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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1508151, member: 289"]
I totaled Syracuse and each of their FBS opponents this season, counting the 5, 4, and 3 stars players recruited from 2011-2015, (which would include redshirted seniors) and then gave each team that number of points- I'll call them stars, (5 for 5 star players, 4 for 4 star players, etc). Here was the result.

Wake Forest     five stars, 1 four star, 66 three star   = 202 stars
Central Michigan     0-0-14 = 42 stars
Louisiana State         11-55-44 = 407 stars
South Florida      0-9-84  = 288 stars
Virginia     3-15-67 = 276 stars
Pittsburgh 1-14-58 = 235 stars
Florida State     15-55-42 = 421 stars
Louisville     0-12-80 = 288 stars
Clemson      8-41-58 = 378 stars
North Carolina State       0-9-80 = 276 stars
Boston College      0-9-57  = 207 stars

Syracuse     0-1-64 = 196 stars

So if this is a true measure of the talent of Syracuse and it's opponents, we should wind up 2-10 with wins only over Rhode Island and Central Michigan.

As noted above "it doesn't take into account scheme, development curve, or work ethic". I once suggested to Jim Boeheim that if a player at age 25 was an NBA starter he was probably about 20% of what he was going to become coming out of high school and 80% coming out of college. I think that's even more true in football.

But aside from that I look at these numbers and think that LSU, Florida State and Clemson are the teams we can't really match-up against talent wise. Central Michigan is the team that can't really match up against us and the rest are close enough that the game won't just be decided on talent. And, of course, Central Michigan was able to compete with us and  we were able to compete with LSU.

So game on. :mad:
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