AU64 10,122 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 14 minutes ago, AUld fAUx@ said: At risk of drifting OT, Somebody remind please me, how many previous coaches lived in a world with an FBS playoff at all? To handle well, poorly, or indifferently? Good point...not that long ago a good bowl game was viewed as a successful season and fans were pretty happy to make it to the Sugar Bowl....or Citrus Bowl....certainly that was the case under Dye and most of Tub's years. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeagleAU 594 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, AU64 said: Good point...not that long ago a good bowl game was viewed as a successful season and fans were pretty happy to make it to the Sugar Bowl....or Citrus Bowl....certainly that was the case under Dye and most of Tub's years. . Yeah, I view most bowl games as exhibition games, pointless, but there to make money. There are way too many bowl games in my opinion. My expectations for Auburn to have a successful season is to have at least a 10 win season, or go to SEC championship, and/or obviously playoffs. My expectations may be higher than some, but I feel Auburn should be held to a higher standard than most based on recruiting alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 31 minutes ago, AU64 said: Good point...not that long ago a good bowl game was viewed as a successful season and fans were pretty happy to make it to the Sugar Bowl....or Citrus Bowl....certainly that was the case under Dye and most of Tub's years. . Gus is 1-3 in bowl games with the lone win vs Memphis in the freaking Birmingham Bowl. Times have changed, and things that "used" to make fans pretty happy in the Dye/Tubbs years such as making a decent bowl game will turn a fan sour when our coach can't even win those decent bowl games. If he beats retired coach Barry Alvarez's Wisky team in '14, we end up 9-4. If he beats Oklahoma in the Sugar in '16, we end up 9-4. Finishing 9-4 just looks and sounds better than losing the bowl game and going 8-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 21 minutes ago, keesler said: Gus is 1-3 in bowl games with the lone win vs Memphis in the freaking Birmingham Bowl. Times have changed, and things that "used" to make fans pretty happy in the Dye/Tubbs years such as making a decent bowl game will turn a fan sour when our coach can't even win those decent bowl games. If he beats retired coach Barry Alvarez's Wisky team in '14, we end up 9-4. If he beats Oklahoma in the Sugar in '16, we end up 9-4. Finishing 9-4 just looks and sounds better than losing the bowl game and going 8-5. Bowl games used to mean something .....the luster has gone off of all of them now with the playoff system. I was at the AU -Syracuse and AU-Michigan Sugar Bowl games and the teams gave it 100% because national ranking was still on the line. Other than a bit of pride perhaps, the Sugar bowl now means very little as a bowl game other than a party and $$$.....just ask Nick . I'm fine with lots of bowl games...people who don't like or want them can do something else.....but to me it's college football which I love....and I watch just about all of them... even the WeedEater Bowl but I don't put much stake in the meaning of the outcomes.. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldaufeller 367 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Auburn did play in the Bacardi Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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