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!What if We had Beaten LSU and UNC in Year One!

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7 months ago

If we had beaten LSU and UNC (especially LSU) in Dooley's First Year (I can still see them celebrating) - how different would perceptions be of Dooley and where would we be now?
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I'm afraid, it'd be the same.
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7 months ago

It may be even worse. Cause we would have conceivably regressed when we have more talent all over the field
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FSU-MSU-USF-VOL said...
If we had beaten LSU and UNC (especially LSU) in Dooley's First Year (I can still see them celebrating) - how different would perceptions be of Dooley and where would we be now?

So many things would've been different...
1st off if we beat LSU we aren't playing UNC in a bowl game.
2nd If we did count those 2 wins we would've gotten better players in that recruiting class.
I actually think of this a lot, but what if we lost to Vandy last year, then what would today be like 0-13 in the SEC. So we just have to play the hand were dealt.
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FSU-MSU-USF-VOL said...
If we had beaten LSU and UNC (especially LSU) in Dooley's First Year (I can still see them celebrating) - how different would perceptions be of Dooley and where would we be now?

Things might be different, because I believe he may have had a more persuasive argument to convince a few more game changers to sign in what would be our Sophomore class. Saying UT is on its way up is more convincing when you're 8-5 with a win against LSU and a bowl victory. If one or more of those potential signees happened to be a D tackle or elite JUCO WR that sure would have helped last year's team. The energy around the program would have been way more positive and right now a few more people would probably be giving Dooley the benefit of the doubt.

This post was edited by DCVolunteer on 10/25/2012 at 10:42 PM
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I think a lot of things would different, once you learn to win close games the next gets easier.
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7 months ago

If if's and but's were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry christmas
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