unk96
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Post by unk96 on Feb 25, 2011 10:32:47 GMT -5
Alright guys, so what does everyone really think and expect for this coming fall!!
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Post by eagledawg on Feb 25, 2011 17:21:15 GMT -5
We'll be a better conditioned, stronger, more focused and more close knit team but we'll need to adapt to new schemes quickly, avoid the injury bug and catch our fair share of breaks to have the winning season that we all want badly. I don't just want to see us win but I want to see us win convincingly where we impose our will on the other team. When those key plays come in the game, we win those and break the game to our benefit. I'll be interested to see what we signed in the way of recruits because we do have some significant depth issues. I understand that we have moved a couple of DL to OL just so we have some bodies to rotate in Spring Ball. Winning convincingly allows our 2 deep guys to gain more experience too so I guess I'm hopeful but I'm also realistic. We'll get a better idea once we get in to Spring Ball and see how steep our guys learning curve is? Send my regards to Ms Unk96, look forward to seeing you guys soon.
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Post by gwebb1994 on Feb 25, 2011 22:34:42 GMT -5
Even with the two money games against FBS opponents, 6-5 seems like a reasonable goal.
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Post by oldschool81 on Feb 26, 2011 8:17:49 GMT -5
Brevard.CS, and VMI are winnable games but realistically thats it, maybe PC. RECRUIT LOCAL
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Post by elcid83 on Feb 26, 2011 8:58:50 GMT -5
Brevard.CS, and VMI are winnable games but realistically thats it, maybe PC. RECRUIT LOCAL Oldschool, I doubt any of our players, coaches and fans share your pessimism about our prospects for next year. I wonder if you have attended a football game in recent memory? Even with an injury depleted roster last year, we were able to win some good games and we were close against WCU, Old Dominion, PC and Coastal. All with what had to be a world record for turnovers, a dysfunctional coaching staff and a sub-par strength and conditioning program. Positive change is in the air at Gardner-Webb's football program and I hope you will get on the band wagon. Go Runnin' Bulldogs! |
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unk96
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Post by unk96 on Mar 1, 2011 14:24:55 GMT -5
Who Who, Lets go Elcid and running bulldogs. I really expect min.6 wins. we have talent that has not begun to be tapped into. I,ll bet the effort will be a whole lot better!!
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unk96
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Post by unk96 on Mar 4, 2011 9:12:45 GMT -5
We gonna kick some butt!! Just wait and see!!
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Post by porker on Mar 27, 2011 7:31:13 GMT -5
We gonna kick some butt!! Just wait and see!! From what I have seen the Team is very capable of winning most all games on schedule. Lilberty and Stoney Brook are going to be the toughest. I honestly think Wake could be a very good game. As stated a lot of things will have to happen. Coaching has to improve, game adjustment is critical. Our offense has to become more diverse and catch the ball. The QB will need to make quicker decisions/reads. I'm old school in that I think run game will win the close games. We had good size on our line of scrimmage if they have the push/feet. Even more important is you consume the clock. The Defense will have to stop folks. I think we need a little more beef along the front of our D. The Team will need to work as a unit and give 100% to the end. I have a question for you folks who are around and have a better feel for what is happening now? Last years staff was receptive to walkons, what do you feel about the current staff and are they as receptive to walking on and allowing them an opportunity to play? I have talked with numerous players from other programs and have gotten some pretty good feedback. Some get good looks and some feel that no matter how they perform, the staff will go with the players who they have money in. What you think?  |
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Post by eagledawg on Mar 27, 2011 9:23:30 GMT -5
Porker - Your question is a good one and in my opinion the correct answer is dependent on the quality and history of the program. I believe that successful programs, the ones who consistently win conference championships and make runs deep into the FCS Playoffs are the ones where walk-ons can and do make a difference. Appalachian State comes to mind. There winning tradition lets them be very picky with their scholly dollars, they are fully funded at 63 schollies and they can give a walk-on (preferred) a pretty good shot. They have a history of several players who walked on who became starters, all-conference players and key components to their championship teams. Kevin Richardson at RB was one such example along with Scott Settle C. The cost of attending a state school such as ASU compared to a private like GDubb is also a consideration where walkons can afford to take a chance to play for a championship contender without the promise of a scholly but rather just an opportunity to earn one.
In summary, it's a case of the rich many times getting richer. G-Dubb does need a solid group of walk-ons with only 58 schollies fully funded and 59 set for the upcoming season according to AD Birch. The type of student you may get as a walkon at G-Dubb is likely one who has the better grades to earn some academic money to defer the cost of $28k+ to attend. In those instances G-Dubb may miss out on an outstanding walkon candidate who has qualifying grades but not high enough grades to earn academic money.
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Post by garddawg on Mar 27, 2011 13:53:35 GMT -5
Brevard.CS, and VMI are winnable games but realistically thats it, maybe PC. RECRUIT LOCAL Oldschool, I doubt any of our players, coaches and fans share your pessimism about our prospects for next year. I wonder if you have attended a football game in recent memory? Even with an injury depleted roster last year, we were able to win some good games and we were close against WCU, Old Dominion, PC and Coastal. All with what had to be a world record for turnovers, a dysfunctional coaching staff and a sub-par strength and conditioning program. Positive change is in the air at Gardner-Webb's football program and I hope you will get on the band wagon. Go Runnin' Bulldogs! |
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Post by garddawg on Mar 27, 2011 14:45:02 GMT -5
Elcid: Is it pessimistic to say, "if you jump off a cliff your likely to get hurt"? Or is it simply an objective assessment of the situation? Don't confuse Oldschool's objective prediction as a pessimistic outlook. unk96's thread asked what do we "really think", not what we like to see happen. If Oldschool did see some games last year he would have witnessed some close losses, as you say, but he would have also witnesssed some close wins as well. Lest we forget, the win against Akron, a team that didn't win all season, came down to the last play in overtime, and would have gone to two overtimes if the Zips would have executed an extra point. The win against VMI came down to our last, or next to last, offensive series. The "Chuck South final score was not indicative of how close that game really was. I, for one, don't remember "sitting back in my seat" until that game was finally over. Even the home win against Brevard, a DII school, was a little more exiting than it should have been. Do you think Brevard went away with a "morale victory" after that contest and will come into Spangler this year with a little more confidence? Considering a new coaching staff, the learning curve associated with absorbing and executing new schemes, injuries to players, some of whom will not participate in the spring, lack of depth, and the unknown always surrounding the abilty of new recruits to make an immediate impact, it is easy to see how Oldschool's prediction is certainly within the realm of objective possibilities.
Given all of the forgoing, and the upcoming schedule, with not one, but two DI-A opponents, I agree with gwebb'94, that 6-5 might be a realistic "goal", and a lofty one at that. Optimisticlly, I would like to see everything come together right away, "hit the ground running", win the conference. With a little luck, and if the "planets and stars allign just right", this could be a great season to remember. Realistically, and you can call me pessimistic, there is alot of work to do for this team to surpass the 4-7 season of just a year ago.
Elcid: I didn't read your prediction of what you "really think".
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Post by elcid83 on Mar 27, 2011 19:35:32 GMT -5
Garddawg,
I really think we are going to win a national championship next year and until we lose a game, I predict an undefeated season. Is that realistic? Somebody is going to do it. Why can't it be us? Admittedly, we have to see significant improvement over last year's program. However, I see no real value in predicting a 3-8 season and I don't take such predictions seriously when the poster cannot even confirm whether he watched the Bulldogs play last year.
Go Runnin' Bulldogs!
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Post by garddawg on Mar 27, 2011 23:22:33 GMT -5
Elcid: If I understand your prediction, you predict a national championship and an undefeated season for GWU in 2011-2012, at least until their first loss. At which time you would predict a 10-1 season, at least until they suffer a second loss. I assume then you would amend your prediction to 9-2 so long as they do not loose a third contest. If they do your prediction would be modified to 8-3. If upon the unfortunate occasion that GWU would suffer a fourth defeat, Im guessing your prediction would change to 7-4...and so on...and so on? If I have summarized your prediction(s) correctly, that certainly sounds "realistic" to me. In fact, I will even "go out on a limb" and guarantee that your prediction is 100% correct!
Given the methodology you use to predict the future, Im guessing you would allow Oldschool the same latitude to amend his prediction from time to time, and in so doing, the freedom to cure his "pessimism" should the facts warrant. In other words, after the seventh and possibly an eighth victory, Oldschool would be well within his rights to predict a 7-4 or 8-3 season outcome, respectively, and extricate himself from your dog house of "pessimism"?
Considering the forgoing, I find it difficult to understand how seeing games from last year is your threshold prerequisit for qualification to predict the outcome of this years contests. This is especially so if you yourself watched all of last years games and the only prediction you can offer is GWU will go undefeated, unless of course, they loose.
Go Runnin' Bulldog, national champions!
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Post by elcid83 on Mar 28, 2011 9:41:40 GMT -5
Elcid: If I understand your prediction, you predict a national championship and an undefeated season for GWU in 2011-2012, at least until their first loss. At which time you would predict a 10-1 season, at least until they suffer a second loss. I assume then you would amend your prediction to 9-2 so long as they do not loose a third contest. If they do your prediction would be modified to 8-3. If upon the unfortunate occasion that GWU would suffer a fourth defeat, Im guessing your prediction would change to 7-4...and so on...and so on? If I have summarized your prediction(s) correctly, that certainly sounds "realistic" to me. In fact, I will even "go out on a limb" and guarantee that your prediction is 100% correct! Given the methodology you use to predict the future, Im guessing you would allow Oldschool the same latitude to amend his prediction from time to time, and in so doing, the freedom to cure his "pessimism" should the facts warrant. In other words, after the seventh and possibly an eighth victory, Oldschool would be well within his rights to predict a 7-4 or 8-3 season outcome, respectively, and extricate himself from your dog house of "pessimism"? Considering the forgoing, I find it difficult to understand how seeing games from last year is your threshold prerequisit for qualification to predict the outcome of this years contests. This is especially so if you yourself watched all of last years games and the only prediction you can offer is GWU will go undefeated, unless of course, they loose. Go Runnin' Bulldog, national champions! Sorry Garddawg if I am excited about our new coaching staff and the changes that are taking place all over campus. It's a great time to be a Runnin' Bulldog fan and I believe that good things are on the horizon. Coach Dickerson comes to campus with a roster full of quality players. He will have a QB with a year's experience under his belt. He has assembled a coaching staff with many years experience at the highest level of football. His new S&C coach has already made a difference in the team's physical presence. The riffraff on the team has left after not wanting to participate in the new and more vigorous S&C program. We enjoy an advantage over our fellow Big South brethren in that they have no idea how to play against our offense. This has not been the case for the last several years. Our offense did not hold any surprises for Liberty, Stony Brook or Coastal Carolina for the last two years and this will change. Whoever is running our new offense is not going to allow our players to continue to make the same mistakes and turnovers that we made last year. Coach Pizzo's favorite play last year was for QB Rock to throw a 25-30 yd pass to the right sideline. I'd hate to know how often that pass was intercepted and Coach P just kept on calling the play. I don't think our new staff will have that particular problem. Watching games will help make our posters make more intelligent posts on our board and will make this experience more enjoyable. It's too easy to criticize our team on one of these boards, but, if you knew how hard these kids were working, I don't think one would be so easy to say bad things about them. Of course, the additional benefit to watching the Runnin' Bulldogs play is that you get to show your support for what GWU is doing. They obviously want the athletics programs to improve and we should all provide whatever encouragement we can to help make that happen. Go Runnin' Bulldogs! |
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Post by zman on Mar 28, 2011 13:21:41 GMT -5
Ah the banter of college football..... I will tell ya there is nothing like a perfect season.!! I will participate with the big E on the prediction of an undefeated season and National championship for this season !!!! Have the faith all of us. The ancestor to every action is a thought.... I will be thinkin and prayin for the best. No injury undefeated season. Amen.
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