re: Please stop bringing up the 90s to defend mediocre seasons

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We are an elite program and we have to be disappointed if we don't make it to the SEC Championship

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I think this is where the disconnect is. I'm an "old guy" that remembers the Archer/Hallman/Dinardo days very well.

We ARE an elite team now. We recruit and staff as one.

I AM disappointed when we don't make it to the SEC Championship.

HOWEVER, 8-2 and #8 in the BCS is NOT firing material. The sky isn't falling and we're still elite.

The goal for an elite team is to compete for the conference and national title every year.

WE DID - deep into the season. We lost a good game at Bama and are out of the championship hunt.

If we get blown out in our last two games, then I'm going to be VERY DISAPPOINTED - to the point that I might start agreeing with some of the people calling for heads to roll.

Repeating 2008 is not acceptable with any regularity. It should happen no more than every 4 years or so based on who we are now.

It will happen sometimes though.

This team has shown itself to play like that team with some regularity, which is where the valid concerns are to me.