re: Is there any realistic scenario where we have sustained success?

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truth be told, we just aren't that fricking serious about wanting to win in the SEC. We don't want it enough.

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I've said this before, but I've never felt like we have a fan base dedicated enough to winning to compete in the SEC. Too many of our fans are caught up with with petty nonsense and not concerned with winning football games.

It's evident when our fan base (or rather, a portion of it) demands the U of A continue an absurdly outdated tradition of playing home games away from campus in a stadium laughably unfit for a P5 program, let alone one in the SEC.

It's evident when our fans treat game days as social events at which they can see and be seen.

It's evident when our boosters are more concerned about access and having a say than winning.

It's evident when our fans root against the very program they claim to support when we play teams led by coaches we either fired (Ole Miss/Nutt) or passed over (Auburn/Malzahn).

It's evident when our fans still obsess over a rivalry that died out a quarter century ago.


Simply put, we don't demand excellence, and we really haven't for decades.