This won't be a "been there done that" year for the Gumps. They know they are fortunate to be in at all, and with little Nicky's age they can't take championships for granted anymore.
I rarely visit the rant, but I don't think they collectively have enough intellect to comprehend what you wrote. It also seems aggy has rubbed off on a few of them the past 12 years...or there are a lot of aggy socks pretending to be fans of other SEC teams, or simply have Houston Astros logo beside their name (telltale sign)
Their pea brains cannot wrap around the simple fact that Bama wasn't getting in ahead of us no matter what after our head to head win. Literally the only way the SEC doesn't get shut out of the playoffs is kicking out an undefeated conference champ to the curb. I've seen people make the argument we should have been #4 with FSU, Washington and Michigan above us, but literally nobody outside Collie station saying we should be the ones left at home.
I truly believe the timing was at least partially based on the delusion they could pull in any coach they wanted, even ones well on their way to a conference championship. Then the BMD's stepped in with a big dose of fiscal reality...which left them realistic choices of Elko, Traylor or someone that would make even less of a splash nationally and enrage the average aggy donors.
Not even Bama blowing out aggy in Pyle field with Sark calling the offense for the tide? That's the part aggy has erased from their collective memories. That and barely scraping by Vandy are why they got left out that year, but they will never admit it.