Columnist JoeGoodmanJr on Auburn, Coach Harsin, and AJ McCarron's comments: 'When it comes to Auburn’s long-term trajectory, I remain optimistic despite the unfortunate circumstances caused by one of the worst hires in the history of SEC football.'
He was wrong, of course. Auburn has sabotaged itself for a couple years now with a weird form of seditious behavior one might call the Down Home Disagreement, but Auburn football is among the top teams in the conference and the country when it comes to all the significant measures of prestige: money, history, facilities, fans and, of course, dedicated boosters.
Some took his words as an insult, but anyone who understands the effects of getting hit in the head by one too many Moon Pies during Mardi Gras knows the dizzying truth. It was actually just a sign of respect. McCarron’s was the kind of tongue-wagging banter that makes the Iron Bowl an unending saga of hate, and one of the best rivalries in sports.
Why is it that when Auburn and LSU get together, more often than not, the game is served with a side-helping of existential dread for one side or the other? It’s because the programs are so similar. Last season, LSU’s loss in Baton Rouge to Auburn sounded the death knell for coach Ed Orgeron. The game of Bo Nix and his magic tricks was Auburn’s first win in Baton Rouge since 1999.
LSU began this season in shambles, but Kelly, despite all the jokes about his accent and awkward tendencies, has with impressive suddenness turned around LSU’s outlook not only for this season but probably beyond. Auburn, despite everything that has happened over the last few years, has the money and the prestige to hire someone better than Kelly. That’s why Auburn remains one of the top football schools in the country. And, hear me out, what if Auburn and Georgia don’t play every season anymore when the SEC decides on its new scheduling system?
Since Dye, Auburn has twice won at least four games in a row against Alabama. Tommy Tuberville, of course, won six straight Iron Bowls from 2002 to 2007. Since the 1980s, Alabama, even with Saban, has never won more than three straight against the Tigers.
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