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Cahoonaville wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:49 pm

InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:56 am

Quann wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:44 am
This dude succkkkkssss. Only guy on here, I would cheer getting kicked off of the board. I along with many others posters post a lot of nonsense but at least it's relevant to the thread. You're wasting Mike's bandwidth dude.

Feel free to use the "report" button. It didn't get me anywhere, but you might have more luck.

On a side note, I reported you as well for being the "Ass clown know it all" board member.

Quann wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:03 pm Do you guys think it's unreal to think we can crack the top 40 in total defense? I was looking at the NCAA.com rankings from 2022 and they had us at 55 for the year. That is not bad at all, if we had an offense that was somewhat functional, we could have been close to .500. NCAA.com had our offense at 129 out of 131 in 2022 Unreal that Casula was brought back.

Quann wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:03 pm Do you guys think it's unreal to think we can crack the top 40 in total defense? I was looking at the NCAA.com rankings from 2022 and they had us at 55 for the year. That is not bad at all, if we had an offense that was somewhat functional, we could have been close to .500. NCAA.com had our offense at 129 out of 131 in 2022 Unreal that Casula was brought back.

TheInsider wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:28 pm I think the fact that we couldn't score or stay on the field contributed to the run against numbers.. teams could get up a little and just pound the rock. I think year 2 for many in this D is huge... I agree about the O. There really was limited talent in a new offense. Fingers crossed for improvement on both sides.. there are winnable games out there.

TheInsider wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:52 pm It comes down to proving it on the field.. we have been down so long no one will give the team anything until they do it. I think last year against NMSU if we had any offense and any play calling we win that game... CFN says NMSU has some guys but has lost some guys and predicts a 4-9 season. We need a statement in game 1 to set the tone for the season.

ZooMass84 wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:30 pm

TheInsider wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:52 pm It comes down to proving it on the field.. we have been down so long no one will give the team anything until they do it. I think last year against NMSU if we had any offense and any play calling we win that game... CFN says NMSU has some guys but has lost some guys and predicts a 4-9 season. We need a statement in game 1 to set the tone for the season.

Your right!!!! We have been down so long that all FBS and most FCS teams will be favored over us (even at home). I know football is not like basketball or even hockey: one guy CANNOT turn things around. re: Camby/Cale Makar. I guess that's why the 2021 Hockey National Championship was special. I watched every second of all 4 games in the playoffs and the wrap-around Trivino to Wait over UMD was unreal!!!!

Don Brown is a legit HC. It's his 3rd time at UMass. He's no kid. Looks a little old in the videos/pics. Still think Mark Whipple was/is a solid football coach offensive mind. That's why he has been hired at P5's as OC. We've had 2 bad hires since 2012: Molnar and Bell. I don't understand how Bamford could hire Bell after hiring Carvel. Thought he was more on the ball.

Quann wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:19 pm ^^^^
Probably was hoping he was hiring the next hot young up and coming coach I guess. Bell's resume didn't dictate that he was going to be that but I'm giving Bamford the benefit of the doubt. I think the Molnar hire was still worse. That was the most important hiring after the debacle of the Kevin Morris years heading into FBS and we blew it.

Sorry back to the 2023, we seem to always get dragged into past coach talk on this board. I like the over win total (+2.5) with much improved run d and a top 40 overall defense.

Quann wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:19 pm ^^^^
Probably was hoping he was hiring the next hot young up and coming coach I guess. Bell's resume didn't dictate that he was going to be that but I'm giving Bamford the benefit of the doubt. I think the Molnar hire was still worse. That was the most important hiring after the debacle of the Kevin Morris years heading into FBS and we blew it.

Sorry back to the 2023, we seem to always get dragged into past coach talk on this board. I like the over win total (+2.5) with much improved run d and a top 40 overall defense.

minutefanjsf wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:36 pm

Quann wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:19 pm ^^^^
Probably was hoping he was hiring the next hot young up and coming coach I guess. Bell's resume didn't dictate that he was going to be that but I'm giving Bamford the benefit of the doubt. I think the Molnar hire was still worse. That was the most important hiring after the debacle of the Kevin Morris years heading into FBS and we blew it.

Sorry back to the 2023, we seem to always get dragged into past coach talk on this board. I like the over win total (+2.5) with much improved run d and a top 40 overall defense.

I think three wins is the floor and 7 is the ceiling this year. If they pull out a win in week zero I think they win 5-7. If they lose week zero, it is likely they go 0-4 before a win. I think Merrimack, New Mexico and Arkansas State are wins. Toledo,Auburn, Liberty, PennState all losses by more than two scores. NMS, EM, Miami, UConn are one score games (likely losses). Army a two score loss. If they win week one, EM and UConn are the likely two flips to wins and army becomes a toss up with Miami. If week zero is a shit show, Merrimack and New Mexico become the only two wins.