I won't call us a mirage or overrated , more ahead of schedule. At no point did I feel like we were a legit top 5-8 team. It was just an easy schedule , mixed with some luck and our toughest games were at home. Night games in a special environment, doubtful that anybody beats us those nights , especially Nd.
Even with the easy schedule it's amazing we won ten games with awful ol and qb play, so there's a positive.
Next year I expect to repeat 10 wins and a coastal division, but anything more depends on the young ol and Perry .
This team hit all of our goals ( another positive), It just sucks we'll probably end on a 2-3 gm losing streak. But I think we're definitely heading in right direction.
Very good post. We were never a legitimate top 5-8 team but naturally nobody wants to hear that. I was posting on other sites that once we lost it would be a drubbing, but mostly I stayed away from here because there's always the nonsense that preseason ratings don't matter, etc.
I was hoping we'd somehow continue to defy logic, and our roster.
If we want to become a true top 5-8 program and stay there we need to be rated there in preseason. The preseason ratings have far greater truth toward postseason reality than regular season results. I posted the related study last night but believe me that link is only a partial story. The author did not take it nearly far enough.
You've rustled my jimmies over the years but you're right more than wrong,
As I get older i get more realistic with what I see, there was lots of delusion here especially leading into the Clemson game. That's why I didn't post about the outcome or chances. I actually told Indyarthauz all year it was an awful matchup. I expected it to be ugly. They're just on another level as a program.
So I don't get ripping the staff , they overachieved . The talent and depth just isn't there yet. We need two more classes to be at a " Miami level".
But don't get it twisted , we comin!!
