That's reality, Greg. The ones who do it, are the ones who move on and move up.
To far exceed the 13/16 B12 expectations, and beat teams like KSU (destroy them) and SMU at their place, should garner just a tiny bit of respect, even if they had barely lost both the OSU game and the rivalry Utah game. They'd still be 7-2, with 2 top 20 wins, and two really close losses (like powerhouse 3-6 Kansas with their multiple close losses)