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Post by acutrackfan on Aug 31, 2021 5:29:42 GMT -6
The first game of the year is 4 days away and the excitement on the board is underwhelming -- I know, I feel rather underwhelmed myself. I think that ACU will be better than last year, but what kind of a record will a team have that was 1-5 last year. I read the season predictions in The Optimist and those young whippersnappers were on target -- three of them predicted 3-8 and one said 4-7.
The 2 sub-FCS games should be gimmes -- Lousiana College is a D-3 school moving "up" to NAIA and UTPB is a notch or 2 below Angelo (and ASU ran roughshod over us last year). A wildly successful season will be 6-5, but I simply don't see ACU finding 4 more wins in our schedule. The worst case scenario is that ACU ends up 2-9. I think that the Wildcats end up 3-8 and split with Lamar in that unorthodox 2-game home and away with the Cardinals.
What does everyone else think?
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Post by Outsider on Aug 31, 2021 7:15:59 GMT -6
I have looked at our schedule several times to try and guess our season outcome. I simply don't think that we end up with more than 4 wins. I also think that we split Lamar. With our improvements I will mark the lower class teams as wins. I think we can beat Tarleton, but not a gimme. We could easily lose to them and win one of the others. The others are going to be very tough. Can we win any one of them? I think so, but I won't predict it at this point. SFA is always a toss up with us. So, I am sticking with 4-7. I think 5-6, with this schedule, would still be an improvement. Wopuld it be enough to keep heads from rolling?? Man I miss the days we were above .500......
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Post by TNcatman on Aug 31, 2021 8:43:31 GMT -6
I think it will be stretch for us to get 4 wins this year. I want to be optimistic, but just don't see. I'm going with 3-8.
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Post by bucfan on Aug 31, 2021 9:30:58 GMT -6
I'm hoping that a stronger defense and a more aggressive offense leads to a 6 win season (LC, UTPB, Lamar twice, Tarleton, and then an even bigger upset against one of our other FCS opponents). I know I'm being overly optimistic but the coaches surely know their jobs are on the line so will be a little less conservative on style of play than we've been in the past.
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Post by catfanatic on Aug 31, 2021 10:01:48 GMT -6
8-3. I don’t see us topping SMU, SFA will be a disappointingly close loss and Jacksonville State is a traditional FCS power. Otherwise, we win and the win over the defending National champs catapult into the postseason! Our coaches have worked hard to address the issues coming out of last year, and the players have invested heavily in themselves on our behalf. I, for one, am looking forward to a positive 2021 season! See ya’ Saturday night @ The House That Doak Outgrew! Go Wildcats!! Beat Peruna!!!
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Post by bogeyman on Aug 31, 2021 10:34:40 GMT -6
"O ye of little faith." Thanks catfanatic for your upbeat prediction. Afterall it is before games are played and I'm filling up on purple koolade. After a competitive game with the Ponies, we will be propelled into an eyeopening number of wins. We'll beat SFA by 3 TD's, win both Lamar games, beat Tarleton and win our gimme's. Sam will be tough and playing Jacksonville State and E. Kentucky at their places will be difficult but we'll pull out close wins and be on to the playoffs. (OK, somewhat in jest, but I'm still positive about an improved team and season). I'll start my normal criticism of schemes and play calls later but now is the time for optimism.
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Post by ybp80 on Aug 31, 2021 12:38:31 GMT -6
I’m optimistic. I have us going 6-5.
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Post by mavsman53 on Aug 31, 2021 14:18:28 GMT -6
I'm not one for making predictions, so I won't do one on the overall record. However, I will say that I do think many of us will be on here most weeks complaining why the offense is the way that it is. It's not a talent issue, but an issue with scheme. I'm not sure this team is as talented as the team that opened up against Baylor, but if not, we aren't far behind that. I just think we will be frustrated....a lot!
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Post by bucfan on Aug 31, 2021 16:32:13 GMT -6
I'm not one for making predictions, so I won't do one on the overall record. However, I will say that I do think many of us will be on here most weeks complaining why the offense is the way that it is. It's not a talent issue, but an issue with scheme. I'm not sure this team is as talented as the team that opened up against Baylor, but if not, we aren't far behind that. I just think we will be frustrated....a lot! I have that same concern, but I'm hoping I'm wrong. If it does happen, I think there will be an overhaul of the coaching staff for next season.
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Post by oldtimecat on Aug 31, 2021 17:36:37 GMT -6
I think it will be stretch for us to get 4 wins this year. I want to be optimistic, but just don't see. I'm going with 3-8. Hello negative nancy, You make we want to drink! SMU: 35-42 L LA College: 59-0 W UTPB:49-3 W Lamar: 28-21 W UCA: 35-42 LEKU:35-31 W Lamar:14-13 OT W SFA: 42-28 W JSU: 21-24 L Tarleton: 48-7 W SHSU: 31-28 2OT's W - Zepeda wins it in 2nd overtime with field goal! 8-3 Rolling to Playoffs...... I believe!!!!
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Post by Outsider on Aug 31, 2021 18:49:18 GMT -6
I'm not one for making predictions, so I won't do one on the overall record. However, I will say that I do think many of us will be on here most weeks complaining why the offense is the way that it is. It's not a talent issue, but an issue with scheme. I'm not sure this team is as talented as the team that opened up against Baylor, but if not, we aren't far behind that. I just think we will be frustrated....a lot! Yep, already saw it in the 3rd scrimmage. We went back to some old habits.
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Post by Outsider on Aug 31, 2021 18:52:47 GMT -6
I think it will be stretch for us to get 4 wins this year. I want to be optimistic, but just don't see. I'm going with 3-8. Hello negative nancy, You make we want to drink! SMU: 35-42 L LA College: 59-0 W UTPB:49-3 W Lamar: 28-21 W UCA: 35-42 LEKU:35-31 W Lamar:14-13 OT W SFA: 42-28 W JSU: 21-24 L Tarleton: 48-7 W SHSU: 31-28 2OT's W - Zepeda wins it in 2nd overtime with field goal! 8-3 Rolling to Playoffs...... I believe!!!! I like your enthusiasm, but I just ain't seen the puddin yet. I see flashes and I see kids working hard, but I have seen that before. Here's to hoping enough change has happened.
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Post by bucfan on Aug 31, 2021 19:26:36 GMT -6
Let's hope we don't run the quick toss to the running back for an attempt at an outside sweep. Seems like we ran that at least once every series last year and it worked about once the whole game.
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Post by catfanatic on Aug 31, 2021 20:19:57 GMT -6
"O ye of little faith." Thanks catfanatic for your upbeat prediction. Afterall it is before games are played and I'm filling up on purple koolade. After a competitive game with the Ponies, we will be propelled into an eyeopening number of wins. We'll beat SFA by 3 TD's, win both Lamar games, beat Tarleton and win our gimme's. Sam will be tough and playing Jacksonville State and E. Kentucky at their places will be difficult but we'll pull out close wins and be on to the playoffs. (OK, somewhat in jest, but I'm still positive about an improved team and season). I'll start my normal criticism of schemes and play calls later but now is the time for optimism. I LIKE where your head is at, Bogey!
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Post by acutrackfan on Sept 1, 2021 5:40:35 GMT -6
I think it will be stretch for us to get 4 wins this year. I want to be optimistic, but just don't see. I'm going with 3-8. Hello negative nancy, You make we want to drink! SMU: 35-42 L LA College: 59-0 W UTPB:49-3 W Lamar: 28-21 W UCA: 35-42 LEKU:35-31 W Lamar:14-13 OT W SFA: 42-28 W JSU: 21-24 L Tarleton: 48-7 W SHSU: 31-28 2OT's W - Zepeda wins it in 2nd overtime with field goal! 8-3 Rolling to Playoffs...... I believe!!!! I will be thrilled if your predictions even come close to being fulfilled. My simple question: what factual basis do you have that the Wildcats can finish anywhere close to 8-3? Are your privy to a "secret weapon" that has been devised or are you depending on an overall rise in talent level on the team that will allow ACU to go from a .16667 winning average to a .72727273 winning average in one year? Your 8-3 record is based on 2 overtime wins and other close-game wins (and losses). This for a team that has NOT a shown propensity to win close games for the past several years. I have been on this board from the beginning. I have been as supportive of ACU athletics as anyone on this board. ACUinNashville is another poster who has a LONG history with ACU -- not as long as mine, but he is much younger. Your moniker indicates that you too have a long history with ACU. Let's compare pedigrees: I attended my first ACC/ACU sporting event 65 years, 5 months ago (a track meet of course -- to see the great Bobby Morrow run at North Texas Teachers College). I have attended over 350 ACU football games and am closing in on 400 games in my lifetime. I would love to see a great ACU football turnaround this year, but I don't see any evidence of it YET. Now, if ACU somehow comes within 7 points of an SMU team that is far better than the UVA team that decimated ACU last year, I will change my thinking radically. Until there is some empirical evidence that supports that turnaround, I will be highly skeptical.
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