To me, there are two types of losses and one is alot easier to cope with than the other.
The first type is when the other team has better players and/or makes the plays to win the game. Two perfect examples are the 1994 and 2008 SEC Championship games against Florida. In 1994, we played even with them all game until the Gator QB made some great plays toward the end to win the game. Can't remember if it was Terry Dean or Danny Wuerffel. Both played in that game. The loss was painful but easy to understand because our kids played their guts out, mostly mistake free, but were beaten by a better team.
The second game is the 2008 Championship Game, Tebow just made the championship plays in the 4th quarter to win the game. I don't think our team could have played any better in that game. And again, I thought Florida had the better team.
Both of the above examples were played with National Championship hopes on the line. But the losses were much easier to swallow for me.
Now the second type of losses that absolutely destroys my soul is when we have the better team and simply give the game away with stupid mistakes. I can site the 2011 LSU game and the 2010 and 2013 Aubie games. We had the better teams, but simply made way too many mistakes including fumbling and penalties. These are the games where the pain just seems to linger. So many mistakes last night. If only we could have done one thing different out of about 8 we could have won. Just very disheartening, sickening, and rejected. Each one of these losses seem to hurt worse and worse.
Just my 2 cents.
The first type is when the other team has better players and/or makes the plays to win the game. Two perfect examples are the 1994 and 2008 SEC Championship games against Florida. In 1994, we played even with them all game until the Gator QB made some great plays toward the end to win the game. Can't remember if it was Terry Dean or Danny Wuerffel. Both played in that game. The loss was painful but easy to understand because our kids played their guts out, mostly mistake free, but were beaten by a better team.
The second game is the 2008 Championship Game, Tebow just made the championship plays in the 4th quarter to win the game. I don't think our team could have played any better in that game. And again, I thought Florida had the better team.
Both of the above examples were played with National Championship hopes on the line. But the losses were much easier to swallow for me.
Now the second type of losses that absolutely destroys my soul is when we have the better team and simply give the game away with stupid mistakes. I can site the 2011 LSU game and the 2010 and 2013 Aubie games. We had the better teams, but simply made way too many mistakes including fumbling and penalties. These are the games where the pain just seems to linger. So many mistakes last night. If only we could have done one thing different out of about 8 we could have won. Just very disheartening, sickening, and rejected. Each one of these losses seem to hurt worse and worse.
Just my 2 cents.