I'm not miserable. I accept reality. I understand that's annoying to you -- truth usually annoys most in the world, these days. I don't think I'm being childish, at all.
I accept getting beat after putting it all out there and just not being as talented or skilled as the opponent. I don't like to accept bad performance in big moments. It's my observation, not just this season, not just basketball, but repeatedly, over time, that IOWA, with unusual frequency, lays an egg in big games. Not just "gets beat" but "loses" and doesn't look very good doing it; certainly less than what you would expect given their ranking or talent and skill. It's hardly fatalistic nonsense when I'm stating historical facts.