Are we ready to forgive Bama yet?

I’m torn. I’m still getting over that humiliation against UConn, not one but 2 sports Bama dropped the ball this year. A shroud of humiliation hangs heavy over the SEC. Two losses on the big stage from one of our flagship schools. The committee's baffling decision to exalt Bama over the indomitable Georgia was a dagger to our hearts, a mockery of true athletic merit. And then, the unthinkable – a team clad in the crimson and houndstooth exposed the conference's vulnerabilities for all the nation to see. Shame burns in our throats like acrid smoke.

But should we truly cast aside the brotherhood forged in countless victories, the legacy etched in blood, sweat, and triumph? Perhaps this is a crucible, a trial by fire. The path to redemption will be arduous, the committee's trust a summit seemingly unreachable. It may very well be that the SEC never gets favoritism again because of Alabama’s failures. But shall we wallow in the ashes of defeat, or shall we rise, a phoenix reborn from the flames of disappointment? I say let us strategize a return to dominance, a reclaiming of our rightful place on the national stage, even if we all have to pick up the slack thrust towards us by an incompetent source in the form of Kalen DeBoer.

Discuss.