Texas

[king]

Over/under 6 wins? for Strongs first year

[Peppermint Patty]

Over.

8-4

Tough to beat Baylor, OU, TT, and UCLA.

If the QB gets fixed, could be as good as 10-2.

[PhatMack19]

The actual vegas line is 8.5.


8-4 would be a good first year for Charlie

http://kegsneggsblog.com/2014/05/22/new-college-football-win-totals-posted-at-5dimes/

[OldTimer]

Texas will be 9 - 3 - that is my prediction.

 

Weak league - will lose to OU, Baylor and UCLA.  Will manage to win at TT but it will be close.

[BlackShirts5]

I'm going 9-4.  They will finish 9-3 but lose in the bowl game.

[PN-G bamatex]

I guess I have to start rooting for the Longhorns now....  :(

[Eazy]

Texas will be 9 - 3 - that is my prediction.

Weak league - will lose to OU, Baylor and UCLA. Will manage to win at TT but it will be close.

I agree with 9-3, assuming the QB play gets fixed. The defense should be excellent, and the RB's are great if they stay healthy. OU, Baylor, and UCLA all look like top 10 teams this year. TCU could pull an upset on Turkey Day too..

[baddog]

Same thoughts as for the Ags. Need to see some competition before attempting to predict wins, especially with a new coach.

[shovel]

 

Over.

8-4

Tough to beat Baylor, OU, TT, and UCLA.

If the QB gets fixed, could be as good as 10-2.

Over, 7-5
They will also get beat in Stillwater.

[PhatMack19]

The whole season depends on Ash's head. If he can stay upright, they can win 9 games. If Ash gets knocked out early it will be a long 1st year for Chucky.


This is from practice today
@mikefinger: Trey Holtz, grandson of Dr. Lou, has looked about as impressive as Tyrone Swoopes and Jerrod Heard this morning.

[PhatMack19]

After saying all along Heard may win the starting job sometime this year, Ketch wrote this today.

quote:
I can't believe I'm typing this, but it's possible that Jerrod Heard needs a redshirt year every bit as much as Tyrone Swoopes, who still very much needs one. The Longhorns really need David Ash to stay on the field because I'm just not sure what the correct play is if he's out of the equation for so much as a painful hangnail.



They are in deep ish the first time Ash takes a hit.....

[Roper84]

After saying all along Heard may win the starting job sometime this year, Ketch wrote this today.

quote:
I can't believe I'm typing this, but it's possible that Jerrod Heard needs a redshirt year every bit as much as Tyrone Swoopes, who still very much needs one. The Longhorns really need David Ash to stay on the field because I'm just not sure what the correct play is if he's out of the equation for so much as a painful hangnail.



They are in deep ish the first time Ash takes a hit.....

That Ketch has a way with words...... :lol:

[whatnamecanipick]

The whole season depends on Ash's head. If he can stay upright, they can win 9 games. If Ash gets knocked out early it will be a long 1st year for Chucky.


This is from practice today
@mikefinger: Trey Holtz, grandson of Dr. Lou, has looked about as impressive as Tyrone Swoopes and Jerrod Heard this morning.

Coach Strong, Chuckie, will win more games in his first year than Coach Sumlin wins his third year.

[Roper84]

Coach Strong, Chuckie, will win more games in his first year than Coach Sumlin wins his third year.

Strong words... ;)

[OldTimer]

Coach Strong, Chuckie, will win more games in his first year than Coach Sumlin wins his third year.

I can actually see that happening.  If A&M's defense does not improve dramatically it could be a long season.

 

Difference is Big 12 - this year (in conference) they play Kansas (3-9), Iowa State (3-9), WVU (4-8) and TCU (4-8).  

 

While A&M plays in conference only one team with a losing record - Arkansas (3-9) - all other 2014 conference foes had winning records with most being ranked.  A&M will face more ranked teams in conference than Texas will face all year - including their bowl game.  Even when you take the cupcakes that A&M has in non-conference their schedule is much tougher than the Longhorn schedule.

 

That was a choice that A&M made when it decided to move to the SEC - you take the rewards along with the lumps that go with that.  I still believe that in the long run it will benefit the Aggie's much better than if they had stayed in the Big 12 - and will make the State of Texas a much more level playing field than it has been in the past - Lets admit it Texas has ruled the State for a long time just today not so much as it was.

[OldTimer]

But still sticking with my 9-3 prediction for Texas Chuckie (your name) will still pull at least one upset and win the games he should.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Texas will be 9 - 3 - that is my prediction.
 
Weak league - will lose to OU, Baylor and UCLA.  Will manage to win at TT but it will be close.

I think they beat OU and Ucla but lose to Baylor, Tech and possibly Okie Lite.

[baddog]

No predictions, but I'm going to say that Texas surprises a bunch of people. We need not listen to Aggie naysayers, because all they can say is that our wins don't add up to theirs because they play in the sec. All teams outside the sec suck, except for Oklahoma and Florida State. Duke puts up a good fight too, being a basketball school and all.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I'll say this: UT will have a better record than Agricultural & Mechanical.

[Eazy]

I guess I missed seeing Texas in the rankings. We're they there? I did happen to see 8 SEC teams though. But whatever. If you finish with a better record then good for you. Success

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I guess I missed seeing Texas in the rankings. We're they there? I did happen to see 8 SEC teams though. But whatever. If you finish with a better record then good for you. Success

good for those 8, that will drastically dwindle down during the season but hey be excited about those preseason rankings ;)

[TxHoops]

I guess I missed seeing Texas in the rankings. We're they there? I did happen to see 8 SEC teams though. But whatever. If you finish with a better record then good for you. Success

Hope this helps..

http://setxsports.com/ip/index.php?/topic/106573-preseason-polls/

To be fair, it was a half dozen threads down the page... Smh

[king]

Is Johnathon Gray gonna come out and show why he was the #1 RB coming out of high school few years ago?

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Is Johnathon Gray gonna come out and show why he was the #1 RB coming out of high school few years ago?

if he can stay healthy.

[TxHoops]

Is Johnathon Gray gonna come out and show why he was the #1 RB coming out of high school few years ago?

Reports are good on his progress. However, the reports on Malcolm Brown are that he is bigger, stronger, and faster than he's ever been. He needs Ash to stay healthy to have a legitimate pass threat but I hear he is poised to have a heckuva season. (And he was also the #1 back in the country coming out of HS.)