Sometimes the running joke simply has to be a joke and nothing else, as Buffalo Men's Soccer, fresh off an appearance in the MAC Championship Game and returning seven seniors and eight juniors, has been slated for fourth in the MAC in the conference's preseason coaches poll.
Granted, UB used some late heroics in both the regular season and the postseason last year to make the final, and the difference between second and fourth in the poll is only two votes, but it's hard to imagine anyone not looking at UB as a team that's trending up in the conference.