I understand both sides of the argument, and whether or not this team is "good enough" to win is irrelevant. What's relevant is we will have no idea if we don't get the chance.
I want that chance. Will we get it? Highly unlikely. But get to 10 wins and get more practices in for every player coming back next season. But make no mistake, this team, much like in college basketball, could go on a run if we made the playoffs. Disregard the OT with UK and MSU, those are also irrelevant because we beat them. The "how" doesn't matter, at all. Look at the Final Four in basketball. Teams that play in wtf conferences make runs all the time and have beaten blue bloods. It's not like we don't have the talent to do the same in football.
We're closer in talent to Georgia, Ohio State, and Bama than we are to aggy, if we go by HS recruiting, and even portal adds. The only wtf portal add I can remember is Velton Gardner from SMU, and he lost an eye in like game 2 or 3 last season and we still make the semis without a RB room. All we had was Wisner. So if we can make the semis with just one RB, whose to say we can't this year?
But, at the end of the day the loss column is what matters. They aren't going to throw out the Ohio State game just because we're the only team to play them close and out gain them in yards. A loss is a loss, and we followed that up by getting tagged by UF, and then needed a body bag after Georgia. If you're a supposed "QB guru, offensive mastermind" and you have lost to Mike Bobo three times in a row, then we have a coaching problem. At no point should Sark look fucking lost after landing top 4 recruiting classes the last 4 years, and the #1 class last year. Zero. Zilch. Ineptitude is what is keeping us out. That's on Sark.