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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
(06-26-2018 08:14 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote: He started against a 6-6 FSU team with no coach and we still lost by 5 million
A Florida St team that was missing 3 regular season starters on defense and still only managed 86 yards passing
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
(06-26-2018 08:14 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote: He started against a 6-6 FSU team with no coach and we still lost by 5 million
Well luckily FSU isnt in CUSA, nor on the schedule.
Also, the other players on USMs roster prob played a little part in the outcome of the game. Just a guess.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
42-13 isn't that lopsided
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
https://collegefootballnews.com/2018/06/...ery-game/2
2018 Southern Miss Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2018 Preseason C-USA Prediction: 5-3
– Preview 2018: Frustratingly Good
Sept. 1 Jackson State W
Sept. 8 ULM W
Sept. 15 at Appalachian State L
Sept. 22 Rice W
Sept. 29 at Auburn L
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
Oct. 13 at North Texas L
Oct. 20 UTSA W
Oct. 27 at Charlotte W
Nov. 3 Marshall L
Nov. 10 at UAB L
Nov. 17 Louisiana Tech W
Nov. 24 at UTEP W
https://collegefootballnews.com/2018/06/...eview-2018
The Jay Hopson era is working so far, but …
It’s been so frustrating at times.
After a stunningly weird dip from 2012 to 2014 with just four wins – coming off a 12-win Conference USA championship campaign in 2011 – Todd Monken turned things back around with a 9-5 2015 before leaving for the NFL assistant coaching world.
In stepped Hopson following a great run at Alcorn State, and he’s been able to take the team to two straight winning seasons and two straight bowl games.
But the team that was good enough to open the Hopson era with a win at Kentucky two years ago also lost at home against Charlotte, and got walloped on the road against Old Dominion and UTSA as part of a rough run of five losses in six weeks.
And then it came up large against a strong Louisiana Tech team to become bowl eligible.
The team that won on the road at Louisiana Tech last season, beat Marshall on the road, and rolled to a bowl game also got crushed at home by UAB and blown out by North Texas.
Of the 11 losses so far under Hopson, five of them were at home in winnable games, five on the road, and once in last year’s Independence Bowl against Florida State.
If USM could just take care of home already, all of a sudden, this becomes a Conference USA championship-level program again after finishing third in the West over each of the last two year.
Hopson is a strong head man – don’t just blow off two straight winning seasons and two straight bowl appearances – but it’s going to be interesting once there’s more consistency.
But that’s probably not going to happen this year.
Let the countdown begin ?? #SMTTT pic.twitter.com/bdft9n5H7m
— Southern Miss FB (@SouthernMissFB) May 24, 2018
The offense that had so many good moments – but struggled too much in the five losses – has some big strengths and some massive concerns.
Again … frustrating. There are enough good pieces to win with, but not enough to make plans for a Conference USA title appearance.
The quarterback situation is terrific with Kwandra Griggs back – as long as he’s back and healthy after missing time this spring – but the USM passers don’t have most of the big-time targets from last year to throw to.
The line will be a big positive as the season goes on with a few sure-thing stars to work around, but star do-it-all RB Ito Smith is gone.
It’s the same deal on the defensive side, with a great-looking defensive front highlighted by one of the league’s best linebacking corps, but the entire secondary has to be replaced.
With all of the losses in the secondary, the defense has a few question marks, too, but the front six/seven will be a big positive, especially at linebacker.
But there’s plenty of talent to build around, the kicking game is fantastic – Parker Shaunfield will be among the nation’s best placekickers – and the coaching will ensure another winning season.
Eventually, Southern Miss will do so much more.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
Sept. 1 Jackson State W
Sept. 8 ULM W
Sept. 15 at Appalachian State L
Sept. 22 Rice W
Sept. 29 at Auburn L
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
Oct. 13 at North Texas L
Oct. 20 UTSA W
Oct. 27 at Charlotte W
Nov. 3 Marshall L
Nov. 10 at UAB L
Nov. 17 Louisiana Tech W
Nov. 24 at UTEP W
5-1 in the important games? Raise and extension.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
Doc Holliday might be fired mid-season at Marshall. I see them falling apart. Rice, UTEP, and Charlotte will be awful again. I see 8 wins with more possible.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
(07-12-2018 01:46 PM)USM@FTL Wrote: Doc Holliday might be fired mid-season at Marshall. I see them falling apart. Rice, UTEP, and Charlotte will be awful again. I see 8 wins with more possible.
Why is that? Marshall seems to be on the upswing to me. Not confident we can beat Marshall, UAB, NT or LT this year.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
Their QB is gone for one. They have to break in a new QB and a new OC. They could be fragile. WKU too.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
If Griggs starts every game -as bad as 9-3, as good as 11-1.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
(06-25-2018 10:40 AM)Bleacher Eagle Wrote: I'll say 7-5, although 8-4 or 6-6 wouldn't shock me.
Let me add this: If Hopson were to go 5-7 or worse in year 3, then I think we would seriously need to consider buying out his final season and going a different direction. That schedule and CUSA are too weak to accept posting a losing record, regardless of returning starters.
Buy him out with what? Not a chance in hell I'm afraid.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
Look, Hopson is what he is. A good recruiter, average coach. That's what he was when we got him. There's no huge upside to him like there was with Fed or Monk. If there was he'd be gone anyway. He's more like Bower. A lot of 6-7 win seasons with the occasional 9-10. What's even worse is that Bower did that against teams that actually had a place on the map. Now we're stuck with struggling against Northeast Junior Community Pick-a-State college.
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
(07-13-2018 12:22 AM)USMblackandgold Wrote: Look, Hopson is what he is. A good recruiter, average coach. That's what he was when we got him. There's no huge upside to him like there was with Fed or Monk. If there was he'd be gone anyway. He's more like Bower. A lot of 6-7 win seasons with the occasional 9-10. What's even worse is that Bower did that against teams that actually had a place on the map. Now we're stuck with struggling against Northeast Junior Community Pick-a-State college.
That's about the most accurate description of Hopson so far.
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07-13-2018 08:26 AM |
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RE: Preseason Football Predictions
I’ll say 6-6, and not because of the QB situation. The offensive line is my main concern. While our true freshman center has talent, having to start as a true freshman at the lines’s Most important position doesn’t bode well for us this year.
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