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Message: [QUOTE="Paesano, post: 2478035, member: 5631"] Last year at this time we were 3-5 and ranked 93rd in Sagarin's power rating. This year we are 7-3 and ranked 115th. Through the Oregon game it looked good but has been trending down ever since. We are now looking worse than last year. And, last year, we lost both Larrier and Gilbert. The record is deceiving. The losses have been bad losses, for the most part, and many of the wins have been ugly. They don't "look" better and an unbiased, complex and thorough rating system confirms what we are seeing. If they looked like a well coached team but just lost because of a lack of talent, people would be more understanding. Not a lot more understanding but a little at least. I will admit that they "looked" good against Oregon and, maybe, Gilbert really makes that big of a difference. But how long do we accept that excuse? It certainly clouds things and make a decision difficult to make because you just don't know how different it would be if everyone were healthy. At the same time, they look really poorly coached and not just out-gunned. [/QUOTE]