This is correct. We are a middle of the pack Big Ten team this year just like basketball has been the last few years.
But remember, a sizeable portion of this fanbase lives in fantasyland.
Much like the screechers who whine about a basketball team that beats Purdue and then loses to a mid level team, it'd be the same in football if we did that. Only undefeated is OK.
The expectation for this program by the most vocal is that it is inexcusable to lose to 4 top 15 teams and 4 top 8 defenses, 3 of them on the road, because, reasons...
Somehow we should be doing, 4 years post Ash, as well as Ohio State and Michigan.