A lot of comments the past 27 hours have included something along the lines of "We'll never be competitive with even decent P5 teams. We don't have the talent or coaching or recruiting capabilities. We should just accept that." You can imagine my confusion, since I'm currently watching a team we beat this year go blow-for-blow with #10 PSU in the Cotton Bowl.
The UNC game was an embarrassment. No doubt about it. But the issues we had yesterday were present all season. Below-average QB play. Poor offensive playcalling. Terrible special teams. Bonehead unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, and far too many penalties in general. All under a new head coach.
But with all of that, we still won eight games, including two P5 wins and a win over a legit Top 20 team in Memphis. I get that yesterday sucked. It really did. But writing this program off to G5 purgatory because of it is nearsighted.
The UNC game was an embarrassment. No doubt about it. But the issues we had yesterday were present all season. Below-average QB play. Poor offensive playcalling. Terrible special teams. Bonehead unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, and far too many penalties in general. All under a new head coach.
But with all of that, we still won eight games, including two P5 wins and a win over a legit Top 20 team in Memphis. I get that yesterday sucked. It really did. But writing this program off to G5 purgatory because of it is nearsighted.
