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Post by Outsider on Jun 3, 2022 7:31:19 GMT -6
This Fall's football theme will be unproven potential. I don't think 6 wins are out of the question, even 7 wins on paper. With everything so new though, and much of the talent coming in late, the unproven cohesiveness and lack of time together will play into the season as a factor: 1) if the transfers prove to be ready, 2) if the team gels well quickly, 3) if they can get the schemes down quickly, as well as 4) if the success and skills of the new coaches comes to fruition we should be in decent shape. Until then, I am not sure I will predict 6 wins yet. I still look forward to watching it and to our progress. I realize my 4 points are a lot and fairly general in nature. They can be said of most any team. Still, with a team that has so much newness, I believe they are a decent surface assessment of where we are at right now. I am not sure we know enough to get into any serious specific analysis. I did a very rough take- Missouri is a P5 conference . Almost no chance here. Sam Houston. Is transitioning from FCS to FBS and will be closer to 85 scholarship players than 63. Not a lot of hope here. SFA and UIW are both preseason Top 25 teams and have filled positions of need through the portal. Maybe we could upset one the these teams, but not likely for the reasons you listed. UND. A mid tier team from the Missouri Valley, the SEC of the FCS. If they were in the WAC they would be the preseason favorite, and we play them on the road. That leaves 6 games against teams that aren’t power houses. Even with the constraints and uncertainties you identify, we should be competitive. If everything falls together quickly, we might even pull off an upset against the more experienced teams but realistically for this year 6 W’s seems doable. Agree
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Post by Cap'n Cattitude on Jun 3, 2022 12:57:57 GMT -6
Hmmmm. I’m not sure i’m ready to concede the games against SHSU, ND, UIW, and SFA. I’ll give up Missouri. Don’t confuse next years Bearkats with the team that won the Faux National Championship and made a strong run last fall. That was a very special group. But a lot of the players who made them special are gone. ND is a good team in arguably the premier FCS conference but they ARE an FCS team. And there’s no State after their name so they are beatable. Again, UIW is an FCS team who lost the best QB in Texas. They will be a contender for the WAC championship but they are hardly perfect. SFA is a very good team but we all know these guys. Why assume they are unbeatable?
I guess i’m not ready to cap our season at 6-5. Why not 10-1 or 8-3? My prediction is that we will not go 0-4 against those teams. Bu we will see.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jun 3, 2022 13:29:22 GMT -6
Hmmmm. I’m not sure i’m ready to concede the games against SHSU, ND, UIW, and SFA. I’ll give up Missouri. Don’t confuse next years Bearkats with the team that won the Faux National Championship and made a strong run last fall. That was a very special group. But a lot of the players who made them special are gone. ND is a good team in arguably the premier FCS conference but they ARE an FCS team. And there’s no State after their name so they are beatable. Again, UIW is an FCS team who lost the best QB in Texas. They will be a contender for the WAC championship but they are hardly perfect. SFA is a very good team but we all know these guys. Why assume they are unbeatable? I guess i’m not ready to cap our season at 6-5. Why not 10-1 or 8-3? My prediction is that we will not go 0-4 against those teams. Bu we will see. I’d say your prediction of not going 0-4 against non SEC opponents is very doable. 10 wins? I’m not that optimistic this year.
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Post by wildkitten1489 on Jun 3, 2022 13:32:06 GMT -6
Hmmmm. I’m not sure i’m ready to concede the games against SHSU, ND, UIW, and SFA. I’ll give up Missouri. Don’t confuse next years Bearkats with the team that won the Faux National Championship and made a strong run last fall. That was a very special group. But a lot of the players who made them special are gone. ND is a good team in arguably the premier FCS conference but they ARE an FCS team. And there’s no State after their name so they are beatable. Again, UIW is an FCS team who lost the best QB in Texas. They will be a contender for the WAC championship but they are hardly perfect. SFA is a very good team but we all know these guys. Why assume they are unbeatable? I guess i’m not ready to cap our season at 6-5. Why not 10-1 or 8-3? My prediction is that we will not go 0-4 against those teams. Bu we will see. That koolaid must taste really good in Abilene right now
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Post by mavsman53 on Jun 3, 2022 15:05:32 GMT -6
Instead of being snarky, give us your prediction Wildkitten?
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Post by rc on Jun 3, 2022 17:24:40 GMT -6
7-4 is my guess.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jun 4, 2022 5:58:19 GMT -6
Hmmm… two time FCS all American running back Otis Weah has transferred from North Dakota to Missouri State. ACU’s chances for a W up in North Dakota land just went up a bit.
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Post by acutrackfan on Jun 4, 2022 6:19:05 GMT -6
The past few years have been very difficult to predict. This first year of the new regime is also very difficult for me to predict. All signs look toward an improved team -- I love seeing ACU coaches visiting high schools across the state, I love seeing ACU offering good players far in the future, and I love seeing ACU getting what appears to be players who have upside to come in for this coming season. But with at least 41 players entering the portal, there will be lots of question marks until report day at the first of August.
So, I will go with a very conservative GUESS of a 4-7 season, until August rolls around and all the new players look like competitors and there is a visible improvement.
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Post by Cap'n Cattitude on Jun 4, 2022 11:35:05 GMT -6
Don’t be too hard on me. I’m not ready to predict the season at least until the roster goes up on the website. But I think it’s a little premature to assume we can’t win a game or two against other FCS teams.
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Post by oldtimecat on Jun 5, 2022 16:36:23 GMT -6
Hmmmm. I’m not sure i’m ready to concede the games against SHSU, ND, UIW, and SFA. I’ll give up Missouri. Don’t confuse next years Bearkats with the team that won the Faux National Championship and made a strong run last fall. That was a very special group. But a lot of the players who made them special are gone. ND is a good team in arguably the premier FCS conference but they ARE an FCS team. And there’s no State after their name so they are beatable. Again, UIW is an FCS team who lost the best QB in Texas. They will be a contender for the WAC championship but they are hardly perfect. SFA is a very good team but we all know these guys. Why assume they are unbeatable? I guess i’m not ready to cap our season at 6-5. Why not 10-1 or 8-3? My prediction is that we will not go 0-4 against those teams. Bu we will see. That koolaid must taste really good in Abilene right now Agree. Last year I was optimistic. This year I’m a realist. 4-7 is my prediction.
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Post by bogeyman on Jun 5, 2022 18:53:32 GMT -6
I'm wondering how in the world can I make a prediction when the roster isn't even set? I've been led to believe we're going to lose more players from current roster which means even more additions. Just way too early to try to figure all this out for me.
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Post by mavsman53 on Jun 5, 2022 18:54:56 GMT -6
Lose more players?
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Post by bogeyman on Jun 5, 2022 19:00:36 GMT -6
Someone posted not too long ago after our first transfers to expect more to leave. With the addition of the players from FBS programs some current roster players might get "antsy" about playing time. I have no inside knowledge and would hope no one else leaves but was going on what another poster intimated.
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Post by bogeyman on Jun 5, 2022 19:11:59 GMT -6
Referring to several posts on Apr 20-21 under thread "football roster."
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Post by mavsman53 on Jun 5, 2022 19:20:25 GMT -6
Might happen, but not expecting it. If a player leaves now, he has to request a waiver to play this year (in 2022).
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