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One kind of positive to the start of the season...

Where coming into the season, it was probably 90/10 that Donovan Edwards would enter the draft (the Don was basically saying "Imma be Marshall Faulk this season") and 70/30 Rod Moore would, as well... those numbers have come way down 3 weeks in, with Edwards still trying to get in gear and Moore still not ready to play at all.

I'd say it's at least 50/50, maybe better, that both of those guys are back next season.

And I would say the odds of Harrell, McGregor and Paige being back for a 5th year have each ticked up slightly, although I'd still say it's sub-50/50 on Harrell and Paige.

I would also say that the odds of JJ going pro were dented slightly this last week. Still think it's 75-80% this is it for him, as long as the BGSU game was just a one-off glitch. But Drake Maye and McCarthy, who were the consensus #2 and #3 QB's in the draft heading into the season, have each hit speedbumps, while guys like Michael Penix and Bo Nix have continued their trajectories, Quinn Ewers has resumed his, and Shedeur Sanders has begun to state his case. The pecking order behind Caleb Williams is more muddled than it was a month ago.

Hard to really know right now, but the initial Kenpom predictions are ugly

It is an unbiased view of our team and based on analytics and predictive statistics.

Not necessarily agreeing with it, but here's the breakdown.

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This is all fluid and changes based on how well you play (getting better or worse).

What I see right now is that these initial predictions don't pick us to win any of the notable nonconference games. That is where our season is gonna be made.

We have a lot of new pieces, but the team is OLDER.

We MUST get off to a quicker start.

You have to start building your resume in November and December.

We have NONE of these notable nonconference games at home. The bonus of that is road and neutral wins will have BIG value.

ACC B1G TEN Challenge - football style!

Six matchups this week between the ACC & the B1G! No major teams UM, OSU, PSU, FSU, Clemson playing. Just the mid level teams. What conference has the best depth? This weekend could answer that for us!

Virginia at Maryland
Louisville
at Indiana
Minnesota at UNC
Northwestern at Duke
Virginia Tech at Rutgers
Syracuse
at Purdue

My winners are in bold. Who ya got?
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