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It's interesting that several people on here are fine with a poster that would post an extremely optimistic forecast for the remainder of the season such as EverRespect did in post #121. Several posters will jump right in with a friendly response as if it is as natural as talking about the weather. For the record, I don't have any problem at all with post #121. I would have to agree with EverRespect in that I too don't see ODU winning out the rest of the regular season. I will be pleasantly surprised if they don't lose 3 or more games prior to the CUSA Tournament. I also feel that it will be very difficult for them to win the CUSA Tournament without going to their bench more than they have been thus far, especially where Caver is concerned.

Conversely, if someone post some actual current facts that point out that ODU in spite of it's won/loss record is maybe more paper than tiger, several on here react as if that person is not worthy of being an ODU supporter. I think we all know that Razor is one of the people that I am describing here by posting his typical fact based opinions. It sometimes comes across as boarder-line, internet bullying by some others trying to get people like him to stop with their rhetoric. I think most all would have to agree that Razor is a big ODU basketball fan.

Personally I think it is fine to feel either way. People are different so why shouldn't their outlooks for success be too. Some folks are more of the American University or William & Mary type of crowd. To those people it seems to be more about being competitive and achieving a decent number of wins - any kind of wins - in order to reach a level of contentment.

A big portion of the remainder of the people are more of the current VCU, or ODU of earlier years type of crowd. To those people it seems to be more about constructing a team to achieve lofty goals, and then actually going out and achieving by winning the conference, and making the NCAA Tournament, or at least the NIT in those years that their team failed to make the NCAA Tournament. Anything less could still be decent once in a while - basically in a rebuilding year, but really is not quite good enough and needs to be corrected to keep it from happening again the next season.

Bottom line, with over a month of conference games left, along with the CUSA Tournament in March, the final win/loss record, placement within the conference, and any post season bids remains in the balance. Whether some are happy at the end of the season, or most everyone is happy will be known soon enough. The sky is the limit. Only question is ... can ODU reach those heights, and if not this season .... when?