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Which of 2018's Biggest Disappointments Will Bounce Back in 2019?

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  • These seven teams that came up well short of expectations last fall have reason to believe brighter days are ahead ... but they now know all too well that nothing's certain in college football.

At the beginning of every season, the national college football conversation fixates on a few programs that could break through for banner years and maybe even crash the College Football Playoff race. But not every offseason darling pans out, whether the talent coming back regresses or the underclassmen expected to step up encounter growing pains.