This team is maddening to watch but 6 wins is still an option. Thought is was a reach going into the season but it’s definitely possible. They play hard, d-line is very tough and the offense is getting better. Loved that Harbor made a big play. Got to give him more attempts down the field.
6 Wins Still an Option
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8 wins is still an option.
There’s not a team that we can’t beat left on the schedule. Only sure win is Wofford though.
Personally I believe we beat Mizzou Wofford and Vandy.
we can certainly beat Oklahoma, A&M and Clemson.
Let’s go beat the Sooners, enjoy our bye week, and let’s go HAM the rest of the year!
There’s not a team that we can’t beat left on the schedule. Only sure win is Wofford though.
Personally I believe we beat Mizzou Wofford and Vandy.
we can certainly beat Oklahoma, A&M and Clemson.
Let’s go beat the Sooners, enjoy our bye week, and let’s go HAM the rest of the year!
That's actually pretty reasonable and I completely agree. We're capable of competing with anyone left on the schedule. Nobody left is exactly a juggernaut. We could end up with 4 wins or 9.
Somewhere in the middle is where I think we land.
Offense is very limited, but yes, they will get better. 8 wins is a big ask at this point. Let’s play them and see what happens. I’ll take 6 and consider it progress, but sure, 8 would be great. Bama’s defense statically has not been great this year. We will play some better defenses going forward.
8-10 over the last 2 years kind of hard to believe we go 5-1 the rest of the year.
Hope so but 3-3 or 2-4 is more likely.
Hope so but 3-3 or 2-4 is more likely.
1 more win. That's it. 4 wins in year 4, and we have fans who think we're on the right path.
+1. There's not a reasonably unwinnable game on the remaining schedule. There's also not a "book it" win beyond Wofford. But a team that has the Jimmies and Joes to play LSU and Bama within a FG (and honestly, should have won both games) has the talent to beat every remaining team on the schedule.
Do we have the killer instincts and the offensive coaching? I doubt it.
Too many toss up games and at best you hope to split the toss up games. We will likely only be favored in one or two games going forward. We’ll be under dogs in all the toss up games. I’ll take 6 at this point but 7 would be nice.
All the drama and theatrics from the last few games aside, reality is we are 1-3 since our win over UK, with that win coming against 1-6 Akron.
Very good synopsis.
Halfway through the season now and Sellers needs to step it up and control the turnovers and protect the ball like it means something.
Turnovers have cost us two wins.
I saw some flashes of offensive creativity in the Bama game which need to continue to progress and become the norm. Do this and the defense stays healthy, every game is winnable.
The strength of Oklahoma is their defense and we have played 4 teams with as good or better defenses than Ok and had one bad showing. the point is that I don't think we will be intimidated by their defense and we should be able to score some points. Auburn is not a very good team but they dominated time of possession and yardage although they still lost by 6 to OK.
On the other hand, OK is not very good on offense and I think we can keep them off balance. This game is one we should win. I like the 12:45 game time. The fans will be more subdued.
On the other hand, OK is not very good on offense and I think we can keep them off balance. This game is one we should win. I like the 12:45 game time. The fans will be more subdued.
One of my thoughts during, and comments after the Bama game was "How bad must Bama be?!". (mainly their D) Vandy racked up points on them, and our offense actually looked decent at times when we weren't turning the ball over. I'm afraid any defense with a pulse will stymie us. I'm pessimistic that it improves (although the argument can be made that it can't get a lot worse).
You think we beat Missouri? We have a better chance against OU. Still think 5 wins is the ceiling since we can’t seem to close out games.
If we can't beat OU, we could easily be looking at 4 wins.
Vandy, very likely, will be favored against us. And that's at Vandy.
If we don’t win this one the light at the end of the tunnel is dimming, not out, but dimming. I don’t OU is as good as Bama, LSU, or UK. We need this one. We should plan to play it straight up, no early trick plays. Just go out and beat them
The light gets much dimmer and the tunnel gets much longer.
The only game we'll be favored in the rest of the season is Wofford.
Ya know, 5 is closer to 4 than it is to 9? .... It's even closer to 4 than it is towards the middle, come to think about it.
If you don’t see the potential, I can’t help ya.
IF we can win this Saturday, don’t underestimate the effect that will have on a young team entering their 2nd bye week. At that point, yes anything is possible.
November 2 is going to come on USC like Hurricane Hugo. You don’t have the chance you think you have.
One down and I'm guessing we get at least 2 more. I'm still thinking 6 or 7 are highly likely.
It's possible but not probable. That would be incredible if it actually happened. We'd all be ready to erect a Beamer statue lol.
If we get to 6, I want them to be Wofford and CU.
I am NOT a believer nor, even a hoper but, simply because of YOUR loyalty & Faith in OUR team ... GO! GAMECOCKS!!!
Agreee. I’d rank them from easiest to most difficult
wofford
Mizzou
@ Vandy
A&M
@Clemson
We could win the first 3 and split the last 2 but 2-3 or 3-2 is more likely.
Come on now. You're still thinking 5 wins then? That's pretty low expectations in my opinion. No reason we can't at least expect to qualify for a bowl with that defense.
If the offense just takes care of the ball and does a little something we'll be a very tough out for anybody left on our schedule.
Another bye week before a big game is concerning given the outcome last time.
At the moment, I think South Carolina will be the favorites against Missouri.
Anyone who celebrates bowl eligibility with 6 wins, with 3 of the wins being against ODU, Akron and Wofford, has truly embraced sucking as a program goal.
Will you eat crow if they get to 7? It wasn't long ago you were predicting 4 or 5 wins. I'm not saying it's time to celebrate if we get to 6 wins and make a bowl, but 7 or more would clearly be progress.
It's been a challenging year. Recruiting is going very well of late, in particular in state. I'm not close to being satisfied with the offensive numbers, but the team hasn't folded up either. All I'm getting at is things could be substantially worse.
No, of course not, lol. We're all just throwing crap around seeing what sticks here. I predicted 4-5 wins because that's what seemed reasonable at the time. I never predicted anything unreasonable.
With how our offense is playing, I don't see 7 wins on the table. Maybe our D keeps winning games for us, though.
