I think a lot of teams are like us; they don’t have a complete team, at the same time. They may be good on one side of the ball and disastrous on the other side. For example, in our recent series with Florida we’ve most often had the better offense but our defense was atrocious. They have had a good defense and a good enough offense, at least to handle us. When they would go up against a complete team they would get exposed. When Lock was a freshman Missouri’s offense sucked but they had a stellar defense. The next year their offense improved significantly and their defense tanked. To some extent that happens to almost everyone who doesn’t consistently recruit and DEVELOP their roster to a high level.
It’s like the n-body problem in physics.
If we can get the right number of elite playmakers on both sides of the ball in the same season, and they can stay healthy, and if we have coaches who are competent in developing the talent they recruit, and play-callers who are as good or better than their opponents, and we can make our grades in the classroom, and we can beat the drug tests, and are fortunate enough to have gained childhood experience flying on an airplane, etc., etc., we’ll be well on our way to solving the n-body problem as it relates to our football team. jmo.
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