in 2012 you started with 3 out of 4 gimmies. then played teams on the downtrend and got to 10 wins. awesome year real fun.
but you lose to a shitty ucla team 36-30 and get your dick handed to you vs ohio state. then implode and lose 70-31 to a 7-5 wisconsin team. how the fuck is that any better than 3-5 or 5-7 during a rebuild and through a pandemic.
the point im trying to make, is that 9 wins aint the cake walk it used to be. Dont misremember the Bo years, it was a lot of smoke and not much substance.