What’s your wool level?

Yeti

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I started gettting a little wooly listening to T&L and Out of Left field…so I decided to watch a game where Shapen played a full game. I picked Toledo. That wasn’t just a beat down by Jimmy better than Joe that was also beat down on X vs O. Consider my wool sheared
 

GloryDawg

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I have no way to really know how good or how bad we will be or any other team will be when these teams are all bringing in 30 plus transfers every season. I do know how bad coaching was last season and if it doesn't improve we are doomed to win two games.
 

Dawgbite

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Shmuley

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Reckon I'm between a 1 and a 2 on the wool meter for football. I'm actually curious to see what, if any, improvement is made and where. So I attribute my "interest" to curiosity. There is no excitement, just curiosity.
 

Howiefeltersnstch

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I'm trying to convince myself to believe we could win 6 but after the last 2 years it's hard to do. I look at the additions and can envision a scenario where we are much improved. But I'm not a strong believer in players moving up and still being good. Being dominant at UTEP or N Illinois or schools like that and then stepping up against Texas and Georgia is not comparable. I hope I'm excited after the first couple games. I remember buying into all the sunshine pumping about Arnept's first year.
 

Darryl Steight

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I'm trying to convince myself to believe we could win 6 but after the last 2 years it's hard to do. I look at the additions and can envision a scenario where we are much improved. But I'm not a strong believer in players moving up and still being good. Being dominant at UTEP or N Illinois or schools like that and then stepping up against Texas and Georgia is not comparable. I hope I'm excited after the first couple games. I remember buying into all the sunshine pumping about Arnept's first year.
Let's not disparage Northern Illinois just yet, shall we??**
 

patdog

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Let's not disparage Northern Illinois just yet, shall we??**
Northern Illinois only returns 5 starters from last year. We'll win that game easily.

Well, heck, I don't know how many starters they return. AI says they return 18 starters. But an article on the NIU website says 5. Who to believe?
 
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onewoof

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Love the guys that suit up for us but we have a roster that is much like what you would see at a top Sunbelt team like Troy, South Alabama, etc. It is what it is. Thank you for the yearly check SEC front office.
 

Howiefeltersnstch

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When I reference N Illinois and UTEP or Charleston, I am referring to the transfers we signed from these schools that some folks are excited about. While these guys may have looked really good against the competition they faced last season at their former school, Texas and Georgia will be different.
 
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horshack.sixpack

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I started gettting a little wooly listening to T&L and Out of Left field…so I decided to watch a game where Shapen played a full game. I picked Toledo. That wasn’t just a beat down by Jimmy better than Joe that was also beat down on X vs O. Consider my wool sheared
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patdog

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When I reference N Illinois and UTEP or Charleston, I am referring to the transfers we signed from these schools that some folks are excited about. While these guys may have looked really good against the competition they faced last season at their former school, Texas and Georgia will be different.
Everyone is excited about our "highly ranked transfer class." But virtually all of them were 3* players with no other P4 offers. Some will pan out. A lot won't.