RightSaidFred
Be cool, don’t be culo
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I predicted 9 wins this past offseason. I wasn't the only one, a lot of us were saying the same thing. In other words, we performed exactly how I and some others predicted we would this season, save for one or two Cam Ward miracle comebacks.
The fact is, games are won or lost in the offseason. In recruiting and in the portal. I knew Cam Ward was special before he ever took a snap here, because I watched him at Washington State. But I also knew that our defense was going to be trash and that we would miss our two starting safeties who left for the NFL, and that our failure to get better defensive backs and DTs in the portal last year would cost us a couple games.
Well, it happened. It is what it is. The only thing to do now is to make sure it doesn't happen again. Go out there and hit a home run in the recruiting class and in the portal, and get to the ACCCG next season. It's doable. But it won't be easy and it won't be cheap. And a "top 10" class isn't going to cut it. Tell our NIL boosters to buy us a Top 5 class because that's what it's going to take.
The fact is, games are won or lost in the offseason. In recruiting and in the portal. I knew Cam Ward was special before he ever took a snap here, because I watched him at Washington State. But I also knew that our defense was going to be trash and that we would miss our two starting safeties who left for the NFL, and that our failure to get better defensive backs and DTs in the portal last year would cost us a couple games.
Well, it happened. It is what it is. The only thing to do now is to make sure it doesn't happen again. Go out there and hit a home run in the recruiting class and in the portal, and get to the ACCCG next season. It's doable. But it won't be easy and it won't be cheap. And a "top 10" class isn't going to cut it. Tell our NIL boosters to buy us a Top 5 class because that's what it's going to take.