But going back to
@Anwar Richardson OP about having enough talent to be an above average team, there's always context within context.
Maryland was a complete failure. It's pretty clear that the way that we have played since, we lost that game because of our own mental demons.
This really leaves losses to 2 top 10 teams in USC and OU. Both have arguably the 2 best QBs in all of football and they are damn good teams. We took both to the wire. They ARE NOT "above average". They are exceptional CFB teams and we were in both games until the end.
I don't know. We totally need to shore our team up with recruiting. There's absolutely no question. It's pretty clear that's in the works. I guess what I'm saying is, are we really playing that poorly? This was a 5-7 team last year and we absolutely played with 2 of the best teams in the country. Maybe I'm naive in that I don't think we're all that far away.
Tell you what, we need some OL. I'm not worried with our other positions because it's either own the roster or about to come through the door. If we don't start placing an emphasis on OL recruiting, the foundation will continue to have cracks in it.