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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4786812, member: 225"]
No, but it IS a strawman. Not as big a strawman as "we will never be Alabama", but a strawman none-the-less.

Nobody says we have to be ACC champions (or be Alabama). Getting to bowls regularly (based upon the fact that you only need a pulse to get to the lower tier bowls) is reasonable and it is what most fans see as reasonable too.

Being competitive with our peer schools is a reasonable expectation as well. We are in a P5 conference. There have to be goals. Like any goal, you do need to stretch yourself.

This year (and last) we will achieve the bowl expectation. The last half of the year will determine whether we are competitive with our peers.

Then we have to see if we can do both consistently, ala the goals that Dino set forth when he was hired.

We will never consistently be on a par with certain ACC schools who view football the same way the SEC schools view football (and throw the same kind of $$$ at it).

Our goals are simple: winning seasons, bowls, don't suck when we do play the ranked teams, have occasional great years, and try to be better than our peers. Those seem like sensible goals.
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