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Message: [QUOTE="VAMike23, post: 2135265, member: 150"] First off, let me once again commend you as others have done on your latest avatar :) Second, this whole year was a bit surreal and I think it was pretty easy to see that this group's performance throughout the year went well beyond any "stretch goals" that most people - and including Geno - could have imagined for them in October. As a result, it was to me clearly a glass-half-full situation overall, even with the difficult and Uber-dramatic loss at the end. In which they fought back like warriors, by the way. Had we lost last year with Stewie, Morgan and Mo I would have reacted differently because last year's squad was truly Great with a capital G. This year's squad was very very good but it can still be said they overachieved. Losses must be put in context. It could reasonably be said that these guys have more to be proud of than last year's NC winners. They improved that much and gave that much of themselves. Just amazing really. So so proud of what they did this year. Oh, and Geno is wrong when he says the streak is not theirs. Or at least, he misleads. They did their part. The 36 games Geno talked about as theirs, well, those games are tacked on to the end and they own a nice chunk of the 111. The streak as finalized (immortalized?) is jointly owned by many. These guys didn't ask for the extra noise and pressure of the streak all season long but by God, they stood up to it. For all they did, this will always be a memorable group. [/QUOTE]

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