Time will tell.  Everyone bagging on Flood needs to calm down.  He didn’t forget how to coach and maybe he’s adapting to big/quick humans.  Saban didn’t keep him around because Sark wanted him.  Pretty much everyone who has started over the past couple years has been drafted.  Don’t tell me he isn’t developing.  Would have liked to have seen Kibble compete for the job but he’s gone.  There are some big athletic kids in the program.
 

  Also, talent at RB is upgraded.  These guys don’t need to see the Red Sea parting, crease and gone.  That makes an OL look pretty good too!  No extra players in the box with 3 legit WRs and TE on the field.  That makes an OL look pretty good too!  And another year of Arch! He makes th line look pretty good too!  It’s far from a wasted season!  You might look foolish  when Flood develops the he’ll out of this “wasted season”!

45 minutes ago, dentonhorn said:

10-3 was razor thin to being 8-5. Special teams. Go position by position along the OL from 2025 to 2026 and it’s either status quo or not quite as good. Is what it is. 

10-3 was also razor thin to being 11-1 if Arch could make some layups against Ohio Star or if we didn’t decide to spy a hobbled Florida QB who threw 5 interceptions the week before.

This stuff works both ways. 

37 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

10-3 was also razor thin to being 11-1 if Arch could make some layups against Ohio Star or if we didn’t decide to spy a hobbled Florida QB who threw 5 interceptions the week before.

This stuff works both ways. 

You are correct on the 11-1.

But the rest is a bit wrong.  UF - the 5 pick game was two games prior.  It was without Dallas Wilson.  I don’t think we were spying Lagway, certainly not to a materially impactful degree.  Lagway physically got better with the bye but mentally he repaired himself a bit too.  This game was pretty poor on so many fronts.

Arch never missed a TD pass versus Ohio State.  So the question still remains had he completed these “layups” do we score.

 

I’m disappointed that we’re three pages deep without a single Penny Hardaway or Nick Anderson reference. 

4 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

I’m disappointed that we’re three pages deep without a single Penny Hardaway or Nick Anderson reference. 

I’m disappointed you typed that while muted 👀

Just now, Joe Zura said:

I’m disappointed you typed that while muted 👀

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

21 hours ago, Texas71 said:

You have no clue what the staff is doing, so it's pretty comical that you are declaring failure.  

I see what they haven’t done 

22 hours ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

 

So what exactly does it mean when you say they are gonna waste another season?  That is throwing in the towel to me. 

Throwing in the towel means they wouldn’t even play

waste means thy didn’t do what the needed to do to win a championship 

 

I think it will waste Arch and the skill talent as well as two running backs you just paid a ton for while not upgrading the blocking 

Arch was  one of the most pressured QBs in the country last year and our run game was ranked 90th.  
 

The Oline derailed much of last year and I’m afraid it will do it again. Let’s not even talk about an injury