I have trouble understanding how it's the players' faults when it's all the same players from last year. Same players, same opponents (if anything, the D of our last two opponents has gotten worse since last year), worse production. The biggest change? New staff. A QB coach hired because his last name is Richt. No true OC.
And last year, we were a laughing stock. 3 Stooges like wins over bad teams like Nebraska. A National embarrassment against Cinci on a thursday when we were 3-0 and about to start the real season. A typical Folden choke and puke against an FSU team who tried to give us the game. The Clemson epic.
A miracle at Duke, a blowout loss and quit vs UNC, then we beat a few of the Coastal dregs, before becoming the only team who couldnt score against Leach in a bowl.
These "same" players did NOTHING last year, but quit and lose in blowouts.
Kaaya had better players last year that masked his weaknesses. The OL was better, the recievers were better, teams scored quick on us and often, so he was mostly throwing bombs or getting lots of yards after catches, during mop up time.
The same players that quit in the first minute against Clemson and UNC, and showed zero pride when undefeated and playing Cinci, are now two plays away from being way into the top ten, and in the playoff conversation.
I HATE losing to sorry *** Fedora, and letting Francois pwn us, but lets face it, Folden was gifted four years when it was obvious he was destroying the program, and yet a LOT of you claimed he just needed 8 years to build his program!