I think we have the depth as long as we stay healthy. Knock on wood! We know the starters: So depth at: DT Thomas, Gilmore and Herron DE Washington, Tehuma, Key {may be a starter although he played against a TE that was made into a LT so not really sure how good he is. Clark and Patterson LB Feist, Riley and Alexander DB's we are loaded! I really liked Steele's blitz packages --- like how Chavis rotated out the starters, he was use to Les keeping his defenses on the field for a long time. lol
They rotated a lot last year. One of the big reasons they were so good. They also have a number of quality Jr's and Sr's.
We are very talented but a bit thin at both LB and DL. Pray that they healthy and the the offense start moving the chains at least enough to keep the D fresher. Dak is going to make plays but I don't think he dominates like that vs a fresher defense
I know enough to realize that the mass amount of talent on this team as with teams in the past will be underutilized once again by our genius coach!
If you've seen it play out the same way over and over and over and over again, you don't exactly have to be Nostradamus to figure this one out.
So how do we keep winning, recruiting great, staying ranked and going to a national championship game every four years? It ain't that bad, Nostradamus. Fans like to complain, I understand that. Successful coaches do unpopular things. Fan bitching happens everywhere, even at Bama. Knock yourself out. Me, I am going to have fun this season.
You answered your own question. We keep winning, staying ranked, etc because Miles is an amazing recruiter. If he kept his hands out of the offensive play calling like he did with defense for years, there'd be no issues. I can promise you if he did leave the offense alone you wouldn't have to just say, "GOING to a national championship game every 4 years".
I applaud you for being so calm cool and collected. 1. I certainly have never complained about Les' recruiting skills. The dude and his staff can flat out recruit better than most. There is no denying that. 2. Winning, you got me. How do drive by shootings sometimes not hit anyone? How do some people get shot in the head and survive? I can't figure it out. 3. Going to a national championship every 4 years, what's gonna happen when that doesn't happen this year. That will be another thing that we can't claim anymore. Like the no losses to OOC opponents, which is now OOC opponents in the regular season, and the 80 percent, which is now under 80. Look I like Les, but he doesn't do a good job with the quarterback.
