How many wins do you think your team will have in 2018 over last season? Just want a feel for what your team's fan base thinks.

I think we win 7 games this year.

Having Joe Moglia back really does mean that much.

Most feel 6 is very possible but I think 7 is what we’ll get but just depends on how mucndefense improves. I feel like these are realistic numbers not koolaid numbers.

since GS only won 2 games last year, a bunch more.

I will say GS wins 7 regular season games (+/- 1)


A lot will depend on our QB play this year. We have talent at RB, WR, LB, and DB positions and think we will be fine. OL is hard to judge just because coaching last year was so poor one can't really tell how they can really play. I think we are ok at DL and should be able to transition into the new scheme without too much headache.
We actually had a pretty good defense the last couple years, but the offense was so awful it put the defense in a lot of no win situations. Not saying there isn't some concern or uncertainty in the other positions, but the qb will have to carry this team. IMO

I think most Cajun fans are looking at this coming season with guarded optimism; but we also know that the roster needs to be upgraded to compete at the top is this league. That will take a couple of recruiting seasons. That said, 6 wins appears to be attainable. Looking forward to seeing the season unfold.

I'd say 7-5 is realistic for us this year. Could swing a game either way but 7-5 is the most realistic number I keep coming back to for us.

(05-30-2018 07:34 AM)Shof Wrote:  I think most Cajun fans are looking at this coming season with guarded optimism; but we also know that the roster needs to be upgraded to compete at the top is this league. That will take a couple of recruiting seasons. That said, 6 wins appears to be attainable. Looking forward to seeing the season unfold.

I'd like to see the Cajuns as one of the powerhouse teams once again.

The top of the conference are holding the pieces of their success together.

The middle of the conference are hoping another year of consistency will lead to success.

The bottom of the conference has completely reloaded from last year (save for TXST) and are expecting huge turn-arounds.

This is going to be an interesting year for the Belt for sure.

Georgia Southern is hard to predict right now, but here's what we know so far:

Coaching: The level of coaching will be night and day from last season. Chad Lunsford is entering his first full year as head coach after being the interim head coach the last six games of last season. Coach Lunsford has been at GS for 10 years now as an assistant coach. He's seen what works and what doesn't, he's worked under coaches like Jeff Monken (Army HC, 2017 coach of the year) and Willie Fritz, and he has pre-established relationships with all the guys on the team because he's the one who recruited them. That is an automatic advantage over the other teams in the conference with first year head coaches. Also for the first time since 2015, we will have FBS-caliber coordinators calling the shots on offense and defense. Our OC, Bob DeBesse, is a 30-year coaching veteran who ran a very productive, record-setting, Willie Fritz Style option offense at New Mexico. Our DC, Scot Sloan, spent the past 8 seasons at App State as a secondary coach turned defensive coordinator. He's familiar with all the teams in the Sun Belt already and has been friends with Chad Lunsford for years. These two coaches have said in interviews that GS is the most cohesive and friendliest working environment they have ever worked in which has gone a long way to be able to hit the ground running, pun intended.

Offense: Yes, GS will return strictly to the gun option, Fritzkreig offense of 2014-2015. Both Lunsford and DeBesse have learned that offense from Willie himself and are ready to re-implement it on the field. We are loaded with talented RBs, WRs, LBs, etc. Our biggest ?'s are in QB and the OL, the two gears that make an option offense work. QB Shai Werts was a freshman last year, practically the whole team was. I believe that with more experience and a better coached OL, Werts will start to show his true potential. Hopefully the OL will be better coached this year. A better OL would give Werts more time to make QB decisions which is what he lacked last season. Overall, positive outlook ahead.

Defense: I think defense is actually our strongest part of the team right now. Having Sloan's expertise will also make a huge difference in a lot of games this season. Our D sure got a lot of action last season, pun not intended. Our sloppy Offense made sure they got plenty of in game reps. We are switching up defensive schemes to more of what App State was doing recently. That's not a bad thing at all. Overall, very positive outlook.

Prediction: I know that everyone is expecting 6 wins this coming season, so this might sound cliche, but I firmly believe that 6 maybe 7 wins are attainable this year. We have a very favorable schedule this season, our young team from last year has matured, and we have seasoned coaches with lots of experience at the helm for the first time in a few years. I see 4 easy wins and 4 toss up games on our schedule. 6-7 wins is completely realistic. GATA

According to most posters on here we won't get any better. So I'll go with 1.

We will be better than last year at pretty much every position. Unfortunately I don't know if that necessarily means more wins...we only have one on the schedule right now (FCS-Texas Southern).

GS will have a major increase in wins this year thanks to vastly improved coaching. I wouldn’t be surprised if we win 8 or 9 games.

HOME:
Appalachian State - 35/65
Arkansas State - 40/60
Massachusetts - W
South Alabama - W
South Carolina State (FCS) - W
Troy - 35/65


AWAY:
Clemson - 5/95
Coastal Carolina - W
Georgia State - W
New Mexico State - W
Texas State - W
ULM - W

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(05-30-2018 08:10 AM)High Country Student Wrote:  I'd say 7-5 is realistic for us this year. Could swing a game either way but 7-5 is the most realistic number I keep coming back to for us.

I am not looking forward to what will happen online if App goes 7-5 this season. Plus, I don't think that's happening either. 8-4 should be the floor, 11-1 the ceiling.

If our QB jells quickly 10+ wins

Our defense is gonna be nasty

(05-30-2018 08:55 AM)tx.state Wrote:  We will be better than last year at pretty much every position. Unfortunately I don't know if that necessarily means more wins...we only have one on the schedule right now (FCS-Texas Southern).

That’s ULM was last year. We won same amount of wins as 2016 at 4. We didn’t play FCS so we got one more FBS win and went from 3-5 16 4-4 17 in SBC. We also stayed in a lot more games. I think y’all are another season away from making a bowl but you guys know more your school than me.

2018 ULM FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
W Sept. 1 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
W Sept. 8 at Southern Miss
L Sept. 15 at Texas A&M
L Sept. 22 TROY
W Sept. 29 at Georgia State
L Oct. 6 at Ole Miss
W Oct. 13 at Coastal Carolina
W Oct. 20 TEXAS STATE
W Nov. 3 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
W Nov. 10 at South Alabama
L Nov. 17 at Arkansas State
W Nov. 24 RAGIN' CAJUNS

ULM could legitimately go 8-4 although I think that’s going to be very tough USM, Ga Schools, Cajuns are going to be tough so 1-2 losses from those teams are very possible. . Idk what to expect with USA and CCU. SBC is a funny league a lot can happen .

Some think we have no shot with USM. They lost a ton of defensive starters and all world RB Ito Smith and two good wr. We play them the second game so don’t know how their JUCO guys will be by game two but same could be said about our guys.

For ULM I can see the following: Defense suffers injuries like it did last year and we go 4-8. Defense improves to mediocre and we go 6-6 or 7-5. Things click with all the young players on defense that got a bunch of experience and we go 8-4.

Offense should continue to put up big numbers. Lost our #3 WR to graduation but there looks to be a redshirt that is going to have the ability to put up some big numbers. Watch for Zachari Jackson. Looked real good in the spring. Some of our young backs will need to step up and get some rushing yards to keep defenses from focusing on Evans. Evans deep ball still concerns me but if he improves his touch there, oh boy!!

Gut tells me 6-7 wins this year.

Lose to Clemson
Beat SCSU

Win at least 2 of those (with 3 at home, it's possible)
Troy
App State
Ark State
ULM

Win 4 of these 6
South
Georgia State
Coastal
Texas State
UMass
NMSU

Then you're 7-5.

La Tech - tossup
@Okla State - loss
Texas State - win
@ Memphis - loss
@ App - loss
@ Ga Southern - tossup
Alabama State - win
Troy - loss
@Ark State - loss
ULM - win
@ ULL - tossup
Coastal - win

4 wins, 3 tossups. Somehow I think we get to 6 wins this year.

So looks like every team in the conference will be bowl eligible except Texas State?
Just waiting on a Georgia St fan to confirm that.