Were 10-0 in 2010 but 9-1 this season.
Despite the fondness with which we look back, every game was a battle in 2010. State went down to the wire. Overtime with Clemson. Carolina was up for grabs.
Not so different here.
We've progressively gotten better this season. We're starting to bludgeon teams.
I'm not sure that we aren't a better team now than we were in 2010. We don't have the same dynamic individuals, but across the board it's a better mix.
Mason is every bit as good as Dyer.
Marshall isn't Cam, but he knows the neighborhood.
We don't have a Nick, but the constant rotation on defensive line has us in good shape at the end.
How is it a better mix?
I too would take our 2013 backs over 2010. But that's it.
Adams, Zachary, Blake, and Lutz were a better receiving unit.
Maybe the offensive lines are equal. But 2010 had a good bit of experience with four seniors starting.
While this year's defensive line has gotten after the quarterback, they are by no means on the level of Fairley, Blanc, and Carter.
Holland/Frost on the field at the same time both playing MLB would not be as good as Bynes.
Would Cass beat out Freeman, Stevens, or Bates? Probably not.
The secondaries are both equally awful with 2013 ranking 81st and 2010 ranking 108th.
And finally, Cam finished the season with a strong argument as the GOAT out of every position of every team of every conference in the history of college football. You think Marshall knows that neighborhood?