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That was one of the most in depth previews I’ve ever read. Pretty impressive

I like the class Edsall brought in this year. It's going to take a couple of years, but he brought in several kids that have gigantic frames and, if they fill out, could be monsters on the O-line. That's prototypical Edsall football philosophy: dominate the line of scrimmage and run first. Edsall is playing to his strengths.

(04-16-2018 12:54 PM)tigerjamesc Wrote: [ -> ]That was one of the most in depth previews I’ve ever read. Pretty impressive

He does that for every single team. Always my favorite college football offseason reads. Plus he pissed off Houston fans talking about how much turnover luck they had a couple years ago.

(04-16-2018 03:28 PM)bearcatmark Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-16-2018 12:54 PM)tigerjamesc Wrote: [ -> ]That was one of the most in depth previews I’ve ever read. Pretty impressive

He does that for every single team. Always my favorite college football offseason reads. Plus he pissed off Houston fans talking about how much turnover luck they had a couple years ago.

for 3 years in a row EVERY preiw "Houston was lucky." it was his entire preview.

it was aggravating, it was hard for him to believe that houston was just good at getting turnovers
from their freshman season to their last all the original jackboyz (WJ3, stewart, mcdonald) never stopped getting turnovers. to him it was 4 years of luck because his computers couldnt comprehend it , rather than a group that was really good at turnovers

(04-16-2018 03:47 PM)pesik Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-16-2018 03:28 PM)bearcatmark Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-16-2018 12:54 PM)tigerjamesc Wrote: [ -> ]That was one of the most in depth previews I’ve ever read. Pretty impressive

He does that for every single team. Always my favorite college football offseason reads. Plus he pissed off Houston fans talking about how much turnover luck they had a couple years ago.

for 3 years in a row EVERY preiw "Houston was lucky." it was his entire preview.

it was aggravating, it was hard for him to believe that houston was just good at getting turnovers
from their freshman season to their last all the original jackboyz (WJ3, stewart, mcdonald) never stopped getting turnovers. to him it was 4 years of luck because his computers couldnt comprehend it , rather than a group that was really good at turnovers

My point exactly. I love how much the idea that there can be a luck factor to turnovers drives Houston fans crazy.

I'd like to see the "3 years in a row" but you can be both good at forcing turnovers and lucky with turnovers. To an extent forcing fumbles is a skill...the percentage of those fumbles you recover is largely dependent on luck...that year Houston recovered 65% of the fumbles they forced. Additionally...opponents picked off only 15% of the passes defended which was well below the national average.



https://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal...ule-roster

Bill Connelly an Oklahoma boy, and a pretty decent sports journalist.

Doesn't really make any kind of assessment on TU. Rational since he kind've got burned on TU last year.

Under Philip Montgomery...

(04-17-2018 10:48 AM)Gmoney4WW Wrote: [ -> ]Doesn't really make any kind of assessment on TU. Rational since he kind've got burned on TU last year.

Under Philip Montgomery...

"I should forego making any sort of prediction for Tulsa, I realize, but here goes nothing.

Montgomery’s Golden Hurricane are projected 108th overall — 46th on offense and 126th on defense. That is sensible; the offense has been Montgomery’s strength and returns a ton of pieces, while the albatross defense has to replace a majority of its known play-makers.

Given that projection, the 2018 schedule looks brutal: Tulsa is the projected favorite in only three games and gets an average win total of 4.1. But if the defense rebounds to 2016 levels, the projected win total pretty quickly increases.

We’ll know what we need to know by Week 3, I think. That’s when Arkansas State comes to town. The Red Wolves are projected 66th in S&P+ and are therefore picked to win by about eight. If Tulsa is eight points worse than ASU at home, doom is on the way. But if the Golden Hurricane can win that one, it will buy them some time and space until the schedule eases up later on."

Good preview. He is a must read for any die hard cfb fan.

(04-17-2018 10:52 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2018 10:48 AM)Gmoney4WW Wrote: [ -> ]Doesn't really make any kind of assessment on TU. Rational since he kind've got burned on TU last year.

Under Philip Montgomery...

"I should forego making any sort of prediction for Tulsa, I realize, but here goes nothing.

Montgomery’s Golden Hurricane are projected 108th overall — 46th on offense and 126th on defense. That is sensible; the offense has been Montgomery’s strength and returns a ton of pieces, while the albatross defense has to replace a majority of its known play-makers.

Given that projection, the 2018 schedule looks brutal: Tulsa is the projected favorite in only three games and gets an average win total of 4.1. But if the defense rebounds to 2016 levels, the projected win total pretty quickly increases.

We’ll know what we need to know by Week 3, I think. That’s when Arkansas State comes to town. The Red Wolves are projected 66th in S&P+ and are therefore picked to win by about eight. If Tulsa is eight points worse than ASU at home, doom is on the way. But if the Golden Hurricane can win that one, it will buy them some time and space until the schedule eases up later on."

That isn't a prediction, he says we'll know by game three...

(04-17-2018 11:45 AM)Gmoney4WW Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2018 10:52 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2018 10:48 AM)Gmoney4WW Wrote: [ -> ]Doesn't really make any kind of assessment on TU. Rational since he kind've got burned on TU last year.

Under Philip Montgomery...

"I should forego making any sort of prediction for Tulsa, I realize, but here goes nothing.

Montgomery’s Golden Hurricane are projected 108th overall — 46th on offense and 126th on defense. That is sensible; the offense has been Montgomery’s strength and returns a ton of pieces, while the albatross defense has to replace a majority of its known play-makers.

Given that projection, the 2018 schedule looks brutal: Tulsa is the projected favorite in only three games and gets an average win total of 4.1. But if the defense rebounds to 2016 levels, the projected win total pretty quickly increases.

We’ll know what we need to know by Week 3, I think. That’s when Arkansas State comes to town. The Red Wolves are projected 66th in S&P+ and are therefore picked to win by about eight. If Tulsa is eight points worse than ASU at home, doom is on the way. But if the Golden Hurricane can win that one, it will buy them some time and space until the schedule eases up later on."

That isn't a prediction, he says we'll know by game three...

You said "assessment" not "prediction." What he's delivered is GREAT in the way of assessment, including confidence statement and what to watch for, in my line of work.
For prediction, his stats predict 4-8 record and #108 projected S&P+

(04-17-2018 11:50 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2018 11:45 AM)Gmoney4WW Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2018 10:52 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2018 10:48 AM)Gmoney4WW Wrote: [ -> ]Doesn't really make any kind of assessment on TU. Rational since he kind've got burned on TU last year.

Under Philip Montgomery...

"I should forego making any sort of prediction for Tulsa, I realize, but here goes nothing.

Montgomery’s Golden Hurricane are projected 108th overall — 46th on offense and 126th on defense. That is sensible; the offense has been Montgomery’s strength and returns a ton of pieces, while the albatross defense has to replace a majority of its known play-makers.

Given that projection, the 2018 schedule looks brutal: Tulsa is the projected favorite in only three games and gets an average win total of 4.1. But if the defense rebounds to 2016 levels, the projected win total pretty quickly increases.

We’ll know what we need to know by Week 3, I think. That’s when Arkansas State comes to town. The Red Wolves are projected 66th in S&P+ and are therefore picked to win by about eight. If Tulsa is eight points worse than ASU at home, doom is on the way. But if the Golden Hurricane can win that one, it will buy them some time and space until the schedule eases up later on."

That isn't a prediction, he says we'll know by game three...

You said "assessment" not "prediction." What he's delivered is GREAT in the way of assessment, including confidence statement and what to watch for, in my line of work.
For prediction, his stats predict 4-8 record and #108 projected S&P+

I should of said 'real' assessment but forgot to put in the word real. You are using semantics to attack a meaning which was implied in the statement.