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[quote author=Rando90 link=topic=6551.msg48646#msg48646 date=1348858223]
[quote author=Yvonne link=topic=6551.msg48618#msg48618 date=1348844992]
I'm wondering where you guys see 4-5 more wins without an offense?

It's called having confidence in your team. This is the same team last year that went 11-2, minus Luck. [/quote]

I couldn't disagree more with that.  We lost so much more than Luck.  David DeCastro was, in my view, the best offensive lineman in all of college football last year and was the highest drafted guard.  Jonathan Martin was a left tackle taken in the 2nd round.  We lost the best tight end in the country in Coby Fleener and the only receiver that could reliably catch in Griff Whalen.

With Luck, we would have beaten Washington by a couple scores but our offense would still be well worse than last year's.  Though our defense is now better.
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You are correct. But in my view all of our replacements are at least competent. The replacement that really might not be is Nunes (which is why I said minus Luck).

Our offense was higher powered last year. But we have offensive weapons. Montgomery had a bad game. We'll see if he really can't catch the ball like you say. One game does not define a player.

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[quote author=Rando90 link=topic=6551.msg48646#msg48646 date=1348858223]
[quote author=Yvonne link=topic=6551.msg48618#msg48618 date=1348844992]
I'm wondering where you guys see 4-5 more wins without an offense?

It's called having confidence in your team. This is the same team last year that went 11-2, minus Luck. [/quote]

I couldn't disagree more with that.  We lost so much more than Luck.  David DeCastro was, in my view, the best offensive lineman in all of college football last year and was the highest drafted guard.  Jonathan Martin was a left tackle taken in the 2nd round.  We lost the best tight end in the country in Coby Fleener and the only receiver that could reliably catch in Griff Whalen.

With Luck, we would have beaten Washington by a couple scores but our offense would still be well worse than last year's.  Though our defense is now better.
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You are correct. But in my view all of our replacements are at least competent. The replacement that really might not be is Nunes (which is why I said minus Luck).

Our offense was higher powered last year. But we have offensive weapons. Montgomery had a bad game. We'll see if he really can't catch the ball like you say. One game does not define a player.