Starters vs Texas

[IrishBroker]

I would love to have them both come out in backfield but then have a direct snap to Cj Sanders in motion...

Because Malik Jefferson wouldn't see that coming

 

[Domina Nostra]

I heard it was a twisting, I've been really hoping Martini wins hte job though.

Me too. He's actually a perfect Will.

Looks like Martini would back up both Sam and Mike even if he starts at Will, so Coney would would be the first off the bench if any of the starters are injured.

This. Seems pretty straightforward.

 

[Domina Nostra]

In other words, very few teams can match up against our starters, but our second string is much closer to the pack. And because we are always playing motivated teams who give us their all, we need our starters to win.

I'm confused why people are so confident in knowing what we have? Is this 'on paper'? If so, I'd say Weiss had some great teams on paper. We have no idea what we have yet. We have a few proven players and two QBs who appear capable of playing winning football. No idea on defense. Our WRs are a gigantic question mark without a true speedster like we had last year. . . . Our 2nd team looks as capable as our first team except on DL/OL. Everything else appears to be a toss-up.

That happens when you have a population of people who only follow one team extremely closely. They become immune to how well other teams recruit and develop, and heaven forbid, turn some 3-stars into big time players. Look at FSU, OSU, Bama, LSU, Oklahoma, Clemson, USC's recruiting. It's scary compared to ours.

Yet over the last 5 years we beat LSU, split with USC and Oklahoma, and lost close to Clemson.... OSU and Alabama are clearly better.

I said very few teams can match up against our starters. We went 10-2 last year, but weren't able to sub much. Why? We didn't trust the back-ups.

Then you named the elite programs in college football. Well... those would be the team who can beat our starters!

Still, we are ranked 8 over the last 5 years. Of course Alabama's No. 1 in 5-year recruiting rankings, but Baylor's the most improved power - SBNation.com Where Alabama and OSU are different is that they can absorb key injuries. FSU and USC are moving in that direction. UGA, FSU, and LSU are also close. We can't, in my opinion.

This year the gap between our starters and back-ups is smaller. I hope we utilize them.