Nobody wants to talk about when ESPN drops their offseason rankings and award candidate lists? The fact that this program has been compared to 2010 more times than I can count and people still refuse. We went through that whole Cam Newton rollercoaster and came out with a natty. We went through the 2013 Prayer at Jordan-Hare season and came within seconds of another ring. Every single time the national media writes us off as just another SEC team that had a couple lucky years we prove them wrong. And now here we are in 2026 with that same exact energy. ESPN puts out their little evaluation piece rating every Power 4 program and they slot us somewhere in the middle. everybody is so busy drooling over what Oregon is doing with five 5-stars or how Indiana might be building something. The 2010 team had guys nobody believed in until they stepped on the field. The 2013 team had that same chip on their shoulder. This 2026 squad has that same feel in the weight room and on the practice field right now. I have seen this story before. I know exactly how it ends when people sleep on us.