re: Do ya'll realize how stupid we look

Yeah, we did get some luck to get into the picture, but that's how most teams do it every year. It's not often that you get an undefeated team in the SEC. Even Alabama lost to A&M last season and still went on to win it all. Shoot, they lost to LSU the year before during the regular season and still got a rematch in the championship game (unheard of) even though they didn't make it to their conference championship.

Luck is usually what really determines the national championship, because rarely do you see a team dominate every single opponent they play. Often times you see a great team get upset in one game that they should have won that causes them to miss out entirely. Oregon has done that a lot recently, but other teams can say the same thing.

There's a lot that happens during a season that can make or break your hope for a title. Sometimes you can make it by losing one game, but only if you lost to a good team, and only if you lose early enough to rebound in the polls. Timing is important. If you do win all your games, you have to hope your SOS was good enough for the voters and computers to put you in the #1 or #2 slot. In the SEC, you have to wind up conference play by playing the best team (record-wise) from the other division. So, you have to beat a potentially tough team just to make it to the title game against a team that might not have a conference championship (ND comes to mind). It's not easy.

Because I believe so much about winning the national title relies on luck, I don't consider it being complacent when I support CMR for winning so many times and giving our program national attention, a few conference championships, and lots of bowl wins. Do I want a national championship? Hell yes I do! But, I don't think that's on the back of CMR to win for us, necessarily. I don't think bringing in a different coach will necessarily increase our chances of winning one, either, because there is no secret formula. You can do things to increase your chances for victory, but sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way and it costs you a chance at the title. I don't think bringing in Kelly or anyone else will do much to improve things.