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[QUOTE="GoSU96, post: 4317591, member: 114"]
Through 9 games last year statistically this team was as good as any SU team in 20 yrs

They averaged 29.4pts, 415 yds pg, 6.09 ypp, on offense, 22.5pts, 316.7 ypg, 4.7ypp on defense.

If the season had ended there it would have been the third most points per game and the best yds per play.  It would have been the 3rd best pts per game allowed, 2nd best yds per game and yds per play after the 2010 team.

It would have been the only team to average over 6yds per play and less than 5 allowed.    2nd best point and yds per game differential, best yds per play differential by 2x over the 2010 team.    The record didn’t reflect it, but the team was playing really well.

Problem was the season had three more games and it was a total system collapse.    It was a Gergian level of horrible, on steroids.

Offense - 11.3 pts per game, 214 yds, 3.9 ypp.  Defense 37.7 pts, 371yds, 6.2ypp.  Negative differential of 26.4 pts, 157.3, and 2.3 ypp.    The team reverted to being non competitive.  That reflects a degraded roster that was dealing with lack of faith with some of the staff.

I think those first 9 games is why there is a reason to be optimistic, it reflects what this roster, when healthy, is capable of.   It’s the profile of a top 20 team.  The next step is to getting more points out of that production and more key stops on defense.   Do that, marginal improvement on specials, this could be a team that matches ‘01, 12, and 18.   The schedule is tough, but not ridiculous.   8-4 is achievable.
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