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I didn’t really clarify what I meant. I was looking at other teams in the rankings not necessarily saying our numbers would be inflated. I think it all basically averages out in the endIt’s really not when you only factor in FBS games, which is what you should always do when looking at stats.
Last year, Miami averaged 30.1 PPG against FBS teams. That ranked 38th in the country. That included 2 games started by Emory Williams and one by Jacurri Brown. Is there anyone who doesn’t feel that we can average 5 more points per game with Cam Ward?
That’s 35.1, which would have ranked 14th in the country last year.
LSU, Oklahoma, USC, and Oregon all averaged 40+ last season. UGA was 39.5, so put them in there. That’s about what you need to be Top 5. I’m not saying the offense has to be there or fire everyone. But jumping from 30.1 to 35 while adding Cam over TVD with Emory/Brown sprinkled in, adding Martinez in place of Parrish and Chaney, adding Brown in place of Colbie with the younger kids too, adding in a healthy Arroyo and Riley Williams…..Top 20 honestly should be the floor with this talent and versus this schedule. We play a lot of teams that had AWFUL defenses last year. 35+ PPG or GTFO.
On paper this is the best offense we’ve had since our glory days. I suppose that’s not saying much but I expect us to roll on offense. I think people are just scared because of the Mario bro-ball narrative and us just having a history of ugly offense