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I started to come to TD to avoid some of the comoplete homers in UTs fanbase only to discover that Ole Miss has the biggest homers in the SEC. I did not realize until now that a single 9-4 season turned a program into the next major power in the league. At best, Ole Miss is the fourth best program in the West. Unless of course, you listen to their fans.

We (and I'm only speaking for the rational OM fans here) do not consider ourselves the best in the West in a historical sense. Nor do we trumpet that from the roof tops. HOWEVER, we do defend the fact that at the end of last year (not in overall record), we WERE the 2nd, or 3rd best program in the SEC.

Given last years late season charge, a decent recruiting season, a strong coaching staff (suck it Arky) and a majority of contributors returning, we will not be ignored in SEC and BCS bowl discussions. If you ask me where we rank in the SEC all time, I'm not going to bullshite, at the bottom. If you ask me where we rank in the SEC preseason for 2009, I'm going to say in the top 3 or 4, and it's completely and totally justified. I do not think one season begets a programs historical prestige, however, we're going in the right direction. Will we keep it up? Will HDN bring us to the SECCG? Will we get a BCS bowl? Will we be able to sustain 10-12 win seasons? Who knows, but it feels damn good to discuss it so we ARE discussing it. A fan base that gains confidence as it's team begins playing well is a cyclical certainty. While we're playing well, we grow more confident, while we sucked, we lost confidence. You're asking us to remain meager and sheepish during a possible upswing in OM football?!?!? What ever dude, pass the dutchie pan de leff han syde.

Now, once we win a BCSCG... all bets are off and as I have previously stated, I'm going to be the WORST of the bunch.