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615dawg

615dawg

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Our three permanent SEC opponents are all top 15 teams and at least two of them are in the playoff.

We also play Oklahoma and Texas, who will both finish in the top 15.

Throw in Missouri and LSU, and we are likely losing at seven SEC losses minimum.

Auburn and South Carolina could be winnable, but no Arkansas or Kentucky (two SEC teams I think we are actually better than).

Our P4 non conference game is at Minnesota, who went 7-0 at home this season.

We will have to cancel either ULM or Troy, but Troy is playing for their conference championship.

Our FCS game is Tennessee Tech, who went 10-0 in the regular season against FCS teams and was No. 5 in FCS. They did get upset in the first round of the FCS playoffs yesterday.
 
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DesotoCountyDawg

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615dawg said:
Our three permanent SEC opponents are all top 15 teams and at least two of them are in the playoff.

We also play Oklahoma and Texas, who will both finish in the top 15.

Throw in Missouri and LSU, and we are likely losing at seven SEC losses minimum.

Auburn and South Carolina could be winnable, but no Arkansas or Kentucky (two SEC teams I think we are actually better than).

Our P4 non conference game is at Minnesota, who went 7-0 at home this season.

We will have to cancel either ULM or Troy, but Troy is playing for their conference championship.

Our FCS game is Tennessee Tech, who went 10-0 in the regular season against FCS teams and was No. 5 in FCS. They did get upset in the first round of the FCS playoffs yesterday.
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A lot can happen between now and then. I’d pump the brakes on your suicide watch.
 
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QuaoarsKing

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This year's schedule turned out to be a lot easier than we expected. Maybe next year's will too. (Or maybe it will turn out to be harder.)

Frustrating that we weren't able to take advantage of that.
 
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GloryDawg

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We don't know how those teams will turn out. The portal has changed everything. Look at this season, there are six SEC schools below 500 in wins and one of them was not Vandy. Add in TX, TN and LSU were not the teams everyone thought they were going to be. I think the SEC is going to get embarrassed in the playoffs. I will hold off judgment until the third week of next season.
 
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DT4248

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OM - step back
Bama - step back
Mizzou - step back
OU - depends on QB
Texsa - step forward
Vandy - step back
LSU - step forward
Auburn - same
SCar - same if not step back
Minnesota - early in the year; winnable if we're decent, losable if we aren't
ULM - We'll win or fire our coach
Tennessee Tech - gonna get raided in the portal and lol at FCS being a real threat. Fire Lebby if so.

If you project us to step forward with OL/DL improvements, a new DC, and keeping Kamario... that makes us a bit more than decent.

A neutral outlook would then be 6.5 wins.
A positive outlook can talk you into 9-10 wins.

2027 then is our year.
KT year 3.
OM (spiraling down), Ark, UK, Minny at home, at Troy, UT Chattanooga, UF, at Vandy are wins you easily pencil in (again if we go on the positive trajectory we're being sold) Then navigate winning 2 of 4 between Aggy, Tenn, @Bama, @uga. With real OL/DL and what we would project as a Heisman caliber player - that's totally possible.

Best case scenario isn't scared of our schedule.
 
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Big Dawg81

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615dawg said:
Our three permanent SEC opponents are all top 15 teams and at least two of them are in the playoff.

We also play Oklahoma and Texas, who will both finish in the top 15.

Throw in Missouri and LSU, and we are likely losing at seven SEC losses minimum.

Auburn and South Carolina could be winnable, but no Arkansas or Kentucky (two SEC teams I think we are actually better than).

Our P4 non conference game is at Minnesota, who went 7-0 at home this season.

We will have to cancel either ULM or Troy, but Troy is playing for their conference championship.

Our FCS game is Tennessee Tech, who went 10-0 in the regular season against FCS teams and was No. 5 in FCS. They did get upset in the first round of the FCS playoffs yesterday.
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Typical SEC schedule. Too many question marks throughout the conference like what’s Vanderbilt after Pavia and too many coaching changes.
 
The Peeper

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Our lone bright spot this season of upsetting then #12 ASU, a playoff team last year and expected to be this year turned out to not be much of a ripple since they finished 8-4 and will likely fall completely out of the poll from#20 to unranked after losing to #25 AZ Saturday. You can't go by last year at all because teams change so much and players don't give 2 shi-ts about loyalty or their current school
 
85Bears

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DT4248 said:
OM - step back
Bama - step back
Mizzou - step back
OU - depends on QB
Texsa - step forward
Vandy - step back
LSU - step forward
Auburn - same
SCar - same if not step back
Minnesota - early in the year; winnable if we're decent, losable if we aren't
ULM - We'll win or fire our coach
Tennessee Tech - gonna get raided in the portal and lol at FCS being a real threat. Fire Lebby if so.

If you project us to step forward with OL/DL improvements, a new DC, and keeping Kamario... that makes us a bit more than decent.

A neutral outlook would then be 6.5 wins.
A positive outlook can talk you into 9-10 wins.

2027 then is our year.
KT year 3.
OM (spiraling down), Ark, UK, Minny at home, at Troy, UT Chattanooga, UF, at Vandy are wins you easily pencil in (again if we go on the positive trajectory we're being sold) Then navigate winning 2 of 4 between Aggy, Tenn, @Bama, @uga. With real OL/DL and what we would project as a Heisman caliber player - that's totally possible.

Best case scenario isn't scared of our schedule.
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this is delusional
 
golferdog

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UpTheMiddlex3Punt said:
6-6 is the best MSU can do
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Your post is spot on. Our all time record is 610-595-37, we are a mediocre program who has never won anything of significance. History tells you who you are. A better than average season for us is 7-8 wins. We've only won 9 a handful of times and 10 wins only 3 times. Until something changes, the results will stay the same.
 
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patdog

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saltybulldog said:
To be fair, you said something similar last year. Projecting anything in college football before the offseason is more useless than preseason polls
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I said 3 was possible but I consistently said we’d win 4. Check preseason prognostications. Missed it by 1 play. Btw, I didn’t use sarkasterisks because I thought it was obvious. We’ll win 4 or 5 again next year.
 
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Called3rdstrikedawg

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615dawg said:
Our three permanent SEC opponents are all top 15 teams and at least two of them are in the playoff.

We also play Oklahoma and Texas, who will both finish in the top 15.

Throw in Missouri and LSU, and we are likely losing at seven SEC losses minimum.

Auburn and South Carolina could be winnable, but no Arkansas or Kentucky (two SEC teams I think we are actually better than).

Our P4 non conference game is at Minnesota, who went 7-0 at home this season.

We will have to cancel either ULM or Troy, but Troy is playing for their conference championship.

Our FCS game is Tennessee Tech, who went 10-0 in the regular season against FCS teams and was No. 5 in FCS. They did get upset in the first round of the FCS playoffs yesterday.
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Because they had to play one of the Dakotas. It was a down year up there though as all the Dakotas and Montanas played each other and only Montana came out of that unscathed!
 
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