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Here's a question to add a bit of perspective:
Roughly 47 months ago, if someone were to ask you how would you feel if mid-May 2024 we would be questioning our ability to win a third consecutive title this upcoming season, how would you have responded?
HuskyHawk is correct in his statement, the fun will be in seeing how the season plays out and how well the players develop.
What we've accomplished the past two seasons warrants quite a bit of praise and provided an amazing amount of joy. Appreciate it for what it gave us. Yes, being in a position to three peat is rare, and in all candor, taking home another national title should be the goal. We absolutely should want this but there is no reason for anyone to lament over the idea that is doesn't seem as likely today as this past one seemed this past December or January.
Um, how about 15 1/2 months ago, after we had just finished a 2-6 stretch with the joyous memories of a very impressive non-conference 14-0 start fading fast into oblivion and we were all wondering where we were going to go from there. If anyone told you the night after that afternoon road loss to Creighton that we would be here... we would have run him off as a delusional crazy person.
But here we are. What an absolutely amazing, astonishing run this has been.
And yes, I pray AK comes back because I want to see what happens if we really have a legitimate shot at the 3-peat. It will certainly give us another season to remember.