It’s the “if they don’t this year, they never will” comment. The 2019 team was maybe Painter’s 5th or 6th most talented team and they were less than a second away from the F4. If it doesn’t happen this year, it can and will happen at some point.
They’ve lost 2 non-conference games the last 3 years combined. Officiating isn’t hurting them when they’re not in conference. Not sure why people magically think it’s different when they aren’t playing B1G teams.