perception - good read

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this is a part from an artice in ESPN.. the way i see it... its the difference between accepting mediocrity and not...

There's something about being a fan that makes you lose touch with reality.

If it's your team, you should be proud that they went 8-4.

If it's my team, I can't stomach the mediocrity another day. We should have been at least 10-2.

If it's your team, there's something to be said for winning three division titles in 10 seasons.

If it's my team, the coach has got to go because he never won the conference.

If it's your team, 10 bowls in 11 seasons is a badge of honor.

If it's my team, and we play one more PapaJohns.com Bowl, I'm going to boycott takeout pizza.

If it's your team, you win despite a small recruiting base.

If it's my team, we've been ranked in the top 25 in recruiting five years running and our coaches can't develop talent.

If it's your team, you'll never overcome the rivals with deeper pockets and more tradition.

If it's my team, we had those guys beat with 10 minutes to play and that idiot of a coach blew the game.

If it's your team, I love your coach's one-liner about how they couldn't play dead in a cowboy movie.

If it's my team, and I hear that tired line about playing dead in a cowboy movie one more time, I'm going to stop donating to the athletic department.

If it's your team, your coach's 10 years are a sign of stability.

If it's my team, get that guy out of there -- now.
 
#8
#8
Tennessee fans expect to be in the hunt for the NC every year and its just that the expectations are too high. UT has never been the type of team that is in there every year.
 
#20
#20
Tennessee fans expect to be in the hunt for the NC every year and its just that the expectations are too high. UT has never been the type of team that is in there every year.
I 'll settle for a conference championship this decade. I'am not a greedy man.
 
#21
#21
Tennessee fans expect to be in the hunt for the NC every year and its just that the expectations are too high. UT has never been the type of team that is in there every year.

Show me one person on this entire board or on the street that has ever stated Tennessee should be a MNC contender every year.
 
#22
#22
I just want to win as many games as we can by playing the best 4 quarters they can play. SEC title would be great, a nicer bowl game would be pretty good too....I dont think thats too much to ask. But thats just me
 
#23
#23
With the SEC being the way it is nowadays, I have relegated my hopes and expectations each year to the SEC Championship.

It just so happens, though, that if you win the SEC then there's a great chance you'll be contending for the NC too.

But, if we went 12-1 and we lose out on the BCS title game because two teams from the other weaker BCS conferences went undefeated, then I would still be happy and call the season a resounding success.
 
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