Top 25 Swag

[AAPP1]

Anyone seen anything i.e. T-shirts or Hoodies to commemorate the Top 25 ranking?

[BarefootApp]

Hope not. Let's not act overly shocked or giddy. If it gets in the head of the players, we could be unranked before the t-shirt arrives in the mail.

[DaphneUrquhart]

Hope not. Let's not act overly shocked or giddy. If it gets in the head of the players, we could be unranked before the t-shirt arrives in the mail.

Agreed! Our team has worked very hard to get to #25, but I doubt that's been one of the goals for the year. The three main goals - win the Sun Belt east, win the conference championship, win a bowl game - remain. Rankings are fleeting; rings last. #BeatSouthern

[bigdaddyg]

I’d rather have an end of season T shirt rather than one now.

[App91]

I’d rather have an end of season T shirt rather than one now.

THIS!

[appstate77]

Hope not. Let's not act overly shocked or giddy. If it gets in the head of the players, we could be unranked before the t-shirt arrives in the mail.

Agreed! Our team has worked very hard to get to #25, but I doubt that's been one of the goals for the year. The three main goals - win the Sun Belt east, win the conference championship, win a bowl game - remain. Rankings are fleeting; rings last. #BeatSouthern

APPsolutely. Beat Stink. Keep winning. Polls are ultimately superficial. Diplomas, championship rings and trophies are tangible and have an unlimited lifespan.

[Rekdiver]

I bet Scott and Co are telling them how embarrassing it would be to get ranked and lose to Stink...............

[Stonewall]

I bet Scott and Co are telling them how embarrassing it would be to get ranked and lose to Stink...............

For all of us.

[AtlAppMan]

Hope not. Let's not act overly shocked or giddy. If it gets in the head of the players, we could be unranked before the t-shirt arrives in the mail.

Agreed! Our team has worked very hard to get to #25, but I doubt that's been one of the goals for the year. The three main goals - win the Sun Belt east, win the conference championship, win a bowl game - remain. Rankings are fleeting; rings last. #BeatSouthern

Why are these still our three main goals for 2017? I thought we would be raising the bar by now. No doubt winning SB east, SB championship and bowl are goals but shouldn't they now be a baseline at this point? Since we have done that the last two years, isn't it is time to raise the bar, it should be NY6 now. When we were FCS our goals matured over time to the ultimate goal being a National Championship.

Ask Nick Saban and Dabo Sweeney what are their goals at start of season, it doesn't end with conference and bowl wins. I guarantee you it extends to winning the CFP championship.

Our goals NOW should extend to NY6 appearance and then win. I know we need some help getting there but it should be our current goal now. Top 25 ranking will be a byproduct of that goal. Does anybody on this board disagree with this statement?

[94App]

Hope not. Let's not act overly shocked or giddy. If it gets in the head of the players, we could be unranked before the t-shirt arrives in the mail.

Agreed! Our team has worked very hard to get to #25, but I doubt that's been one of the goals for the year. The three main goals - win the Sun Belt east, win the conference championship, win a bowl game - remain. Rankings are fleeting; rings last. #BeatSouthern

Why are these still our three main goals for 2017? I thought we would be raising the bar by now. No doubt winning SB east, SB championship and bowl are goals but shouldn't they now be a baseline at this point? Since we have done that the last two years, isn't it is time to raise the bar, it should be NY6 now. When we were FCS our goals matured over time to the ultimate goal being a National Championship.

Ask Nick Saban and Dabo Sweeney what are their goals at start of season, it doesn't end with conference and bowl wins. I guarantee you it extends to winning the CFP championship.

Our goals NOW should extend to NY6 appearance and then win. I know we need some help getting there but it should be our current goal now. Top 25 ranking will be a byproduct of that goal. Does anybody on this board disagree with this statement?

I 100% see what you're saying and am not disagreeing/discrediting your post. Those three goals will likely stay the same each year going forward because they are the only thing we can control. We can control winning our portion of the Sun Belt, making and winning the championship game, and winning the bowl game. We can't control whether or not we make the NY6. I see the NY6 being a goal much like you do the Top 25 ranking above. We can win those and hope the NY6 is a byproduct of that.

[Rekdiver]

We have one goal....win the next game.

[NO.2]

I bet Scott and Co are telling them how embarrassing it would be to get ranked and lose to Stink...............

For all of us.

I'll have to delete my bbs account if that happens.

[DaphneUrquhart]

Why are these still our three main goals for 2017?

I was thinking those were the controllable goals for 2018 and the ones Coach Satterfield mentions when asked about team goals. Didn't the 2017 season end with a 34 - 0 Dollar General Bowl win?

[appstatealum]

All I know, when I was younger and in competitive sports, when we were the top of the mountain (no pun intended), you better have brought your best to knock us off the pedestal. There was definitely a different level of focus, similar to being an underdog, but had that belief that no matter what happened in the game, we are supposed to win.

Miss those days. Guess I will just keep living vicariously through my kids.

[AtlAppMan]

Why are these still our three main goals for 2017?

I was thinking those were the controllable goals for 2018 and the ones Coach Satterfield mentions when asked about team goals. Didn't the 2017 season end with a 34 - 0 Dollar General Bowl win?

Don't get me wrong, we still have to take care of business with the three goals you mentioned and I agree they are definitely things within our control. However, you can achieve those goals while losing OOC games and only winning by paper thin margins, but, in that case you will NEVER be considered a serious player on a national level, a top 25 team, a top G5 team (see ULL and Ark State in the years prior to us joining SB) and never get to play in any post season beyond a SB connected bowl.

However, if you aspire to go beyond above said level, which I do and also think our players do, you have to do more. If a NY6 bowl is your goal, what is in your control is to win most or all of your games and do it convincingly. That still doesn't guarantee you will get a NY6 every year, as other things have to fall into place to help you, but that is what you have to do to achieve your goal.

[AppSt94]

I bet Scott and Co are telling them how embarrassing it would be to get ranked and lose to Stink...............

Not only that, but there were plenty of things on tape from Saturday that need to be cleaned up.

[DaphneUrquhart]

Why are these still our three main goals for 2017?

I was thinking those were the controllable goals for 2018 and the ones Coach Satterfield mentions when asked about team goals. Didn't the 2017 season end with a 34 - 0 Dollar General Bowl win?

Don't get me wrong, we still have to take care of business with the three goals you mentioned and I agree they are definitely things within our control. However, you can achieve those goals while losing OOC games and only winning by paper thin margins, but, in that case you will NEVER be considered a serious player on a national level, a top 25 team, a top G5 team (see ULL and Ark State in the years prior to us joining SB) and never get to play in any post season beyond a SB connected bowl.

However, if you aspire to go beyond above said level, which I do and also think our players do, you have to do more. If a NY6 bowl is your goal, what is in your control is to win most or all of your games and do it convincingly. That still doesn't guarantee you will get a NY6 every year, as other things have to fall into place to help you, but that is what you have to do to achieve your goal.

My point was that 2017, as referenced in bold in your post, is over. We no longer have goals for 2017.

[ASU3432Mi]

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