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Title: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 20, 2018, 09:23:54 EDT Look this is not going to be a good team. We were 4-8 last year, and we have a lot of question marks everywhere, especially on offense. We HOPE this unit is better coached this year. It better be. - This is not going to be a good offense. The OL will be decent at run blocking and not very good at pass blocking. It will be a little better than last year, and I do think we will have an emphasis on the run game. IMO we have RB by committee. I see JG as the starter, and he will grow into the position. He has skills. Not ready this year to be great, but he could be in the future. The WR group is very average, even with JJ. We need some guys to step it up there. We appear to have 1 SEC caliber TE and he is a juco. Bottom line on the offense, they will struggle against any decent SEC team. - Defensively I believe the LBs will be better, barring injury. I can see Bituli, Kirkland, Ignont, Kongbo, Sapp, and Reid being a solid group. I see more sacks this year, and the interior DL will be good. The secondary - eh - well, Pruitt is coaching them up, but it's going to be young. - Special teams - punting and placekicking are both concerns. Return teams should be good. I see about 5-7, but with some luck maybe 6-6. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: LouisVOL on August 20, 2018, 09:54:54 EDT Where on earth have you been, I was worried you got kidnapped and tortured by wildcat fans after last year. Course, just living amongst them is torture enough.
Look this is not going to be a good team. We were 4-8 last year, and we have a lot of question marks everywhere, especially on offense. We HOPE this unit is better coached this year. It better be. - This is not going to be a good offense. The OL will be decent at run blocking and not very good at pass blocking. It will be a little better than last year, and I do think we will have an emphasis on the run game. IMO we have RB by committee. I see JG as the starter, and he will grow into the position. He has skills. Not ready this year to be great, but he could be in the future. The WR group is very average, even with JJ. We need some guys to step it up there. We appear to have 1 SEC caliber TE and he is a juco. Bottom line on the offense, they will struggle against any decent SEC team. - Defensively I believe the LBs will be better, barring injury. I can see Bituli, Kirkland, Ignont, Kongbo, Sapp, and Reid being a solid group. I see more sacks this year, and the interior DL will be good. The secondary - eh - well, Pruitt is coaching them up, but it's going to be young. - Special teams - punting and placekicking are both concerns. Return teams should be good. I see about 5-7, but with some luck maybe 6-6. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 20, 2018, 09:59:03 EDT I have been busy - kids are more demanding of my time, and my older one is a senior so the whole college push keeps me busy. I haven't really posted anywhere much the past year or so.
Love it in Lexington, it's a great town. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: SmokeyJoe on August 21, 2018, 12:21:25 EDT Good to see ya on here! :thumbup:
Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: BanditVol on August 21, 2018, 02:20:01 EDT I see about 5-7, but with some luck maybe 6-6. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: BanditVol on August 21, 2018, 02:22:11 EDT And let me also say welcome back :thumbup:
Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: murfvol on August 21, 2018, 03:03:03 EDT Welcome back Nut!
Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: volsboy on August 21, 2018, 04:56:06 EDT Any more books in the works?
Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: 10EC on August 21, 2018, 05:15:49 EDT I have been busy - kids are more demanding of my time, and my older one is a senior so the whole college push keeps me busy. I haven't really posted anywhere much the past year or so. Love it in Lexington, it's a great town. I'm in same boat with my daughter. Where is yours looking? Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 21, 2018, 06:54:39 EDT I'm in same boat with my daughter. Where is yours looking? Oh she has a list of 20 schools. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 21, 2018, 06:55:41 EDT Any more books in the works? Yeah I am about half done with my next one, I figure I will have more time to finish it after next year Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: 10EC on August 21, 2018, 07:09:32 EDT Oh she has a list of 20 schools. Oh wow... We are down to 4. Not worried about getting in. It's the $. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 21, 2018, 07:32:08 EDT Oh wow... We are down to 4. Not worried about getting in. It's the $. She will likely apply to about 10-12 schools. Where is your daughter applying? Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: 10EC on August 21, 2018, 08:44:13 EDT She will likely apply to about 10-12 schools. Where is your daughter applying? Berry ( Rome Ga), UGA (yeah, I know), Samford are really her prime picks. UT is out b/c common market doesn’t exist for her chosen degree. Out if State is insane even with all the academic scholarships. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 21, 2018, 09:00:36 EDT Berry ( Rome Ga), UGA (yeah, I know), Samford are really her prime picks. UT is out b/c common market doesn’t exist for her chosen degree. Out if State is insane even with all the academic scholarships. Don't feel bad about UGA - my daughter has UK, UF, Vandy, and UGA in her top 20. UT is out. She is applying to some Ivy league schools as well, and she really likes Emory in Atlanta too. We will see - it will depend on the cost vs value equation I suppose. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: 10EC on August 21, 2018, 09:10:36 EDT Don't feel bad about UGA - my daughter has UK, UF, Vandy, and UGA in her top 20. UT is out. She is applying to some Ivy league schools as well, and she really likes Emory in Atlanta too. We will see - it will depend on the cost vs value equation I suppose. I’m thinking spend less on undergrad and spend the bucks on grad school. Congrats if Ivy League... that says a lot about her academically of course. Title: Re: Back from a long hiatus (sp)? wanted to give my take on this team Post by: Volznut on August 21, 2018, 09:28:42 EDT I’m thinking spend less on undergrad and spend the bucks on grad school. Congrats if Ivy League... that says a lot about her academically of course. Yeah she has the credentials, but Ivy league is a reach to get into for pretty much anyone. If you can get in though, they take care of you. She's not really big on UK, but it's her safety school. |