Of course I "get it." We were a couple plays away--some fluky, some rather awful on our part--from an undefeated season.

Before that we did the following: 1) Held SMU out of their own end zone on the road to win. Their only loss. 2) Got out 21-0 and hung on vs. what's proven to be a good Baylor squad on the road 3) Delivered an all-time 2 minutes drill to win vs. OSU, who was ready for us with a bye and 4) Literally rose from the dead at game's end and beat freaking Utah at Utah (1st time since 2006). In the process, we broke their AD, which generated even more Big12 hate for the Utes while rallying teams to BYU. It was awesome.

That's 3 unlikely road W's + a literal last minute comeback win. Two of those came vs. teams who were probably as good or better than we are. Another was vs. a rival against whom we have struggled mightily. Probably shoulda handled business better vs. OSU, but no one says their roster isn't talented or that their coach sucks. They were ready, and they played us very well.

We also had an awful and costly turnover at home vs. KU and stumbled out of the gate vs. a fired up ASU, dropping both games by single scores. Add it all up, and that good + bad = a preseason 13 of 16 Big 12 pick, full of 2-3 star talent that just went 10-2 vs. a P4 schedule. In year 2 of P4 status. We were in serious title contention until almost the waning minutes of the regular season. Win the bowl game, and we just delivered the best season since '96, and I don't think it's particularly arguable.

What might have been is still painful to ponder, but only because it gets to stand on the shoulders of what actually was. This has been, and could go down as, a GREAT season.