TeamZero77 1,789 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 I've been watching and rooting for Auburn since I was very small in the early 80's. My top 3 in order are: 1) 2013 National Championship game loss 2) 2019 Final Four loss to Virginia 3) 2023 Iron Bowl loss Honorable mention would be the 1985 Iron Bowl loss on the Van Tiffin kick. I was only 6 yrs old but it hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-0 479 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Definitely the 2013 National Championship game loss because we had the game in the bag and Gus got overly conservative, which proved to be his tendency throughout his tenure at AU. 2023 Iron Bowl loss hurts too but the expectations were pretty low going into the game after losing to NMSU. Still, anytime you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory it hurts like hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,204 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Final four loss to UVA was the most painful. We didn't deserve to win in 13 after Gus turtled into his shell in the second half, and we had just won it a few years before. The basketball team has never won it, and the way they fought after Chuma's injury. And, we deserved to win the game. I don't to this day understand how the officials missed the double dribble when they were bringing the ball up the court. There was little else for the officials to be observing. Then calling a foul on a three point, last second heave that never gets called. That game was taken from us. CBP has never has a shot at a D1 championship. To me, all that makes it hurt more. My college baseball travel roommate and I went to the game together. We were high fiving and thinking the game was over before we realized the foul was called. Still hurts today. The Mississippi State loss under Harsin when we were ahead by three or four touchdowns, as strange as it may sound, hurt. I really wanted Harsin to be successful and he had such a great mouth wedge, and that game told me he would be fired and we would still be even further away from being relevant. I yearn for the days when painful losses come in championship games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,585 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1. Final four 2. '23 IB 3a. '96 UGA 3b. '17 UGA 2.0 3c. '17 LSU 3d. '17 UCF 3e. '16 UGA 3f. '14 TAMU 3g. '07 LSU 3h. '06 Arkansas 3i. '05 Wisconsin Now I'm depressed and gonna stop... '13 FSU is there somewhere too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDUBB4AU 5,138 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Why are we doing this to ourselves?? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 17,230 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 i watch mostly football and basketball and let me say ALL losses hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,519 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 The obvious ones have been mentioned already but the ‘71 Iron Bowl hurt a lot. First time I ever “saw” Auburn play and lose. Undefeated and yet we got destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzle 3,926 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Not in order but That ‘07 LSU loss hurt like hell The ‘21 iron bowl The ‘23 iron bowl ’13 national championship An underrated one was ‘18 LSU, that one stung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnell 592 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1. The 2019 Final Four loss to Virginia 2. 1974 Iron Bowl Loss 3. 1967 Iron Bowl loss Maybe I remember them the most because the refs directly cost us all 3 games. Nothing from Gus area because hiring a high school coach I knew would bring everything we got with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDUBB4AU 5,138 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Final 4 2013- noles 2023- ua ( Ron Robert’s gift wrapped game) 2014 Texas AM ( the real end of Gus) 2018 LSU- such a great team 2023 NMXS- WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAUSon 2,836 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Which year was LSU when they kept throwing PI flags multiple times when it wasn't even close, gave them a whole 4thqtr drive worth of bogus PI's allowing them to win it with a field goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elephant Tipper 430 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 1980 AU vs UT (the days when you could still get away with throwing oranges at the UT players as they entered the field......the splat of a direct helmet hit was always beautiful because it made such a beautiful rainbow). I invited 10 of my best buddies to come with me to the game. AU was predicted to win by 5 tds, instead, we lost by 6 tds and got blanked. Man oh man that hurt, but what hurt worse was they all told me to never invite them again. Those were the good ole Barfield days....and every single one of them hurt. Edited November 27, 2023 by Elephant Tipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro Johnny Mac 1,402 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 1)1979 Against Tennessee in the SEC basketball tournament in Bham. It was the semi finals (I was there) I was 11 2)Van tiffin game..Again, a kid at the game 3)The last home game for Auburn vs Bammer in bham.. I remember this one because I met a friend of mine from high school that had a great career at bammer before kickoff outside the stadium. We had a good time catching up(even though I had my Auburn gear on). He was hanging out with The center that played at Bammer.. Roger Schultz I think was his name? Anyway, he ran his mouth to me and my buddy who was with me that also had his Auburn gear on. My friend used some colorful language back to him.. something about kicking a donkey 😬 I backed up my buddy and ran my mouth as well...I was young and crazy back in those days.. My friend that played at bammer stepped in and calmed down the situation... and saved us from jail time and a beating 😆And Bammer beat us in the game Edited November 27, 2023 by Bro Johnny Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUB78 1,366 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 5 hours ago, bigbird said: 1. Final four 2. '23 IB 3a. '96 UGA 3b. '17 UGA 2.0 3c. '17 LSU 3d. '17 UCF 3e. '16 UGA 3f. '14 TAMU 3g. '07 LSU 3h. '06 Arkansas 3i. '05 Wisconsin Now I'm depressed and gonna stop... '13 FSU is there somewhere too. 2021 IB. Had the game won until Tank ran out-of-bounds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elephant Tipper 430 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, Bro Johnny Mac said: 2)Van tiffin game..Again, a kid at the game How could I forget that one. A buddy of mine and I, like so many other AU fans, left the stadium as the game was ending because there was no way the UpDykes would win, only to hear the YUGE crowd roar as VT's kick went through the uprights. What a bummer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa 1,912 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 The Final Four loss will never be topped for me personally. It took away what would have been a NC in BASKETBALL, as we would have beaten Texas Tech in the finals. Winning a NC in basketball is extremely difficult. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4AU 4,055 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 2013 Natty 2001 Iron Bowl - my first in person and my Sophmore year Iron Bowl and they beat the crap out of Auburn 2003 USC - the hype for that game was unreal. my senior year. Jim Fyffe had just died. Auburn lays a turd. The game was never in doubt. 2006 UGA - Auburn would have won the west and possibly played for the BCS National Championship if they had beaten a 6-5 Georgia team with a freshman Qb. I guess the 21 & 23 iron bowls really didn’t let me down too bad because I had zero expectations going into both games. I miss Georgia, LSU, and Alabama being 50/50 games like they were for the 90s, 00s, and most of the 10s. I miss going on the road in big games and shocking people. I’ve been in Sanford stadium when it’s just Auburn people cheering. It’s great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMunny 1,385 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 10 hours ago, TeamZero77 said: I've been watching and rooting for Auburn since I was very small in the early 80's. My top 3 in order are: 1) 2013 National Championship game loss 2) 2019 Final Four loss to Virginia 3) 2023 Iron Bowl loss Honorable mention would be the 1985 Iron Bowl loss on the Van Tiffin kick. I was only 6 yrs old but it hurt. I have to list 5, in order: 1. 2013 BCSCG loss. 2. 2023 Iron Bowl loss. 3. 2021 Iron Bowl loss. 4. 1985 Iron Bowl loss (I had just graduated AU). 5. When Virginia double-dribbled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyAU 3,668 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 2013 NCG Final Four 2023 IB (because I was there...and 1st IB with my son) Honorable Mention 2021 IB 2016 UGA 2017 SECCG loss 2018 UCF 2021 Birmingham Bowl (because I was there) 1992 UGA (last game with my Dad) Edited November 27, 2023 by johnnyAU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicTree 143 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Mine: 2013 FSU, because it was for a championship Final 4, because we were robbed, it would have put us in the championship game, and we had already beaten the best teams in the tournament. 1988 - earthquake game at LSU, we would probably have at least played for the MNC 1985 Iron Bowl - because I was there. 2023 Iron bowl is high on the list now because it still hurts, but in the grand scheme of things this game was not nearly as meaningful as the top 3. A win would not have given us a conference championship or eliminated their chance at one. It would have knocked them out of the playoffs and stopped their winning streak against us, but that's about all. Their 5 stars made one more play than our 3 and 4 stars. Of course, if they end up winning another championship, it will hurt more that we missed our chance to knock them off. Other games I remember are the one against UGA in 2002, and another one against LSU that had a similar miracle catch, where we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeair 5 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 The pain of the 2013 loss was deep and enduring for me, almost physical for 4-5 years whenever it came up. I had finally gotten beyond that, apparently just to make room for this new gut punch. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn85 434 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 2013 National Championship game 1999 Sweet 16 loss to Ohio State 2005 vs LSU 2007 vs LSU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,779 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1. 1985 Iron Bowl (Tiffn's kick) 2. 2013 BCS game 3. Final Four game Maybe this 2023 Iron Bowl makes its way in there sometime in the future. Right now it's too soon to even think about. Three best wins: 1) 1972 Iron Bowl (Punt Bama Punt) 2) 1983 Auburn 37, Tennessee 14. (Maybe you had to be there in Knoxville) 3) 1989 Iron Bowl (Welcome to JHS, Bammers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryAU 1,696 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 15 hours ago, LPTiger said: even further away from being relevant. I yearn for the days when painful losses come in championship games. AMEN Brother! I saw it posted somewhere that in the last 15 yrs Auburn is a combined 12-34 over LSU/UGA/UA in 46 games for a 26% winning percentage vs our 3 main rivals and that's during our hay-day of '10/'13 w/Cam & Nick. It's hard to grasp just how far this program has fallen into irrelevance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,807 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) Earthquake game vs LSU This Ironbowl 2012 loss to LSU where the team just laid down after 1st quarter. Edited November 27, 2023 by aucanucktiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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