Funny to me to hear people decrying the Kentucky basketball season as a waste. It meant nothing. It is a complete and total failure.
So very bama-ish.
I wouldn't want to live like that every year. "Champeenships er bust, bitches!" I enjoy the the games. I'd hate to live an existence where any season that ends without a title is disastrous. Yeah, you want to win. Winning leads to titles. But I enjoy the journey more so than the destination.
I've said this many times but it goes directly to your point. In 2010, I went to every home game and the SECCG but couldn't swing the MNC game. We had people over to watch it and when AU won the title, we high fived, fist bumped, rubbed wieners together or whatever was appropriate at the time. We celebrated a little, everyone went home and I went to bed. Got up and went to work the next day and the most I said to anyone about it when asked was, "That was a lot of fun. Glad I got to see one in my lifetime."
But had we gone 14-0 with a MNC, or 4-8 or 10-3 or whatever, my fat ass would still have been in JHS for the opener the next fall and most home games after that. It's about Auburn, Auburn people, game day, real traditions, tailgating etc. Nothing about my life is affected in any way by whether or not my alma tomater wins a football game, much less a championship.