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Title: Looking to 2007
Post by: catsfan20012002 on December 29, 2006, 12:43:01 PM
http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=1577

The offense should be fine. QB Josh Freeman, RB's James Johnson and Leon Patton and WR Jordy Nelson will all be back. Key to the offense will be replacing WR's Yamon Figurs and Jermaine Moreira as well as Greg Wafford and Michael Frieson. The defense could be an issue. Ian Campbell will be back but we lose Brandon Archer and Zach Diles.

The schedule will be interesting. The non conference schedule isn't all that daunting. Fresno State is down but it's still on the road and San Jose State is a bowl team but come on.....They're still San Jose State. Missouri State is a sure win. So lets say that we start 3-0 or at worse 2-1. We start the Big XII season at Texas which is tough but after what we pulled this year I'd say anything is possible. However, I will go ahead and mark that as a "L" just to be on the safe side. Then we have a stretch of 5 games (Kansas, Colorado, at Oklahoma State, Baylor and at Iowa State) that are all winnable on paper. Of course it was the wise philosopher Kenny Mayne who once said that "Games aren't played on paper.....They're played inside TV sets" so we still have to go play them. To finish out the season we have to go to Nebraska and Missouri comes to Manhattan. If we can take advantage of the homefield, otherwise known as homefield advantage, we could have a 7-8 win season in 2007.

Thoughts?

Title: Re: Looking to 2007
Post by: FBWillie on December 29, 2006, 02:10:19 PM
Pretty sure the non-conf schedule they have posted isn't finalyzed...  there should be 4 non-con games.
Title: Re: Looking to 2007
Post by: PowercatPosse on December 29, 2006, 06:09:41 PM
The obvious number one concern for our defense is replacing the 2 starting LBs.   Not only replacing them but having guys step up as the #2's.  We get almost everyone back in the secondary.  I reallly hope McKinney is rated our #4 CB coming out of spring ball.   We need to get more production out of the DTs with Echols gone but our DE area is  strong

Offense, we have to find a playmaking WR that can be opposite Jordy.  Gonzales is a good possession WR, but we need a playmaker.   And of course the OL has to take strides forward so our talented QB and RB duo can be productive.   

Title: Re: Looking to 2007
Post by: Racquetball_Ninja on December 29, 2006, 09:19:45 PM
Until we find an offensive line we will be average at best.  End of story.