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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 556483" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Before the 2017 season someone here said that Mills was a leveling factor because other teams would look over at us during warmups and say, "That's the guy who can beat us."</p><p></p><p>I played in college on a team with a player like that. We lost him for one game, played great D, and won by 5 points. All our other victories - we were 8 - 1 - were by 28 or more and he seldom played more then a half. Mills wasn't that much of a difference maker, but we would have won against UT (give it to Mills four straight for the two point conversion), Miami (Mills was great in the wet), UVA (ditto), and Duke (they couldn't have stopped him). He really was that good. </p><p></p><p>There's a faction here that actually believes all that "next man up" foolishness. Skill people start for a reason and when they are all ACC in their sophomore year they are usually very difficult to replace. When Mills left I said we had gone from a 9 win to a 6 win team (I was close). It was like it would have been in 2008 if we had lost Dwyer. </p><p></p><p>Benson is another story. He did a good job in relief of Mills, but, good as he is, he's no Mills. Still, I'll point out that when he got hurt at USF he had run 5 times for 44 yards. He's a quality back and, while Mason and Howard did a good job replacing him, we would have won at USF and, I think, at Pitt if we had had him. Like Mills, he doesn't really need a hole much.</p><p></p><p>Well, enough. We'll never agree on this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 556483, member: 265"] Before the 2017 season someone here said that Mills was a leveling factor because other teams would look over at us during warmups and say, "That's the guy who can beat us." I played in college on a team with a player like that. We lost him for one game, played great D, and won by 5 points. All our other victories - we were 8 - 1 - were by 28 or more and he seldom played more then a half. Mills wasn't that much of a difference maker, but we would have won against UT (give it to Mills four straight for the two point conversion), Miami (Mills was great in the wet), UVA (ditto), and Duke (they couldn't have stopped him). He really was that good. There's a faction here that actually believes all that "next man up" foolishness. Skill people start for a reason and when they are all ACC in their sophomore year they are usually very difficult to replace. When Mills left I said we had gone from a 9 win to a 6 win team (I was close). It was like it would have been in 2008 if we had lost Dwyer. Benson is another story. He did a good job in relief of Mills, but, good as he is, he's no Mills. Still, I'll point out that when he got hurt at USF he had run 5 times for 44 yards. He's a quality back and, while Mason and Howard did a good job replacing him, we would have won at USF and, I think, at Pitt if we had had him. Like Mills, he doesn't really need a hole much. Well, enough. We'll never agree on this. [/QUOTE]
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