2018 Regular Season Projection

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

"History shows Auburn is college football’s most unpredictable team

Auburn football’s reputation is that of a randomized results generator, an especially spastic one, designed by deranged hornets and housed in an abandoned fireworks stand.

Well, your memories do not lie to you.

In fact, Auburn is even more unpredictable than any of us realized.

First, I went through every preseason AP Poll ever to find the most overrated team of each season. Auburn took four of 68 years on that list, ranking behind only — take a wild guess — Notre Dame and USC. Here are the Tigers’ contributions, and bear with me, Auburn fans, because you’ll like the second part a lot more:...

On the underrated version, which gathers the 68 most hated-on achievers of the preseason AP Poll era, Auburn blows away the field by being the country’s most underrated team seven times in the last 60 years. Nobody else did it more than three in 68...

That makes for 11 times since 1950 that Auburn’s arguably been the country’s most unpredictable team. Plenty of teams didn’t finish on either list even once."

Jason Kirk at https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/5/21/17376846/most-unpredictable-team-overrated-underrated

 

 

Wheeeeee?

[AUsince72 11,084]

6 minutes ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

"History shows Auburn is college football’s most unpredictable team

Auburn football’s reputation is that of a randomized results generator, an especially spastic one, designed by deranged hornets and housed in an abandoned fireworks stand.

Well, your memories do not lie to you.

In fact, Auburn is even more unpredictable than any of us realized.

First, I went through every preseason AP Poll ever to find the most overrated team of each season. Auburn took four of 68 years on that list, ranking behind only — take a wild guess — Notre Dame and USC. Here are the Tigers’ contributions, and bear with me, Auburn fans, because you’ll like the second part a lot more:...

On the underrated version, which gathers the 68 most hated-on achievers of the preseason AP Poll era, Auburn blows away the field by being the country’s most underrated team seven times in the last 60 years. Nobody else did it more than three in 68...

That makes for 11 times since 1950 that Auburn’s arguably been the country’s most unpredictable team. Plenty of teams didn’t finish on either list even once."

Jason Kirk at https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/5/21/17376846/most-unpredictable-team-overrated-underrated

 

 

Wheeeeee?

 

[bigbird 60,368]

[aubearcat 2,132]

8 minutes ago, bigbird said:

That gif is disgusting. However, when I was high school, some friends and I were at Miracle Strip riding the Rock-N-Roll Express and had a similar situation. Long story short, friend a had a broken leg in a cast and friend b who was riding the ride with him threw up down said cast. 

[auburn4ever 1,266]

Ever since Gus became head coach, we always seem to be rebuilding. I'm getting sick of hearing we're rebuilding crap I wa every year. I want to see us win more SEC Championships and National Championships.

[ChltteTiger 649]

1 hour ago, auburn4ever said:

Ever since Gus became head coach, we always seem to be rebuilding. I'm getting sick of hearing we're rebuilding crap I wa every year. I want to see us win more SEC Championships and National Championships.

You want it all..right now. We get it. Some of us had to wait over 50 years for a national title in our lifetime!

[homersapien 11,353]

At this point, I've become philosphical.  To really appreciate the highs, you have to experience the lows.

[bigbird 60,368]

2 hours ago, auburn4ever said:

Ever since Gus became head coach, we always seem to be rebuilding. I'm getting sick of hearing we're rebuilding crap I wa every year. I want to see us win more SEC Championships and National Championships.

Change teams...

WAR JABA!

[WFE12 9,191]

10 hours ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

"History shows Auburn is college football’s most unpredictable team

Auburn football’s reputation is that of a randomized results generator, an especially spastic one, designed by deranged hornets and housed in an abandoned fireworks stand.

Well, your memories do not lie to you.

In fact, Auburn is even more unpredictable than any of us realized.

First, I went through every preseason AP Poll ever to find the most overrated team of each season. Auburn took four of 68 years on that list, ranking behind only — take a wild guess — Notre Dame and USC. Here are the Tigers’ contributions, and bear with me, Auburn fans, because you’ll like the second part a lot more:...

On the underrated version, which gathers the 68 most hated-on achievers of the preseason AP Poll era, Auburn blows away the field by being the country’s most underrated team seven times in the last 60 years. Nobody else did it more than three in 68...

That makes for 11 times since 1950 that Auburn’s arguably been the country’s most unpredictable team. Plenty of teams didn’t finish on either list even once."

Jason Kirk at https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/5/21/17376846/most-unpredictable-team-overrated-underrated

 

 

Wheeeeee?

Wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not.  

[McLoofus 35,182]

13 hours ago, aubearcat said:

That gif is disgusting. However, when I was high school, some friends and I were at Miracle Strip riding the Rock-N-Roll Express and had a similar situation. Long story short, friend a had a broken leg in a cast and friend b who was riding the ride with him threw up down said cast. 

That story is way more disgusting than the gif. Huzzah!

[Zeek 16,616]

8 hours ago, WFE12 said:

Wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not.  

This, I read it and thought to myself, "nothing new here."

It's why I still feel skeptical of high rankings...even though it's just superstition lol

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

"...Here at ESPN Analytics we're in the prediction business, so today, a mere 100 days removed from Week 1, we'll bestow awards for the opening slate of games.

Only rule: only one award per team/game, so we don't hurt anyone's feelings.

Most Important Game for the College Football Playoff: Washington vs. Auburn

There's plenty to play for in college football -- bowls, conferences, rivalries -- but when we strip it down, this is what matters the most, right? A ticket to the playoff and a shot at a championship. Neither team in this game reached the playoff last season, but based on our FPI projections both are immediate contenders to get there this season -- especially with a win in this neutral-site game.

By our adjusted leverage metric -- which considers each team's chance of earning a top-four strength of record depending on the result of their game and how likely that result is -- no game in Week 1 matters more to the playoff race than this one. In fact, it's the third-most important game for the playoff race in the entire season and it's a coin flip -- FPI gives each team a 50 percent shot to win.

If Washington wins the game, it would have a 51 percent chance to have a top-four SOR (our playoff proxy), while Auburn would have a 35 percent chance with a win..."

An early look at the biggest games for Week 1, at http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23566042/washington-huskies-auburn-tigers-biggest-cfb-games-week-1

[Tiger 8,817]

Somebody tell Gus this game is actually important and actually gives us room to drop a game in conference play PLEASE

[toddc 13,194]

1 hour ago, Tiger said:

Somebody tell Gus this game is actually important and actually gives us room to drop a game in conference play PLEASE

One loss in conference play could keep you out of the sec championship game this year! 

[WFE12 9,191]

1 hour ago, Tiger said:

Somebody tell Gus this game is actually important and actually gives us room to drop a game in conference play PLEASE

No tell him there's a loophole in his contract that requires he win the first game or he's fired.

 

It's a joke ladies and gentlemen.

[McLoofus 35,182]

14 minutes ago, toddc said:

One loss in conference play could keep you out of the sec championship game this year! 

"I mean, that wouldn't be perfect, buuuuuut..."- Reigning national champions

[WFE12 9,191]

6 hours ago, toddc said:

One loss in conference play could keep you out of the sec championship game this year! 

Nah that won't matter we could still reach the playoffs....Oh wait we're not uat and have an agenda working in our favor by the committee.

[gr82be 14,402]

On 5/21/2018 at 6:47 PM, auburn4ever said:

Ever since Gus became head coach, we always seem to be rebuilding. I'm getting sick of hearing we're rebuilding crap I wa every year. I want to see us win more SEC Championships and National Championships.

 

[Zeek 16,616]

19 hours ago, McLoofus said:

"I mean, that wouldn't be perfect, buuuuuut..."- Reigning national champions

Never forget...

[Southwest 186]

2 hours ago, Zeek said:

Never forget...

Chris Fowler@cbfowler  Please, researchers and archivists here find NO credible source citing Saban comment about non conf champs being in BCS title game.

[beaumak 174]

Congrats to the 9 folks who predicted 7-5 (3-5) season this year. And wow it really does feel like we have fungus ringworm on our hands now. Don't think anyone predicted the UT game. Looking back we got lucky on Washington and A&M. Could easily be 5-7 (2-6). Just one game off mine @8-4.

what to do, what to do.....?!?! When/where will the carnage start?

[PUB78 1,354]

13 minutes ago, beaumak said:

Congrats to the 9 folks who predicted 7-5 (3-5) season this year. And wow it really does feel like we have fungus ringworm on our hands now. Don't think anyone predicted the UT game. Looking back we got lucky on Washington and A&M. Could easily be 5-7 (2-6). Just one game off mine @8-4.

what to do, what to do.....?!?! When/where will the carnage start?

Can you name a single area, besides our punting, where the team met or exceeded expectations in 2018??

[AURealist 2,185]

28 minutes ago, beaumak said:

Congrats to the 9 folks who predicted 7-5 (3-5) season this year. And wow it really does feel like we have fungus ringworm on our hands now. Don't think anyone predicted the UT game. Looking back we got lucky on Washington and A&M. Could easily be 5-7 (2-6). Just one game off mine @8-4.

what to do, what to do.....?!?! When/where will the carnage start?

Name them.  We're locked out.

@NorthGATiger  predicted the TN game.  It's the second post.  

[beaumak 174]

41 minutes ago, AURealist said:

Name them.  We're locked out.

@NorthGATiger  predicted the TN game.  It's the second post.  

i dont think i have that capability. just shows the numbers of where the votes went up top anonymously. anyway yeah northgatiger did. well done (😢). i havent gone through the thread to see who called out what specifically. but for whoever did break it down figured they wanted to check their predictions if they cared too.