1). Tough beating good teams two in a row mentally. 2). We really should have won last year. Even SEC homer Paul "######"-Baum admitted that we were the better team that day and won in the trenches but lost the special teams "razzle dazzle" that Savannah pulled out of his butt. 3). Watson vs Hurts (I'll take our guy any day) leading the offense. 4). Kiffin is distracted and half "pregnant" thinking about the FAU job. Can't help it...human nature. Conversely, our staff is stable and focused. 5). We are the hunters, Bama is the hunted. 6). It's Clemsons and Dabo's time. Just as Summer turns into Fall, Fall to Winter, Winter to Spring, and Spring back to Summer, this is just the natural order of things. The Roman Empire crumbles and the rest of Europe rises. Spain falls, Great Britain comes of age, so on and so forth. 7). We can't feel bad about this since It's not our fault. Like the story of the frog and the Scorpion, it's just the nature of things.The days of the SECs dominance has come to an end and Clemson is in place to take down their last remaining giant.
To your point #7...Clemson is certainly on the rise, but Bama will remain at or very near the top as long as Saban is there. They continue to be the most talented team in the country year in and year out.