Wake has won more than 6 games every year for the past 4 years. C’mon.
What he's saying is playing in meaningless bowl games and considering the season a success by beating Duke and State are not the next step. The next step is getting to 9 and 10 win regular seasons when the scheduling allows it and playing in big bowl games. Then if that happens, the next step would be challenging to win the ACC consistently and occasionally competing in the CFP. Some fans are content just getting to bowl games in general, other fans want to see Wake Forest climb to the highest heights. Clawson himself wants to compete for championships, so people who want to keep him around should adopt the mentality that we must keep going up.
Then he should have said that.
I am 100% on board with your take and I absolutely think Wake can compete for championships. I also think those that claim Wake doesn’t have, or can’t recruit, top notch talent are wrong.
I will add, however, that beating UNC, State, and Duke is an important part of the process, because it helps us land instate talent.
I did say that, Rafi. netflix understood. You decided to be willfully ignorant.
This year, the only games we won after becoming bowl eligible were games against State and Duke. We lost the 3 other games that could have gotten us to the Orange Bowl, ranked in the CFP, 10 wins, etc.
These are our games after becoming bowl eligible the last four years:
2016 L 12-44 at Louisville (8-5)
2016 L 13-35 vs Clemson (12-2)
2016 L 14-17 vs. BC (7-6)
2017 W 30-24 vs. State (9-4)
2017 L 23-31 vs. Duke (7-6)
2019 W 44-10 vs. State (4-8)
2019 L 17-36 at VT (8-4)
2019 L 3-52 at Clemson (12-0)
2019 W 39-27 vs. Duke (5-7)
2019 L 30-39 at Cuse (5-7)
3-1 against State and Duke. 0-6 against everybody else. Yes, all the losses before yesterday were to teams that had a winning record, but we beat a winning State team last year on the road when we needed to get bowl eligible. Clearly the program is capable. The program needs to put the same preparation, energy, and effort on the field after we get bowl eligible.
This program needs to take a step forward instead of being content with winning 6 games plus beating rivals.
One more thing. Rafi is content to see a glass with 50% wine so he can proclaim it’s half full. I want red ruddy rhenish filled up to the brim.