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[QUOTE="KCJax03, post: 1189597, member: 356"]
No question the teams Syracuse is trotting out now could not hold a candle to the teams back in the 90's on paper. I just find it interesting that even back then there were those that explained away losses to bad teams as some sort of player deficiency as opposed to coaching.  How many future NFL players did those Minnesota and Oklahoma teams have that beat a Syracuse team loaded NFL talent back in 1996/1997? 
 
Folks still tried to argue lack of talent and / or bad match ups as reasons for these losses. In 1996, other then Syracuse, Minnesota beat only NE Lousiana, Ball State and a 2-9 Illinois team.  That 1997 Oklahoma team outside of Syracuse beat only Louisville, Baylor and Texas Tech, teams that went a combined 9-24 (Texas Tech had 6 of those wins). 
 
For some it seems like Syracuse can never have enough talent to be able to point at coaching as the reasons for failure. I am not sure a lack of identifiable future NFL talent can in and of itself  be an excuse for losing to teams like Maryland or NC State.  I am not sure the ACC in general outside of Florida State is really all that good right now.  I am also not really disagreeing with you, this team is not that talented in comparison to the big boys of college football today, but I believe they have enough to compete on a college level with those teams who may have a future NFL  guy or two somewhere on their roster, as we are all well aware as Syracuse fans that does not always translate to wins against what we would like to see as lesser competition.
 
Coaching has to count for something...
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