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   On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 10:32:04 AM UTC-4, JGibson wrote:   
   > (from football.stassen.com)    
   > 12. West Virginia    
      
   Some other preseason picks had them 14th/14 in the Big12.    Last year they   
   finished in a disappointing tie at 7-9/10.  Coach Brown is on thin ice.   
      
   Last year, the pass-d was truly awful--- the only ready-to-play CB who didn't   
   portal out was injured in the first game.    Also, the hotshot QB was just ok.   
      
   This year, the word out of camp is that the returning players are playing much   
   better.   The game has slowed down for the QBs.    The new guys are   
   impressively fast and strong and have surprisingly good football sense.     
   Also, the team is gelling better    
   than anyone has ever seen in the history of space time.   So, pretty much like   
   every preseason camp everywhere.      
      
   Dunno.   It's August and  hopium is in the air.   When it doesn't make me   
   sneeze, it make me think 14/14 is more than a trifle pessimistic.   
      
   The o-line is good.   The running back room is deep and good.   QB, Green,    
   throws as well as last year's guy and is a runner, too.   
      
   So, O should be better.   D should be less bad.   Overall, team should be   
   better,   
      
   Schedule is hard:    11 power 5 games, 6 of them on the road.    Pencil in   
   loss at Oklahoma.   Ink in loss at Penn St and win vs I-AA.   Every other game   
   could reasonably go either way---   so could finish 2-10 or 9-3.  I'm gonna   
   say 6-6.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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