We will beat USF

Charlie Strong knows football. He also seems to be a good guy. But his way of establishing culture is discipline and weeding out the bad apples. Positive leadership has to come from somewhere else. When the team is self-motivated and takes the reigns, it can work. But otherwise it leaves a leadership vacuum and you get uninspired play. Other coaches are more like that, including CPJ. But CPJ knew it and tried to find the right character in his kids and empower them to lead. I think Charlie just thinks that winning football is all about talent, scheme, and execution. The opposite are guys like Dabo and CGC who really support the players and try to build them up.

USF as a collection of players is meh. They recruit below P5 and supplement it with transfers and athletes that other programs won't qualify. It makes them dangerous against incomplete or undisciplined opponents, and they've certainly got the talent to beat their peers, but if they were in a P5 conference their ceiling would be more like 7-8 wins tops. We, at least defensively, are far more complete now so should easily be in position to win barring turnovers, special teams gaffes, penalties, etc. We aren't going to be overwhelmed on the lines like we were against Clemson.
 
BigDanT said:
Me and my dad we’re discussing how in the world do you beat Clemson or Georgia when they perform the way they do. My answer was you beat va tech, duke, Miami, Pitt, and all of your other opponents first. By beating them regularly then we will get ranked regularly and have the exposure we need to recruit to beat them.

Collins will get us exposure in a positive way. Recruits won’t remember this game. We’ve all talked about rebuilding years and now we realize the pain of what that takes. But with a victory next week y’all gonna be some smilin motha ööööers and say damn, Marcellus Wallace was right.
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Not so fast, my friend. Still think we are more likely to be 1-3 than 3-1 at the one third mark.
 
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