Anyone think Tom Herman is a bit overrated?

Houston has had to have had the most overrated 11-1 season in CFB history. Plenty of non-power conference teams have gone 11-1 before, so why all the hype?

Let's look at Houston's schedule, using Sagarin ratings:

#204 Tennessee Tech
@ #35 Louisville
#157 Texas State
@ #96 Tulsa
#123 SMU
@ #148 Tulane
@ #168 UCF
#87 Vanderbilt
#62 Cincinnati
#38 Memphis
@ #91 Connecticut
#30 Navy

So 8 of the first 9 opponents were total trash. The non-trash opponent was #35 Louisville, who is OK and finished the year 7-5. I'd say 40 teams could have gone unbeaten against the first 9 opponents Houston faced.

Then they played Memphis who had just been boat raced at home by Navy. Even then, Houston needed a 20 point rally to win by a point.

They lost to UCONN, ranked #91 in the Sagarin rankings.

They finished the year by beating Navy at home.

Houston benefited from getting all the AAC contenders at home. Louisville was the only away game they played ranked in the Top 90!

Houston reminds me more of that 2007 Hawai'i team than the 2009/2010 TCU and Boise State teams. Playing a poor schedule and scraping by too many teams.

Those TCU/Boise State teams blew out everyone they played, even the quality opponents.

I think Tom Herman should establish himself a bit better and get some quality non-conference scalps(no, 7-5 Louisville won't cut it) before we declare him the next great coach.