MN Daily: With this schedule, there is a strong chance the Gophers’ best-case scenario is going 8-4, but the team has the potential to fall to 7-5

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I think 10-2 is doable. If Lindsey makes the next step and WR's improve this offense could be impressive. Need to be able to run the football. Hope we can figure that out we have talent on the line and in the RB room. Penn State looks more like Iowa State. Michgan is still Michigan but with the off-season issues you never know. I say 8-4 should be the floor.
 

Title of the thread is a little off...

"strong chance the Gophers' best-case scenario is going 8-4, but the team has the potential to fall to 7-5..."

A 1 game W-L difference is really not falling.

If want to stick with these "predictions," then probably better reads: "...strong chance the Gophers best-case scenario is going 8-4, but the team has the potential to trip to 7-5..."

Similar to Drew Wolitarski here...

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BilldGopher said:
Title of the thread is a little off...

"strong chance the Gophers' best-case scenario is going 8-4, but the team has the potential to fall to 7-5..."

A 1 game W-L difference is really not falling.

If want to stick with these "predictions," then probably better reads: "...strong chance the Gophers best-case scenario is going 8-4, but the team has the potential to trip to 7-5..."

Similar to Drew Wolitarski here...

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Some guy said:
Lose QB for season week 1 or 2 and 2-10 probably on the table.
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Some guy said:
I think this team goes 2-10 without a QB though.
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I like your takes Some Guy, but I am not worried if Drake goes down... I don't want him to, btw.

What I saw of Shikenjanski last year showed me he is capable and a worthy B10 backup and if he can't do it Lansu will show that he is up to playing at this level.

No, right now I fear losing DT or AJ more than anyone else.
 


Arminius said:
I like your takes Some Guy, but I am not worried if Drake goes down... I don't want him to, btw.

What I saw of Shikenjanski last year showed me he is capable and a worthy B10 backup and if he can't do it Lansu will show that he is up to playing at this level.

No, right now I fear losing DT or AJ more than anyone else.
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I am not predicting 2-10 if he went down, I’m saying it’s possible. If he is healthy, I do not think 2-10 or 3-9 could happen. 0%
If he was lost for season in camp, 2-10 is >0%
 

PK Fleck special: 7-5 with a loss in a game you should not have lost.

Which means they beat someone that was a tossup/slight underdog as well, but then lost to someone they shouldn't have lost to, preventing it from being a step change better season.


Like it or not, 8-4 is a step change better than 7-5, particularly in bowl game it gets you.
 

GopherGrit said:
PK Fleck special: 7-5 with a loss in a game you should not have lost.

Which means they beat someone that was a tossup/slight underdog as well, but then lost to someone they shouldn't have lost to, preventing it from being a step change better season.


Like it or not, 8-4 is a step change better than 7-5, particularly in bowl game it gets you.
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Yep, sets up for a total 9-win season. Has a nice sound to it on this fine June day...
 

When it used to be that the main way you got a kid to come to your program was to be a great salesman, because all a school could offer was a scholarship .... that's when PJ Fleck had an edge. With his used car salesman skills and all his mumbo-jumbo culture stuff.

But now, what matters is how much money you can offer. Fleck's edge is gone.


He makes crappy in-game decisions. He makes crappy hiring decisions. I don't see him ever substantially overcoming those things, now that he no longer has the edge that made him special at Western Michigan.


Another 7-5 and I'm ready to give someone else a try.

They might be worse, but you can't do better if you don't try.
 



10-2 regular season worst case. Best qb play we have had in a minute, and the most favorable trophy game matchups we have had in a long time.
 



GopherGrit said:
When it used to be that the main way you got a kid to come to your program was to be a great salesman, because all a school could offer was a scholarship .... that's when PJ Fleck had an edge. With his used car salesman skills and all his mumbo-jumbo culture stuff.

But now, what matters is how much money you can offer. Fleck's edge is gone.


He makes crappy in-game decisions. He makes crappy hiring decisions. I don't see him ever substantially overcoming those things, now that he no longer has the edge that made him special at Western Michigan.


Another 7-5 and I'm ready to give someone else a try.

They might be worse, but you can't do better if you don't try.
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*buy* FIFY
 



btowngopher said:
*buy* FIFY
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If you're talking about paying more money for a head coach, I don't think that will happen (nor do we have the budget or donations for it).

If you're talking about paying more money to "buy" players, then you're correct
 


Some guy said:
Lose QB for season week 1 or 2 and 2-10 probably on the table.
I think this team goes 2-10 without a QB though.

I certainly think 10-2 or 11-1 is in the realm of possibilities but unlikely. If Iowa state I mean Penn state is a 7-5 type team and Michigan is disjointed…..I don’t fear Washington but it’s a tough game.
There is only one game that’s an auto L on paper and it’s Indiana.
Now the chances of going unbeaten in the other games is extremely low. But it’s non 0.

I would be surprised with anything outside your range but do think there is a small possibility of anything 2-10 to 11-1
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Your post sums up why I hate pre-season projections where some fans get themselves locked into the idea that there are only a handful of acceptable outcomes when the reality is that things will change and evolve over the course of the season and what seems like a good prediction in June might seem laughable in September.

Especially in this era with so much player movement, it is just so tough to know what you are going to get from teams on a year to year basis. You can anticipate some things but there is also a ton of unknown as to how players will do in new places.

Heck....even Indiana could come crashing back to Earth if Hoover gets hurt of is a bust for some reason.
 

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