You're my guy Franchise, but I think your expectations may be a bit too high for this squad. You are 100% correct in that we still have some glaring holes to fill. We are farrrrrrr from a finished product. We are NOT an elite team and we both know this.
That said, I was never expecting elite play this year coming off a horribly ****** 6-7 season that was a total embarassment. I was looking for the basics as a reset year: no quit attitude, opened up offense, consistent QB play, stouter OL, more disciplined defense, etc. We are resetting the foundation.
We need better players and better coaches to take that next step. King is good, but we know he's not our savior. But he can get us back to respectability which is a huge step not to be underappreciated. Our OL, LB, WR and CB units are average. You can't compete with Bama and Clemson with that many deficiencies.
For now, I'll take the improvement I'm seeing so far. Pitt would have been a very convenient L for us the past two years. We didn't play well and still put up 31 on those guys and that's not easy to do against Pitt. Let's finish the season a Top 15 team with the roster we have (which would be a huge achievement) and sign a Top 10 2021 class to upgrade our talent.