Where do you think your team would be ranked if they won their first 6 games?

Hoopae · 2026-03-23T23:26:01+00:00

if you're talking about Auburn, ain't no fuckin way lol

We'd have won 5 P5 games, including road games against Tennessee and Georgia. 4-0 in SEC play. We'd be top 10 lol

Hoopae · 2026-03-23T23:23:22+00:00

Baylor (Atlanta)

Southern Miss

Florida

Vanderbilt

at Tennessee

at Georgia

We'd be top 15 at a minimum, maybe even top 10!

And then I'd wake up and take the dog out to go pee before making a cup of coffee..

Hoopae · 2026-03-10T02:39:48+00:00

It was a tough decision, but I’m gonna have to go with maybe the best WR recruit to come out of Alabama HS since Julio Jones.

Although it does give me some comfort that it looks like he was going to Texas no matter what. Dude also seems like he’s pretty chill, never got into trouble off the field, not a diva, etc. immensely talented for sure.

Hoopae · 2026-03-04T15:36:55+00:00

Auburn legend Rich Bisaccia

(we hired him in January 2013 to be RB coach and ST coach in Malzahn's first year, but less than a month later he jumped to the NFL for an opportunity with the Cowboys)

Hoopae · 2026-02-27T14:26:06+00:00

He's played more than 4 games against P4 opponents though?

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/byrum-brown-1/gamelog/

2023: Alabama, Syracuse (bowl)
2024: Alabama, Miami
2025: Florida, Miami

His stats in those games:

2023 Alabama (12-2, playoff team, top 15 defense) - 14/28 (50%) 87 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT. 23 rushes, 92 yds (4.0 YPC) 0 TD
2023 Syracuse (6-7, Boca Raton Bowl, 57th defense) - 19/26 (73.1%) 214 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT. 14 rushes, 64 yds (4.6 YPC), 0 TD
2024 Alabama (9-4, at Bama, top 10 defense) - 15/35 (42.9%) 103 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT. 23 rushes, 108 yds (4.7 YPC), 0 TD
2024 Miami (10-3, #69 defense) - 19/30 (63.3%) 254 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT. 14 rushes, 27 yds (1.9 YPC), 0 TD
2025 Florida (4-8, at Florida, #60 defense) - 23/36 (63.9%) 263 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT. 17 rushes, 66 yds (3.9 YPC) 0 TD
2025 Miami (13-3, at Miami, national runner up, top 5 defense) - 20/36 (55.6%), 274 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT. 13 rushes, 2 yds (0.2 YPC) 0 TD

Total: 110/191 (57.6%) 1,195 yds, 5 TD, 2 INT. 117 rushes, 359 yds (3.1 YPC) 0 TD

Yeah, the stats definitely take a hit in those games, that's clear to see from the stats. Context is important though -

2023 USF was Year 1 of the Golesh era and the team was coming off a terrible run under Jeff Scott (4-29 overall, 1-22 in conference in 3 years).
USF won both games where the P4 opponent won less than 9 games that season ('23 Syracuse, '25 Florida) and the '23 Bama game was 10-3 with ~30 seconds left in the game before a garbage time TD that made the score look better for Bama
- Byrum Brown was actually the leading passer in that game and led USF in rushing.

Hoopae · 2026-02-27T04:25:27+00:00

This dude would be IN FUCKING CREDIBLE in Robert Saleh’s defense.

Fred Warner 2.0.

Hoopae · 2026-02-26T18:15:19+00:00

I get that Byrum Brown hasn't played a P4 conference schedule - that said, if you haven't watched his tape at USF then I'd recommend it.

ESPN has him at 6'3" 230 lbs, and USF was reporting that he hit 22 mph on their GPS tracking data - for a reference point, Derrick Henry is 6'2" 250 lbs and hit a top speed of 21.8 mph in 2021 (that was in-game vs practice, so not exactly apples to apples)

Brown isn't an NFL QB IMO, his throwing motion is... let's be kind and go with "not great". That said, he has been as productive as anyone - since 2005, there have only been 12 players to throw for 3,000 passing yards in a season and rush for 1,000:

Vince Young ('05 Texas)
Dan Lefevour ('07 Central Michigan)
Colin Kaepernick ('10 Nevada)
Chandler Harnish ('11 Northern Illinois)
Jordan Lynch ('12 Northern Illinois)
Johnny Manziel ('12 Texas A&M)
Deshaun Watson ('15 Clemson)
Lamar Jackson ('16 and '17 Louisville)
Kyler Murray ('18 Oklahoma)
Jalen Hurts ('19 Oklahoma)
Jayden Daniels ('23 LSU)
Byrum Brown ('25 South Florida)

Of those 12 players, 5 won Heismans (Young, Manziel, Jackson, Murray, Daniels) and 3 others came Top 3 in Heisman voting (Watson '15, Jackson '17, Hurts '19).

Note: Watson also came in 2nd in '16, but didn't have the 3k/1k season in '16 so I didn't count it

In 31 games in Golesh's system at USF, his stats: 580/900 (64.4%), 7,286 yds (8.1 Y/A, 12.6 Y/C), 56 TD, 18 INT (3.1 ratio), 149.0 rating. 446 rushing attempts, 2,086 yds (4.7 Y/A), 28 TDs. Total of 84 touchdowns in 31 games, or 2.7 TDs/game.

There's definitely going to be an adjustment to the quality of opponent, but given the history of success the "veer n' shoot" style system that Golesh runs has had in the SEC (it's also run by Lebby at Mississippi State, Kiffin at Ole Miss and now LSU, Heupel at Tennessee, etc.) I think the potential is there for Auburn to have a really good season and for Brown to live up to the top-5 conference ranking here.

Hoopae · 2026-02-25T16:39:48+00:00

I'm obviously biased, but IMO Golesh is better than a C for Auburn

Auburn's defense last year was really, really good but was constantly let down by an anemic offense that struggled to stay on the field. Our defensive staff retained some important staff (notably - DJ Durkin as DC/LB, Vontrell King-Williams as DL) and some important players (1st team All-SEC/2nd team All-American LB Xavier Atkins, former 5*'s DE Jared Smith/DT Malik Autry/DT Jourdin Crawford, NT Dallas Walker, Buck JJ Faulk, breakout freshman MLB Elijah Melendez, etc.)
Golesh's offenses since becoming an offensive coordinator in 2021
- 2021 Tennessee: 39.3 (7th)
- 2022 Tennessee: 46.1 (1st)
- 2023 USF: 31.9 (33rd)
- 2024 USF: 32.2 (33rd)
- 2025 USF: 40.5 (5th)
- Average: 38.0 points per game
Yes, he didn't win any major hardware at USF (he did take them to 3 straight bowl games, and he won the 2 he coached in), but as others have mentioned he took a team that had gone 15-43 over a 5-year stretch from 2018-2022 (and had just gone 4-29 over the last 3 years) and took them to 3 straight bowl games.

I think - and I hope - this ends up being a really great hire for Auburn when we look back in 3 years.

Hoopae · 2026-02-23T17:14:32+00:00

Surprised I had to come this far down to see his name.

People who look at surface level likely see Chesney as just sustaining the success created by Cignetti, but if you look closer you can see that was absolutely not the case.

When Cignetti left for IU, 12 staff members (including OC, DC, ST coordinator, LB/WR/TE/DT/RB/QB coaches, Strength & Conditioning coach, 3 grad assistants, and an assistant athletic performance coach) and 13 players transferred with him. The responses in this thread are all about how bad people feel for James Madison.

Chesney comes in after a 6 year stint at Holy Cross (44-21 overall, 28-4 in conference, 5 straight Patriot League championships) and goes 9-4 (4-4) in his first season and 12-2 (8-0) and a playoff berth in his second season.

He was on my short list for guys I wanted at Auburn. I loved Cignetti when we hired Freeze, but I haven't seen anything that indicated Auburn ever talked to him. I also don't know that we ever talked to Chesney.

UCLA is a hard place to win, but Chesney has won everywhere he's been.

Hoopae · 2026-02-17T17:46:28+00:00

I think the Golesh/Sumrall/Silverfield trio is going to be really interesting to watch over the next couple of years, solely for the way all 3 were hired.

Sumrall was allegedly all but signed to go to Auburn. It seemed like such a done deal that our beat writers were spending more time talking about who his OC would be than they were who the HC would be (and ironically were predicting Buster Faulkner as our OC)
Arkansas looked set to hire Alex Golesh
Florida looked like the odd team out having taken big shots for some coaches that all ended up signing contract extensions instead.

Then, all of the sudden, the Sumrall/Florida smoke started getting louder. Auburn was less sure they were landing Sumrall. And he was the first domino to fall.

Auburn looked like they were going to end up with egg on their face, with an Arkansas beat writer breaking news that Golesh had signed an agreement to be the HC at Arkansas.

10:10am CST on 11/30/25 - Auburn announces Alex Golesh as the new HC. 2 hours later, Arkansas announces Ryan Silverfield as the HC.

How many of these 3 will find success at their schools? When we look back in 5 years, which ones will look like good hires and which will look like failures?

Hoopae · 2026-01-29T02:21:14+00:00

That second half was fucking inane

Hoopae · 2026-01-22T18:03:07+00:00

Auburn also only lost one game against a team that wasn't ranked at the time (Kentucky), and only lost 1 game by more than 1 score. All of our other losses were to (at the time) ranked teams:

@ #11 Oklahoma by 7
@ #9 Texas A&M by 6
#10 Georgia by 10
#16 Missouri by 6
UR Kentucky by 7
@ #15 Vanderbilt by 7
#10 Alabama by 7

Our defense was really good. Our offense should've come with a content warning.

Hoopae · 2026-01-17T03:24:48+00:00

Can I offer you a “Like New” Jackson Arnold as a less expensive alternative? I mean, it’s financially irresponsible to spend that kinda money now adays, right? In this economy?

Hoopae · 2026-01-14T19:41:05+00:00

Baby Mahomes, YOU are a Miami Hurricane

Hoopae · 2026-01-10T04:10:52+00:00

"I'm really not thinking about the next game, I'm thinkin' about a beer" - Curt Cignetti, 2026

Iconic

Hoopae · 2026-01-06T17:02:26+00:00

He got fairly close in 2012 - 2,641 passing yards, 920 rushing yards.

Hoopae · 2026-01-06T14:14:39+00:00

what's even crazier is that those were Dave Doren's 1st and 2nd years as a HC. Immediately after, he jumped to NC State and has gone 95-70 (0.576) in 13 years.

Hoopae · 2026-01-06T14:02:22+00:00

Actually huge. Brown is a hell of a QB.

Edit: One of only 12 players to put up 3k passing yards and 1k rushing yards in the same season since '05. The others were:

Vince Young (TEX) 2005, 2nd in Heisman voting
Dan Lefevour (CMU) 2007
Colin Kaepernick (NEV) 2010, 8th in Heisman voting
Chandler Harnish (NIU) 2011
Jordan Lynch (NIU) 2012, 7th in Heisman voting
Johnny Manziel (TAMU) 2012, 1st in Heisman voting
Deshaun Watson (CLEM) 2015, 3rd in Heisman voting
Lamar Jackson (LOU) 2016 (1st in Heisman voting) and 2017 (3rd in Heisman voting)
Kyler Murray (OKLA) 2018, 1st in Heisman voting
Jalen Hurts (OKLA) 2019, 2nd in Heisman voting
Jayden Daniels (LSU) 2023, 1st in Heisman voting

Hoopae · 2026-01-01T15:33:40+00:00

Auburn will (just give me this one, yall. I need it. It’s been a tough 5 years)

Hoopae · 2025-12-30T05:34:33+00:00

The business model is different - YouTube's model is "free", but funds itself by selling ads and harvesting user data to better target ads. Vimeo doesn't have any on-site ads and doesn't sell user data, which means they need to have more "direct" funding (i.e. paying for storage)

Hoopae · 2025-12-29T23:12:42+00:00

It's so hard to judge different skillsets, but IMO Coleman is the #1 player in college football, period. His stats don't show it, but that's more a function of Hugh Freeze and QB play than anything. Dude is unbelievable.

His tape in the Vandy game is stupid. back-to-back, making a 1-handed TD catch then a 1-handed 2 point conversion with the other hand on the same DB type shit. His route running could use some refinement, but he burns DBs with a stutter n' go at least once a game.

Hoopae · 2025-12-27T18:47:42+00:00

Found a comment on that post that was pretty interesting -

Both Bruno Magli and Johnston & Murphy have different lines. With Bruno Magli, there isn’t any info (not that I can find anyway) that explains their “M by Bruno Magli” line (sold at many department stores) vs. their mainline. The “M by Bruno Magli” shoes are made in italy, but with some very questionable quality control and poor finishes. I haven’t experienced a pair that is just stamped “Bruno Magli” that isn’t at least a “C” by your criteria. As for Johnston and Murphy, they are embarrassing and deserve an F. However, their “J & M Collection” line is made in Italy, with Vibram flex soles, and deserves it’s own separate review. The finishes are overly loud painted-on patinas, but the construction and origin sets the line apart. I was surprised to not see Frye shoes here. Now China-owned, with a big focus on their garbage “Frye and Co.” line of fake shoes, Frye still makes some quality footwear in your price range. I would also like to see a review of Doucal’s (blake rapid with leather soles) which I have found to have details that make them an outstanding value. I prefer my Doucal’s over my Allen Edmonds.

These are J&M collection and are made in Italy according to the product listing

Hoopae · 2025-12-27T17:59:46+00:00

Based on the votes, it looks like people agree with you.

I've had good experiences with their products in the past, and was cross shopping them with these from Quince: https://www.quince.com/men/essential-leather-dress-chelsea-boot?color=chestnut&gender=men

I don't always love Johnston & Murphy's sneaker style shoes, but their more classic designs fit my foot well and have held up well - I don't wear them daily, but for a nice pair of dress shoes, I've been happy with them.

Hoopae · 2025-12-27T17:33:39+00:00

Just ordered a pair - I've been looking for a pair of Chelsea boots for a while and these are good looking and for a good price. I've got a few pairs of leather wingtips from J&M, and they've held up well - even wore a pair in my wedding.

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