Yeah I just don't understand what reality some of these people are in when the stats and the numbers back up Franklin's woes in these big games against top 10 teams.. it's laughable at this point.
From a talent perspective, Boise State and SMU obviously had nowhere near our roster.. and even though we beat them in the playoffs, we should beat those teams.. those two mid majors in essence (I know SMU is in the ACC) are not the litmus test for our program. they had nowhere near our roster. The Notre Dame game was an epic fail of massive proportions across all three phases of the game against the team that was severely banged up and limited offensively but you wouldn't know it playing us. Our third down offense and defense was crappy as usual in another big game, obviously Drew struggled which he's done the last 2 years in these kind of moments, and we lose whatever poise we have and commit stupid penalties and detrimental plays. We are a soft team above the shoulders and until that changes nothing will because it's certainly not a talent issue in large part... it's just not hurting ourselves more so than anything.
And I think Andy has to have a big year two seeing as we did not score an offensive touchdown against Ohio State where even last year we got one... Our crappy red zone offense in the first half against USC where we kicked field goals nearly cost us the game as well. The offense in year two I would expect to be better.
We did nothing this year to better the narrative and reputation of the program considering the national perspective is all about how we perform in big games and how our quest to be elite still isn't close to being achieved.. but for some on here, even if it takes another five, six, seven years that's perfectly fine... and I just don't get it.