Itās crazy that 7 seems like an incredible year, even though Mike effin London won 8 at uva
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I kinda feel like we already know heās not, but he still could win 7 or 8 next year. I think 6 with this team should still be fireable, but I know our admin wonāt.
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If we pull off poaching a Notre Dame starting offensive lineman, then there is no excuse for UVAās next starting pg to not be Dedan Thomas Jr.
The bags are coming
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Hoos winning the ACC
CTE coach of the yr
Morris 2nd team ACC
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H&T 
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I think we get him. He prolly just wants to start earning money for the ACC for a change.
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We land him?
Just saw we spent a million on him. That donor money is going to go quick 
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Throwing out money like this moves the bar up on Elliottā¦ I personally feel like it should be 8 wins or bust.
Pretty easy schedule and bringing in good talent, heāll be held accountable if he doesnāt find success nowā¦ but atleast in his defense heās getting a completely fair shake now. No excuses if Hoos canāt meet expectations come December.
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100%
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I think even this yearās Virginia team (meaning 2024-25) would have gotten 8 wins against next yearās schedule. So with an influx of talent, 8 wins is too low of a bar. (Unless it turns out our new QB totally sucks, or we suffer a major injury bug.)
9 wins including VT, 10 without. That should be baseline expectations for Elliott. Iām looking for 10 including Tech, and busting some teams up along the way.
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Weāve got like one 10 win season all time. Some solid pieces but we need to adjust expectations lol. It takes time to teach a bunch of hired guns, see FSU and Ole Miss. I also donāt think we have a treasure chest on O outside maybe OL, and our entire defense is still shaky at best. Would love a @StLouHoo roster breakdown
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TEN. WINS.
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Agree wirh @JoeBoxley the plug and play upgrades in football donāt translate as neatly as they do in hoops typically.
The schedule is a massive help but its not a cakewalk. A reasonable O/U of 7.5 feels right. Its also far too early to establish expectations until they hit the ground in spring ball and given the volume new faces theyāll need wvery rep of the fall too.
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Yeah Welsh went 10-3 once other than that thatās itā¦
But I donāt think a winning season shouldnāt be expected. UVA just got a starting OL from the team in the championship game AND got him locked up shutting out last years national champs from even getting a visitā¦ if theyāre doing these types of things theyāre committing to ābig boyā football IMO and that means you gotta have success. 6-6 would be an overwhelming disappointment and I donāt really think 7-5 moves the needle enough with all the money theyāve spent/number of final year players theyāre going to haveā¦
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As @JBHoo said, Elliottās been given a favorable schedule and multimillions to go out and buy the pieces he thinks he needs. Given that, I just donāt see how weāre gonna say Elliottās a keeper if he finishes 8-5. (āAll that, and you still just barely got to āgoodā?ā) Or even 9-4 if it includes yet another loss to VT (at home, after a bye week). Those are historically great records for Virginia teams, but thatās not Elliottās bar given the context.
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Is that true? He hasnāt committed publicly yet.
Fair point fair point. But smoke has been positive outside of the on3 stuff.
Update: DAMMIT. Went to Nebraska. Scuttle is they matched our offer fwiw.
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If he goes 9-4 with a loss to VT, I think itās almost a certainty that he will keep coaching us. Our roster has improved for sure, but itās not like we are trotting out Ohio State East. Thatās probably true with 8 wins also, although we would all be pissed. I think 7 wins with a VT loss is probably walking papers, but Iām not even sure then.
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