Is that a drop tile ceiling?
I find it hard to agree that FSU's ceiling is outside the top 5 when they won a Natty 10 years ago and made the CFP its first year. Maybe for this season, or maybe for the current coach (I don't think Norvell is all that good), but FSU is leading the ACC in recruiting right now and sitting #4 overall. A few years of that in a row and they will at least be at pre-2021 uga level where they are knocking at the door but maybe mess up one or two games a year.
If it wasn’t clear, I think there’s a difference between the a core of teams competing for a title and the next tier.
UGA recruits top athletes, coaches solid technique, and uses interesting schemes. Just look at their stunts on defense. They don’t just “out athlete” their opponents. Alabama is the same—they do smart and inventive things on offense and defense. OSU fits into that category. Clemson let down their guard when they lost their coordinators a couple of years ago, but they hired Garrett Riley.
Right now, I have Norvell and FSU outside that tier of programs.
Possibly, I read too much into the losses to Wake, Clemson, and NCST.
I think UGA against FSU does what they did against LSU last season, where the game is over at halftime.
CFB has changed since Jimbo Fisher coached FSU. I don’t think Fisher and A&M are in that top tier either. Top tier recruiting and transfers are vital, but they aren’t enough.
