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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 17, 2021 15:36:05 GMT -5
Is 6-7 wins really "not bad" in Year 4 for Coach Chesney against an extremely manageable schedule? Particularly the 6 side of that range -- 6-5 should be a significant disappointment. Don't keep us in suspense: how many regular season wins do you predict we will post?
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 17, 2021 15:45:20 GMT -5
Loss UConn Win Merrimack Loss Yale Loss Monmouth Loss Harvard Win Georgetown Win Colgate Win Lehigh Win Lafayette Tossup Fordham Win Bucknell
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 17, 2021 16:05:06 GMT -5
Get off the fence......
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Post by bringbackcaro on Aug 17, 2021 16:13:03 GMT -5
Is 6-7 wins really "not bad" in Year 4 for Coach Chesney against an extremely manageable schedule? Particularly the 6 side of that range -- 6-5 should be a significant disappointment. Don't keep us in suspense: how many regular season wins do you predict we will post? I would have voted for 9, but voted for 10-11, because I didn't want to have a vote count for 8. If the hype is real, we should win at least 2 of 4 against UCONN, Monmouth, Harvard, and Yale, and then sweep the rest of the schedule: 9-10 wins.
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Post by efg72 on Aug 17, 2021 17:04:27 GMT -5
Hope you are right BBC but think we are two years away from being 10+ regular season and 2+ in the playoffs Great future but want to build it the right way so regardless of who we have as our coach a few years from today the culture is established Same with hoops, if the general assessment of the talent and development of players is correct, we should have as many as 19 wins this season. Might seem high, but the athletic and basketball talent appears to be ready to make the transition. The X factor is game management-fingers crossed
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 17, 2021 18:16:55 GMT -5
Don't keep us in suspense: how many regular season wins do you predict we will post? I would have voted for 9, but voted for 10-11, because I didn't want to have a vote count for 8. If the hype is real, we should win at least 2 of 4 against UCONN, Monmouth, Harvard, and Yale, and then sweep the rest of the schedule: 9-10 wins. Please correct me if I am wrong, but i think you approach this differently that others do and not in the way intended by the original post. The objective is to predict how many games we will win, not to set a standard by which to judge the coach or the program. Forget about the hype, forget about anybody else's predictions. You don't need to expose us as naive dreamers. How many games do you think we will win--show your expertise. So, in my book, if we win 10-11 you are one smart prognosticator. If we don't you are simply wrong.
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Post by hcnation on Aug 17, 2021 18:31:47 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 17, 2021 20:50:15 GMT -5
Is 6-7 wins really "not bad" in Year 4 for Coach Chesney against an extremely manageable schedule? Particularly the 6 side of that range -- 6-5 should be a significant disappointment. Agree. But also starting to wonder if former Coach Carmody left Coach Chesney his HC sweatshirts and your dog is mixing up the scents.😋
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Post by lehighowl on Aug 17, 2021 23:35:43 GMT -5
I'll go with 8-3 although I think 7-4 and 9-2 are both possible. Anything outside of that would surprise me....
Holy Cross still has yet to arrive nationally in any capacity. The PL is so bad that all equity has to be built up in the OOC. I'm of the belief that Monmouth and Yale are going to be Top 10'ish good while Holy Cross will be Top 25ish good. Yale is being severely undersold nationally. I side with those who think the Eli are going to be loaded. Harvard is a bit of a wildcard given the rivalry nature and the fact the Crimson have become an enigma the last few years. UConn is the worst FBS team a PL squad has faced since Lehigh and Colgate took down Buffalo in '02 and '03 respectively. With that said, Lehigh was ranked #3 when they beat Buffalo and Colgate would end up #2 when they did it. The Temple team that Fordham beat in 2013 was pretty awful too; but still not early 2000's Buffalo bad. That was also Moorhead's best Ram team....
The Fordham game seems like everything. Barring injury, I don't see the other 5 PL teams having much for the top 2. One will go 6-0, the other 5-1 imo....
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Post by hcpride on Aug 18, 2021 4:39:46 GMT -5
/\ Yale will be good this year and loaded with talent. They were very good in 2019 (9-1) and have been picked/predicted 2nd in the recent Ivy League poll. I certainly don’t underestimate them.
BUT, the HC matchup will be their very first game since November 2019 (!) while it is the 3rd of the season for us. IMHO if we have a good QB in place and comfortable by then (and I’m assuming we will), I believe Yale’s very long layoff gives us the edge.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 18, 2021 7:47:17 GMT -5
Yale just always makes me nervous regardless of where we play them. I think the game is an absolute toss-up right now. We will need to avoid injuries to key starters in the first 2 games. I think we’ve beat them once in the past 25 years. Only win that comes to mind is 2005 (a game I was at) and it was very simple. As the Yale coach said in the post game interview “We got beat single handily by the best player on the field…Steve Silva.” HC played an amazing first three quarters and had a 15-0 lead and then the “here we go again” feeling started to sink in as Yale scored two touchdowns in the 4th quarter to cut the lead to 15-13 with just over 4 minutes left. Silva returned the ensuing kick-off for a TD to seal it for HC. It was a return of pure will to win.
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Post by Xmassader on Aug 18, 2021 8:03:34 GMT -5
midwestsader 05 You’re right about the not many wins vs. Yale but forgot about HCBC’s first win at HC in 2018 when Ng’s overtime 45 yd. FG provided a 31-28 win after HC was down by 14 points early in the game.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 18, 2021 8:26:22 GMT -5
midwestsader 05 You’re right about the not many wins vs. Yale but forgot about HCBC’s first win at HC in 2018 when Ng’s overtime 45 yd. FG provided a 31-28 win after HC was down by 14 points early in the game. Yea that’s embarrassing. I was trying to rack my brain about the early-mid 2000’s and recalled not even Dom’s better teams could beat them. Clearly I need a second cup of coffee this morning…
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 18, 2021 8:30:50 GMT -5
That's OK because if you are really a Midwest Crusader, we may have the advantage of being awake an hour earlier than you depending on your actual location. Could be worse, we've got 3 hours on Chu Chu (or better, depending on your perspective).
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Post by Chu Chu on Aug 19, 2021 13:10:38 GMT -5
It is really hard to handicap the entire season, given how little we and our opponents have played. I have a good feeling about the UConn game. We are talented, well coached, healthy, energized, upbeat and hungry. It will be entertaining for sure, and I t think that we have a good chance!
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Post by hc87 on Aug 19, 2021 14:14:40 GMT -5
For some reason, I think we'll ultimately end up 8-3. Not breaking it down game by game, but we'll probably win one we shouldn't and likewise lose one we shouldn't on paper. Could be 2-3 OOC and 6-0 PL or 3-2 OOC and 5-1 PL....I do think we will ultimately raise the PL trophy for a 3rd consecutive time.
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 19, 2021 14:33:49 GMT -5
For some reason, I think we'll ultimately end up 8-3. Not breaking it down game by game, but we'll probably win one we shouldn't and likewise lose one we shouldn't on paper. Could be 2-3 OOC and 6-0 PL or 3-2 OOC and 5-1 PL....I do think we will ultimately raise the PL trophy for a 3rd consecutive time. Thus qualifying as our second PL "Dynasty"?
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Post by hc87 on Aug 19, 2021 14:47:34 GMT -5
For some reason, I think we'll ultimately end up 8-3. Not breaking it down game by game, but we'll probably win one we shouldn't and likewise lose one we shouldn't on paper. Could be 2-3 OOC and 6-0 PL or 3-2 OOC and 5-1 PL....I do think we will ultimately raise the PL trophy for a 3rd consecutive time. Thus qualifying as our second PL "Dynasty"? I think 3 in a row gets you the "dynasty" label...even if the middle one could be viewed as an *. We aren't at the level of the "86-'89 teams just yet imo but I believe we are getting there. As many have mentioned here, the next "box to be checked" is a solid OOC faring, going above .500 in our OOC tilts would be a nice step forward. The next step after that would be a win or more in the playoffs.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 27, 2021 10:57:15 GMT -5
A lot can happen for both clubs between now and the game, but I believe our game with Fordham is a coin flip. In fact, Fordham might even be favored given the game is in the Bronx. Can only put so much stock in the spring game, but I felt like they largely outplayed us.
There’s a lot of optimism and lofty predictions here. I definitely have high expectations this year, but with a daunting OOC where we could very easily be 2-3 after the five games, I have us going 7-4 in the regular season. In fact, we will very likely be dogs in three of our first four games.
I’d feel much better about our chances if our QB situation was more solidified and known.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 27, 2021 11:44:58 GMT -5
Maybe our QB situation is solidified and known.
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Post by mm67 on Aug 27, 2021 11:51:05 GMT -5
What's the difference between swag & overconfidence? For the team? For the fans?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 27, 2021 12:22:52 GMT -5
Maybe our QB situation is solidified and known. Yes, it probably is Sluka. Hope with an off-season under his belt the passing side of his game has come along. We have the receivers that are thirsty to catch a lot of passes this season.
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Post by cruskater31 on Aug 30, 2021 9:43:53 GMT -5
@uconn WIN Merrimack WIN @yale loss @monmouth loss Harvard WIN Georgetown WIN Colgate WIN @lehigh WIN Lafayette WIN Fordham close one but WIN @bucknell WIN
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Post by midwestsader05 on Sept 2, 2021 12:33:05 GMT -5
I’m putting our O/U at 7.5 wins. I’ll go with 7-4. We go 2-3 in OCC and the game against Fordham is a toss-up. But since we have to decide now to pick a game played in November (when so much can happen), I would pick Fordham if the game was played in the Bronx this week. That’s how I get to 7-4, but to be exact I would vote for 7-8 wins if it was an option
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Post by mm67 on Sept 2, 2021 13:23:55 GMT -5
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