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[QUOTE="Fjoinkay, post: 1475810, member: 604"]
For me, I don't question your fandom.  I have friends who view their teams the way you do, and I don't try to change the way they follow their teams.  I just go about it differently, especially with college sports.   As much as I want SU football to be featured on Gameday, I believe that its a very big challenge to get to that level.   SU had it and lost it like a lot of other programs.  It takes time to get back, and it is much more complex than it looks in terms of putting all of the pieces together.  I do believe SU will get back.  I think being in the ACC helps a ton. I think the improvement in facilities helps.  I'm optimistic about Coyle.  I believe it helps that SU has been there before even though its been a while now.  And I like HCSS and his staff, and I think he can be the guy.  I hope so.

I just choose to be optimistic when I follow this coach and these student-athletes.  Frankly, last season I was surprised by how upset so many fans were.  As soon as T-Hunt went down my expectations went down, mostly due to HCSS's comment in camp last year when he said that he hoped he wouldn't have to play the back-up QBs.  He said he liked where they were in their development, but he also strongly implied that they weren't ready.   I just thought more people would scale back their expectations as well.  When that didn't happen, at times I  thought it was important to be a fan and to stick up for the staff and the student-athletes.  Their effort last season truly impressed me.
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