I like what he did at Jacksonville St. haven’t seen that mentioned yet. That was the most impressive thing on his resume to me.
We knew Texas was an L and expected to lose both Marshall and USM. We knew we'd be in a bowl game and a good chance at a win since Holtz plays a different game in bowls than he does in the regular season other than special teams.
10 games is NOT good enough when we should have won 13 and be ranked in the Top25. That was not bad luck, it was bad management.
Oh, and the media's picks suck. Nobody respects the media.
I'm saying in the moment before the suspension we had a chance for a truly historic season, and the suspension cost us that. But if you told any of us at the beginning of the season that we'd win 10 games, I think we all would have thought this would be a very fun season.
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I predicted 8-5, 7-5 and then another bowl win. Holtz et al exceeded my expectations by 2 games. Getting to a 10-win season was one of the benchmarks most of us had for Tech Football. Holtz can check that box now, but that doesn't mean he can get by not repeating it. No, I don't expect a 10-win season from now on. I expect to see some 11-win+ seasons now! But seriously, well, yes I do, but I know an 8-win season remains in the picture during a particularly rough rebuilding year.
Remaining on Holtz's list is a CUSA Championship (then repeating) and a Top 25 finish...followed by a Top 15 finish sometime down the road.
Our schedule was very weak in 2019...VERY WEAK! It was horrendous actually. Still, Holtz and the guys played the schedule they had and won 10 games, and a 6th straight bowl too. It was a GOOD season to be sure!
Many of us thought and think a coach who had been in place and winning consistently for 6 and 5 years respectively and having lost no players from the year before should have won the west easily. There are plenty who said something similar to that way on the prediction thread.
Did any of the coaches pick us to win the West? I can’t recall if there is a coach’s poll for the conference or not.
Regardless, Bret’s point is a good one. Nobody picked J’Mar to be OPY. Few, if any, picked us to beat USM preseason.
Sure, Holtz drops games he shouldn’t each year. So does Lincoln Reilly.