(04-20-2018 12:45 PM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(04-19-2018 05:35 PM)CyberBull Wrote:  There wasn't much difference between Flowers stats in 2016 and 2017.

His production was 'down' due to losing explosive Marlon Mack to the NFL. It allowed teams to focus a little bit more on containing Flowers.

USF will have a good team next year. The two young QBs competing for the job are better suit d for Gilbert's offense and it will be year two in the same offense. Defensively this team will even better than last year. Onl question mark right now is OL due to graduation and rash of the injury bug this Spring accompanied by a couple reserve players levan get them program b/c for concussions or immaturity.

I agree somewhat...no guarantee of 10 wins again, but I wouldn't be surprised if we win the East.

Just looked at his stats and his completion percentage went down from 62% to 52% and his rushing yards went down from 1,530 to 1,038 and rushing TDs dropped from 18 to 11.

The game against UCF accounted for a lot of those stats for QF and its been noted that he ignored many of the coaches play calls that game and did his own thing. Imagine what he could have done this year if he was allowed to play that style all year? 50 total TDs isn't out of the question. Instead QF had 36, still very good but pretty underwhelming given what he has the talent to do.

USF offense is going to take a major step back this year, so hopefully for USF fans their defense continues to take strides forward.

Umm. No. Both QB's now competing for the job are serious players.

Yes, I am totally aware that every single team in the country says that in pre-season, but in USF's case, it really is true. Both Kean or Oladokun are fully capable of putting up monster numbers this year. They are both very good (really). Kean is a 4th year junior and O is a 3rd year sophomore that have been sitting and learning for years.

Chris O is more mobile, and if he wins job will rush for several hundreds of yards. Both can slice people up with their arms.

If Kean wins job, he will pass for 65%+ completion percentage. Mark it down.

Tuberville lost to Illinois in his first year at UC, so you have a bonafide data point there.

(04-16-2018 04:50 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  Usf featured but UCF honorable mention.

4. USF: The Bulls reached double-digit wins for the second straight season last year, and it was also the second time in program history (all 18 years of it) they reached that level. I'm a bit skeptical about a three-peat, though.
USF isn't in a Power Five conference, but it is in what most consider to be the best Group of Five conference, meaning there's a lot of competition. This is a USF team that will have to replace a lot of its production from 2017, including Quinton Flowers, whom I'd guess most would consider to be the greatest player in program history. That's not easy to do. Throw in a couple of nonconference games with Georgia Tech and Illinois, and it's not crazy to think this team could go 2-2 outside the AAC. That means it would need to go 8-0 in conference play to reach 10 wins, and I'm not sure that's feasible with road trips to Tulsa, Houston, Cincinnati, Temple, as well as the regular season finale against UCF.



https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...n-in-2018/

Here Here to Quintin Flowers!!! I had the pleasure of watching him against us (Tulane) last year. When we made a game out of it, he put the team on his back and just took over. The guy was a man among boys and was by far the best player on the field. I hope he is successful at the next level.