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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 314554, member: 204"]
You are right about one thing - football is not complicated.
 
It's not about playcalling and schemes and all the other nonsense - you're right.
 
It's about talent.
 
And if you think the Orange had great or even really good talent on offense last year, you're being utterly blind to reality.
 
And despite that lack of talent, the Orange was good enough to set a number of SU Football offensive records. It did so despite losing two or maybe three of its best players on offense from 2010 - Bartholomew, Carter and Sales. The loss of Sales obviously hurt a great deal. 
 
To answer your question - Yes, of course, Rutgers, Cincy, Pitt and Louisville all had more talent on defense than we did on offense. Rutgers had a very strong defense last year - nobody debates that. And Cincy had its entire defense back from 2010. And Louisville is viewed as the most talented team in the BE.
 
Recall that Cincy was 10-3, Rutgers 9-4, Louisville 7-6, and Pitt 6-7. And most experts agree that USF was much better than its record indicated.
 
Again, you're one observation was right. Football is simple. It's a lot like the playground. The teams with the best players usually win.
 
And right now SU on offense does not have the best players. All the scheming and game planning and play calling - the supposed complicated stuff that you apparently discount - will not change that basic fact. 
 
Your complaints about the offensive scheming and coaching and playcalling remain dead wrong.
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