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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 252401" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>No, no, don't drop. Please no. It's OK if it is a struggle. We CAN be better, but for crying out loud, we just had a long long bowl streak snapped last season, one of the longest in the nation. That pretty much defines us as competitive in the division we are in. We are not a dominant program but we are respected and probably deserve to be in the top third of the FBS if you take a quarter century, or decade, or even last 5 seasons long glance. In the last 20 or so seasons, how many times have we finished first or second in our division of the ACC? Let's be real. Everybody doesn't get a trophy. I would rather play in one college playoff over the next 20 years than win 4 nattys at the FCS level.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, I am having trouble with the following mindset, not because it is unique to us, but just because I don't understand it. I see it happening across pretty much all fan bases. You know, it is the one where we predict season records ahead of time, before the season starts, watch a game or two, lament and then revise our stance on the season record, watch a couple more, then revise it again, repeat repeat and repeat until the season ends, constantly trying to define expectations for a finishing record and what will make us happy. Why are we in such a hurry to guess or know where we will stand at the end? We have a game to play this week. We will have a game nearly every week, until it is over, then we will know where we stand relative to everybody else. Let's learn to live in the moment and appreciate every game for what it is, another chance to experience the joy of competition. As hard as I try, I just can't seem to look beyond the next game. We could be undefeated and it wouldn't matter. Last year, we had won a total of 3 games and I was jacked for every one of them, even after we were 9 and 10 games in. Surely I wasn't happy with the record and the season, but it would have made it no better had I predicted it from the start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 252401, member: 639"] No, no, don't drop. Please no. It's OK if it is a struggle. We CAN be better, but for crying out loud, we just had a long long bowl streak snapped last season, one of the longest in the nation. That pretty much defines us as competitive in the division we are in. We are not a dominant program but we are respected and probably deserve to be in the top third of the FBS if you take a quarter century, or decade, or even last 5 seasons long glance. In the last 20 or so seasons, how many times have we finished first or second in our division of the ACC? Let's be real. Everybody doesn't get a trophy. I would rather play in one college playoff over the next 20 years than win 4 nattys at the FCS level. Additionally, I am having trouble with the following mindset, not because it is unique to us, but just because I don't understand it. I see it happening across pretty much all fan bases. You know, it is the one where we predict season records ahead of time, before the season starts, watch a game or two, lament and then revise our stance on the season record, watch a couple more, then revise it again, repeat repeat and repeat until the season ends, constantly trying to define expectations for a finishing record and what will make us happy. Why are we in such a hurry to guess or know where we will stand at the end? We have a game to play this week. We will have a game nearly every week, until it is over, then we will know where we stand relative to everybody else. Let's learn to live in the moment and appreciate every game for what it is, another chance to experience the joy of competition. As hard as I try, I just can't seem to look beyond the next game. We could be undefeated and it wouldn't matter. Last year, we had won a total of 3 games and I was jacked for every one of them, even after we were 9 and 10 games in. Surely I wasn't happy with the record and the season, but it would have made it no better had I predicted it from the start. [/QUOTE]
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