re: Auburn is better than their record

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Auburn is better than their record

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Yes and no. I think most people would look at a team likely to finish 4-8 and go "wow they suck." Fair enough. We earned it.

If you look at the losses, they probably appear more competitive than someone would expect for a 4-8 team. Many/most of them appear like at any moment, with a lucky bounce or a little bit of offensive production, we could have/should have snuck out a W.

But eventually, when you keep getting into that position and you keep failing to capitalize - are you really better than your record?

If I had to describe how an AU person feels about AU this year, it's like if A&M is up 17-13 in the 4th in front of a loud JHS crowd, and yet the ESPN real-time prediction thing has A&M with a 98% percent chance to win.