After three long weeks of wading through more stink and failure than recommended by doctors -- which included last week's adventure on the shrimp boat seas with Ed Orgeron in 2006 -- we're finally cracking the top five in our countdown. David Cutcliffe's 2004 Ole Miss team followed a season in which the Rebels nearly captured the outright SEC West title (yet still hung a banner saying they did - UGH), broke a 12-year streak of not playing in a non-December bowl game, and won 10 games for the first time since 1971.
You might have said, as many of us foolishly did, things were on the rise for Ole Miss football.