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That isn't my point.  I don't think Dooley was in fact some great coach.  I DO think he has his team motivated to PLAY nearly every game.  They rarely lost to an inferior team and they often could give fits to far more talented teams.  Dooley's reputation benefits as a result of this AND the fact he inherited a program that was really down.  Richt and Smart did not.  Their bar is higher, it's not sufficient to "continue" with some top ten finishes in the polls.  For me, it's more about how the team plays the game and whether they appear to come out flat too often and unmotivated.

Richt had very talented teams that would lose a game they never should have lost, or two.  Yes, upsets happen, but they should be rare.

(Dooley's 1969 team was said by him to be his most talented but they had a rash of key injuries and simply faded after being ranked.)

Fair enough.  Again, the comments about being motivated to play are really subjective and have probably been softened by time.  My guess is with some digging the claim about rarely losing to an inferior team could really be put to the test, too.

More than anything it just appears you had higher expectations for Richt and Smart than you did for Dooley and preconceived expectations will definitely shape an opinion.

The Miami Hurricanes fired offensive coordinator Dan Enos on Friday, one day after being shut out in historic fashion by Louisiana Tech in the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.

Who knew back on August 31st that a 45-14 drubbing of Louisiana Tech would be Texas' best win of the entire season?

I was in Miami for the Orange Bowl the last time Miami was shut out in a bowl.   That nasty Arizona desert swarm did the deed in the Fiesta Bowl.  29-0.

that's golfing in shorts weather

I'll be near Fort Worth in Flower Mound 10 days from now playing the Tour 18 course

Supposed to be a high of 63 in Pasadena next Wednesday, and you'll probably see quite the dichotomy.

Locals bundled up like it's winter, while the traveling Wisconsin fans are in t-shirts and shorts.

I expect that from so cal pansies.  
Tough guys from North Texas?  Or perhaps it was the Carolinians.   

I have Gore-tex for rain

perhaps that means something different in Tex

mabye related to Al Gore

So, this UNC QB is impressive, in this game, mobile, agile, and hostile.  They could be a pretty good team next year methinks.