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Not all wishes come true. Sometimes, a starry-eyed child rushes down the steps on Christmas and finds the vintage Alabama football jersey he asked Santa Claus for has become a Bill Curry-era Cliff Engle sweater made of a particular itchy wool. Disappointments are part of life.
So when I wished, a couple of days ago, the dialogue in the college football world could turn to the actual season that starts in just over a month, I knew the odds of that happening weren't great. But the extent to which that hasn't happened over the course of the week has been remarkable even for a cynic. In every league that has followed the SEC in holding its media days, and in trekking up to Bristol to appear on various ESPN platforms, there has been little talk of what is ahead and a constant barrage of swipes at the SEC. Even a hardened cynic couldn't help notice it.