Works both ways. They lost 3 games but could be 11-1 with 2 and 3 point loses to Clemson plus NC...
The real question is who is going to be our leader on offense that can go to Tallahassee behind that sh.itty Oline and win?
They also could have lost 5 games because they had a 1pt game with us and were a late TD away from losing to NCst. They lost by 43 to Louisville that doesn't have a single recruit they wanted on it.
Jimbo is overrated as a coach. He's living off Winston, because he hasn't done anything without him. He's got an elite bagman in Tim Brewster and really strong recruiters like Hagins and Dawsey. They poured a lot of money into the program...they have 8 quality control analysts, a brand new IPF and practice facilities. He's got pretty close to all the advantages that LSU, Alabama, OSU, and Mich, have these days. People act like resources don't matter, they clearly do because the programs that spend the most also do the best in recruiting. There seems to be a pretty clear correlation.
There seems to be a pretty clear pattern in how a program becomes elite. Look at Michigan with Harbaugh, Alabama with Saban, OSU with Meyer, you hire a new coach, pour in a ton of money, ride the new coach recruiting bump, start winning, and keep riding the wave onward. I hope we haven't missed our wave this year.