I am not one that is usually overly optimistic when it has come to our sports teams of late, but I did say we would win 7 games last year and most thought I was crazy and was, of course correct. Plus I loved the great win over A&M to get a very nice comeback win at the Belk Bowl.
But I also hate it when dumbass Wake fans don't give credit for what we do have on our roster when it is there! And to say we don't have great talent on offense is so LOWF of you Pilch! We were 2nd in the ACC in points scored and while we will certainly skip a beat with Wolford being gone, he didn't hit his stride until the 2nd half of the season. With the entire OL returning, that by itself is 132 starts. WR will be a real strength and there is no way on earth that Washington & Dortch will be double teamed, not with 6'4" Surratt ready for action opposite of Washington. And while Seringne was our best TE ever, he might have been underutilized and blocked too much to have been such a top notch weapon. He only caught 35 passes which was down from 2016. I hope Freudenthal is used more actually and he has the same size as Cam. And I haven't even gotten to the addition of Christian Beal at RB, so along with depth he gives us outside speed.
But yes Pilch, I am expecting Wake to win at Tulane in a wild shootout, something like 42-28 as the Green Wave has no defense. They gave up 412 yards per game last year & 36 points and only have 5 starters back. While I am sure Willie Fritz is looking at our game as a hopeful win on his way to a hopeful bowl season, he is still picked 5th in the AAC West behind even Tulsa. They have only 5 on the preseason all AAC team offense, none on 1st team and only 3 on defense, with 1 on 2nd & 2 on 4th. Their strength lies in their QB & OL. Not with their defense. But that is OK, you sound like the typical LOWF person, poor mouthing before the season even starts. Where I do expect a huge tussle is in Game 3 against BC. They are vastly improved with Anthony Brown at QB, AJ Dillon at RB and a huge OL. We will hopefully be up & running full steam with our young QB and outscore them as their D will give up some yards.