We have improved since last year when we couldn't complete a pass to save our lives, but spent the whole season riding the back of our stud running back.  Last year we had a weak QB and this year we have one other teams would like to trade for.  Our receivers have been making some amazing catches this year and we never seem to be totally out of a game.  Unfortunately, while our passing game is 180 degrees from last year the rushing attack has vanished.  Not much you can do to prevent losing your top two running backs.  (Three if Chad Simson is included)  There also is hope this team, with the returning players, will be much stronger in the second half of the season.  The deal is that in college football you never have the same team year to year.  You always get stronger somewhere or weaker somewhere else.  The good news is we have a young team and the chance to grow stronger with some of the same players for a couple years.  As a team new to the BCS level I expect our depth to continue to get better over the next few seasons, but it is not realistic to expect us to become Big East Champs yet.  We just went toe to toe and lost a heartbreaker to a top twenty-five team.  That is pretty heady stuff for a ten year old program. Now we just need to beat UConn, so I'm in a good mood during my drive to UNC.