Here is Tech's schedule for 2021:
Sept 4 - @ Mississippi State
Sept 11 - vs Southeastern LA
Sept 18 - vs SMU
Sept 25 - vs North Texas
Oct 2 - @ NC State
Oct 16 - @ UTEP
Oct 23 - vs UTSA
Oct 30 - @ ODU
Nov 6 - @ UAB
Nov 13 - vs Charlotte
Nov 19 - vs Southern Miss
Nov 27 - @ Rice
What are your takes for the 2021 season? Locks to win? Locks to lose? Toss-ups? Ceiling for wins? Floor for wins?
I'll go first:
Locks to win: Southeastern LA, North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, ODU, Charlotte, Southern Miss
Locks to lose: NC State
Toss-ups: Mississippi State, SMU, UAB, Rice
My thoughts:
- UTSA is my LOCK of the year, they were 4-0 in games decided by 3 points or less in 2020. The 7-5 record was a fraud.
- I lean loss to Mississippi State, but having studied them this week gives me a little hope.
- I don't think anyone knows what SMU will be. Dykes brings a "high powered" offense, but he does struggle to win games with QBs that don't have a ton of experience in year one in his system. He was 5-7 at Tech w/ Jenkins, 1-11 at Cal w/ Goff, 5-7 at SMU w/ Ben Hicks. The one exception was Shane Buechele at SMU in 2019, but he had 648 career attempts, was stepping down a level in competition. Mordecai has 70 pass attempts in his career, Preston Stone has 0. They will have a great run game. Athlon Sports ranks them #64 in the preseason.
- UAB is like watching paint dry on offense, it'll be a close low-scoring game.
- Last game of the regular season is always a tough one to get up for, especially in front of 250 fans. Hopefully a West Division title is on the line for Tech.
Ceiling for wins: 9
Floor for wins: 7
What are your thoughts?
Sept 4 - @ Mississippi State
Sept 11 - vs Southeastern LA
Sept 18 - vs SMU
Sept 25 - vs North Texas
Oct 2 - @ NC State
Oct 16 - @ UTEP
Oct 23 - vs UTSA
Oct 30 - @ ODU
Nov 6 - @ UAB
Nov 13 - vs Charlotte
Nov 19 - vs Southern Miss
Nov 27 - @ Rice
What are your takes for the 2021 season? Locks to win? Locks to lose? Toss-ups? Ceiling for wins? Floor for wins?
I'll go first:
Locks to win: Southeastern LA, North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, ODU, Charlotte, Southern Miss
Locks to lose: NC State
Toss-ups: Mississippi State, SMU, UAB, Rice
My thoughts:
- UTSA is my LOCK of the year, they were 4-0 in games decided by 3 points or less in 2020. The 7-5 record was a fraud.
- I lean loss to Mississippi State, but having studied them this week gives me a little hope.
- I don't think anyone knows what SMU will be. Dykes brings a "high powered" offense, but he does struggle to win games with QBs that don't have a ton of experience in year one in his system. He was 5-7 at Tech w/ Jenkins, 1-11 at Cal w/ Goff, 5-7 at SMU w/ Ben Hicks. The one exception was Shane Buechele at SMU in 2019, but he had 648 career attempts, was stepping down a level in competition. Mordecai has 70 pass attempts in his career, Preston Stone has 0. They will have a great run game. Athlon Sports ranks them #64 in the preseason.
- UAB is like watching paint dry on offense, it'll be a close low-scoring game.
- Last game of the regular season is always a tough one to get up for, especially in front of 250 fans. Hopefully a West Division title is on the line for Tech.
Ceiling for wins: 9
Floor for wins: 7
What are your thoughts?
