re: how close are we?

I can think of a handful of games where Les Miles' teams dominated a good team. The Peach Bowl last year against Georgia Tech was of course the most recent. What other game was there last year. The year before that, the Ohio State game for the MNC. I recall the Virginia Tech game. With the exception of maybe bowl games, it seems Les Miles' teams play to the level of the competition. It doesn't seem like it was much different under Nick though. It's mostly human nature I suppose. They just don't have that killer instinct like some other elite teams out there.