One thing that stood out to me, and I have mentioned this before...
Last season, Hubert Davis mentioned to the media several times that he thought his team, last year, was a national championship team. People thought it was crazy, including myself, but that's exactly where they went.
And this season, you said you asked him about his players saying championship or bust. And, he said they can say it, or he was okay with them saying that, but he was never okay with saying that. Now I don't know if that's just a coincidence, and I don't know if him saying it last year was bluster and how much was actually believing it. But, that is a stark difference between the two teams and seasons, from his perspective. There had to be reasons for that different perspective on their potential.