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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1967492, member: 40"]
Sure--I have zero problem responding to a respectful note like yours.  If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't get it, either just by looking at the ratings.  We're rated #18, but are rated far too low--by what will prove to be a very significant margin.  Our preseason ranking is a function of the pieces we lost from last year's team, and a general unfamiliarity with how three recruits we added late [two of whom were 5th year transfers] will fit in, and what impact they'll have on this year.  I have watched our team this season prior to the games, and I'm quite confident that we are going to be joining you in the top 10 very, very soon. This is our best team since 2012, when we went 30-1 in the regular season.

I understand that this does not make sense from an outsider perspective--especially given the recruits UK lands.  And my belief in what I state above doesn't require anybody else to believe it.  But my expectation [and I expressed this in detail during the preseason write up I did--this is not based upon sour grapes from losing Green last night] is that the team we have will prove to be a national championship contender.  We'll see how things turn out.
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