Quote Originally Posted by mewrite View Post
The narrative changes because people get bored with the same team atop the polls, week after week. Fans want turmoil and debate. Media outlets especially want it.

State was the hottest thing ever right after the Auburn game, but now we're old news and "haven't played great" in the eyes of everyone who hasn't watched us and doesn't know our team dynamic.

Anybody remember how tired we got of FSU last year? It was awful. How about Notre Dame a few years ago? Every not-#1 fan base in the country wants the top team to be "not as good as the polls say" because they want to believe their 1-loss team has a shot at getting in. It's only gotten worse this year with the playoff –*which was the intent all along. Make more money by making fans crazier.
Well, they also want to see us beat any unranked team we play by 20+ points (given we are #1) and we just aren't really built to do that. We just don't have so many top talented players that we can come into a game that we aren't fired up for and walk all over someone.