If the 2019-2020 college sports year has taught us nothing else, it should be a lesson in expectations.
There’s nothing wrong with having high hopes. Indeed, what good is the frivolity of sports if we can’t blindly rush in expecting the best? That being said, it’s good to avoid hyperbole whenever we can, both for our own sake and the sake of those in our immediate vicinity. Believe me, no one around the Thanksgiving table wants to hear how disappointed you are that Tray Jackson isn’t averaging 12 points a game or that Jeremiah Tilmon doesn’t have six straight double-doubles.