If there was one person who had something to say about Ole Miss being placed at the dregs of SEC preseason rankings, it was Kermit Davis.
At his opening press conference, he made his own set of expectations pretty clear.
“We’re not going to have eight or nine years (of rebuilding) here,” Davis said. “We’ve got to improve those [returning] guys. There’s talent in that locker room. We’ve got to individually get their development to go up.”
In retrospect, it makes sense that Davis, whose Rebels have raced out to a 13-2 record and a top-25 ranking, expected more immediate returns than what many outside the program had in mind.