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Rock Defender [53]
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How do you rank our toughest opponents this year?
Apr 1, 2019, 9:10 AM
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I have them in this order of toughness (ignoring the Orange/White teams in the SG):
1 TAMU - I think they lost their best RB, but they might be a tough out early before our D gels
2 BC - They lost some really good D players, but Dillon and Brown will be hard to stop
3 FSU - I have very little confidence in Taggart and their coaching staff, but they still recruit well
4 UofSuc - Not sure as Deebo is gone, and they have no idea how to score points without him
5-12 The ROY Bus teams
Oddly enough, we have the toughest opponents at home. SU would be tough again, but without Dungee, I don't think they are as good as in previous years. They do have an excellent coach though, so they might be the surprise of the season.
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All-TigerNet [13038]
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A&M lost a lot on defense - nearly as much as we did
Apr 1, 2019, 9:37 AM
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and they also lost their RB (as you said) and their really good TE. They do return Mond and some really promising (and big) WRs.
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Orange Blooded [2853]
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Re: How do you rank our toughest opponents this year?
Apr 1, 2019, 9:42 AM
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Never underestimate a Dino Babers coached Syracuse team. It’s two running that he had his team ready to knock out Goliath. However I expect a healthy Clemson team will light up the scoreboard inside their dome.
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All-In [27366]
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Re: How do you rank our toughest opponents this year?
Apr 1, 2019, 9:45 AM
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1. Injuries
2. ACC Refs
3. Overconfidence
4. Asteroid
5. TAMU
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All-TigerNet [11478]
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Re: How do you rank our toughest opponents this year?
Apr 1, 2019, 9:53 AM
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IF the team is healthy for both and ready to play, Syracuse on the road will be much tougher than BC at home.
I think Syracuse will be similar to a Mike Leach coached team in that the QB position is mostly plug and play.
I don't think Dungy was as good as the scheme.
I hope I'm wrong though.
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Orange Blooded [3369]
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Re: How do you rank our toughest opponents this year?
Apr 1, 2019, 10:09 AM
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Whoever we play in the CFP , until then it will be cake walk city .
Even if we give up 30 pts a game we still win by 2 TDs
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All-TigerNet [13038]
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Every year we have multiple games where we don't score
Apr 1, 2019, 3:30 PM
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30 points. Last year we had 3 and another where we scored exactly 30. In 2017 we had 5. In 2016 we had 3 and another where we scored exactly 30. In 2015 we had 3.
Even with our offensive firepower, there will inevitably be 1 or 2 games where we don't score 30.
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Orange Blooded [2763]
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BC loses 4 OL, 3 DL and most of their DB starters
Apr 1, 2019, 10:10 AM
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We don't need to worry about them. If they were going to make power moves, they should have done it last year when they were one of the most experienced teams in the conference.
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Orange Blooded [2217]
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Re: How do you rank our toughest opponents this year?
Apr 1, 2019, 3:55 PM
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1. A&M - most talented team we play, recruited well, and Jimbo very familiar with BV’s defenses
2. Cuse - on the road, following what will likely be a very physical game, talent improving, QB that is replacing Dungey is pretty good, Dino plays us tough
3. BC/NCSU/SCAR/FSU -none of these particularly worrisome but if we were going to trip up outside of 1 and 2, it would likely come from these. BC and NCSU losing a lot and have average/above average talent but generally solid coaching, SCAR better talent but worse coaching, and FSU the best talent out of the 4 but the worst coaching.
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