Way too early 2010 Football Season predictions

1)i say we go 12-2 win against oh say Tennessee next year
 
2) our running game doesn’t improve dramatically but we use it alot more especially for alot of play action type passes.

3) top reciver is goodwin, he blows by everyone else and makes some crazy catches.

4) our defense ranks in the top 5 Nationally. Great against the run, and sound overall but possibly prone to giving up the long ball on occasion especially against better teams.

5) McWhorter retires after the end of the season. Greg Davis actually makes a few calls people like, but is still hated by just about everyone.

6) Our recruiting takes a little bit of a hit. we get more recruits nationally but end up with a 6-7 ranked class

1. 11 – 3…yeah, that’s about right. Not sure it gets us a BCS bid…maybe Alamo Bowl.

2. Our OL is a mess coming out of Spring football, hampering any development in the running game.

2a. Tre is the starter, but DJ plays a lot as Davis works the zone read (which he likes to do with young QBs) back into the offense.

2b. Tre is brittle so Fozzy, Whaley, and CJ get a lot of PT. Maybe Hills gets into the mix.

2c. Either way its runningback by committee again, with not much success.

3. Vaccaro keeps it (barely) under together and does not self-destruct. He gets some PT in a rather depleted safety position, but ends up costing us a game with a personal foul.

4. I’m afraid you’re right about Walters. Should’ve gone after one more OL recruit instead of 5 WRs.

5. Kirkendoll…hands of glue? You’re kidding, right? Drops way too many passes. This is the year of Malcolm Williams. His turn to step up. Goodwin will definitely be a key receiver.

6. Agree Chiles loses his position. Davis and White show great things as they rotate in Chiles former slot.

7. Mack does not retire, but McWhorter does. With our running game once again floundering, MB finally realizes he needs a real RB coach and realigns his coaching staff, moving Applewhite to QB coach and hiring Priest Holmes to coach the backs…immediately improving our chance to land Sims or Green.

7. Harris, Graham, Grant, or Matthews…SOMEONE emerges from Spring football as the true TE. Otherwise, expect Smith to line-up next to left tackle as just another blocker to protect GG’s backside.

8. Recruiting indeed takes a hit, as the talent pool in Texas is off somewhat. Mack focuses on the OL and goes much more national.

I don’t think we lose to A&M at home or a TTech team that is going to be in a bit of a transition.

Playing AT and improving Nebraksa is going to be very dangerous.

Also, the other dangerous game is going to be UCLA. It will only be the 3rd game of the year and 3rd start for Gilbert (and his 4th game with meaningful snaps). They are pulling in very good recruiting classes (13, 14, 8 over the past 3 years with their new head coach). They have been improving very much on the field (more wins and making more games competitive). And, the kicker, it is the week before the RRS. That means that 1) even though we’ll be playing a big game, there will be some looking ahead to OU and 2) GD will still be holding all his ‘tricks’ in his bag. That usually leads to FAIL.

I think Texas will be fine next year. The OL won’t be any worse than it was last year. The 1 loss will come against Nebrasko or ou.

ou lost A LOT of players on defense, and the ou offense wasn’t nothing to lose sleep over. The ou offensive line lost several starters again this year.

Nebraska will have a good defense, but not as good as last year. Suh was the heart of that team. The Nebraska offense is pathetic.

I think Texas can win every game next year, but its going to be difficult with some young players in key positions.

Colt didn’t have a great year last year. I feel pretty good that GG can do as good if not better than Colt did in 2009.

The WR will be better after getting the timing down in the off season with GG. Its going to be hard to replace Shipley, but GG needs to find is go to guy.

The RB’s will be about the same.

QB: The same. I think Colt had a bad year for his standards, and I think GG can do about the same if not better.

OL: The same. The o-line will run block better, but struggle at times pass blocking.

WR: The same. GG should allow Texas to stretch the field more, which should help guys like Davis, Williams, Monroe, and Goodwin.

D-Line: The same. Kindle and Houston are gone, but Texas should have more depth at the DT position in 2010 than they have had since Muschamp has been there. Mushamp has been able to reload every year when key players leave on the D-Line.

D secondary: A little worse. Earl Thomas will be hard to replace, but C. Scott should be able to do the task. C. Scott may be better against the run than Earl Thomas. The other DB’s will have another year under their belt as well.

LB: The same. Muckelroy is gone, but Texas has some young talent that looks good at the LB position.

They lose Brian Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gerald McCoy (which is big), Keenan Clayton, and Auston English. McCoy will hurt but JMAC has experience and we hopefully will get Adrian Taylor back after that bad break in the bowl game. Auston English was hurt much of his career and Frank Alexander has extensive playing experience in his place. Keenan Clayton and Ryan Reynolds both are in the linebacker core that is extremely deep and should not be a problem. Austin Box has a lot of experience at middle linebacker and Ronnell Lewis became a huge special teams star late in the 2009 year and even started the Sun Bowl I believe. Brian Jackson is not extremely special and his spot should be filled relatively easy. There will be some growing pains but it’s not like we’re OSU and replacing 9 or 11 starters. We lost 3 starters from 2008 to 2009 and became a much better defense. We’ll see what 2010 brings for the D but I don’t think it will be significant. Also Landry will be a redshirt Sophmore so this will be his 3rd year int he system and 2nd as a full time starter. He will be able to be efective running the offense. Running backs are still stacked. O-line is the only question I have for next year.

Cause Adrian Taylor – Sr., Jeremy Beal – Sr., Frank Alexander – Jr., and Jamarkus McFarland – So. are not that “young”. The only youth I see is McFarland. You say QB play is average but considering the O-line problems I think he did well. Receivers were a huge problem and that hurt him as well. In the Sun Bowl he threw for over 400 yards and the receivers finally started to step up and catch the ball. They should be a strength going into next year. Running backs are stacked beyond belief so that’s not going to be an issue either. The only problem the 2010 Sooners could have is O-Line. If that gets straightened out I see no problem winning the South and possibly another Big 12 title. All areas of the field saw drastic inprovement but with all the injuries and movement of people around it’s hard to gauge if any progress was made. That is something that will be seen next year. How many on D do you lose this year? How many on O do you lose? Personally I don’t see with the experience gained this year the O couldn’t be better. That terrible Offense almost beat you this year.