This is why this board drives me crazy. Any real fan who pays close attention would notice how depleted we are.
And yet, I have been yelling this at my screen the last 18 hours as these mopes keep complaining about how bad we looked.
As currently constructed, we are a slightly above average ACC team. We don't have the roster that would allow for the loss of 3 top RBs, 3 top OLs, 2 top TEs and several key people on defense. Anyone expecting the offense to dominate with all of those people missing is simply not paying attention.
The penalties are frustrating but that has been an outlier compared to other games this year. Way too many of them were procedural errors on the OL. So even there, the depletions and shuffling hurt us. There were several false start penalties that were simply an out-of-sync snap count from a back up center. Frustrating but understandable and correctable.
We had an away game in hostile territory and came away with a win with a severely beat up squad. You have to learn to win ugly before you can learn to just win. Just take the win and hope we get healthier down the road.
What I saw yesterday is a team that can get better. Which after the MTSU disaster is saying something. That game looked like a team that was hopelessly flawed beyond any hope.
I am sure some will call me a "slurper". Knock yourselves out.