I think there are a few factors to explain this. We have good coaches (IMO) but I believe but we have some problems..
RECRUITING We have kept recruiting in ways similar to the bowden era....
1. We get low ranked offensive lineman who no one has ever heard of. When have we gotten 4 and 5 star OL??
2. Small running backs. Alabama and FSU have guys that run as fast as our guys but they weigh 30+ pounds heavier.
3. And generally smaller guys across the board. FSU was bigger and faster at almost every position.
4. Finally in the last few years we have missed on a whole roster of guys that we had led for at some point and then went somewhere else. Those guys like M. North, Robinson, Nkemdiche, Marshall, Gurley, Adams, etc. would have made a difference.
Dabo is so overconfident that he doesn't see it when it comes to recruiting...He doesn't see that we need (to quote Jimbo Fisher) GROWN A$$ MEN,