If we hadn't muffed the punt or if we had gotten one more field and beaten LSU, would the victory have been enough to quell your strongest fears about the program?
Honestly? Probably not. Total abberation, LSU looking past us (to Towson?) But I would have enjoyed the hell out of it.
What would have happened is, I would have gotten all pumped up, we turned the corner, gonna ride the wave all the way, blah, blah... And then we would lose to Arky and I would fall into an even blacker depression than I am in now.
But I definitely would have enjoyed it for that one brief shining moment.
I tried so hard not to be excited to be at halftime with a lead. Deep in my heart I knew it would not last. I kept thinking "60 yards to glory, boys...", but it was delusional. It was painful beyond measure to know that our chance with :39 left was really no chance at all. With Cam, we could have scored twice...
I think that little tiny irrational sliver of hope was what led me to tell the Corndog after a comment he made sometime near the end of the fourth to go fuck himself because I wouldn't be.