Oh, OK ... I get that. US fans ARE fairly delusional about how good this group of players actually is ... so that makes sense. Personally, I'd set making the Quarters as the bar. The hosts generally get a soft group draw and you'd hope you can win a knockout round. Barring too many injuries, if this group plays even decent then that should be do-able. But for the loonies thinking they can "win it all" just because they're playing "at home" ... yeah, nothing is going to slow down that train of stupid.