The 2024 hype-filled make not make it until opening kickoff thread

Nico is tied for fifth in betting for the 2024 Heisman. +1800

 

If he stays in that range through the season, we are surely a playoff team.

 

I didn't appreciate this in college since I grew up nearby, but Tennessee really is uniquely fanatic. Look at this, far and away the highest combined attendance. No one is even close.

 

We just need some hope

 

I think it will be a fun year. SEC games will be the test.

Nico "seemed" to have better overall awareness and quicker progession/decision capabilities than Milton. But then again, it was Iowa.

Based on Sampson's blocking (or lack thereof), we know why he did not play more. RB blocking is an underrated skill.

Speaking of blocking, we really missed Bru's blocking on the edge, especially those passes on the edge.

I am looking forward to 2024/2025.

 

I don't think they were some defensive juggernaut like they were sold as, by any stretch, but they were a competent good defense with some talent.

 

I think Iowa had an average defense with a few good players. But I think their schedule substantially helped their defensive metrics and their record.

And in many cases the media and talking heads are clueless. Them ranked above us was BS. Their schedule/record was BS.

Don't get me wrong. It was a good win for us. The fact that we scored 35 with a freshman QB and a stable of young RBs and our defense held them scoreless was priceless.

 

They were a very fundamentally sound but not especially athletic defense. (Is this based on observation or stereotype? Hard to say)

 

They looked a step slow.

 

That's how Ferentz builds it. They have good to great lines and badass tight ends

 

They did seem tad slow, compared to what we face in SEC.

All I know ... we scored 35 points against Ferentz's "good to great line(s)" and held his "bad ass tight ends" scoreless.

WWTFA. I am happy.

B1G can suck it.

 

Nico is 10x better than Milton. I am bullish on 2024.

 

That's arguably the worst song ever made.

But the kid looks good.

 

After watching last night's game and thinking about Bama and UGA as well, my two biggest concerns for this team are the line and how physical can we be? They were concerns before last night, but after watching that, we're not in the same area code as those teams in those areas.

 

Yeah I think our ceiling next year is 2022 for that reason. And my unpopular opinion is that Michigan from last night would have done the same thing to Hooker that they did to Penix

 

Washington had no running game and Penix not a huge threat to run so M just blitzed and jumped on routes like Ga does when there’s no rb threat

 

We'll see, Seldon is a physical back. Bru is a big, physical receiver.

 

Some of it is attitude. Washington did not play with an aggressor attitude last night. They looked like the hunted. They looked like they were unsure. Michigan looked like they were starving for it. That stuff matters.

 

Seldon needs an rb camp and rb coach. He has the size and speed to be nasty but knows very little about the position. Kinda reminds me of Wright his freshman year when he just ran into whoever was in front of him pretty often and didn’t show much feel for reading blocks or cutbacks. He improved greatly. Seldon coming in at times and late in games to pound dbs who are tired from chasing wrs and Sampson all day could be nice.

 

There was a bit of frenzy to M's energy. They came hard, looking to smash things. The unrelenting pressure right the middle took Penix out of rhythm. He was missing throws he normally makes. Not having 7 healthy doomed them.