That’s a fair way of putting it and you’re spot on with the rest. Hopefully Prater can get the same work Des got over his 4 years to improve accuracy, awareness and working through progressions. Might wanna get him linked up with Jordan Palmer.
Got seven in our crew, headed to Fayetteville Friday morning. Cats by 4, bet the under....
I would imagine Bryant, with him being named a team captain.
I’ve got Arkansas covering the -6.5 spread easily. UC lost way, way too many guys to go into a Top 25 SEC team’s backyard and expect to win.
Arkansas, coming off their best season in a decade, lost a lot too. Arguably their best returning WR is an Oklahoma transfer that hasn’t really done much so far in his career. And Jefferson isn’t exactly known for his pin point accuracy.
You call it pessimism, I'll call it reality. They aren't going to go 12-0, then 13-0 and make the Playoff again. I think 10-2/9-3 is attainable with a spot in the AAC Championship Game for the 4th year in a row and a shot at the NY6 Bowl.
Lot of pessimism on this board. Bearcats have a more talented roster this year, but much less experience. I’d feel great about Arkansas mid season but breaking in new players might be rough. The conference looks a lot tougher this year as well. They should compete for another conference title and New Years bowl.
I think everyone here is completely underestimating our QB room. We had an Elite 11 commit come in and transfer out within a week of seeing how deep the room was. Everyone seems familiar with Prater but seem to forget Bryant nearly overtook Ridder. Now he’s back with a year of starting experience, he’s going to be real good too.
Thats fine. i'm not expecting to go undefeated. If we played arkansas midseason i'd expect to win, but tomorrow will be tough. My point was a random fan reading this board would expect UC to drop way off. People talking earlier in thread that they'll need a few years in the big12 to build up the roster when UC would have already been the most talented team in that conference the last 2 seasons. Someone even said 8 wins in the big12 would be a success for this program. Thats nuts. People seriously underrate the amount of talent in Clifton.
UC can play Arkansas tomorrow, next week, next month, at Thanksgiving, at Christmas, at the Pro Bowl, it doesn’t matter. They’re not gonna win.
So you're saying at some critical positions, QB and OL they have more depth. That doesn't mean they're more talented.
You fail to understand the difference between a starting lineup and a full roster, which is why you continue to miss my point.
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Well PSU Qb is in this 6th year so there’s hope for Prater.
That's simply not true. There is an argument to be had that maybe last year they were as talented as some of the Big 12 teams, but more talented or the most talented had they been in the Big 12 - that's just not true. Take off your Red and Black glasses.
I think you fail to understand how talented the team/roster was last year.
Correct. I’m not certain but of the 9 UC players drafted in April I don’t believe any were better then a 3 star out of high school.
