[KartyFan]

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OK, now that we are clearly beating an overmatched Elon team can I again reiterate that we are clearly better than they are?  Even at the time that card10 posted, we were winning (7-0), outgaining them, and at the time, the closest they came to scoring was a missed 54 yard field goal (ie, Elon made it to the 39 and was facing 4th and 8).  That was not especially threatening.

Now, that doesn't mean we are good, or even mediocre; we are a very bad team (I will leave it to Matt to quantify it in excruciating detail tomorrow).  But still, a bad P4 team should easily handle a middle of the road FCS team, so this is what I would expect from playing an overmatched FCS team that is 2-2 in the CAA.  Given what teams like Wake Forest, Miami, and Notre Dame have done to us recently, I would say that the gap between top FBS teams and us is greater than the gap between us and Elon University.  I don't have any illusions about this team.

But at the same time, let's not hyperbolize and claim that after a couple of bad plays that there is no gap between the two teams (though, boo, we just gave up a touchdown).

BC

BC, how could you possibly know we were the better team if you weren't in the stadium? :)  I think your posts on this thread are detracting from the enjoyment some get from hating on every aspect of our program.

I do agree with those who say this was not a very impressive win, especially the first half. Nice to see the running game get going late, but against this competition that should happen from the outset.

This was a lot more fun than the prior two weeks but didn't increase my confidence level. We need to make a game of NC State next week.

Cal looking like us against Wake right now so there's that.

[KartyFan]

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OK, now that we are clearly beating an overmatched Elon team can I again reiterate that we are clearly better than they are?  Even at the time that card10 posted, we were winning (7-0), outgaining them, and at the time, the closest they came to scoring was a missed 54 yard field goal (ie, Elon made it to the 39 and was facing 4th and 8).  That was not especially threatening.

Now, that doesn't mean we are good, or even mediocre; we are a very bad team (I will leave it to Matt to quantify it in excruciating detail tomorrow).  But still, a bad P4 team should easily handle a middle of the road FCS team, so this is what I would expect from playing an overmatched FCS team that is 2-2 in the CAA.  Given what teams like Wake Forest, Miami, and Notre Dame have done to us recently, I would say that the gap between top FBS teams and us is greater than the gap between us and Elon University.  I don't have any illusions about this team.

But at the same time, let's not hyperbolize and claim that after a couple of bad plays that there is no gap between the two teams (though, boo, we just gave up a touchdown).

BC

BC, how could you possibly know we were the better team if you weren't in the stadium? :)  I think your posts on this thread are detracting from the enjoyment some get from hating on every aspect of our program.

I do agree with those who say this was not a very impressive win, especially the first half. Nice to see the running game get going late, but against this competition that should happen from the outset.

This was a lot more fun than the prior two weeks but didn't increase my confidence level. We need to make a game of NC State next week.

Cal looking like us against Wake right now so there's that.