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And we left our tackles on an island, with no help, while we called long-developing pass plays. Watch how they played UF's two NFL DEs in the opener. Enos must've had a death wish.

I can give you stats if you prefer. Those four stars are allowing 6.2 yards per pass. That would've been a Top 10 number in the nation last year.

What metrics do you use to measure talent? The only one I've heard from you is W/L record, which does nothing to answer the question of whether (and to what degree) we're underachieving. If it's the old "eye test," I'd ask whether those eyes saw the same defensive talent in 2015 and 2016. I...

He played in 17 games. Only two others played at all, and neither threw a TD. If you looked only at NFL careers, you’d say our best QB of the past 30 years was Dorsey by a large margin. And you’d be right.

Dorsey had the longest NFL career of any QB we've produced in the last 30 years. Before that, it was Craig Erickson. Before that, Steve Walsh. All of those guys won titles.

I actually am quite interested in that aspect, Ethnic. That's why I started the Recruiting Board. There are 1.1 million posts on it. Many are mine. We discuss precisely this topic and, believe it or not, there is significantly more detail than simply repeating the word, "evals." Most college...

We've had plenty of those kids, and we didn't win with them. That's why our head coaches are unemployed and our players are employed. The same players who couldn't play defense in 2015 learned pretty quick in 2016. The same thing is happening on offense this year. We don't have an...

I would bet against us winning out, but it's possible. I also don't expect a 2013-type collapse unless King gets hurt. He's too steady, and we don't have a D'Onofrio defense. 2017 is a much more likely possibility, but that season was a step forward. We finished #13 (highest ranking since 2004)...

We had the same OL and an NFL WR when we hit rock bottom last year. The obvious difference is King and a new system.

Yes. Here is a list of the talent that makes us the most talented team in the ACC after Clemson: D'Eriq King Three Top 10 RBs out of HS Two NFL TEs Two NFL DEs One of the better DTs in the conference who was #2 in the nation out of HS NFL safety Another 4* safety, two 4* strikers and three 4*...

You still haven't answered my original question. Why are we 5-1? Did the other teams have inferior talent or inferior coaching? As to your question, we were 6-7 because we averaged 20 ppg in our seven losses. In six of those losses, we held our opponent to 30 points or below. We overhauled...

So it's coaching?

Right. The other teams have lacked comparable talent.

But that doesn't answer the question. Why are we 5-1?

In your opinion, why are we 5-1? Is it coaching?

Are you suggesting that the bottom of half of, say, Virginia's roster is more talented than Miami? If so, I reject that premise. Most of those are kids that Virginia would have killed to sign out of high school. There's a reason UVA fell off the cliff so hard after losing a couple players.

Nobody has ever denied our roster deficiencies compared to the elite teams. However, people like myself have focused on our roster supremacy compared to the rest of the ACC. And every single time an objective third party like ESPN performs a talent analysis, it supports our view. This year is a...

This goes to a long-running debate I've had with @Ethnicsands. Yes, evaluations can always improve. But the biggest problem by far is the deployment of these players at the college level. 47.3% of our blue chips got drafted. That is the highest rate on the list. For perspective, the next five...