2. It's difficult to judge an offense when they're going against a subpar defense, but it's impossible when the D is subpar athletically and poorly coached. Playing against a D that doesn't have a bunch of blown coverages and generally is in position tells you more about an offense than you would expect to learn from playing a SWAC team. Still don't learn much, but you learn a little.
3. Yes, that was hyperbole. It's a legitimate tool. He was making the point that we pretty much played as simple a defense as possible. Pointing out hyperbole is not an effective argument if the hyperbole was intentional.
7. Pro tip: If people are talking about the future, they are generally making predictions, even if they don't come out and say, "this is what I think will happen in the future."
8. Watch our game against Memphis last year. You could tell Carmon was still adjusting. You could tell we had zero behind him or pretty much any other position. Last night, we basically gave our two backup guards last night agood bit of game experience and they didn't look totally incompetent. No starter looked terrible. We may not have an adequate backup OT.
13. Had we looked like we looked last year versus Memphis, we could be pretty sure we're closer to a 6 to 8 win team. We don't know that we're an 8-10 win team, but it does provide some info that we cannot rule out an 8-10 win season based on last night. Bayes 'n ****.