re: Raise your hand if you will be okay without Johnny

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If your team exceeds expectations every year, you will eventually win a national championship. The tricky part comes after that when expectations are unrealistic. Ask LSU fans. I'd say ask Alabama fans, but Saban has done an incredible job exceeding expectations there.

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See that's just it with Bama, and it's why most people call Bama delusional and a bit crazy. The expectation is ALWAYS a national championship. Doesn't matter who is on the team. Doesn't matter who graduates or who is ruled ineligible. The expectation is to win it all every year, until it is completely impossible to pull it off.

Don't lower you expectations because one player is gone. frick that noise. Keep em high. Say that the next guy up is just as good. Say your team will pull together and shock the damn world.

That pleasantly surprised stuff is for pussies and losers.