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Post by Coyote Fan on Mar 29, 2018 13:58:40 GMT -6
I have it 6-5 with losses to
at Kansas State
at Weber State in revenge game
at Youngstown State
vs NDSU
at SDSU
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Post by Yote 53 on Mar 29, 2018 14:06:05 GMT -6
CF, Weber State loses A LOT. They won't be the same team they were last season. I'm pretty confident we come out of there with a win.
I always pick USD to beat SDSU because eventually I will be right and I really think this will be the year. Legitimately. SDSU lost a ton of last year's team.
The loss of Streveler won't be as bad as people think. How do you replace a player like that? By getting better, older, deeper at literally every position across the board. The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. We have talent at QB. Will it be as good as Strev? No, probably not, but they will be more than capable of getting the job done.
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Post by sportschic on Mar 29, 2018 14:22:32 GMT -6
My re post due to my thinking ISU was Illinois State!
@ K-State L
Northern Colorado W
@ Weber State L
@ SIU W
Missouri State W
UNI W
@ YSU W
NDSU W
@ ISU W
WIU W
SDSU W
9-2 on the season and we are seeded in the playoffs! And yes I do think we will beat NDSU at home. I picked WEBER as a Loss cause we are away and I do think we go 9-2 on the season!
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Post by sportschic on Mar 29, 2018 14:37:02 GMT -6
Coyote Fan....Streveler is a great player with some special talent and even a better person. He was my favorite to watch besides my own son. I am definitely a Strevy fan buuuuuuut I think you are stretching it a bit by saying losing him is like losing multiple players. You know the saying "do your 1-11"? He was one guy with a lot of talent, heart and heck of a leader, but he still just 1 great player. Yes QB can be a huge loss but in this case I think you are underestimating Austin Simmons. When he did come in off the bench or play when Strevy and the previous QB was hurt, he won games against good teams. He didn't get as many reps and was cold coming off "the bench" as such but still managed to win. No they do not compare tit for tat but Austin Simmons has an impressive skill set that I think will surprise you this year. Do not forget the younger guys have more experience now and so they will have improved from last year as well, better targets for Simmons. The Redshirt freshmen receivers such as Crawford are going to just add to the WR depth that to me looks like it will be lethal! So The Bunnies losing multiple players to include (Weineke and Goedert) is much more detrimental to the team than USD not having Strevy at the helm.
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Post by yotebewithyou on Mar 29, 2018 14:50:45 GMT -6
GUYS WHY DOES ANYONE HAVE OPTIMISM FOR A TEAM THAT IS CLEARLY ON THE RISE? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL? YOU ARE NOT REAL FANS
*sarcasm font*
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Post by easmus on Mar 29, 2018 16:27:24 GMT -6
I have it 6-5 with losses to at Kansas State at Weber State in revenge game at Youngstown State vs NDSU at SDSU I’m reserving the right to change this, and frankly I cannot remember if I’ve previously predicted. I think we beat Weber State again, but it could be within 7. We all know college football is different on the road, and this young team could be in a real test that day. I’m not sure what to make of YSU yet, but we’ve never played all that well there. NDSU will be better next year and they just won a title, so not sure I’m ready to pick us to win. SDSU will lose good players but until we beat them it’s hard to pick us to win in Brookings. I think it could be anywhere from 6-5 and 9-2 with in between more likely. |
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Post by Yotes on Mar 29, 2018 16:36:12 GMT -6
I'm expecting a very similar record this season. We lose the best Coyote ever but should improve at every other position. I'll hold off until 2019 before I'm predicting a top 8 seed.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Mar 29, 2018 17:16:00 GMT -6
That is fine to pick 9-2 or 8-3 or whatever but the Coyotes have to right some wrongs for that to happen. We can make any excuse we want but the team still fell apart at the end of the year and the team as well as us as fans have to take accountability for that, regardless of reason because it happened. Good teams don't make excuses, they over come them.
The biggest thing that I believe needs to improve is the overall play in important late game situations. The Coyotes did not fair well for the most part in games that ended up being fairly close and came down to the 4th quarter. That has actually been a crutch for this program well prior to Nielson for years. For whatever reason the offense tends to bog down when the game gets tight. It does fine in comfortable situations prior to crunch time. With Simmons or whomever is at quarterback may not find themselves in situations as often where they overwhelm the defense in the first half and get a huge lead. Playing in big moments is going to define this team IMO and that is where my biggest questions come in.
The D has got to get better plain and simple. It it doesn't there will be very little chance for another playoff season. That is the unproven entity on the team and with the type of offense that is run that will always be a challenge. The kicking game also must improve as we were barely able to make a 40 yard field goal for most of the year.
Other than the obvious things I believe what needs to be worked on is the offensive strategy in crunch time as well as the D. I believe if you want to go out, go out swinging, meaning stay aggressive on both side of the ball. Last year went differently than the year before. 2016 was close game after close game and last year wasn't quite the same.
I believe this is kind of the truth serum year for the program. What we see in 2018 I believe will basically be what we see under Nielson for the rest of his tenure here good or bad. He will have had plenty of time to install his system by the end of year 3 and the athletes will mostly be his.
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Mar 29, 2018 18:15:59 GMT -6
I have it 6-5 with losses to at Kansas State at Weber State in revenge game at Youngstown State vs NDSU at SDSU I’m reserving the right to change this, and frankly I cannot remember if I’ve previously predicted. I think we beat Weber State again, but it could be within 7. We all know college football is different on the road, and this young team could be in a real test that day. I’m not sure what to make of YSU yet, but we’ve never played all that well there. NDSU will be better next year and they just won a title, so not sure I’m ready to pick us to win. SDSU will lose good players but until we beat them it’s hard to pick us to win in Brookings. I think it could be anywhere from 6-5 and 9-2 with in between more likely. I have the same sentiments. I'll make a prediction closer to the season. |
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Post by easmus on Mar 29, 2018 18:28:03 GMT -6
That is fine to pick 9-2 or 8-3 or whatever but the Coyotes have to right some wrongs for that to happen. We can make any excuse we want but the team still fell apart at the end of the year and the team as well as us as fans have to take accountability for that, regardless of reason because it happened. Good teams don't make excuses, they over come them. The biggest thing that I believe needs to improve is the overall play in important late game situations. The Coyotes did not fair well for the most part in games that ended up being fairly close and came down to the 4th quarter. That has actually been a crutch for this program well prior to Nielson for years. For whatever reason the offense tends to bog down when the game gets tight. It does fine in comfortable situations prior to crunch time. With Simmons or whomever is at quarterback may not find themselves in situations as often where they overwhelm the defense in the first half and get a huge lead. Playing in big moments is going to define this team IMO and that is where my biggest questions come in. The D has got to get better plain and simple. It it doesn't there will be very little chance for another playoff season. That is the unproven entity on the team and with the type of offense that is run that will always be a challenge. The kicking game also must improve as we were barely able to make a 40 yard field goal for most of the year. Other than the obvious things I believe what needs to be worked on is the offensive strategy in crunch time as well as the D. I believe if you want to go out, go out swinging, meaning stay aggressive on both side of the ball. Last year went differently than the year before. 2016 was close game after close game and last year wasn't quite the same. I believe this is kind of the truth serum year for the program. What we see in 2018 I believe will basically be what we see under Nielson for the rest of his tenure here good or bad. He will have had plenty of time to install his system by the end of year 3 and the athletes will mostly be his. I’d argue that the team faced a lot of adversity and didn’t let it define them. Why? Because they went on the road and won a playoff game. Then went on the road again and got down big but didn’t give up and almost completed a hell of a comeback. I think we all want a mulligan on the UNI game. No doubt. NDSU did what they do to anyone coming off a loss at home on senior day. I wish we played better against SDSU, but considering we now know how injured Streveler’s thumb was, I can make my peace with it since we beat Nicholls the next week. We lose against Nicholls then I’d be pissed and saying we fell apart. So consider me cautiously optimistic because I think the way the schedule sets up this year I don’t see us finishing 0-3 like last season. Maybe some of those sound like excuses...but I’d say they are more likely explanations of what happened. |
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Apr 3, 2018 13:30:53 GMT -6
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Post by nccyote on Apr 3, 2018 13:48:07 GMT -6
That is fine to pick 9-2 or 8-3 or whatever but the Coyotes have to right some wrongs for that to happen. We can make any excuse we want but the team still fell apart at the end of the year and the team as well as us as fans have to take accountability for that, regardless of reason because it happened. Good teams don't make excuses, they over come them.
This is why I am so optimistic about this season. After being around this staff and these players...nobody has made a single excuse about last season. Not one. Also, with experience and development, I think that we will overcome some of the things that gave the team some troubles (DL depth, OL depth, Secondary depth, LB depth, etc.) last season. Plus...state SUCKS!!! Go Yotes |
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Post by elcoyote on Apr 3, 2018 14:41:51 GMT -6
I just looked outside. What is this "spring" of which you speak? |
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Post by howlingyote on Apr 4, 2018 11:42:10 GMT -6
I have it 6-5 with losses to at Kansas State at Weber State in revenge game at Youngstown State vs NDSU at SDSU [br I disagree with you on a couple of the games you’re calling for losses. Obviously very early to be predicting this years results, but fun to be posting about football again. at KSU: Returns most of their offense including entire OL, RB and QB, but they do have several critical holes to fill on defense. Tough game for our yotes, going to be interesting to see how well we compete. Early call - loss, but closer than most people would think. at Weber: this game scares me. This team outplayed JMU in their playoff game and deserved to win. Definitely one of the top 2-3 teams in last year’s playoffs. Team lost a lot to graduation, so I’m picking a razor thin win for the yotes. at YSU: team lost a ton on defense. I’m calling this a win. NDSU: I think this will be the game of the year in the MVFC. Early prediction - narrow loss. at SDSU: we did everything last year against the bunnies, but win. We had 300 yards rushing with Fredrick and Henry both over 200 yards. Conversely, SDSU was limited to 87 yards rushing (2.4/carry). Weinke & Goedert accounted for over 50% over their total offense. Goedert single handily preserved the win with that incredible third down catch/conversion. SDSU offense will be down after losing these two NFL caliber players and their defense couldn’t stop us last year rushing. How will they stop you s this year returning all of our RB and all but on OL? I’m calling this one a win and wouldn’t be shy if we take it to them. For my early season prediction, I’ll put the Weber state game in as a loss, but that still puts the record at 8-3. |
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Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 4, 2018 12:01:49 GMT -6
There is no logical conclusion that I can think of that has the Coyotes winning in Brookings. Usually the Jacks tend to get better as the season goes on and the Yotes regress. The game is in mid November in a place that the Coyotes don't win in. A spread offense in an outdoor game at a team that has consistently beaten the Coyotes and has consistently been better than the Coyotes. The cool aid has to be awfully red to pick this one as a win.
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