Greatest Games From Every Season: 2008

Following a title winner is a tall task. It’s rare to see repeat champions in college sports. When you assume the target, you also assume the weight of unrealistic expectations. Typically, title winners are veteran laden teams and typically their follow-up acts are depleted, not so much in talent, but very much so in experience. It varies sport to sport, but obviously what Kentucky accomplished under Calipari with a gaggle of freshman 5-stars is nearly unprecedented. A team built around a bevy of true freshman contributors will almost certainly never win the college football playoff for a variety of reasons.

After LSU won the title in 2007, they hit reset on the roster, on the coaching…