is starting to put together his type of offense. I believe we are going to see a very different product on the field compared to last year.
Better or worse?
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VIP DONOR
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The freshmen we have in here may be talented but I'd be shocked if they are capable of running a complex college offense right away, it's a BIG difference just in the playbooks let alone the speed and they'll only have fall camp to really get it ingrained.
We will live and die by the QB this year, dumptruck is right. I don't think we'll be in a position to beat people handily so we may rely on the the way the football bounces for a few wins as well. If we have some luck, we win 6 or 7, but that's just as easily 4-5 wins losing a few squeakers.
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dusky256fc said
walty12 said
Our offensive coordinator wants to run the running spread, he wants a QB that runs the ball a lot. Its very similar to Rich Rods offense.
That's why he was brought in from Montana State. He had to use what he had last year but know he is starting to put together his type of offense. I believe we are going to see a very different product on the field compared to last year.
Let's hope so! Even with the decent play of Graham at qb, FAU was still near the bottom of the stats in nearly every O category. And not just nationally, but in the Belt as well - not good for a spread O! Go Owls - OPEN THE O UP NOW!
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Wise Owl
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On one hand, I think it's vital to show upward progress and going from a 3 win season to a 4 or even 5 win season isn't going to sit well, I would think. That's too much of a slow burn both for fans and for administration. So I'd hope for 6-7 wins to be in "safe" territory there.
On the other hand, we'll be breaking in a new QB who will inevitably struggle early on. Not to mention that we're going into an entirely new conference and it's difficult to know how much of a transition that will be, how much harder games against CUSA foes will be. And that's a huge unknown. Given a transitioning QB against potentially stronger teams than we've played before, yeah, we could very easily only get 3-4 wins again.
So I don't know. If I had to bet, I would go with 4-6. Heart would say closer to 6, head would say closed to 4.
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Curious Owl
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Spread The Wings
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Our schedule includes teams like S. Miss (0-12 w/new Coach), UAB (3-9), Tulane (2-10) along with Marshall (5-7) and Rice (6-6). East Carolina (8-4) will be tough. Other CUSA games will be vs. FIU (3-9 w/new Coach) and MTSU (8-4). Only East Carolina is a "sure" loss there. We "could" go 6-2 in CUSA play.
OOC include NM St. (1-11 w/new Coach), USF (3-9 w/new Coach), UM (7-5) and Auburn (3-9 w/new Coach). We should go 1-3 there but "could" upset one of the others coming off poor years and two w/new Coaches to boot.
Overall we face only three teams with winning records last year and 5 teams with new Coaching staffs - usually a learning transition year for most teams. In addition we miss out on La. Tech and Tulsa in CUSA play!
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