Man. You boys love to talk stats. Let's talk some stats. Since y'all are talking Total Offense, let's talk some Total Offense. What follows are teams' Total Offense Avg. for the year, and then what those same teams managed against Miami.
LSU Total Offense Avg - 389
Against Miami - 296
Savannah State - 238
Against Miami - 78
Toledo - 449
Against Miami - 334
FIU - 418
Against Miami - 187
UNC - 442
Against Miami - 329
FSU - 360
Against Miami - 200
UVA - 382
Against Miami - 231
***BC - 404
***Against Miami - 433
DUKE - 393
Against Miami - 290
GT - 419.3
Against Miami - 304
VT - 427
Against Miami - 335
PITT - 372
Against Miami - 200
I was going to make a big statement here, but ultimately, numbers are numbers and you play who you play. And if you're keeping those teams you play (BC the lone notable exception) hundreds of yards below their average for the year (said averages which would be even higher had you not done your work on the field), what are you complaining about? There are so many issues our team has - the defense (especially this year where we got off the field on third down) wasn't one of them.
My source seems slightly different than yours (Wisconsin is 40th in Total Offense, not 41), but you talk about the teams we lost against, not mentioning teams we beat that were ranked higher than Wisconsin's (40):
Toledo (30)
UNC (35)
Great post, facts, not the emotionally unstable variety pack. And to add to that, those defensive stats would've probably been more in the insane range if it had the luxury of being paired with a solid punting game and an efficient offense. Both of those units will be better next year.
Again. We played who we played. Is it possible that Wisconsin is a BC-like exception? Sure. Is it more likely that we keep them under their 437 yd/game average? I don't know. But... it feels like it should be.
Is it so hard to enjoy a nice thing we had? Enjoy this defense. Quit trying to find fault to warble about with one of the bright shining spots of our team in this wholly disappointing season.
If you like fun with numbers, here's where I got mine --
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb