They're Miami of 2002
by athlete37 (2019-12-06 08:54:45)

In reply to: I compare them to 2005 Texas.  posted by captaineclectic


Probably better than OSU 2002/Texas 05, and lost on a razor thin margin when everything went the other team's way. Both of those teams were very good teams in their own right


Doesn’t mean they weren’t overhyped
by captaineclectic  (2019-12-06 09:24:59)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Do you remember following the 2005 season? They were supposedly the greatest team of all time. Bush and White were Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis and Matt Leinart was the reigning Heisman winner headed for a repeat. When Bush was not taken first overall, it was derided as one of the biggest errors in drafting history (it was not a mistake at all and Bush was not even the best RB in his draft class).

In retrospect, they struggled against two inferior opponents during the regular season and while they ran up gaudy numbers against poor opponents, only their blowout of Oregon stands out as an impressive win.

Admittedly Miami 2002 got similar treatment, as did FSU 2000.