re: If we don't make the playoffs next year would it be "underperforming"?

Honestly, until LSU beats Bama, pretty much any season is going to have a disappointing feel to many fans now that we've lost to them four times in a row including the shutout in the NC and a couple of heart breakers at home. Also, they are basically the team we need to beat to make it back to the SECCG. It's just the way it is. We have to get over that hump.