Which year did your CFB team have a season that on paper was good but if you put it under a microscope you look back on it poorly? Here’s my...
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Which year did your CFB team have a season that on paper was good but if you put it under a microscope you look back on it poorly?

Here’s my example as an FSU fan: 2012

On paper this was a solid 12-2 record w/first ACC championship since 2005 and an Orange Bowl victory.

However there is multiple reasons why I look back on it poorly:

  1. We had an extremely easy schedule with lots of returning players and a senior QB coming back. (National title or bust)
  2. One of our losses was to a mediocre NC State team in which we blew a 16-3 lead because Jimbo decided to go ULTRA conservative early on
  3. The other was to the gators; at the time I was an 8th grader and had a ton of gator friends, ALL were obnoxious about their team.
  4. The ACC championship was against GT who was 6-6 and we won 21-15 (super unimpressive)
  5. Forced to play Northern Illinois in Orange Bowl.
  6. I respect EJ Manuel as a commentator and leader. But he drove me nut playing the QB position (Zero pocket awareness)

Thankfully we won it all with Winston the next year