Slightly too early predictions for this season

[Pell City Tiger]

He said rectify. And tale. Talking to Buzz.

It's all about dem guns!

[Pell City Tiger]

I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine.

It's epic

[The Prowler]

Auburn wins the first game of the season. I will make my second game prediction the week of the game. I'm taking it one game at a time.

[chinook]

Auburn wins the first game of the season. I will make my second game prediction the week of the game. I'm taking it one game at a time.

Welcome to the board Titan.

[Buzz Killington]

I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine.

I hear the potatoes and the stadium nachos are divine. 

[CCTAU]

We will win them all!

[Godfather]

I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine.

They have an Aunt problem

[AUJarhead]

They have an Aunt problem

My uncle loves it.

[wesfau2]

I accept your challenge.

With 40ish days (you people and your Gregorian calendars), here's what I got:

We'll be 6-0 heading into Baton Rouge...and 10-1 when the crimson horde sullies the Village.

Nate Craig-Myers leads the team in receiving yards.

Pettway is in NYC in December.

Gus's offense, in Lindsey's hands...with Borges's input (somewhere)...will do what it's supposed to do: run the ball to set up play action.  All shall be done as expeditiously as possible unless and until the coaches tell everyone to slow they asses.  Top 10 offense at year's end.

Defense last year:

18th Total Def  (223.6 pypg/124.8 rypg/15.6 ppg)
59th Pass Def (57.3% cmp)
20th Rush Def (3.6 ypg)
71st Sack Def (25)
58th Int Def (11)
17th Def Efficiency (73.3 D/63.2 O)

Lots of experience returning in the defensive back 7 along with numbers and starts returning on the DLine, so I'm predicting appreciable jumps in the defensive numbers.  We end up in the top 20.

That should be enough to make the playoffs. 

I predict a Natty (and I don't mean the swill parading as beer) party hosted by Lurking Tiger, with host/ess duties performed by Sani, GarMan, Tarheel, Ogre, Thrilla and anyone else in the splash-radius.

Come get some on ya.

[War Eagle!!!]

Agree with Wes but it will be Stidham in New York, not Pettyway.

[AUChizad]

I think we beat Clemson because A) They're going to drop off rather significantly in talent whereas we should be upgraded, and B) We get a warm up game this year to work out any bugs, which it seems like an annual problem in our opener.

Once that's in the bag, I agree with Wes that we should be at 6-0 heading into Baton Rouge. I wish I were more confident about that one, but it's hard considering we haven't won there since the fucking Clinton administration. If we drop one, I think it's there.

This is the first year I'm not going to attend the A&M game at Kyle Field with my brother-in-law since they joined the conference, which worries me from a hoodoo perspective. Every year we've played there we were significant dogs but pulled it out, and I credit that to some affinity the football gods have for my wife's brother.

We've only beaten UGA TWICE in the last 11 years. Fuck me. I think we pull out a nail biter, possibly in OT.

We'll come into the Bama game ready to run through a wall. We'll have either the same number of losses or one less than Bama, so the stakes will be high. 2013 redux.

I think we're due.

[Ogre]

I predict a lot of you are in for a letdown.  I see a 9-3 campaign with a bowl victory over <insert generic Big 12 team here>.  The season is too good to fire Malzahn, but not what we were hoping for which will cause a lot of angst among the Family.

Loss to LSU, but we head into Amen Corner on a roll.  We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season.  Win the bowl game to end 10-3 with nothing to show for it.

I also predict the only thing brighter than the sunshine pumping taking place in this thread is the glow on Malzahn's butt as we enter the offseason.

[AUJarhead]

We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season. 

If that happens, no way does Gus keep his job.

[AUChizad]

I predict a lot of you are in for a letdown.  I see a 9-3 campaign with a bowl victory over <insert generic Big 12 team here>.  The season is too good to fire Malzahn, but not what we were hoping for which will cause a lot of angst among the Family.

Loss to LSU, but we head into Amen Corner on a roll.  We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season.  Win the bowl game to end 10-3 with nothing to show for it.

I also predict the only thing brighter than the sunshine pumping taking place in this thread is the glow on Malzahn's butt as we enter the offseason.

This is entirely possible as well, at least as likely. Maybe more likely. I definitely think the UGA/Bama game is a package deal. If we lose to UGA, all the air is out of the balloon.

[Jumbo]

Agree with Wes but it will be Stidham in New York, not Pettyway.

I've heard Sean White will win the job from the new friends.

[Ogre]

If that happens, no way does Gus keep his job.

It's an interesting scenario.  Would we fire a coach after a 10-win season, even though he cannot beat our two biggest rivals?  I don't have faith in Jay to have the balls to pull that trigger. 

[chinook]

I've heard Sean White will win the job from the new friends.

the new friends are morons. 

[AUJarhead]

It's an interesting scenario.  Would we fire a coach after a 10-win season, even though he cannot beat our two biggest rivals?  I don't have faith in Jay to have the balls to pull that trigger.

You can't go 0-8 vs those guys in a 4 year span. 

[Saniflush]

You can't go 0-8 vs those guys in a 4 year span.

yes we can

[ssgaufan]

You can't go 0-8 vs those guys in a 4 year span.

Hold my beer.