I'm pretty sure Paxton Lynch could give that team a chance versus any team in the country...minus Alabama, Clemson and OU. Memphis finished the season on a low note...but Lynch is the best QB in CFB...watch him on 3rd down if you dont believe me...he's got that it factor that you are looking for in a top level QB...if he declares this year he's the 1st QB taken in the draft...JMO.
Memphis would be nothing without Lynch. I still think Fuente got incredibly lucky. I mean he didn't even visit Memphis until a week before NSD and if it wasn't for a knee injury his sr year then he would've been playing elsewhere (likely at UF).