p_town_horn
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Well since the start of the 08 football season is now officially less than four months away and because the off-season is horrendous, lets start the speculation and paranoia now.
I was looking at the schedule for next year to see how I though we matched up. My first concern is that ESPN and Mack Brown Tx Fb still have Arky on the schedule so I am not sure if/who we play that game since they backed out.
Now for the games (keep in mind I have not extensively looked at teams yet, just gut feeeling):
Week 1:
Florida Atlantic - returns 17 starters including 10 on offense, but lost key players on D. They throw A LOT. This should be the perfect test for our secondary to start the season. I think they will score early exploiting out young DBs but their D sucks so we should respond. Their run D also is not good so it should help us break in the RBs and O-line. All in all a good game to start the season against a decent team that should showcase our young new talent. Should win by 20+ if our DBs can get into rhythm.
Week 2:
UTEP - Probably not as good as Fl Atl. They lost their starting RB and some decent defenders. They have a young QB-rec combo that they will probably try to force too much. We should be able to cover the rec because he is a speed rec and our young DBs are pretty fast. We should score a lot!! Their D was bad last year and has lost a few guys.
Week 3:
??? I don't know we play instead or Arky
Week 4:
Rice - Again should be a lot of scoring. Rice has no run game so it will be all through the air again. Their D is worse than UTEP so we will probably see all running backs and Chiles. They have a pretty good QB-rec combo but their o-line is lacking, so we should see some sacks and really break in out pass rush.
Week 5:
Colorado - Hello Scott! QB is not great and WRs are undersized and nothing special. Scott will get his chance here. They are probably going to run incessantly and try some trick plays (revereses etc). We get to see how the linebackers handle a heavy powerful RB. The good news is the buffs lost some of their better DBs and hopefully we can exploit. I think we win a 10 point game if we can handle the run.
Week 6:
Blow U - This will be tough as usual. As much as they lost on offense, they will still be potent. I don't think Bradford will be as good as some are predicting but behind that big *** line it is hard for it to matter too much. Their D is what really worries me though. I know they lost Lofton but their interior is stout. We will have to use short yardage dumps and some creative offense to score. I don't know if we can pull this one out, but we should keep it close. The problem is we won't get many chances to score so we better play mistake free offense.
Week 7:
Mizzou - Although Daniles and Maclin are the real deal this game is going to come down to LB play. They don't have a true deep threat so it will be the short stuff in the flats. I think our LBs can handle it. Safety over the top is some concern but if we haven't figured that out by now we are screwed anyways. Their d is pretty good but by now our O should be in the groove. We win by 10 again.
Week 8:
Okie Lite - shouldn't be a scare this year!! Robinson is going to have to do it alone and he is good but not that good. There D all graduated. This should be a game we roll to, but we will be fairly worn from Mizzou and thinking about Tech. Focusness is the key here, if we have it we roll.
Week 9:
Tech - my feared game. Lubbock, scary place. Crabtree scary good. Harrell is mediocre, especially when he gets hit, but Tech returns the entire o-line who was the biggest in the NCAA last year. We probably wont have many chances to touch him, so I am very very worried about this game. Their usually sucky D will assuredly be a little better. the key to winning will be special teams. Tech doesn't have a true kicker (using their punter) so the key will be bend but don't break and get some good runbacks in the return game. We need an *** load of points to win this one. I hope we can do it.
Week 10:
Baylor - Oh Baylor, I a glad we play you this week. QB is good an will make some plays but this will be a week to heal any wounds from Tech and polish up for the last two games
Week 11:
Kansas - I know very little about Kansas, they seem to have a balanced offense and stingy defense. They lost some serious talent on both sides of the ball and they play Neb right before us so I think they may be a little depleated. So someone else needs to give me the scoop.
Week 12:;
Aggie - I am sure we all have a strong opinion on this. I will defer to discussion for aggie analysis, including Sherminator, Goodson, McGee, and the Hamburgler.
Feel free to express any thoughts or disagreements...
I was looking at the schedule for next year to see how I though we matched up. My first concern is that ESPN and Mack Brown Tx Fb still have Arky on the schedule so I am not sure if/who we play that game since they backed out.
Now for the games (keep in mind I have not extensively looked at teams yet, just gut feeeling):
Week 1:
Florida Atlantic - returns 17 starters including 10 on offense, but lost key players on D. They throw A LOT. This should be the perfect test for our secondary to start the season. I think they will score early exploiting out young DBs but their D sucks so we should respond. Their run D also is not good so it should help us break in the RBs and O-line. All in all a good game to start the season against a decent team that should showcase our young new talent. Should win by 20+ if our DBs can get into rhythm.
Week 2:
UTEP - Probably not as good as Fl Atl. They lost their starting RB and some decent defenders. They have a young QB-rec combo that they will probably try to force too much. We should be able to cover the rec because he is a speed rec and our young DBs are pretty fast. We should score a lot!! Their D was bad last year and has lost a few guys.
Week 3:
??? I don't know we play instead or Arky
Week 4:
Rice - Again should be a lot of scoring. Rice has no run game so it will be all through the air again. Their D is worse than UTEP so we will probably see all running backs and Chiles. They have a pretty good QB-rec combo but their o-line is lacking, so we should see some sacks and really break in out pass rush.
Week 5:
Colorado - Hello Scott! QB is not great and WRs are undersized and nothing special. Scott will get his chance here. They are probably going to run incessantly and try some trick plays (revereses etc). We get to see how the linebackers handle a heavy powerful RB. The good news is the buffs lost some of their better DBs and hopefully we can exploit. I think we win a 10 point game if we can handle the run.
Week 6:
Blow U - This will be tough as usual. As much as they lost on offense, they will still be potent. I don't think Bradford will be as good as some are predicting but behind that big *** line it is hard for it to matter too much. Their D is what really worries me though. I know they lost Lofton but their interior is stout. We will have to use short yardage dumps and some creative offense to score. I don't know if we can pull this one out, but we should keep it close. The problem is we won't get many chances to score so we better play mistake free offense.
Week 7:
Mizzou - Although Daniles and Maclin are the real deal this game is going to come down to LB play. They don't have a true deep threat so it will be the short stuff in the flats. I think our LBs can handle it. Safety over the top is some concern but if we haven't figured that out by now we are screwed anyways. Their d is pretty good but by now our O should be in the groove. We win by 10 again.
Week 8:
Okie Lite - shouldn't be a scare this year!! Robinson is going to have to do it alone and he is good but not that good. There D all graduated. This should be a game we roll to, but we will be fairly worn from Mizzou and thinking about Tech. Focusness is the key here, if we have it we roll.
Week 9:
Tech - my feared game. Lubbock, scary place. Crabtree scary good. Harrell is mediocre, especially when he gets hit, but Tech returns the entire o-line who was the biggest in the NCAA last year. We probably wont have many chances to touch him, so I am very very worried about this game. Their usually sucky D will assuredly be a little better. the key to winning will be special teams. Tech doesn't have a true kicker (using their punter) so the key will be bend but don't break and get some good runbacks in the return game. We need an *** load of points to win this one. I hope we can do it.
Week 10:
Baylor - Oh Baylor, I a glad we play you this week. QB is good an will make some plays but this will be a week to heal any wounds from Tech and polish up for the last two games
Week 11:
Kansas - I know very little about Kansas, they seem to have a balanced offense and stingy defense. They lost some serious talent on both sides of the ball and they play Neb right before us so I think they may be a little depleated. So someone else needs to give me the scoop.
Week 12:;
Aggie - I am sure we all have a strong opinion on this. I will defer to discussion for aggie analysis, including Sherminator, Goodson, McGee, and the Hamburgler.
Feel free to express any thoughts or disagreements...
