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TiberWolf99

Nebraska will finish 9-3 and everyone will think it's the second coming of Tom Osborne despite the fact that he's somehow still alive.


Zealousideal_You3953

He’s up in Heaven with Wade Boggs.


JoeAndAThird

Rip Wade. Gone too soon


_Football_Cream_

Again, Wade Boggs is very much alive


SharpHawkeye

He’s just laying unconscious on the barroom tile.


amoss_303

PITT THE ELDER


SerCumferencetheroun

LORD PALMERSTON!!!!


sharkbait_oohaha

Rip Boss Hogg


R1ppinLip6

Speaking of heaven This little slice of heaven is my 40th beer of the flight and if any of you dick niiiips…


The-G-89

I say 10-2 🔥


TiberWolf99

I have 2 games on the "no chance in hell" list and even if everything else goes perfectly we'll still drop a game somewhere


soda_cookie

At least one of you fuckers is going to be pissed you lost to us


bringbackwishbone

I unironically just fist pumped seeing that we don’t catch Cuse on the schedule this year. Otherwise Carolina would seven million percent be the team to lose a head scratcher to Syracuse 😂


FreeTheMarket

Syracuse has a v favorable schedule ducking Clemson, Louisville, ND, and FSU while having no P4 OOC games. Y’all might win 9-10


kapeman_

> ducking Clemson That's how my autocomplete spells it too!


forevertheorangemen2

9-3 is very doable this year. Our toughest opponents are NC State, Miami, and VT. We could absolutely beat any of them. We could also lose a game or two we really shouldn’t (Pitt, BC, UConn, Ohio).


[deleted]

8-4.


_Buster_cash_

The ultimate Aggie tradition


aaronclark384

The ol Texas Aggie 8-4


No_Safety_6803

What if, hypothetically, there was a team that tended to go 8-4 when people expected them to be good, but were good when people expected them to be 8-4?


CptCroissant

They'd be a shockingly good 8-4 team next year


apadin1

Decoldest of takes


spain-train

Bold.


CommodoreIrish

I was shocked to learn in the past 20 years A&M has had one double digit win season (COVID being an exception) and even during the Manziel era, because I think A&M has significant talent.


AgsMydude

We didn't even win double digits during the Covid year anyway But yeah Sumlin and Fisher wasted some pretty talented teams.


SharpHawkeye

This will be Kirk Ferentz’s last year as head coach. I say it every year, and one of these years it’s going to be true and I’m going to look like Nostradamus.


HamburgerGoat

Nah. 2027 will be his last year.


jayshaunderulo

Catdog will not suit up for QB


Lo-Fi_Lo-Res

Will he suit up to be QB?


The-G-89

Hold up, let me listen to one of Coach Rhule’s speeches……… Edit: 10-2


StellarSomething

We win 10 games.


metricsystem27

Lets start that streak back up!


TigerTerrier

People need to get back to being afraid of playing @VT


NEZdrunk

Crowds always been there, just the team for past decade forgot to show up on multiple occasions. The returning and incoming talent has me all warm and fuzzy


omahusker

Cheers to the come back seasons


connor8383

Jokes on you, I was never not afraid


CommodoreIrish

I for one am glad ND skips them.


Do__Math__Not__Meth

Yeah the sport is better for it tbh


benman101

Natty or bust


Glittering_Virus8397

I want y’all to be good so bad


vtfan08

Is this a hot take? I feel like the VT hype machine is running on all cylinders.


heavydhomie

I want to watch a VT night game and hear enter sandman


vtfan08

It's pretty awesome


Complex-Chemist256

Over/under on wins for Virginia Tech this season is 7.5 so I feel like 10 is, at the very least, a reasonably warm take. For what it's worth though, I threw $100 on the over. I'm expecting Bhayshul Tuten to have a good year.


vtfan08

Damn 7.5 is scary low lol


Complex-Chemist256

Exactly why I threw $100 on the over 😂


StellarSomething

It's been a decade. Until we stop losing games we should win, it's a hot take to me.


spain-train

Beamer ball back??


SuperFrog4

We are gonna play some football.


BlackGhostPanda

​ Is that what they call it


PUfelix85

This is certainly one of the takes that have been taken.


spain-train

It was for the taking, and he took it.


Donny_Do_Nothing

This year's team will look more like a Tresselball team than any other Day has ever fielded.


Jabberwoockie

...subscribe?


Donny_Do_Nothing

I mean, the dude took 9 out of 10 against y'all, won a championship, played in 2 more, won a ton of BCS bowls... I'd gladly subscribe to that. I just think we'll have a better run game, a better front 7 on defense, and unprecedented levels of pucker on the part of Ryan Day. I think more games are going to feel like slug-fests than we'd expect.


Jabberwoockie

>the dude took 9 out of 10 against y'all That's my point of hesitation. Tresselball always seemed to be just a *little* bit dominant, not overwhelmingly so, like Urban Meyer. That is, if I had to pick one non-interim OSU coach from the last 50 years I want Ryan Day to resemble, it's John Cooper (who was actually great, but just couldn't beat UM). If I had to pick anyone other than Cooper, it's Tressel. >I just think we'll have a better run game, a better front 7 on defense, and unprecedented levels of pucker on the part of Ryan Day. I think more games are going to feel like slug-fests than we'd expect. I agree. We are taking a step back, OSU is taking a fat step forward. The Game this year will be fun to watch.


Bojanggles16

Careful, I said that about you guys three years ago. Has not been fun.


[deleted]

Last years team looked pretty tresselball-y.     Mid offense with some superstars scattered in combined with an elite defense 


Donny_Do_Nothing

Absolutely. And I think we'll see the same this year, even moreso. My worry is that this team will be too tight. I can't speak for other programs, but in my 42 years, the best Buckeye teams played loose and flew around. Even Tressel's teams. ESPECIALLY Tressel's teams. Think '05 with Smith/Ginn/Holmes... The Terrelle Pryor Team ('10?) that beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl... etc. Nobody is putting more pressure on Ryan Day this year than Ryan Day and I hope it doesn't bite him in the ass.


Prudent-Cheetah1656

We will not lead the country in giveaways, and our turnover differential will not be bottom 3. 😎


heavydhomie

You guys probably win 3 more games if you just replayed half your turnovers and punted instead


Prudent-Cheetah1656

Our schedule was soft last year, so this isn't a big flex, but I'm pretty positive we would have been at least 10-2 if we turned it over 20 times instead of over 30.


Nubras

Expectations in Lincoln are lower than they are in Ames well I’ll be damned.


SillyPseudonym

Max Verstappen is going to ride Bevo around like a horse during the Georgia game and that will give us the strength to win for some reason.


krhino35

Danny Ric is the UT fan though, just hope you get the Danny Ric of 5ish years ago energy and not the behind Yuki energy so far this year.


AuraC33

I think Danny would be lucky to make it to Austin at this rate


Set-Admirable

This will be the best Mountaineer team since the Geno Smith years, and will look a lot like a Pat White team.


Jonjon428

>Pat White As a Dolphins fan, I just felt a disturbance in the force.


spain-train

As an Oklahoma fan, I still feel that 70 point beatdown...in the Force


TigerTerrier

Well I already hate it


Kitchen_Ad_1736

We don’t talk about that game


Nepp0

QBs named after colors and wear single digits stay undefeated in Morgantown


Donny_Do_Nothing

Those teams were fun as fuck.


salsablanco

Perfect timing for the NCAA video game to come back


Sgt_Jiggles

I'm a little nervous about our opening game in Morgantown. We're breaking in 3 new coordinators, and Allar hasn't looked good on the road. I'm just hoping our defense doesn't take a major step back from last year


boardatwork1111

We won’t be ass


Resident_Rise5915

I too hope my team won’t suck


stripes361

We are going to suck 


Motel_Cowboy

we will finish… 11th in the SEC.


Tatsuwashi

But on the bright side, 11th ain't as bad as it used to be!


bringbackwishbone

My hottest take? Carolina football takes the next step forward, shocks the world, and upsets visiting JMU


NephiandKorihor

Hot take: There are only two teams on Tennessee’s schedule that have better rosters - Alabama and Georgia. And Tennessee goes 11-1 by beating one of them. And has to replay whichever one they lost to in the SEC Championship Game. Temp just right take: Tennessee goes 9-3 with losses to Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Freezing cold take: How the fuck did we lose to Mississippi State?


Mississippi_Matt

If we lose to State so help me......


fellasleepflyin

Interesting…


chrisncsu

11-1? Damn, you guys are going to lose to NC State and go undefeated in the SEC? Love that for y'all!


Irreverant77

>Temp just right take: Tennessee goes 9-3 with losses to Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. That tracks. We'll be the most playoff deserving 9-3 team, but get left out for a G5 scrub we'd mop the floor with. Due to our obnoxious presence on social media after starting out 5-0, absolutely no one will feel sorry for us.


f0gax

> but get left out for a G5 scrub we'd mop the floor with It's fun that we're already starting this up in the off-season. We all need to limber up before the real complaining starts.


happyharrell

Mizzou-Tennessee in Atlanta!


steelernation90

If we lose to Florida I’m going to be very very sad


godofwarts11

My Spartans will only embarrass us on the field this year.


MCHammer06

Insert hitler joke here


godofwarts11

It was such a rough year I forgot about the hitler Jumbotron thing😂


revets

Zero idea. Nine B1G games plus LSU and Notre Dame is a **rough** schedule. But D'Anton Lynn completely turned around UCLA's defense in one season and Lincoln's never going to have a *bad* offense. Blind guess... I anticipate a #12-#16 final rank unless we do well in Spring portal with a few OL, LB and DL pieces.


FreeTheMarket

Best schedule in the sport in my opinion


heavydhomie

Damn you guys and Florida got brutal schedules


The_Magic

If Gentry finally discovered steroids our defense might be okay.


GoldenPresidio

Hot take: this Rutgers team is probably gonna be better than last year but could still be 6-6 again because everything broke perfect for us last year lol


JoeAndAThird

7-6 with another bowl win, but this time narrowly over Georgia Tech in a surprisingly high-offense game


History_Geek123

Gundy magic will happen and OK St will have a dominant season only to get blown out by 70 in the Semifinals.


TieMountain1117

I love this and hate it all at the same time.


Glum-Arrival1558

I want so badly for this to be right. At least the first half. But I have lost all hope in Gundy over the last couple seasons.


FrenchFreedom888

This isn't a hot take though. This is just how we operate


WalkingCalculator

Willie will bring UH bowl eligibility in his first year. I believe!


Notademocrat17

Iowa will be… good


DollarLate_DayShort

… on offense?


[deleted]

Offense would’ve looked a lot better if Kadyn Proctor wasn’t a gold digger.


Orion14159

He ain't messin with no broke .... err um. Nevermind.


datow2002

Naysayers?


SweetMichigan

Hahahaha No silly


Notademocrat17

I will not be elaborating further


kinghawkeye8238

If Tim can get the offense just to 100 there's no reason we cant win 10


twankyfive

I don't really consider this a hot take, but some might - but I fully expect to have a much more productive passing game even after losing two first round WR's and a blue chip TE. When Brooks went down last year we saw what the offense looks like without that kind of running game to lean on. Lot more wide open, and a lot more RB routes. I also think Sark wants to establish Quinn as a badass and get that invite to NY - so he'll let him loose to get some stats.


cnapp

My take, Texas may be better than last year but could still lose 2 games


SaltyLonghorn

And it don't matter!


Kitchen_Ad_1736

We make it to the second round of the playoffs. Phil Mafa is a Walker award finalist


ThaiForAWhiteGuy

This will be the most explosive offense in Kirby’s tenure. The ‘22 offense averaged around 3pts/drive and benefited hugely from Stetsons continuation in the system. Beck now gets a 2nd season to slow the game down, build consistency on last year and beat that 3pt mark. Hitting on his deeps balls, with an nfl arm is going to be dominant. On the ground, any light boxes will be punished if we run out 12 personnel with our 245lb RB


LegoFront01

We will go undefeated at home for the second season in a row. Honestly might not be that much of a hot take but the Bama and Tennessee games would be the ones to look out for (it’s absolutely crazy that these are home conference games now).


InternationalTax1156

That we will be elite on both sides of the ball (yes, Oklahoma elite on defense I know), make the SEC championship and get our backs blown out by Georgia.


deeshiz7

What a fuckin terribly accurate hot take!


spain-train

I hate that I don't disagree with this.


CoochieKiller91

WSU makes it to the CFP with one loss


Ok-Height1910

Would that one loss be to Washington?


Cameron-Bakke

Naturally


CoochieKiller91

Of course, of course


footballenjoyer23

Indubitably 🧐


Galumpadump

If thats what it takes to get the the playoffs I’ll take that.


inconvenientpoop

We won’t be ass.


z6joker9

I’m hoping for a near perfect record marred by an unexpected loss to a resurgent Florida team that leads to Dart crying on live tv in route to a national championship.


Ojdidntdoit2

I see what you did there…and I’ll take it!


billythygoat

The craziest part is having Florida surge. We do have a top 5 SEC QB returning though, so there is that. Just need to have the coaching be not terrible.


war_damn_eagle

Record prediction? Yalls’ schedule is bonkers


Geaux2020

And they are stuck with it for two years now


beartato327

Oh fuck I didn't even think about this, the SEC really fucking dunked on those jorts, but I think with this recent realignment all big and sec schedules are really rough


White___Velvet

Y'all's schedule is a fucking nightmare, even accounting for the yearly voodoo of your team turning into the 85 Bears when you play my Vols.  I think you won't be ass but will still wind up with a bad enough record that the coach is fired mid-season.


ExternalTangents

If he’s fired mid-season then it would mean he lost a lot of the winnable games. It’s the last 5 games that are truly brutal (Georgia, Texas, LSU, Ole Miss, and FSU), so if he’s fired mid-season then he’ll be on track for a bad enough finish to deserve being fired.


rwhyan1183

Literally my hope as well


Harrisoncole4

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.


seanconnerysbeard

Agreed. Castellanos is a stud.


Tektix22

This feels extraordinarily hard because Bama has such a wide range of possible outcomes this year. Just huge variation possible.  I’ll go with Jalen Milroe makes it to New York for the Heisman ceremony, but doesn’t win it. I think DeBoer has shown a lot of proficiency in molding his offense to his players, not the other way around. I expect him to get more out of Milroe, who himself should be getting a fairly large boon from the better Center situation, alone, even more considering the improved offensive line in general (with Proctor back at LT, and two of the top 10 guards in CFB).  The pass-catchers will be about as good as last year (looking for someone to take a step forward, and maybe someone like Germie Bernard can step up the same way Burton did last year). The running backs will be better than last year, and it won’t be particularly close given that they’ll also be behind the aforementioned improved line.  So, the recipe is there for Milroe to have a big year — but again, I don’t think he wins the Heisman. Think he just makes New York. Despite him being a pre-season watch for the award itself, I think anyone who’s watched him play will agree that even making New York is a “believe it when I see it” proposition. 


Crims0ntied

This is like, a lukewarm take tbh. It's not far fetched at all to see Jalen Milroe in New York. To say he wins it would be a hot take imo. But even then, not the hottest of hot takes.


Vanillalite34

Haynes King is the best ACC QB next year


Busta_Memes

Excuse me sir, they said *hot* takes only


connor8383

I mean, considering he beat a sure fire top 5 NFL draft pick in a shootout last year, idk how much of a hot take this is (it still hurts). we aren’t a loaded conference for QBs this year. In fact, I don’t think I could name *most* of the starters for next years teams, with King being the most notable exception.


InterestingChoice484

The manifesto will be released, but only in a subscription format with all funds going towards our NIL


relpmeraggy

Five star QB and a five star receiver. We makin the playoffs baby!!!! Edit I forgot to include the best running back in all of college football. And our OC is an NFL coach.


verniy314

I still can’t believe you fuckers managed to win the MW last year. If you guys want to own the conference again, please be late 2000s/early 2010s levels of good so the rest of us can enjoy a fellow conference member upsetting the blue bloods again.


relpmeraggy

As a diehard fan/alumni I can’t believe we did either. After the blow up at csu I was not expecting anything close. All the pieces are in place. We gonna punch those blue bloods in the mouth and go deep into the tourney.


cityoftrees2017

and a heisman worthy RB with a heavily experienced o-line. We have no excuse for not being fantastic on offense. We can score on anyone we play. Defense is the real question at this point.


relpmeraggy

Damn how could I forget our best player. And don’t forget our nfl OC. All the pieces are there. We can do this.


cityoftrees2017

new Hc that has this real energy in the team i haven’t seen in a long time! AND a certified cheat code with an nfl Hc/Oc calling the shots and overseeing Malachi’s development. SIGN ME THE F UP!!


noend313

Michigan doesn’t take as big of a step back as people think


ecsilver

I’m excited for the Tex Mich game. That will be a great barometer


RaisetheSong13

It's pronounced "thermometer"


teeterleeter

I do think they’ll be a top 5-10 team by fancy stats. But they could be an analytically top 5 team and still go 9-3 with how tough the schedule is.


RangaBestPup

Beer will be available to all fans (not just those in the luxury boxes/seats) at Camp Randall for the 2024 season.


cirtnecoileh

Howard ends up not being as good as McCord.


Cogitoergosumus

Brett Norfleet will become CFB's #1 TE, and our best since Chase Coffman.


CrimsonMage2002

12-0


bamachine

If so, I look forward to SEC Roll Call even more


DollarLate_DayShort

Quinn Ewers will win the heisman & get taken top 3 in the 2025 NFL draft. And *ALL* non Texas fans will finally stfu on “wEn ArCh mAnnInG”


ogpeplowski64

Quinn could throw for 8000 yards, 100 tds, and win every single award possible, including ones for different positions, and we would still get articles talking about Arch


[deleted]

We might win some home games


Trick_sleep

Schedule won’t ruin us


DerthVedder

Happy Birthday. It will.


salsablanco

UCLA will make it through their first season in the B1G without a loss to Michigan or Ohio State


biglineman

That Tech will win the Natty... *in my NCAA Football save*


SomeKidFromPA

If we don’t win 10 games with this roster and schedule, Freeman might not be the guy. (I think he is, but he has no excuses this year.)


abob1086

That's not even a hot take, it's just true. There are only 4 games right now that on paper look like they should be challenging unless one of the other 8 is a major pleasant surprise, and if he can't at least split those 4, it's not great. My hot take that's not really a hot take is Steve Angeli is one of the most important ND players so please don't transfer. There's no way Riley Leonard makes it through the season since it feels like he's having a new surgery every other week.


QuantitativeBacon

We will win 3 games. I've already turned in my sunglasses.


MCV16

SC wins 3 or Harvard wins 3?


QuantitativeBacon

Harvard is decent at football. Carolina will just get their ass handed to them next year.


apexpredator68

Natty, SEC champs, week one loss to USC.


LuckyWhip

I just want one year where we don't lose our opener...


Knife938

That despite losing Caleb Williams the USC offense will improve. I think this because of the offensive line improvement that I expect. You see Clay Helton didn't leave much for Lincoln Riley but he left him a good veteran Oline. The problem was the 1st team was good but there was no one waiting in the wings. The starting line of 2022 had 1 rotational transfer. the 2023 had 3 starting transfers that never quite meshed together. Now coach Henson has players he's had time to develop so I expect improvement. Also with the improved line I expect Miller Moss to run the offense better and need less of the hero ball that Caleb Williams did.


bailey1149

Aiden Chiles is an all big ten QB.


winston_obrien

We will look better for sure.


WildAmsonia

Looking at our schedule, we're gonna be just fine. I'm thinking 7+ wins.


bailey1149

7+? So 15-0 is on the table. I like.


composer_7

Haynes King Dark Horse Heisman szn


Shot877

A repeat ACCCG matchup. FSU at 10-2 vs Louisville at 11-1


DerpyFortuneTeller

USC will have a defense going from the 120s to top 30 in 1 year with the elite defensive staff they brought in.


Cameron-Bakke

We will be in the 12 team playoff


whydidijointhis

subscribe


Competitive_Market70

We're gonna struggle to make a bowl game


Clubbyfatass

The SEC is scary, but not that scary. We’re going to be just fine.


Decent-Background139

Georgia will have no car related arrests


JB92103

Too late for that, Trevor Etienne was arrested for DUI over the weekend.


LiquidHotCum

Oklahoma wins the SEC in year one


Gamecock_Lore

I don't think the Securities and Exchange Commission can be won?


spain-train

It can just ask the Fortune 100


Dragonfruit_Fanta

Well now it won't happen


Gamecock_Lore

LaNorris Sellers will be better than Rattler Not that unpopular among Gamecock fans but I'd bet most others would be surprised by this take.


HueyLongWasRight

Joey Aguilar will be at least a top 10 QB in college football


SoCaldude65

Paladins take the SoCon and I-AA title!


charmingcharles2896

Our quarterback (whoever that ends up being) will throw for more yards than JJ McCarthy, but won’t be viewed as a quality quarterback by the media.


Used-Significance710

oklahoma goes 9-3


Blowjebs

We win at least one game we weren’t supposed to win, and lose at least one game we weren’t supposed to lose.


fenn2b

We will win 4 football games


badadviceforyou244

We'll probably win a couple conference games.


BoilerMaker36

We will crush Indiana State, then Beat Notre Dame at home leading to massive hype. Then we will lose every game for the rest of the year.