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What is a realistic outcome for the rest of the season?

  • 6-6: the wheels continue to slide off and nothing changes from over the last 2 weeks

    Votes: 5 1.8%

  • 7-5: the team holds serve, wins the ones they should and loses the ones they should

    Votes: 63 23.2%

  • 8-4: the team figures it out a little bit, figures out an identity offensively and remains competiti

    Votes: 133 48.9%

  • 9-3: we see them develop an offensive identity and knock off a team or two that surprises us

    Votes: 63 23.2%

  • 10-2: they come out of the bye week a whole new energized team, wins out etc

    Votes: 8 2.9%
  • Total voters
    272
Cyinthenorth

Cyinthenorth

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Given what has transpired over the course of the first half of the season+, taking into consideration the injuries, inconsistencies on both sides of the ball, absence of a kicking game etc., I have been seriously considering what might define a successful season at this point. The conference title game is not mathematically off the table yet, however the state of the team has disintegrated quite a bit below the standard of the team that raced to a 5-0 start. The remaining schedule while not daunting necessarily, is for the most part littered with games I consider to be coin tosses:

BYU - coin toss at home
@TCU - coin toss with soft lean toward assumed loss on the road
Arizona State - coin toss at home
Kansas - coin toss with soft lean toward assumed win at home
@Oklahoma State - heavy lean toward assumed win

I would love to see the team win out. But it's not happening. The losses on the LB unit last year were crucial and inevitably caused collapses in the games we lost. Kansas, Texas Tech, and Arizona St gashed us and took advantage of our weakness. As bad as that was, it seems like the loss of maybe fewer players overall, but better ones in Cooper and Williams, a hampered and less effective version of Dom Orange, Konrardy, and Hansen (1 game is hopefully all he misses) has really hurt our star power. The stars that are left are Rocco and the tight ends. Sowell has the potential but hasn't grasped it yet completely. The offense in general just doesn't play in sync, which needs to change asap. I think given the circumstances, I've talked myself into thinking an 8-4 regular season finish would actually make me feel OK. That's beating OK state and splitting the coin flip games. What does everyone else think?
 
It does seem like every Campbell team has that moment where you think they've completely fallen apart and then they go on a tear.

I see them winning the next 3, coming into Jack Trice for KU at just insane levels of intensity/hype/good vibes and then absolutely shitting the bed in a very typical Campbell v. Leipold game with a chance to stay alive in the title race and then taking a tire iron to the hapless Pokes for a 9-3 finish.
 
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Right now, I think we beat OSU and go 2-2 in the other four. I think 9-3 is more likely than 7-5 and certainly hoping for 10-2.
 
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Seeing 7-5 with the description "wins the ones they should and loses the ones they should" seems off. If this question were asked when the team was 5-0 there were few games one would think they shouldn't win. After two crushing losses and looking lost in the process it's hard to see any games but one as "winning the ones they should." That one would be OSU and we've already seen this team lower itself below one of the worst in the league so is that even a "should win?"

I keep trusting in the coaching staff to get this bent ruddered ship turned around. If they do 7-5/8-4 should be achievable. Heck, 9-3 would be doable. But there is no longer any room for error on that one.
 
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Bret44 said:
The Strive for 9 is still alive.
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And I could absolutely see that too.

I know we've been concerned about mobile QBs last couple years but this year with our secondary I'm concerned about coverage. TCU has a really good passing attack this year, so that is one of my projected L's.
Good year to not have Baylor and Tech on the schedule because they are really dangerous with passing.
 
Didn't even really want to vote in this. Can they avoid any other serious injuries and get Konrardy back? If so, should be a pretty good rest of the year with one more week off. Otherwise, yeah it's probably Okie St and one more.
 
acoustimac said:
Seeing 7-5 with the description "wins the ones they should and loses the ones they should" seems off. If this question were asked when the team was 5-0 there were few games one would think they shouldn't win. After two crushing losses and looking lost in the process it's hard to see any games but one as "winning the ones they should." That one would be OSU and we've already seen this team lower itself below one of the worst in the league so is that even a "should win?"

I keep trusting in the coaching staff to get this bent ruddered ship turned around. If they do 7-5/8-4 should be achievable. Heck, 9-3 would be doable. But there is no longer any room for error on that one.
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Ok State and Kansas would be my "should wins". I'll admit i wish we played Oklahoma State earlier rather than later. Their spirits can't get much lower than they've already gotten, so there is a chance they could be feeling punchy that late in the season, especially for their last home game for the seniors. Wish that game was our next one after the bye, but regardless it is a game the Cyclones should win.

I realize calling a Leipold coached team a should win for a Campbell coached team sounds extremely silly, but i think they are the worst on paper team remaining on the schedule aside from OSU and they're at home.
 
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KU defense is pretty bad, not Oklahoma State Bad but pretty bad nonetheless, and on offense they're nothing special this year, a little better than us numbers-wise but not dramatically so. If the offense can get it together like the Arizona first half, could even be a fairly easy win.
 
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Cyinthenorth said:
Given what has transpired over the course of the first half of the season+, taking into consideration the injuries, inconsistencies on both sides of the ball, absence of a kicking game etc., I have been seriously considering what might define a successful season at this point. The conference title game is not mathematically off the table yet, however the state of the team has disintegrated quite a bit below the standard of the team that raced to a 5-0 start. The remaining schedule while not daunting necessarily, is for the most part littered with games I consider to be coin tosses:

BYU - coin toss at home
@TCU - coin toss with soft lean toward assumed loss on the road
Arizona State - coin toss at home
Kansas - coin toss with soft lean toward assumed win at home
@Oklahoma State - heavy lean toward assumed win

I would love to see the team win out. But it's not happening. The losses on the LB unit last year were crucial and inevitably caused collapses in the games we lost. Kansas, Texas Tech, and Arizona St gashed us and took advantage of our weakness. As bad as that was, it seems like the loss of maybe fewer players overall, but better ones in Cooper and Williams, a hampered and less effective version of Dom Orange, Konrardy, and Hansen (1 game is hopefully all he misses) has really hurt our star power. The stars that are left are Rocco and the tight ends. Sowell has the potential but hasn't grasped it yet completely. The offense in general just doesn't play in sync, which needs to change asap. I think given the circumstances, I've talked myself into thinking an 8-4 regular season finish would actually make me feel OK. That's beating OK state and splitting the coin flip games. What does everyone else think?
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so youre tellin' me theyre a coin toss!

;)
 
8-4 seems like safe money, but to end 3-5 after starting 5-0 is still a big 'ol letdown. Injuries are severely hampering the potential of this team.
 
I went 9-3, but that assumes Komrardy is back against BYU and we get into a more rhythmed offense that doesn't have to worry about kicking field goals.
 
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Al_4_State said:
It does seem like every Campbell team has that moment where you think they've completely fallen apart and then they go on a tear.

I see them winning the next 3, coming into Jack Trice for KU at just insane levels of intensity/hype/good vibes and then absolutely shitting the bed in a very typical Campbell v. Leipold game with a chance to stay alive in the title race and then taking a tire iron to the hapless Pokes for a 9-3 finish.
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This is my prediction too. We haven't ben able to slow down the KU offense the last few years.
 
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