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Do you not understand a grading scale? A = excellent C = Average F = Failure. If you compare results only against Elite you are bound to be below it. If we played Bama every game would we win even 1 or 2? That's not how it works. Again I am not saying they are elite or an A. They are better then average. Prove otherwise. It cannot be done logically.

I think you are not following your own logic. You are supposed to compare results against the elite, thats why you have a grading scale. I never said you said our secondary was elite. You said our secondary was better than average correct? My point was if we measured that "better than average" secondary against the two bad games we had last yr in ohio and vtech (who were arguably the most talented teams we faced), our secondary looked average. When we go against bama, if our secondary is average we will look average because if bama is great/elite, we will look average, how is that hard to understand? If we went against northen illinois I'm sure our secondary would look elite, thats why you measure yourself against the best so you can have a true idea of where you stand...get it?

I guess, what I saw on film was the 16th ranked defense for yards passing against and the 7th ranked defense for TDs given up. I didn't see an C or average defensive backfield last year.

Thanks for pointing out Floyd, the second WR drafted this year. He was an A+ WR who couldn't find the endzone vs Floyd.

Funny how Woolfolk and Talbott come into play, but those returning with more experience is a non-factor.

I guess you missed the interviews with Countess where he said last yr he had so many missed assignments in the latter part of the year which were most evident in the Ohio game? Countess made plays, but was the consistency there? I think Countess will be big time, but can you fault me for waiting until I actually seeing that bigtime consistency yr? Put it like this, I can close my eyes and know Kovacs will make the play in the run game, can you say the same today about Countess in the pass game? thats all I'm saying.

You can count players lost, but not the gained experience for the players returing from last year?

DBs that saw playing time last year for Michigan and return this year,
CBs:Floyd, Countess, Avery, Hollowell, and Taylor. Other that could contribute this year, Richardson and Carter.
FS: Gordon and Furman, others that could contribute this year, Wilson and Clark.
SS: Kovacs and Robinson, other that may contribute this year, Gant.

I'm not saying all three I'm saying if any one of the 3 go down? are you serious?

I guess we are just looking at this differently. I will use this analogy.

You are basing your grade off of 1 test. A very hard test. Whatever you get on that test is your grade.

I am basing the grade off a body of work. Many tests throughout the year. A pop quiz here or there. Homework assignments. Some of these are going to be easy and some are going to be hard. Either way you are graded on your body of work throughout the year.

I can see where your coming from, but we play teams other than Bama. We may be a C compared to Bama. I am looking at the whole season, and like last year we will be above average. We lost 1 guy from a top 25 secondary statistically. There are 120 teams we are compared against. This secondary is above average compared to 120 teams. It is that simple.

This secondary may be a C when compared only to Bama like you are trying to do.

Oh sorry I must have read it wrong if you only meant one of those 3.

I'm saying that if either one of those three go down it won't be good because of the depth behind them. Obviously if a team loses three starters it wouldn't be good haha.

Yeah reread it. My bad. Could see where I was coming from if you replace the "or" with "and" though haha.

its all good man!

I guess I'm comparing them to every team in the BCS. I watched every game multiple times from last season, the spring game, read every college football preview magazine, also got opinions from an NFL scout and talked to several current or former college coaches. I did my homework before writing the offensive preview and the defensive preview.