Confucius say, be careful what you wish for...... because it just might beat you by 5 touchdowns.
My dudes..... would It be nice to make the playoff? Of course.
But, if we do, and we get rick rolled, the media narrative will be so negative that it will hurt recruiting. You can't go to a playoff game and get curb stomped. If you lose by a touchdown or two, you've shown recruits that if they come to Texas, they can be the difference in losing by 10-14 points, to winning. But if you get throttled, recruits will be like "ya um, I don't want to get embarrassed like that..... ever" and go elsewhere. What is BEST for building and recruiting is to go to a high profile bowl game, win, and build upon that.