... Tigers were gearing up for their Sept. 5 season opener against Illinois.

Some seven weeks later, however, despite a startling 4-0 beginning to the season, I'm not so sure we know too much more about this team now than when it broke preseason camp in early August.

With 75 percent of the 2009 roster occupied by freshmen and sophomores, it's easy to blame youth for the Tigers' current two-game losing streak that has suddenly brought expectations crashing back down to Earth.

And though overzealous fans may get some kind of morbid joy out of surgically Bleacher Report - College Football