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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 594765" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>We have been a .500 program over the last 4 years, went 7-6 last year, are completely retooling the offense. trying to build a defense that hasn't been good in a decade, and are doing both those on the back of recruiting classes that have been mediocre. People are grasping at 2008 as a reason for optimism, but we weren't trying to rebuild the defense in 2008. Our defense, at that time, had a history of being good, had 4 future NFL defensive linemen, and it was based on those things that 2008 was built on. We held our first 11 opponents to 28 or less and the first 7 to 20 or less. We won 2/3rds of our games that year in those first 7 and it wasn't until game 11 against Miami where our offense really hit stride. There isn't a similar anchor on this year's upcoming team. There is no reason to believe we'll be able to ride our defense while our offense gets sorted out or ride our offense while our defense gets sorted out. Our front 7 on defense and everything but RB on offense are big question marks and while some will inevitably be answer favorably it's also an almost certainty that we will have big problems on both sides of the ball this year for most, if not all, of the season. </p><p></p><p>Our schedule is set up in such a way that after clemson we have a 4 game stretch where we could win without playing great while we work through growing pains, but outside of citadel none of those are gimme games and after UNC we could lose to anyone on the schedule even if we do play well. There is a path to 6-7 wins so if you want to wear the gold tinted lenses go for it, but there is no reason to believe anyone outside of the fanbase will, or should, see things that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 594765, member: 2299"] We have been a .500 program over the last 4 years, went 7-6 last year, are completely retooling the offense. trying to build a defense that hasn't been good in a decade, and are doing both those on the back of recruiting classes that have been mediocre. People are grasping at 2008 as a reason for optimism, but we weren't trying to rebuild the defense in 2008. Our defense, at that time, had a history of being good, had 4 future NFL defensive linemen, and it was based on those things that 2008 was built on. We held our first 11 opponents to 28 or less and the first 7 to 20 or less. We won 2/3rds of our games that year in those first 7 and it wasn't until game 11 against Miami where our offense really hit stride. There isn't a similar anchor on this year's upcoming team. There is no reason to believe we'll be able to ride our defense while our offense gets sorted out or ride our offense while our defense gets sorted out. Our front 7 on defense and everything but RB on offense are big question marks and while some will inevitably be answer favorably it's also an almost certainty that we will have big problems on both sides of the ball this year for most, if not all, of the season. Our schedule is set up in such a way that after clemson we have a 4 game stretch where we could win without playing great while we work through growing pains, but outside of citadel none of those are gimme games and after UNC we could lose to anyone on the schedule even if we do play well. There is a path to 6-7 wins so if you want to wear the gold tinted lenses go for it, but there is no reason to believe anyone outside of the fanbase will, or should, see things that way. [/QUOTE]
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