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re: USA Today releases 'Way Too Early' Preseason Top 25 rankings....8 SEC teams ranked
Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:40 am to JetDawg
Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:40 am to JetDawg
We are very misunderstood by pollsters. We return more key pieces than we lose and I mean experienced pieces that were lost to injury early. I remember one pundit who knocked us down a few for losing a starting LB to the portal but that LB was only starting due to injury and inexperience. I’m not saying we are top 3 or anything like that but the understanding and logic by pundits regarding us as been unsound.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 11:42 am
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:47 am to Prof
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I’m not saying we are top 3 or anything like that but the understanding and logic by pundits regarding us as been unsound.
Perhaps, because UCF is....unsound? Just sayin'.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:55 am to Prof
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early. I remember one pundit who knocked us down a few for losing a starting LB to the portal but that LB was only starting due to injury and inexperience.
So it’s a new guy at that spot again instead of the experienced guy?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:02 pm to Prof
Tennessee lost a lot of experience in the secondary. You lost 8 DB's who were seniors in 2023, one junior and a couple of freshmen. Those included your top six DB tacklers in 2023 (a good proxy for playing time), and 7 of your top 9 DB tacklers from 2022. The replacements, from what I can see, are much less experienced than the guys who left.
I'm sure you'll say (fans normally do) that the new guys are a huge talent upgrade. That remains to be seen but the dropoff in experience is undeniable and will cause some problems. I'm expecting UGA to have some problems due to the 5 (3 starters) that we lost.
I'm sure you'll say (fans normally do) that the new guys are a huge talent upgrade. That remains to be seen but the dropoff in experience is undeniable and will cause some problems. I'm expecting UGA to have some problems due to the 5 (3 starters) that we lost.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:07 pm to Prof
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We are very misunderstood by pollsters. We return more key pieces than we lose and I mean experienced pieces that were lost to injury early. I remember one pundit who knocked us down a few for losing a starting LB to the portal but that LB was only starting due to injury and inexperience. I’m not saying we are top 3 or anything like that but the understanding and logic by pundits regarding us as been unsound.
Reminds me of the old saying:
"The good news is we are returning a lot of players from last years team. The bad news is we are returning a lot of players from last years team."
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