I'm tired of the posts that say things like

Oct 22, 2013, 2:33 PM

"Wake up people, we are not among college football's elite, we only had a couple good seasons blah blah blah"

Stop it. Who IS elite then?

Alabama? Who's only gone undefeated ONCE in their 3 NC seasons?

Georgia or LSU? Two teams we've beaten in the last year that have multiple losses this season already?

Stanford? Who's lost to an unranked team each of the last two seasons?

Auburn? Who went 11-14 in the two seasons following their NC season?

We have the talent, facilities, fanbase, and coaching that can match just about every program in the country, with a couple exceptions in each area....not bad for a program that seemed to be in turmoil less than five seasons ago.

A loss to a team that is currently #2 in the BCS standings (albeit, a bad loss) is nothing to panic over. Yes, it was disappointing. No, we didn't play our best. But you know what? We're a heck of a lot better off than getting beat by Vanderbilt.

Our success over the past 3 seasons HAS put us in the class of the top 10-15 programs in the country, and there's no arguing that. But let's be realistic for a minute. There's only ONE champion at the end of the season, and that champion rarely goes undefeated. Yeah, we may have missed out on our shot this year, but the season is not lost. Having national championship expectations every year doesn't mean that we can't be happy with having a fine season, like going 11-2 and winning a BCS bame. (Although I do admit, we NEED to start beating the coots regularly again)

We have three conference games left to play. We have our rivalry game to play. And if all goes as it should, we will have a BCS game to play for. We could potentially end up in the top 3-5. And who knows....if FSU sh!ts the bed and loses to Miami and somebody else, we could play for a conference championship too.

Dabo says it takes a string of good seasons to have that one truly special team that could win it all. We're all mad and p!ssed because we thought this was the year. But you know what? That special season might be right around the corner. We have elite talent continuing to come in. We have coaches and administration that are COMMITTED to winning, and will continue to pump money and resources into the football program.

So lighten up, Francii....enjoy where we are. There are 110 other D-1 programs that would love to be ranked where we are right now. The season goes on and the Tigers will continue to win.

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I'm tired of the posts that say things like

Also

I don't***

You had me, right up until wanting the coots to win. That's

P.S. Don't P#S# on a good post. Use a lamp post or something***

Ha, thanks. At least you said my post was good***

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Nope***

you lost me at "coots"***

Coots having a good record was only important if we

I'd rather the ACC become stronger than the coots winning

We'll see how the rest of this season goes.

finish strong, we will***

Re: We'll see how the rest of this season goes.

2 of 4. They beat #1 Bama on the road which is something

Last three seasons??? 2010???***

2011, 2012, 2013....2009 not awful either***

5 losses, Music City Bowl?***

Championship game appearance

ah yes the ACC Wheel of Destiny year***

Kind of like the secLeast this year?***

No kidding, nobody wants it.***

Actually there really hasn't been any shuffle at all in the

Point for the correct plural of Francis.***

Re: Point for the correct plural of Francis.***

Baylor is in no way more elite than Clemson

so who are the exceptions to whom the OP refers?

Re: so who are the exceptions to whom the OP refers?

Re: so who are the exceptions to whom the OP refers?

Exactly***

Cool, let's start winning our division and beating our rival***

Whooooo, boy. Not so fast. You know that

^^^^^^ +1***

Re: I'm tired of the posts that say things like

Elite is usually a one-season phenomenom ...

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