Gus Malzahn’s opening remarks at SEC Football Media Days were intended to recap the 2017 season.
“I thought we were very close,” Malzahn said. “We won the SEC West, which I believe is the toughest division in college football. One game away from the College Football Playoff, which you know is everybody’s goal. We have a lot of our players back that experienced that. We got the majority of our coaches, all but one, back, so I really feel like we’re going to have a hungry team trying to take that next step.”
Yeah, close. So very close.