Premature Purely speculative Proud Preseason Predictions for 09' Gridders
Well for this WVU cool-aid drinking fool it looks pretty good for the fortunes of the "good-guys" even in the post Pat White era. I see us winning 11 or more games. I would ask each of my fellow authors to speculate as well. Comments on these predictions are requested and likely jested. :)
Sep. 5 Liberty Win 
Sep. 12 East Carolina Win
Sep. 19 at Auburn Win
Oct. 1 Colorado Win
Oct. 10 at Syracuse Win
Oct. 17 Marshall Win
Oct. 24 Connecticut Win
Oct. 30 at USF To Close to Call
Nov. 7 Louisville Win
Nov. 13 at Cincinnati Win
Nov. 27 Pittsburgh Win
Dec. 5 at Rutgers Win
4 comments:
It's one thing to look at the games like that and decide that they could or should win this game or that game. I would be extremely surprised or shocked if we go 10-1, however. I'm not saying in can't happen. Hell, maybe it should happen, but if we went 9-4 with Pat White, I can't see us doing much better without him. Especially since the loss of a Fullback was the reason we lost 4 games this past year.
You make an excellent point my friend. And I concur that we have much work to do but this defense could be special. I just don't think that many teams on this slate are that good therefore, I believe we can go through this schedule with relative success. As you saw in my caveat, this is a premature prediction. I will obviously have to evaluate this more after we have been into the season a bit.
Absolutely. The schedule appears easier than last year and it had to be difficult to accomplish that. But I've heard your criticisms and I suspect you would also be surprised to see them finish 10-1 because of the decision making problems and not the talent discrepancy.
There are a lot of question marks with this team. How they are answered will determine their season. 9-4 is a good mark. I think they can beat that if they can get consistant in their offensive performance. Defense should be solid if not very good. Losing Andrews in the secondary could prove very damaging, we'll have to wait and see. A lot will depend how Jarrett Brown handles the every down situation. I think he has a real chance to shine this year.
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