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I have to ask the question...If xCMS had presented Coach Moore with a plan that contained reasonable changes to turn things around (per Coach Moore's directive) and had the coaching change not transpired...where would we be right now?
Last season at this point, we were 5-3. Our wins were over Hawaii, Vandy, LaMonroe, Duke, and Ole Miss. Our losses were to Arkansas, Florida, and UT.
This season, the team comparable to Hawaii would be Houston, and the team comparable to Duke would be Western Carolina. UGA and Florida in their 2007 editions are probably not that far apart in terms of talent...Florida has an obvious advantage, but UGA is a top 25 team. FSU is a bit of an enigma. They are loaded with talent but cannot seem to put it together...and we faltered against them.
Our secondary took some serious hits to graduation...as did our DL. Lets be honest...our defense lost a lot. Our offense did not lose much, but Shula's play to not lose play calling along with the CBC bucket step made our offense really weak.
It is my opinion that if xCMS were still here, we would be 4-4 at best...and probably would have lost to Houston to drop to 3-5. We would have regressed as the season went along, and would have gotten soundly thumped by UT. Our lack of conditioning would have resulted in more injuries and late game collapses. The lack of depth at fullback due to graduation and poor recruiting would have seriously hurt us given the xCMS offense and xCBC OL techniques.
Instead, we have improved and it showed against UT.
As it is, MSU and La Monroe are likely wins (we cannot overlook MSU), and both AU and LSU are winnable (though we will probably be underdogs in both). We should finish with at least 8 wins in the regular season, and 9 or more is not out of the realm of reason with the bowl game.
What say ye?
Last season at this point, we were 5-3. Our wins were over Hawaii, Vandy, LaMonroe, Duke, and Ole Miss. Our losses were to Arkansas, Florida, and UT.
This season, the team comparable to Hawaii would be Houston, and the team comparable to Duke would be Western Carolina. UGA and Florida in their 2007 editions are probably not that far apart in terms of talent...Florida has an obvious advantage, but UGA is a top 25 team. FSU is a bit of an enigma. They are loaded with talent but cannot seem to put it together...and we faltered against them.
Our secondary took some serious hits to graduation...as did our DL. Lets be honest...our defense lost a lot. Our offense did not lose much, but Shula's play to not lose play calling along with the CBC bucket step made our offense really weak.
It is my opinion that if xCMS were still here, we would be 4-4 at best...and probably would have lost to Houston to drop to 3-5. We would have regressed as the season went along, and would have gotten soundly thumped by UT. Our lack of conditioning would have resulted in more injuries and late game collapses. The lack of depth at fullback due to graduation and poor recruiting would have seriously hurt us given the xCMS offense and xCBC OL techniques.
Instead, we have improved and it showed against UT.
As it is, MSU and La Monroe are likely wins (we cannot overlook MSU), and both AU and LSU are winnable (though we will probably be underdogs in both). We should finish with at least 8 wins in the regular season, and 9 or more is not out of the realm of reason with the bowl game.
What say ye?