How we finish this season

[ClarkGriswold 108]

I found this article from Athlons to be interesting. Supposedly it it sec coaches "off the record" commenting on all the other teams.

Discuss among yourselves...

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2014

[RyanAUfan 0]

We got a good chance this year boys! SEC Championship and a spot in the playoff is in the bag!

[SuperCamNewton 0]

I like how much respect we're getting for this season and especially Coach Malzahn - http://coachingtreeh...ee-and-history/

Look how Malzahn compares with Spurrier, Saban, Fisher, and Dantonio.

Also interesting that they have us pegged for 9.9 wins. Does that make a 10 win season an overachievement?

[BJ17 0]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

[war eagle6 0]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

[tigersauburn217 2]

Imagine closing out with the following schedule:

at Georgia

at Alabama

SEC Championship Game

Semifinal

Title game

That has to be unheard of.. getting through the last two games unscathed deserves a championship trophy among itself.

[sevenlee36 1,654]

Gus is a role model and our team will be even better but I don't think our record will be better. We will win at least 9 or 10

[war eagle6 0]

Lol

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,674]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,674]

I will say one thing UA had the luck of having easy schedules (in retrospect)

Two reasons why people don't argue about their schedules more is because they're usually preseason top 20 and its Alabama.

[war eagle6 0]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

I don't count the loss for ok state because they were grieving over faculty, teammates and friends on a plane crash. To me that game should have been postponed to another date. Also let's not forget the infighting among LSU players and coaches before the championship game, and Jordan Jefferson showing up intoxicated. So to me both teams had issues that hampered their full potential , otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. And bama wouldn't be claiming their 75th nat. Championship!

[war eagle6 0]

I will say one thing UA had the luck of having easy schedules (in retrospect)

Two reasons why people don't argue about their schedules more is because they're usually preseason top 20 and its Alabama.

Agreed

[McLoofus 35,182]

If we can string together two or even- gasp- three consecutive double digit win seasons, then we'll start getting the benefit of the doubt, too.

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,674]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

I don't count the loss for ok state because they were grieving over faculty, teammates and friends on a plane crash. To me that game should have been postponed to another date. Also let's not forget the infighting among LSU players and coaches before the championship game, and Jordan Jefferson showing up intoxicated. So to me both teams had issues that hampered their full potential , otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. And bama wouldn't be claiming their 75th nat. Championship!

Yeah and if FSU didn't defend Jameis in court, we would've been playing Alabama in California. But those are things you have to play around. Didn't LSU have a bomb threat the week during the Auburn game and still won? Might've been in 2012 or 2013 but the point stands either way.

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,674]

Plus you can't use Jordan Johnson being intoxicated as a reasonable excuse, they obviously thought he was their best option before the game and throughout.

Also, OK State played IOWA STATE. The same team that lost on a goal line stand to Texas before they could put together an even average defense.

[Stripe 5]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

Exactly Auburn won the SEC so no they didn't back their way in to the BCSNCG. The team in fron of us lost. Thats their own fault.

Bama on the other hand didn't even play in the SEC championship games for the 2 titles they backed their way in to, Hense the term backed their way in. They didn't belong there, There were other conference champions those 2 years that could have played insted of Bama.

As for this year, I think we win out. 1 loss at most. But I was listening to Collin Cowherd a few weeks ago he was talking college playoffs. He thinks we could lose 1-2 games including Bama, Bama could go on to win the SEC and we would still be selected instead of bama just because of our scheduie strength.

If anyone really thinks there will be 2 SEC schools in the college football playoff this year, your kidding yourselves. I don't see any way possible, The conf champ would have to have 3-4 losses in order for 2 of the big 5 conferences to not have a team in the playoffs. It would have to be 2 destroyed conferences, I just don't see it. Now I can see the SEC being one of those conferences being left out if we decimate each other. but not the other 4, they just don't have enough strong teams in each conference to warrent that thought.

Pac-12 1 loss champ makes it My pick Oregon

ACC 1 loss - undefeated champ makes is My Pick FSU possibly Louiville

B1G 1 loss- undefeated makes it My pick OSU but could be MI St if they have another defense like last year

SEC Auburn makes it no doubt.

leaving the little 12 left out

along with ND, I think they drop some to soso competition as usual, and possibly win against FSU is the only real win on their schedule.

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,674]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

Exactly Auburn won the SEC so no they didn't back their way in to the BCSNCG. The team in fron of us lost. Thats their own fault.

Bama on the other hand didn't even play in the SEC championship games for the 2 titles they backed their way in to, Hense the term backed their way in. They didn't belong there, There were other conference champions those 2 years that could have played insted of Bama.

As for this year, I think we win out. 1 loss at most. But I was listening to Collin Cowherd a few weeks ago he was talking college playoffs. He thinks we could lose 1-2 games including Bama, Bama could go on to win the SEC and we would still be selected instead of bama just because of our scheduie strength.

If anyone really thinks there will be 2 SEC schools in the college football playoff this year, your kidding yourselves. I don't see any way possible, The conf champ would have to have 3-4 losses in order for 2 of the big 5 conferences to not have a team in the playoffs. It would have to be 2 destroyed conferences, I just don't see it. Now I can see the SEC being one of those conferences being left out if we decimate each other. but not the other 4, they just don't have enough strong teams in each conference to warrent that thought.

Pac-12 1 loss champ makes it My pick Oregon

ACC 1 loss - undefeated champ makes is My Pick FSU possibly Louiville

B1G 1 loss- undefeated makes it My pick OSU but could be MI St if they have another defense like last year

SEC Auburn makes it no doubt.

leaving the little 12 left out

along with ND, I think they drop some to soso competition as usual, and possibly win against FSU is the only real win on their schedule.

There's not liking a team then there's being blind. They didn't make the SEC title ONCE, and the year they didn't make it, they had the best defense in the nation. That doesn't deserve to make the title? Based on what was seen and the hype about the SEC, Alabama was at least one of the best two teams in the nation and they won. Nothing you can do about that.

Now for the other part, Auburn did the exact same thing, just in different weeks. Ohio State lost, Auburn made it. If Ohio State did not lose, Auburn wouldn't have made it. Oklahoma State lost, Alabama made it. If Oklahoma State didn't lose, Alabama wouldn't have made it.

[Stripe 5]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

Exactly Auburn won the SEC so no they didn't back their way in to the BCSNCG. The team in fron of us lost. Thats their own fault.

Bama on the other hand didn't even play in the SEC championship games for the 2 titles they backed their way in to, Hense the term backed their way in. They didn't belong there, There were other conference champions those 2 years that could have played insted of Bama.

As for this year, I think we win out. 1 loss at most. But I was listening to Collin Cowherd a few weeks ago he was talking college playoffs. He thinks we could lose 1-2 games including Bama, Bama could go on to win the SEC and we would still be selected instead of bama just because of our scheduie strength.

If anyone really thinks there will be 2 SEC schools in the college football playoff this year, your kidding yourselves. I don't see any way possible, The conf champ would have to have 3-4 losses in order for 2 of the big 5 conferences to not have a team in the playoffs. It would have to be 2 destroyed conferences, I just don't see it. Now I can see the SEC being one of those conferences being left out if we decimate each other. but not the other 4, they just don't have enough strong teams in each conference to warrent that thought.

Pac-12 1 loss champ makes it My pick Oregon

ACC 1 loss - undefeated champ makes is My Pick FSU possibly Louiville

B1G 1 loss- undefeated makes it My pick OSU but could be MI St if they have another defense like last year

SEC Auburn makes it no doubt.

leaving the little 12 left out

along with ND, I think they drop some to soso competition as usual, and possibly win against FSU is the only real win on their schedule.

There's not liking a team then there's being blind. They didn't make the SEC title ONCE, and the year they didn't make it, they had the best defense in the nation. That doesn't deserve to make the title? Based on what was seen and the hype about the SEC, Alabama was at least one of the best two teams in the nation and they won. Nothing you can do about that.

Now for the other part, Auburn did the exact same thing, just in different weeks. Ohio State lost, Auburn made it. If Ohio State did not lose, Auburn wouldn't have made it. Oklahoma State lost, Alabama made it. If Oklahoma State didn't lose, Alabama wouldn't have made it.

Its still not backing in for Auburn, when you drop a game in the season mattered to the voters and computers, My point still stands We won the SEC, so Auburn didn't back thier way in to the BCSCG, Ohio St lost, and that was the difference, id Ok st even matter? we were sitting at #3 in the polls before the SECCG, and all we needed was for OSU or FSU to lose, not Ok st. Ok st was 6th in the polls and needed OSU and Auburn to lose to make it in. Auburn was #3 behind FSU adn OSU. it wouldn't have mattered if Ok St won as long as we won and we did they didn't.

in no way did we back in, we took care of business OSU choaked, Ok st, was an afterthought since we won.

[Weegle777 78]

15-0. SEC and National Champions.

[war eagle6 0]

15-0. SEC and National Champions.

I'm with u on this^^

[sevenlee36 1,654]

I think we lose to Moo St.

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,674]

One of the things I want to see again is an Auburn team absolutely dominates a team that they're not supposed to dominate at all I.e. tennesse game in Knoxville, '04 or LSU game in Baton Rouge, '99.

Amen, and if we can successfully navigate this " brutal" schedule this could go down as THE greatest Auburn team ever.

But the reality is Auburn is going to be tested in some of these games. It will probably be the season that my wife's been predicting that I will finally have a heart attack. But a win is a win. And I can't wait to get it started . War Damn Eagle!

Saw an article today (in an Alabama Living magazine so can't quote it here), I believe the author was Bill Bradford (former coach). Obviously written for fans in the state of Alabama. He had Bama beating AU in the Iron Bowl and winning the SEC Championship over Georgia, but AU still making the playoffs as the #4 team. In the semifinals he had #4 AU beating #1 FSU, then #2 Bama beating #3 Oregon in the other semifinal, setting an Iron Bowl rematch. In the Championship he had #4 AU beating #2 Bama, giving AU a 13-1 season and National Championship and Bama 14-1 and SEC Championship with each team beating the other at some point in the season.

That is stupid crap and wishful thinking by the author, at best. Bama will be lucky to finish 3rd in the west this year.

With that schedule, they could go 12-0, not sure how they'd be "lucky"

Gotta look at it without bias, they go @Ole Miss and then they get a break with Arkansas. Only time I could see them losing is if Florida becomes amazing in the first 4 weeks or if the back to back challenge of Tenn/LSU beats them, but on paper they should tear up both. That's a should though, but I think the lowest they'd go in the conference is second.

Yes no matter how fun it is to hope they lose 3 or 4, no doubt this is still a very very good bammer team. And IMO I think they can beat most on their schedule with a very average QB. They have won 3 nattys with very average at best QB'S in the past. I would never underestimate them.

2 of those championships they backed their way in. They didn't do nothing special, right place at the right time.

If that's the case than AU technically backed their way into last year's BCSNCG. Without Michigan State beating OSU, AU does not get to play FSU.

That's true also, but thank GOD for conference championships!! Oh wait, bama got in without being conference champion, popularity wins again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Alabama lost a game by 3 and that's why they barely dropped. There's no logical reason OK State should've lost, its not UA's fault they won out.

Exactly Auburn won the SEC so no they didn't back their way in to the BCSNCG. The team in fron of us lost. Thats their own fault.

Bama on the other hand didn't even play in the SEC championship games for the 2 titles they backed their way in to, Hense the term backed their way in. They didn't belong there, There were other conference champions those 2 years that could have played insted of Bama.

As for this year, I think we win out. 1 loss at most. But I was listening to Collin Cowherd a few weeks ago he was talking college playoffs. He thinks we could lose 1-2 games including Bama, Bama could go on to win the SEC and we would still be selected instead of bama just because of our scheduie strength.

If anyone really thinks there will be 2 SEC schools in the college football playoff this year, your kidding yourselves. I don't see any way possible, The conf champ would have to have 3-4 losses in order for 2 of the big 5 conferences to not have a team in the playoffs. It would have to be 2 destroyed conferences, I just don't see it. Now I can see the SEC being one of those conferences being left out if we decimate each other. but not the other 4, they just don't have enough strong teams in each conference to warrent that thought.

Pac-12 1 loss champ makes it My pick Oregon

ACC 1 loss - undefeated champ makes is My Pick FSU possibly Louiville

B1G 1 loss- undefeated makes it My pick OSU but could be MI St if they have another defense like last year

SEC Auburn makes it no doubt.

leaving the little 12 left out

along with ND, I think they drop some to soso competition as usual, and possibly win against FSU is the only real win on their schedule.

There's not liking a team then there's being blind. They didn't make the SEC title ONCE, and the year they didn't make it, they had the best defense in the nation. That doesn't deserve to make the title? Based on what was seen and the hype about the SEC, Alabama was at least one of the best two teams in the nation and they won. Nothing you can do about that.

Now for the other part, Auburn did the exact same thing, just in different weeks. Ohio State lost, Auburn made it. If Ohio State did not lose, Auburn wouldn't have made it. Oklahoma State lost, Alabama made it. If Oklahoma State didn't lose, Alabama wouldn't have made it.

Its still not backing in for Auburn, when you drop a game in the season mattered to the voters and computers, My point still stands We won the SEC, so Auburn didn't back thier way in to the BCSCG, Ohio St lost, and that was the difference, id Ok st even matter? we were sitting at #3 in the polls before the SECCG, and all we needed was for OSU or FSU to lose, not Ok st. Ok st was 6th in the polls and needed OSU and Auburn to lose to make it in. Auburn was #3 behind FSU adn OSU. it wouldn't have mattered if Ok St won as long as we won and we did they didn't.

in no way did we back in, we took care of business OSU choaked, Ok st, was an afterthought since we won.

What? You just wrote a paragraph about something you didn't understand. Sorry to tell you, but I'm talking about OK State in 2012.

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I think we lose to Moo St.

lol, again!

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I like competitive games. But I won't complain about routes either. Just start already.

It seems to me that since 2004 we've played at our competition's level.

I love a good game where we win in the 4th quarter. I agree with you, though. I want the one-sided wins that make a fan base cocky and a team hated by rivals. I think a Gus offense teamed with a strong defense will get us there.

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I think we lose to Moo St.

lol, again!

I been missing you, I look forward to spending the season with old pal. Are you ready for some football!!