Mario has done a good job of raising the floor of the program, however I don’t see anyone on the roster or the current commits for ‘26 as difference makers.
We have been striking out on the elite talent guys like Duke Johnson and AR82. Duke was signed in 2012 and AR in 2016. AR didn’t even play a full career..we signed Duke 13 years ago.
Until we get more of these guys across all positions like OSU, UGA, UT, etc has…this program will remain in purgatory with an occasional playoff appearance and the elusive ACC championship.
It’s easy to say “up the bag” but the top programs also recruit at an elite level because they can match us in that department, and they have the recency bias of relevancy nationally.