Way too early 2017 football outlooks
since we are done with bowls a look our teams in 2017
Contenders?:
USF: comfortable favorites if taggart had stayed coach, charlie strong has had a history of destroying to rebuild, he also has nothing to do with the read option (usfs offense).
big question: usfs offense, offensive staff, marlon mack and potentially declaring early
Houston: On paper might have the best team in the g5 (recruiting wise), but huge question marks every where including coach
Memphis: returns almost everyone from an above average team for a g5, they could have big year 2 progress or just remain above average g5 team
Temple: League champs, big loses on defense and sean chandler might declare early...qb and rb gone..new coach...next year is a defining season for temple, was it just the golden era of temple that just passed or is it a new standard
Navy- the system that keeps on rolling, but ill be honest the drop from reynolds to worth wasnt much, but from worth to abey was kinda big...can he rebound in 2017?
the rest:
UCF- played so many young players especially on offense and had such huge progress from last year, is another step coming??
Tulsa- losses top qb, top wr, top rb, on an offensive team, but at baylor tulsa HC replaced players in his system interchangeable and it made no difference..will tulsa be the same.the Chad President era begins?
Cincy- will another ohio state assistant have another 1 year turn around? (herman reference) cincy was pretty young and had talent.. will be curious if he brings the read option from ohio state (running qb offense)
SMU- my darkhorse sleeper next year, is the year for smu, especially if courtland sutton doesnt declare early, almost all their best players where freshmen or sophomore, and they had touted transfers sitting out for transfer rules..if they cant break out next year im not sure it happen under morris
UConn-Randy Edsall- im not gonna sit here and tell you i expect great things out of uconn next year, but next year despite whatever record, might be the building block for future seasons
Tulane- they played a total of 2 upperclassmen on offense, willie fritz in year 1 might have given tulane their best team in a decade (2013 was inflated from a bad c-usa)..they are a sleeper for me to go bowling, willie fritz knows how to coach
ECU- ill be honest, i dont see reason for major improvements, your team was getting worse as the season went along and are now losing your all american WR..you do have a good number of players returning and that was just coach mos first year ..he has the pieces to rebound, but has to find a way to motivate his team to get there, a defining season for him..you should be getting better as you play not worse..ad the turnovers issue was big..but i would say bowling isnt impossible
every team has huge question marks- i dont see any for sure elite teams, but a few teams with elite potential..
uconn is in full transition, so i have no clue what to expect from them but like this season i dont see any other utterly bad teams in the league next year
(This post was last modified: 12-29-2016 09:09 PM by pesik.)
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