I completely agree with you, and you hear all the time about lockerooms being divided as one side of the ball can't carry their weight. And yeah, I got the sense the defense was sick and tired of the buffoonery of the offense and by the time the Pinstripe Bolw game, they had packed it in...
yeah, and the kicking game, too, can create field position, flip the field. UM was really poor in these aspects last year, it really put a ton of pressure on the defense too often
They were awful in terms of playing complimentary football
In NYC the Miami spot is Brother Jimmy's BBQ, right across the street from Madison Square Garden, watched a few Miami games before I had to cover the fights, there.
As for our defense, yeah, Im thinking 85 Bears on BALCO.
I really think people discount just how much a defense can be aided by having a good offense( that can get out to quick, big leads) and better kicking game. Last year was such a hard slog on them in many ways. They were like the starting pitcher who would pitch a 4-hitter, give up 2 runs, but...