You forget that Bo had a couple of these duds every season. We still have plenty of opportunities to get a few more unranked wins and hold up a whale trophy at the end of the season
The comms can be listened in on if not encrypted. Sounds like a lot of schools were dumb enough to use unencryped frequencies last year
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42098515/sources-college-helmet-communications-unencrypted-frequencies