So the orange faithful are feeling frisky this year, what with a new coach, one who beat Oklahoma with a lesser team (I counted this one as a trap game going in but that is how the ball bounces) but mostly IMO because Charlie Strong is gone. Anyway, perusing one of their boards I went through the requisite "predictions for the season" thread. The conservatives, as they term themselves, expect the whorns to win 8 games in 2017. The mildly optimistics are saying 10 wins are doable and then there are the delusionals who are saying 12-0 in the regular season and three more possible (Big XII Championship and two CFP games). I decided to do a bit of preseason mag scouting of teams on the whorn schedule and came up with my own predictions for sa*et in 2017. I have to do this here because posting this over at hornfans would get me banned. Wait, I am already banned from there, oh well. Warning, it is not pretty. Here's the gist, I mark em down for 3 W's, 3 toss-ups and 6 L's. That means if they let just one of those toss-ups get away from them, Tom Herman aka The Second Coming of Darrel Royal, will have duplicated Charlie Strong's 2015 and 2016 W-L totals of 5-7. The breakdown in order: Maryland = toss-up Whorn fans are fond of pointing out how the Terps have yet to score on them in 3 previous meetings but football doesn't care about history. I think a first game with a new coach against a B1G team is anything but a sure-thing. San Jose State = win This one will get the faithful talking conference title, especially if they win the first game. USC = L It will get ugly as Trojans roll the whorns. Following their bye week they get mighty . . . Iowa State = W Sorry Cyclones, I know sometimes you have an upset special once a season and this one is looking good but not this time. Kansas State = L Snyder > Tommyboy Oklahoma = L Lincoln Riley gets his first win over sa*et. OSU = L Gundy's offense will send the home crowd packing it in midway through the third quarter. Baylor = toss-up A team that will fly under the radar this season and no one, not even OU, should take lightly. TCU = L Patterson gets his team back on track. Kansas = W No upset this year. West Virginia = L I don't know if this one will be close or a blowout but I just cannot see the whorns winning in Morgantown especially if it is a televised night game. Texas Tech = toss-up Hard to say what TT will look like in 2017, breaking in a new quarterback after Mahomes.
based on my research of their opponents: - maryland - win (terps very young) - san jose state - win (state sucks) - at usc - loss - at iowa state - toss up (texas more talented but tough place to get a win for a team in transition) - kansas state - loss (wildcats look very good) - vs OUr boys - LOSS - vs okie lite - loss - at baylor - toss up (bears in major transition) - at tcu - loss (horny frogs look very good this yr) - vs kansas - win - at wva - toss up. (mountaineers very young this yr) - vs tex tech - win 4 wins 5 losses 3 toss ups 6-6 or even 7-5 very doable
That first toss-up resulted in a loss. Getting to that 6-win mark just got a whole lot harder for Hermie . . .
Think you gave them too much credit, check out hornfans. They are simply incredulous over what happened. Over the years I have seen that fan base on suicide watch about 167 times and it just gets funnier . . . every . . . single . . . time.