Just saw ESPN drop their 2026 SEC preview and I am trying to figure out where the disrespect ends and the reality begins. Three years without an SEC team winning a national title and suddenly the narrative flips from "the SEC is unbeatable". One of those years Alabama was literally one play away from the semifinals and Georgia has been in the mix every single season. But I am not here to defend the rest of the conference. I am here to talk about us. The preview mentions plenty of contenders but I noticed we are still being treated like we are two years away from being two years away. Meanwhile we have been quietly stacking talent in our RB room that would make most of the SEC jealous. Our recruiting has been steady if not spectacular. The 2027 class rankings that ESPN just put out show we are in the mix nationally even if we are. And you know what? That is fine. We have always been the program that develops players better than we recruit them. Give me a coaching staff that can evaluate and develop over a staff that just chases five-star ratings any day of the week. The part of the prreview that actually got me thinking is the discussion about parity in the SEC. People are acting like the conference fell off but what actually happened is the middle got better. Vanderbilt gave people fits. Arkansas is no longer a guaranteed win. Mississippi State has fight in them. That is not a decline. That is the conference getting deeper. And in a deeper conference, the teams that can run the football and stop the run are the ones who survive. That is literally our identity when we are at our best. I look at our schedule and I see the Baylor game at home on a Wednesday evening and I already. That midweek night game atmosphere is going to rattle a Baylor team coming across the country. We have the backfield to control the clock. We have the defensive front to make their QB uncomfortable. And we have the home field advantage that nobody in the country can replicate. The SEC preview might sleep on us now but they will wa...