How is your preseason prediction holding up?

[JesseMartin]

Obviously, most of us had specific games in mind when predicting our record before the opener. We're past mid-season...what do you think of your prediction now? Are you close? Aside from swapping Tulane and La Tech, I'm right on the money and still expect at least 7-5 though of course there's still a shot at 8-4 or 9-3.

[Harry]

I said 7-5 I think... So yeah I'm in the mix still but hoping we win more. As KingDL1 mentioned tonight how cool would it be to win 11?

[foutsrouts]

I think I predicted 8, so I'm feeling pretty good.

[casual fan]

I went 8-5.

We should (I hope) go 3-0 against SM, UTEP, and UTSA. If we go 1-2 against Rice, Tulsa, and a bowl team that would be 8-5.

We might be a game better than that and end up 9-4. We may need a lucky bounce or a few breaks to get there.

[LongJim]

I predicted 5-7. Still in the running.

[GrandGreen]

Thought 7-5 and now hope I was wrong on the low side. Really so far, season has been close to expectations, 2-2 occ and 2-1 in conference and winning at home.

Team is actually better than I anticipated thus far especially on the defensive side. Passing game is better than I expected but I thought a go to running back would emerge, and that has not occurred. Overall the conference is not as strong as I projected.

[MeanGreenTexan]

I predicted 5-7. Still in the running.

Right there with you, and unless something catastrophic happens, I think we're going to be wrong. Very wrong.

[GreenFlag]

I predicted 6-6. I also picked Tulane and La Tech wrong. I was pleasantly suprised by the 1-1 split with the MAC teams. This team is better than I thought. I think we end up 8-4.

[Hunter Green]

I went 6 - 6. Now looks like 8 - 5.

[Got5onIt]

I went with 5-7. I think it will swap to a 7-5. Very happy to be wrong if it happens...

[LongJim]

Right there with you, and unless something catastrophic happens, I think we're going to be wrong. Very wrong.

And I will happily eat an entire plate of crow, and ask for seconds if that happens!

[akriesman]

I predicted 5-7. This team is better than expected. I would now say 7-5, but hoping for better.

[rws69]

I expected 2-2 on non-conference, and we know now that could have been 3-1. UNT is still only loss for MAC-leader Ball State.

I figured Tulsa as the toughest challenge on the conference schedule, and thought we could do 6-2 in conference. I expected La Tech to be a tougher game, but didn't expect loss at Tulane. So my 8-4 hope still looks reasonable. UNT can beat Tulsa.

That said, USM is most important game right now.

[UNT90]

Terrible.

And that is a very good thing.

[Huff]

I guessed 4 - 8 before the start of the season. We are a lot better than I thought and some of the teams are not as good as I had believed. In this instance it is very nice to have been wrong.

[Mean Green 93-98]

I'm not positive what I predicted, but I think I said 7-5 with the possibility of more. So yeah, that's holding up pretty nicely.

[NT03]

I think it picked 5-7. Sure hope I'm wrong. I'll gladly take 7-5 & go bowling

[letsgiveacheer]

3 or 4 wins. Delighted that I will be very wrong!

[StealthEagle84]

I had us at 6-6 with wins over Idaho, Ball State, MTSU, Southern Miss, UTEP, and UTSA. I had no idea LaTech would fall off the way they have, so there's that one. I'm telling you right now, we can win every game left. After we win this Saturday, the Rice game will be huge. If we win that one, which I think we will have a good chance to do in front of a home crowd, this team will have a lot of momentum to finish out the season. I have a feeling something special is going to happen this year.

[Greendylan]

I picked 5-7 with wins over Idaho, Tulane, Southern Miss, UTEP, and UTSA. I was wrong about Tulane, but fortunately I was also wrong about Ball State, MTSU, and Louisiana Tech.

[oldguystudent]

I think I predicted my kid would make 2 games, I would make one road game, and hundreds upon hundreds of beers would valiantly give their lives for the cause.

Check, check, aaaaaand check.

[Sig381]

7-5

[GoMeanGreen1999]

I think I was 4-8. I am happy to be wrong. This team is pretty good.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Early on I said 6 (minimum), 7 or maybe 8. I just liked our offensive line (so did Phil Steele with his well respected college FB magazine) and also what transfers we had coming in and what I felt back in the Spring/Summer would need to be some key young players developing--I think they are doing that, too. We all knew we would have more skill people this Fall, too, and that has not hurt us or Derek Thompson at all.

I was also banking on DT/#7 having a career year his 5'th and final year for the Mean Green and he seems to be well on the way of doing that.

GMG!

PS: What MUTS is doing right now against Marshall is quite interesting.

Edited October 25, 2013 by PlummMeanGreen