Devil's Advocate: I think Ohio State and Clemson both got complacent to have let us back into those games. Virginia Tech could have easily been a loss, as well, and had we played them and WVU a few weeks later both probably would have been (you can say the opposite about UVA, but that's still 2 to 1).
As for what did happen in these one-possession games we're 1-4 in, Louisville is the one that I thought stung the most. I very much believe we should have won that game. But the fact that we couldn't go into Wake or UNC and just ball out when we absolutely needed to tells me this team has a very defined ceiling. We don't win Q1 games.