I feel like I have to always leave this caveat, #FBK!
But winning a playoff game against a top 12 team is not the same as winning a playoff game against a top 4. And that’s not even including that top 4 teams are not what they used to be either. 2012 Bama, 2018 Clemson, and 2020 Bama would...
It’s going to be interesting when we play teams that actually play good defense. There will be only one top 25 defense on this entire schedule. Not a single top 10. I’m still concerned we do not know what this offense really has because the competition has been so bad lately.
OFEI’s 113th ranked offense. At some point, a top 5 unit against a 100+ unit, it doesn’t end well for the latter.
ND’s defense will probably score points on this bad of an offense.
In advance of today’s game, I hope he goes out and destroys another shitty defense. I’ve really been enjoying the improvements in the results but... How much of that is improvement in his game or the opponent?
For comparison, DFEI rankings for opponents on the 2022 and 2023 schedules...
Enjoy the win. One step closer. But…
This.
It “worked” enough against DFEI’s 79th ranked defense today.
114th, 63rd, 45th, 82nd, and 79th
The above are the DFEI rankings of the defenses we’ve faced since the NIU loss.