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The 10 saddest Ole Miss teams: Ed Orgeron goes from first mate to captain in 2005

Coach O, dealing with David Cutcliffe's mess and his own inexperience, tries his best to turn around Ole Miss football.

If you look closely enough, you can see August on the horizon and closing fast, which means we've moved into a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that in less than six weeks, we won't be just #TALKINBOUTTHENOLES, we'll actually be #PLAYINGTHENOLES. The bad news is that we've now moved into the top four of our countdown of terribly sad Ole Miss football seasons that robbed us of little pieces of our souls.

Last week, we marveled at David Cutcliffe taking a hard pass on recruiting, which led to the 2004 season disaster, and set the stage for really not good times in 2005.