Winning a national title is never easy, but I'm not sure I can look at this year or future years and say it will be easier than the path we had in 2023 or last year. As the playoff expands, it creates more opportunities for injuries, bad luck, the ball bouncing in funny ways, etc. The playing field seems to be more level than ever before in the college game due to a variety of factors.
I think we all have high expectations of this team and they need to play better, but it's balancing those expectations with the fact that the sport has changed to the point where you are trying to set yourself up to peak at the right time. Going 10-2 in the regular season and setting yourself up for a playoff run is considered a good season. Hell, 9-3 is likely going to start being considered a good season once the SEC starts playing 9 conference games, if we continue to play the Notre Dame and Ohio State types out of conference.