They'll need Bankston to be a day one starter. It's a shame Jamahl Johnson didn't redshirt his freshman year.
Way Too Early 2020 W/L Predictions
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They'll need Bankston to be a day one starter. It's a shame Jamahl Johnson didn't redshirt his freshman year.
You're correct, I have blocked a lot out from that 3-9 season. And that Iowa game specifically I recall being one of the least competitive and lopsided I've ever seen in the series during my 29 year lifetime. Iowa does have a good RB in Goodson, and some of the WR stepped up this year. I don't think losing Stanley is really a net positive for ISU or net negative for Iowa, but in a rivalry game you'd at least like Stanley's experience. The hope is we can rattle the new guy, but that is rarely the case for ISU (see the UNI QB this year in literally his first collegiate start).
Answered this above, but yes, the o'line is pretty much gone sans one all-conference guard. And the d'line loses a lot as well with an all-conference d'end returning. Otherwise, K-State returns a lot of talented youngsters at every level.
It's tough to predict, but a lot of you need to quit being downers. This was a lousy way to end the season, but think about it this way:
-Iowa - Weak offensive playcalling allowed Iowa to come back and our special teams guys were too busy trying to boink each other instead of catching the football for a chance at a comeback.
-Baylor - Offense was weak for three quarters, then after coming back, defense took a nap on the last drive.
-Oklahoma - We were one play away from winning this game. The two point conversion attempt was a disaster, but that was a winnable game.
The other three losses I won't discuss since we got butt trounced. Fix the little things and don't take games off (Oklahoma State and Kansas State). I would say this team is capable of being 10-2 if they do everything right, but since that won't happen, I am going to go with 8-4 with losses to Iowa, Oklahoma, Okie State, and one of Baylor or Texas.
-Iowa - Weak offensive playcalling allowed Iowa to come back and our special teams guys were too busy trying to boink each other instead of catching the football for a chance at a comeback.
-Baylor - Offense was weak for three quarters, then after coming back, defense took a nap on the last drive.
-Oklahoma - We were one play away from winning this game. The two point conversion attempt was a disaster, but that was a winnable game.
The other three losses I won't discuss since we got butt trounced. Fix the little things and don't take games off (Oklahoma State and Kansas State). I would say this team is capable of being 10-2 if they do everything right, but since that won't happen, I am going to go with 8-4 with losses to Iowa, Oklahoma, Okie State, and one of Baylor or Texas.
1.) K-State loses like 20 guys off of the 2 deeps after this year... Next year is going to be pretty humbling IMO.
2.) I appreciate that CMC didn't pull a CPR and throw the young o-lineman to the wolves this year because it would have been easy to do. I don't expect our o-line to be any worse than it was this year, in fact I think we may see an uptick.
3.) LOL at people predicting 5-7....
2.) I appreciate that CMC didn't pull a CPR and throw the young o-lineman to the wolves this year because it would have been easy to do. I don't expect our o-line to be any worse than it was this year, in fact I think we may see an uptick.
3.) LOL at people predicting 5-7....
Im going 8-4 next year. They split Iowa-Kstate for once, lose to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas.
I don't share the confidence about the road games at Kansas and at West Virginia. Both teams should be significantly improved.
K-State losing 16 on the two-deep. Not sure who you think is going to be humbled though? My guess is EMAWs won't be picked 9th again like this year.
OFFENSE
WR 83 Schoen, Dalton RS SR 4 Knowles, Malik RS FR
WR 21 Gill, Wykeen RS JR 88 Brooks, Phillip RS/FR 12
LT 74 Frantz, Scott RS SR 70 Leveston, Kaitori RS FR
LG 72 Curl, Evan RS SR 76 Rivas, Josh RS SO
C 79 Holtorf, Adam RS SR 69 Johnson, Noah JR/TR
RG 62 Mitchell, Tyler RS SR 63 Adler, Ben RS SO
RT 77 Kaltmayer, Nick RS SR/TR 73 Duffie, Christian RS FR
TE 89 Gammon, Blaise RS SR 87 Lenners, Nick RS JR
FB 87 Lenners, Nick RS JR 36 Barta, Mason RS SO
QB 10 Thompson, Skylar RS JR 17 Ast, Nick RS SO
RB 34 Gilbert, James RS SR/TR 2 Trotter, Harry JR
DEFENSE
DE 56 Hubert, Wyatt RS SO 90 Massie, Bronson RS JR
DT 99 Dishon, Trey RS SR 59 Wiley, Drew JR
DT 91 Mittie, Jordan RS SR/TR/1 96 Davies, Joe SR/TR
DE 51 Walker, Reggie RS SR 44 Ball, Kyle SR
WLB 5 Patton, Da'Quan RS SR/TR 55 Fletcher, Cody JR/TR
MLB 3 Sullivan, Elijah JR 22 Green, Daniel RS/FR
NB 31 McPherson, Jahron RS JR/TR 6 Durham, Johnathan RS SR
CB 15 Neil Jr., Walter RS JR 21 Robinson, Lance RS FR
SS 4 Jones, Wayne RS FR 17 Alexander, Jonathan JR/TR
FS 20 Goolsby, Denzel RS SR 19 Elder, Ross RS SO
CB 7 Parker, AJ SO McGee, Kevion SR/TR
Ku will be terrible next year. They are losing their QB and much of both lines.
SD- W
@iowa- L - sounds like they lost a lot, but not picking us to win against them until Campbell proves he can beat them
UNLV- W
Tech- W
@KU- W
@OSU- L
OU- L
KSU- W (not confident in this though)
@TCU- W
Baylor- L (think we'll go 1-1 between the TCU and Baylor games)
@texas- L
WVU- W
7-5 again. I'm fine with that; watched too much ****** football from ISU in my life to be upset with 7 wins
@iowa- L - sounds like they lost a lot, but not picking us to win against them until Campbell proves he can beat them
UNLV- W
Tech- W
@KU- W
@OSU- L
OU- L
KSU- W (not confident in this though)
@TCU- W
Baylor- L (think we'll go 1-1 between the TCU and Baylor games)
@texas- L
WVU- W
7-5 again. I'm fine with that; watched too much ****** football from ISU in my life to be upset with 7 wins
K-State losing 16 on the two-deep. Not sure who you think is going to be humbled though? My guess is EMAWs won't be picked 9th again like this year.
OFFENSE
WR 83 Schoen, Dalton RS SR 4 Knowles, Malik RS FR
WR 21 Gill, Wykeen RS JR 88 Brooks, Phillip RS/FR 12
LT 74 Frantz, Scott RS SR 70 Leveston, Kaitori RS FR
LG 72 Curl, Evan RS SR 76 Rivas, Josh RS SO
C 79 Holtorf, Adam RS SR 69 Johnson, Noah JR/TR
RG 62 Mitchell, Tyler RS SR 63 Adler, Ben RS SO
RT 77 Kaltmayer, Nick RS SR/TR 73 Duffie, Christian RS FR
TE 89 Gammon, Blaise RS SR 87 Lenners, Nick RS JR
FB 87 Lenners, Nick RS JR 36 Barta, Mason RS SO
QB 10 Thompson, Skylar RS JR 17 Ast, Nick RS SO
RB 34 Gilbert, James RS SR/TR 2 Trotter, Harry JR
DEFENSE
DE 56 Hubert, Wyatt RS SO 90 Massie, Bronson RS JR
DT 99 Dishon, Trey RS SR 59 Wiley, Drew JR
DT 91 Mittie, Jordan RS SR/TR/1 96 Davies, Joe SR/TR
DE 51 Walker, Reggie RS SR 44 Ball, Kyle SR
WLB 5 Patton, Da'Quan RS SR/TR 55 Fletcher, Cody JR/TR
MLB 3 Sullivan, Elijah JR 22 Green, Daniel RS/FR
NB 31 McPherson, Jahron RS JR/TR 6 Durham, Johnathan RS SR
CB 15 Neil Jr., Walter RS JR 21 Robinson, Lance RS FR
SS 4 Jones, Wayne RS FR 17 Alexander, Jonathan JR/TR
FS 20 Goolsby, Denzel RS SR 19 Elder, Ross RS SO
CB 7 Parker, AJ SO McGee, Kevion SR/TR
I was looking at a different depth chart I guess... You seriously don't think K-State takes a step back next year?
Good Lord, no! If Klieman fills the line holes K-State will be loaded. I am anxious about the Navy game though given how B12 teams have played in the bowls so far.
I like the take re the interior line play. Think our outlook will depend on the line play, esp on offense. It didn’t seem like any of the younger guys stepped up on the offensive line this year. Hoping their limited playing time was based on coaches decisions and not lack of talent.
South Dakota W
at Iowa L because it's in Iowa City. They lose some key pieces.
UNLV W
Texas Tech W
at Kansas W
at Oklahoma State L
Oklahoma W still very beatable until they prove they can play defense
Kansas State W they are going to be very depleted.
at TCU L bounces back
Baylor W takes a step back
at Texas L only because it's at Texas
West Virginia W
Alamo Bowl
8-4. I think we WIN some of the close games next year and #proveit by winning in the margins.
at Iowa L because it's in Iowa City. They lose some key pieces.
UNLV W
Texas Tech W
at Kansas W
at Oklahoma State L
Oklahoma W still very beatable until they prove they can play defense
Kansas State W they are going to be very depleted.
at TCU L bounces back
Baylor W takes a step back
at Texas L only because it's at Texas
West Virginia W
Alamo Bowl
8-4. I think we WIN some of the close games next year and #proveit by winning in the margins.
We won 2-3 close games this year (Depending on your definition of Kansas) and lost 3 close games. Pretty normal for all teams.
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