re: (10-2) not the focal point, Quality wins are.

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We have played 4 teams currently ranked in the BCS top 10.

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Precisely. And the team went 2-2. Every game was competitive and one of the losses was in the waning seconds of the game. Would I have preferred to go 4-0? Obviously. But if we're talking State of the Program, that is clearly a competitive program with the very best teams in the country, which is really all you can ask. To be in the mix every year for the title. Sometimes you get the breaks, sometimes you don't. This year, we didn't.

This team was ravaged by injury and suspensions yet still gutted out a 10-win season and a top 10 ranking. Most teams that rebuild their o-line on the fly, lose their best player (and returning Heisman finalist), and lose their TWO best offensive players (Blue and Faulk) spiral to 500 seasons. The fact this team went 10-2 with all of the adveristy is a positive for the program, not a negative.

Yes, winning a title is better. But this program is clearly healthy. We're one bad defensive sequence from playing in the SECCG and then the BCSCG. From the 10,000 foot view, the program is doing outstanding.