'Voluntary workouts' - Yeah right.
I think all of us, certainly including myself, are rightfully excited for this season. I do, however, have a short list also of things that are NOT meant to be negative, but of concern to me.
1. How will we react to all the expectations? This is really some new ground for us. Will we handle being the hunted instead of the hunter? Every SoCon team has us marked, and we will get their best week after week.
2. While the offense should be without many questions, I shutter to think how many times Shaheed made tackles when the opponent had 3rd and whatever. He was a beast of a LB. Also, maybe to a somewhat lesser degree, Omari made some spectacular plays in the secondary - see Wofford and KSU games for example. Big Marks in that middle of the DL was a good one also. Those 3 are going to be hard to replace.
3, Do we realize what a weapon Austin Barnard was?
4. After the Shorter Hawks, this schedule, especially early, is BRUTAL.