What teams will be very surprising this season?

ATL96Steeler · Jul 31, 2013

TexasExes98 said:
ARky, Ole Mrs, Mrs State and Vandy will be easy wins for aggy. Don't overrate those teams. Aggy has 2 tough games, that's it. Their overall schedule is one of the weakest in the country. If they don't win at least 10 games, Sumlin isn't as good of a coach as people think he is.

idk about easy...I think you're overrating A&M...too many distractions, lost some very good players. I think less than 10 wins...but we're not going to have to wait much longer to find out.

BTW...get the right color orange will ya. Go Vols!...so you know I know what it means to suck right now.

GoBlueNavyNuke · Jul 31, 2013

Sox33OSU said:
Every undefeated team has a measure of luck on their side, it happens. However, you're acting as if they only won due to luck. That just sounds like sour grapes because your rival is better than you.

As far as The Game goes, I can tell myself whatever I want. Despite us constantly shooting ourselves in the RZ, we still won. If Michigan was really able to do anything, you should've won by 2 TDs. Good lord, we gave you guys so many chances.

Now that's a stretch, no where did I even imply they "only won due to luck." But considering how close all those games were, you have to admit Ohio State was luckier that year than normal. I mean, if Cal had a kicker they would have won and both UCF and UAB took leads well into the 3rd quarter. When you are a program that is on the caliber of Ohio State, those things should not happen.

Was it Ohio State shooting itself in the foot or Mattison locking it down? And you want to talk about shooting yourself in the foot, Borges was doing that all day! Here, let's on a third and short line up our running QB (who hasn't a good at throwing when healthy) who hasn't thrown a pass all day behind center, I'm sure the defense won't know what's coming

. With the game plan Borges called, a grade schooler could have called the defense against that. So yeah, had Robinson not been injured (and Toussiant) and had Borges called a game like he did against Iowa, the results would have been different. However they weren't, and I'll tip my hat to that, but that was hardly a dominate preformance.

BoiseMike19 · Jul 31, 2013

Above Expectations:
TCU
Oregon State
Syracuse
Northwestern
Utah State

Below Expectations:
Texas
Boise State
Florida
tOSU
UCLA

ellupo · Jul 31, 2013

GoBlueNavyNuke said:
One, that is not the argument I was making.

Two, I wouldn't thump my chest too hard over that win if I were you. Ohio St. only beat Michigan by 5, at home, with Michigan's offensive star no where near 100%, the starting RB on the DL and OC who had his head up his ass the whole game. So yes, Ohio St. was lucky that that beat Michigan, just like they were lucky to beat Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, and MSU (two of whom are Big Ten bottom feeders).

The year before Michigan fans were thumping their chest over beating a Buckeye team with no coach and most losses in 100 years.

Boise4Life · Jul 31, 2013

BoiseMike19 said:
Above Expectations:
TCU
Oregon State
Syracuse
Northwestern
Utah State

Below Expectations:
Texas
Boise State
Florida
tOSU
UCLA

Pretty solid list. I think my team performs below expectations in 2013 too. I absolutely hate saying it but it's the truth.

TonyTheGator · Jul 31, 2013

BoiseMike19 said:
Above Expectations:
TCU
Oregon State
Syracuse
Northwestern
Utah State

Below Expectations:
Texas
Boise State
Florida
tOSU
UCLA

So, please elaborate on what you think "expectations" are for Florida, and why you think they won't reach those expectations.

TexasExes98 · Jul 31, 2013

I think the expectations for Texas will be good simply b/c Mack Brown finally has the pressure on him. Rumor has it 4 out of the 6 boosters who pay his salary are pissed and have issued an ultimatum to Dodds and Powers. Also heard Mack no longer has the support from the political side from the UT alumni in the Texas State Legislature. These are the people who needed to get pissed in order to shake things up and throw pressure down. IMO, if Mack has another subpar season, Dodds will be forced to retire and Mack resigns as head coach and takes over as our AD. Then it's, HELLO GARY MOTHERFUCKINPATTERSON!!!!!!

AU'Niner in MD · Jul 31, 2013

Would 8 wins for AU be considered suprisingly good? I'd prefer 10, but 8 is a vast improvement from last year.

BoiseMike19 · Jul 31, 2013

TonyTheGator said:
So, please elaborate on what you think "expectations" are for Florida, and why you think they won't reach those expectations.

Gator, don't let your butthole pucker so much, it leads to acid reflux and premature hair loss. Notice a few things in my list.

All listed "below expectations" are solid programs whose fan base considers anything less than a Conference Championship a failure"

My team is on that list.

If I had to bet, your team lose 3 within the toughest conference. My team loses 2 in the 5th or 6th toughest Conference.

Both our teams were ranked higher than they deserved at years end.

Relax, it is just one self admitted goobers thoughts.

4down20 · Jul 31, 2013

AU'Niner in MD said:
Would 8 wins for AU be considered suprisingly good? I'd prefer 10, but 8 is a vast improvement from last year.

There is no way in hell AU gets 8 wins next year. I will gladly make an avatar bet with you on this.

osubuckeye89 · Jul 31, 2013

GoBlueNavyNuke said:
That assumes your argument has any logic to begin with.

Every analyst stated Michigan was much better than the record, outside of the Alabama game each one of Michian's losses very easily could have been a win and they were all against highly ranked teams. On the flip side, many of Ohio States games could have easily been loses, and to your typical bottom feeders.

Michigan's games against Air Force, Michigan State and Northwestern could had easily been losses as well....that stupid argument goes both ways. A win is a win.

Michigan got throttled by Bama

played one of the sloppiest games of all times against Notre Dame....turning it over the same amount of times as points scored (6)

put up a whooping 9 points on Nebraska, while failing to reach 200 yards offensively

They played Ohio State close, yet were still outgained by over 100 yards (Michigan scored 0 points and had only about 70 total yards in the 2nd half)

Jack_John_Mark · Jul 31, 2013

iowajerms said:
You're expecting them to be surprise bad? They are expected to do very good, especially with their schedule. Nobody would be surprised if they finish the season with a loss or 2. So, if you are saying they will be the surprise team of the year, it has to mean surprise bad.

Most people are expecting 4 losses

starbigd · Jul 31, 2013

BoiseMike19 said:
Above Expectations:
TCU
Oregon State
Syracuse
Northwestern
Utah State

Below Expectations:
Texas
Boise State
Florida
tOSU
UCLA

Texas is expected to finish 4th in the conference.......you think they're going to be worse than that? Please elaborate.

TonyTheGator · Jul 31, 2013

TonyTheGator said:
So, please elaborate on what you think "expectations" are for Florida, and why you think they won't reach those expectations.

BoiseMike19 said:
Gator, don't let your butthole pucker so much, it leads to acid reflux and premature hair loss. Notice a few things in my list.

All listed "below expectations" are solid programs whose fan base considers anything less than a Conference Championship a failure"

My team is on that list.

If I had to bet, your team lose 3 within the toughest conference. My team loses 2 in the 5th or 6th toughest Conference.

Both our teams were ranked higher than they deserved at years end.

Relax, it is just one self admitted goobers thoughts.

Why don't you just try to answer the question, intelligently, instead of going off on some psycho bullshit that is nothing more than being a CBS troll? Sorry, but "anything less than a conference championship" is not a failure, and the vast majority of Gator fans are not expecting that, so you just failed.

ellupo · Jul 31, 2013

TonyTheGator said:
Why don't you just try to answer the question, intelligently, instead of going off on some psycho bullshit that is nothing more than being a CBS troll? Sorry, but "anything less than a conference championship" is not a failure, and the vast majority of Gator fans are not expecting that, so you just failed.

I would think after what FL did in SEC play last year they would be expecting to get better and beat GA and make it to a CCG.

BoiseMike19 · Jul 31, 2013

starbigd said:
Texas is expected to finish 4th in the conference.......you think they're going to be worse than that? Please elaborate.

What? You may find an obscure guy with some slight media attention (probably from Norman or Dallas) making this claim. But you are high if you think the bar nationally is set tnat low for Texas. Translation - If Texas finishes without the Big XII title, all fans north of Houston will mourn. You will be wearing a Union jacket, holding the stars and bars flag, staring at the gound while you say..."Dad I told you so". Be realistic if you are going to be.

TonyTheGator · Jul 31, 2013

ellupo371 said:
I would think after what FL did in SEC play last year they would be expecting to get better and beat GA and make it to a CCG.

The majority of Gator fans had no expectations of the success that we reaped last year. We realize that Muschamp is still building this team to his liking, and we realize that we still have weaknesses. The only "expectations" I have for the Gators in the upcoming season is to strengthen those weaknesses. If that occurs, success will follow.

ellupo · Jul 31, 2013

TonyTheGator said:
The majority of Gator fans had no expectations of the success that we reaped last year. We realize that Muschamp is still building this team to his liking, and we realize that we still have weaknesses. The only "expectations" I have for the Gators in the upcoming season is to strengthen those weaknesses. If that occurs, success will follow.

Sounds reasonable. I guess I always expect the Buckeyes to improve. This year for instance, I am hoping they do not play close to those teams they are better than. Also I hope BM can do better in the throwing game.

Edisto_Tiger · Jul 31, 2013

The Tigers. We gonna be in the NATTY!! Dabo you face!!

geneh_33 · Jul 31, 2013

Edisto_Tiger said:
The Tigers. We gonna be in the NATTY!! Dabo you face!!

We'll allow that. As long as we get to go to the Orange Bowl! :lol:

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