If we call off the dogs and put in the subs and you score a TD with seconds left to get it to one score, you're "almost there"
If we call off the dogs and put in the subs and honor the seniors, we're "classless" and "you won't forget"
If we call off the dogs and put in the subs and beat the breaks off of you, we're "not that much better than you, if better at all"
If we call off the dogs and put in the subs up 4 scores and you only lose by 21 and we win the National Championship, you're "actually the best team we played" by some kind of transitive property.