Yeah, being a baseball newbie and jumping in for the first SEC game (Ole Miss) in '21 and following the BaseVols pretty closely ever since, I recall all the old-timers (including you) warning us repeatedly that was the case during the awesome '21 season. I took it to heart -- or to mind -- and was not surprised completely how '21 ended or that '22 actually did better in the postseason.
I think we're going to win it all before too long. But I'm ready for surprises, good and bad.
P.S. Something like that will happen in football imo when they expand the playoffs starting next year.