That BYU team didn't have the potent offense this team has, so there is a difference, but there is no reason to be 84th with this team, it should be better and I expect Pope to get it figured out.
As far as the difference between 60th and 84th, I'll take that 1.8 point difference, it would have actually given us a chance at the end of the game. You never know, that trims it to 3.
As far as comparing to Louisville or Vandy, I can’t. I don’t watch those teams enough to evaluate and I don’t like to just pull things out of my hind end to win an argument.
Let’s watch the year play out. I don’t blame you for wanting better defense so do I. I’m enjoying the heck out of watching these guys. When I watch this team, I don’t see big defensive improvement on the way. I have a summary of each player somewhere on one of these threads and exactly why I believe that. If you see it different, I respect that. Go Cats!
The reason I pulled Vandy nd Louisville out to compare, is because both teams have new voaches and rosters built through tge portal, just like us.
I am not expecting a big defensive improvement, going from 84th to 50th isn't sometning monumental, but it at least puts our efficiency rating in the respectable range and might be good enough to win a 1 possession game against a team like Alabama.
But, we also have to consider, there aren't too many Alabama's and Florida's out there.
They weren't putting up the numbers this offense is and they didn't have anything close to the pieces this team has.
Some of this is due to the competition. I know the numbers tell you some if it and they do a good job of compensating for competition, but playing Florida Alabama and MSU with the pace of play that we play at, is really hard to compensate for. I think those 3 teams can destroy any teams defensive efficiency rating and we played them all in 2 weeks time.
