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[QUOTE="Digable5, post: 2852500, member: 144"]
Certainly an exaggeration on my part to say I would want to be unranked after a National Championship.  Obviously after another year like this one I would hope no one, especially ourselves, think we are anything less than a top 25 program.

I think the uptick in recruiting because of Athlon’s rankings is as small an impact as you think the team feeling disrespected is towards motivation.  In my experience, players can certainly keep a chip on their shoulder through a Football Hall of Fame career (see Thurman Thomas as an example).  If that’s the case, it can certainly be used to help fuel another win or two next season.

For me the difference between basketball and football is that last 17 years.  There is reason for the Football team to feel disrespected.  They just had a tremendous year and need to go out and prove they aren’t a “one hit wonder” despite signs they are going to be a force again next season.

The basketball team is VT in Athlons world.  They have the history and recruits to warrant a high ranking coming into the season but they haven’t been “under the radar” they’ve played underwhelming.  Having high expectations and rankings haven’t helped them on the basketball court.  How do you expect it to help the football team? And, if the basketball team wasn’t ranked heading into the season maybe they would be playing with something to prove rather than playing to the level of their competition which is what I’m seeing for the most part.
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