re: Donnan sums up things on Finebaum

Bringing the bottom up vs. Taking the top down are in no way similar. Bringing the bottom up (but not fully to the same level) simply puts you in position to play more close games against what would have been vastly inferior talent in other years.

Alternatively, bringing the top down (as the case with UF/UT) means you don't have truly "scary" teams on the schedule in your division... yet we still found ways to make sure we lost at least one of those in most years.

USC maybe played at/near UF/UT's lowest during Donnan's tenure, but only for about 2-3 seasons. Vandy/UK, nowhere near it.