I watched both games as well. L'Ville did not look better. There was NOTHING about their performance that stood out relative to ours. Their passing game was better, but they also passed a lot more and with lower completion percentage. They also got a lot of yards on two long completions that should have been interceptions, Cunningham basically threw the ball up for grabs and the defensive backs didn't get them. Their running game was nowhere near as good as ours. They averaged well under 4 yards/carry.After watching both games 3 times now L'Ville just looked better.
That doesn't mean they are world beaters, it doesn't even mean they are good. It also doesn't mean Miami sucks.
The compare was with our Canes performance last Thursday--and thats the body of work we have to go by at this point.
Now, if greentree work can correct what needs to be, I do believe Canes win.
Are you confident Miami's LBs (ok McCloud) are up to task? CBs? OL? Do the WRs help King and not force him to become RB3?
Defensively, they gave up just about the same number of yards we did....and about the same points. WKU and UAB are very similar in ability.
Am I confident that our LBs and CBs are up to the task? The OL and WRs? No, they are not world beaters. But again, literally nothing in the WKU game done by L'Ville showed them to be better. We very well could lose the game, but L'Ville looked no better in their game than we did.
I also watched the Notre Dame game. People are talking about Notre Dame being a possible playoff team. They struggled in their first game, against Duke. A Duke team that very well could lose to UAB if they played.
But the rule around here is if Miami doesn't look amazing....they suck, it's over, end of the world.
If any other team, including those playing against Miami, don't look amazing.....it's just to be expected, early in the season, or other "but....." excuses.