Jawja, you are new here. Although it can be a guestamation ( sometimes ) as to which color Cowboy's heart really is. He rarely makes a B.S. statement. You must remeber. It does matter at the time of the loss, if the other team is ranked. It also matters ( to the computer and voters alike ) how the teams that beat you finished there season. The loss to S.C. killed us in the end. Tenn. helped on several levels. One of the most important is how it motivated the team to go on to perform the way they did the rest of the season. Both Ark. and UK finishes higher overall the S.C.
Also, as Gator has pointed out. 21 points in regulation is WORSE than 4 in overtime.