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Talk me out of talking myself into 7 wins

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anyone talking themselves into 7 wins should be committed. i know it's been a tough 14 months but let's keep it together guys. we're almost through it.
 

hardcorehusky

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8 wins - I will talk you out of 7 because it will be 8!!
 
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I mean... can’t say we aren’t practicing or hitting the weights enough next season

sooooo... dogs gotta eat
 

ShakyTheMohel

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So what's changed? Last prediction from you was 3 wins would make you ecstatic. Cocktails? ;)

So I see this comment getting tossed around a lot. “Oh I think we can win six games next year”!

here’s the 2021 schedule:

@ Fresno St
Holy Cross
Purdue
@ Army
Wyoming
@ Vanderbilt
@ UMass
MTSU
@ Clemson
@ UCF

We still have to add two games for 2021- I’m assuming these will both be home G5 games because we need 6 home games and only have 4 on the schedule currently.

I’ll give us Holy Cross as a W even though last time we played them we won by 7 and we haven’t beaten a FCS team by 2 scores in Randy’s tenure here.

I’m automatically chalking up losses as follows: @ Fresno, @ Army, @ Vanderbilt, @ Clemson, @ UCF, Purdue.

That means we’d need to go 5-0 against Wyoming, @ UMass, MTSU, and the other two games to reach 6 wins. Does anyone think that’s going to happen when we have 1 FBS win in the last two seasons we’ve played combined? Where is this optimism for 6 wins coming from besides just saying it just to say it? With the above schedule if UConn went 3-9 I would probably be ecstatic. Would love to hear additional thoughts as to what is realistic based on what we know about 2021’s schedule.
 
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If Edsall could find a decent QB via the transfer portal we could win more than 7
 

Waquoit

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Don't look at me, I'm with you Drew. I'm still tracking to being at the 1st win in Fresno.
 
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I love the enthusiasm.....I really do. But the realist in me is looking to see progress towards competitive football which we haven’t seen in quite a while.

We‘re flying across the country after not playing a down of competitive football in over a year to say nothing of the talent differential that most certainly favors our opponent. I’m hoping we are competitive.
 

SubbaBub

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It’s the hope that kills you ;)
Liberty is going to kill us and most optimists have that as a lock win.

I see Liberty isn't on our 2021 schedule, hot take still applies.

spread is 3 to 8 depending how many G5/low P5 wins you think are possible. Have to win HC, Army, UMass, Yale and Wyoming. Would be nice to win one of Purdue/Vandy for #6 and MTSU/UCF/Houston for #7.
 
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CL82

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All i want is to get irresponsibly drunk in parking lots again at inappropriate hours and have watch competitive football in the fourth quarter again. Anything else is gravy to me.
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geordi

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Seven wins is a no brainer. Should have that before Jan 1. Probably closer to 23-25. What? Wait! This is the basketball board, isn't it?
 
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If they win seven games they will give HCRE2.0 a ten year extension and a $10 million per year raise. That should should be good enough to talk some sense into you. Curb your enthusiasm.
 
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Bro, we’re way more likely to lose 2 FCS games than we are to win 7 games.
A. This is unlikely Given the overall odds, if nothing else.
B. I’m not on board for 7 but it is not impossible for a few reasons including that the schedule isn’t overwhelming. Oh and Liberty isn’t on the schedule.
 

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