I feel the same way. They are better.
BUT...we are SOOOOO much better than we were last season. We have been in every game this season, and leading all but one. That wasn't even close to a possibility last season (even our FCS was a squeaker).
When i looked at the schedule before the season, i thought that if we were 3-3 after week 6, we would go bowling. I think both are a very realistic possibility. Despite my (our) disappointment right at this moment, we have to agree that this is a massive improvement, and a bigger one than many of us expected.
I'm sad, but hopeful. More hopeful than i've been in years.