9 wins…

I anticipated an 8-4 season and I figured we would be in 4rd to 5th place in the south. So the team exceeded my expectations.

I heard the term “co-champions” on TV! To me though we are 3rd in the south since we tied USC and UCLA but they both owned a tiebreaker against us.

Some people get bent out of shape when people say “if you would have told me at the beginning of the season we would be 9-3 I would be happy.” I don’t get that. 9-3 with our schedule is damn good.

That said, our offense was pretty poor on many levels aside from the rushing game. If we had just a mediocre passing game we could have been in rare air, Rose Bowl, CFP… who knows.

Williams is a speedster. Ne needs to work on ball security though. And I’m not sure he would be as durable as Booker.

Next year we will likely have Williams and Williams in the backfield. Should be a great combo for the read option as you’ll never know which Williams has the ball 🙂

I like this Williams kid, I’ll miss Booker but Williams is ready to reload at RB I think it’s safe to say. 187 yds on 34 att for a 5.5 average, this kid is ready for the heavy lifting. Even busting a 64 yard run. I like what I see.

I think after you watch the game you might change your opinion on this. Joe Williams was beaten to hell. He had to come off the field a handful of times. I was sure he was out for good when Bubba replaced him for a series, but he surprisingly came back. Joe will not last more than a half a dozen games against P5 competition at 30 carries a game.

However, I’m excited to see what the offense looks like next year. I’m not buying the rebuild thing, not buying winning the south next year either but we could at least stand pat with 8-9 wins.

Let’s say we would have pulled out the Arizona game in OT. Yes, we should have but throwing this team at Stanford next Friday would be ugly.

Those in the media who follow the team closely say that Hansen will not move back from Defense. He’s too good back there already and he has a weak arm.

Troy Williams was a dual threat QB coming out of HS, but if you look at his stats now, he’s a passer.

One little correction Ute Hub, UCLA wound up with 4 conference losses after losing to USC. We are either co division champs with the same Coference record or 2nd behind USC because of head to head.

9-3 with wins over ranked Michigan and Oregon is great. But its less great when you consider we started 6-0 and ranked 3rd. Third year in a row we’ve started great and absolutely crapped the bed (remember being 4-2 after beating top 5 Stanford?).

This is a trend that HAS to stop. One thing id suggest is moving the BYE week back. Whit seems to love having it before conferene play, or at the very beginning. Save it towards the end of the year when injuries are stacking up