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Where does this loss rank this century?
Posted on 11/26/23 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 11/26/23 at 3:21 pm
For me the games with championship implications are the worst. I would've ranked it like this below before yesterday. I think the 2023 Iron Bowl is hovering around the top 6-10 range. The 2021 Iron Bowl isn't far behind it. The team itself didn't have much to play for from a championship implications standpoint but how we lost when victory seemed nearly certain is what makes them so bad.
1. Auburn vs FSU in Pasadena. I don't think anything can come close to this one. We were up 21-3 and would've had 2 of the last 4 National Championships with a win. The game being in the Rose Bowl was mesmerizing and made the defeat all that much more painful.
2. Auburn vs Georgia SEC Championship 2017 - if we win this game we head back to the Rose Bowl and play Oklahoma. Kerryon would've been healthy and we would've been favored. A win in the Rose Bowl would've set up a rematch of the Iron Bowl in the National Championship.
3. Auburn @ LSU 2005 - John Vaughn misses 5 field goals. If one of them go through the uprights we cruise to Atlanta as back to back SEC West Champs and would've faced Georgia in the SEC Championship game.
4. Auburn @ LSU 2007 - The end zone pass with the clock nearly expiring. The winner was in control of the SEC West. We would've gone on to play Tennessee in Atlanta had we won.
5. Georgia @ Auburn 2002 - David Greene leads Georgia on a game winning drive with a touchdown pass in the end zone on a 4th and 15 miraculous play. A win here would've put Auburn in the SEC Championship against Florida. Instead, Georgia clinched the SEC East with the win and faced Arkansas in Atlanta.
6. Auburn @ LSU 2001 - the game was pushed to the first weekend of December because of 9/11. A win would've sent Auburn to Atlanta. Saban opts for an onside kick the first kickoff of the game and it worked. LSU carried that momentum throughout the game to win.
7. Alabama @ Auburn 2001 - Carnell Williams gets hurt early (Ronnie Brown was already out for the year) and we get throttled 21-7. A win would've clinched the SEC West for Auburn. Instead, LSU went on to beat Tennessee in Atlanta.
8. A&M @ Auburn 2014 - #2 Auburn was a huge favorite over an average A&M team. We looked to be on a collision course with alabama for a spot in Atlanta. Instead Reese Dismukes snaps the ball before Marshall was ready and we fumble with A&M recovering.
1. Auburn vs FSU in Pasadena. I don't think anything can come close to this one. We were up 21-3 and would've had 2 of the last 4 National Championships with a win. The game being in the Rose Bowl was mesmerizing and made the defeat all that much more painful.
2. Auburn vs Georgia SEC Championship 2017 - if we win this game we head back to the Rose Bowl and play Oklahoma. Kerryon would've been healthy and we would've been favored. A win in the Rose Bowl would've set up a rematch of the Iron Bowl in the National Championship.
3. Auburn @ LSU 2005 - John Vaughn misses 5 field goals. If one of them go through the uprights we cruise to Atlanta as back to back SEC West Champs and would've faced Georgia in the SEC Championship game.
4. Auburn @ LSU 2007 - The end zone pass with the clock nearly expiring. The winner was in control of the SEC West. We would've gone on to play Tennessee in Atlanta had we won.
5. Georgia @ Auburn 2002 - David Greene leads Georgia on a game winning drive with a touchdown pass in the end zone on a 4th and 15 miraculous play. A win here would've put Auburn in the SEC Championship against Florida. Instead, Georgia clinched the SEC East with the win and faced Arkansas in Atlanta.
6. Auburn @ LSU 2001 - the game was pushed to the first weekend of December because of 9/11. A win would've sent Auburn to Atlanta. Saban opts for an onside kick the first kickoff of the game and it worked. LSU carried that momentum throughout the game to win.
7. Alabama @ Auburn 2001 - Carnell Williams gets hurt early (Ronnie Brown was already out for the year) and we get throttled 21-7. A win would've clinched the SEC West for Auburn. Instead, LSU went on to beat Tennessee in Atlanta.
8. A&M @ Auburn 2014 - #2 Auburn was a huge favorite over an average A&M team. We looked to be on a collision course with alabama for a spot in Atlanta. Instead Reese Dismukes snaps the ball before Marshall was ready and we fumble with A&M recovering.
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Posted on 11/26/23 at 3:47 pm to Stidham8
It sucks. But going into it our standard was just to sorta play them close most of the game.
I'd say it's not top 10. We go to a slightly better shite bowl if we win. Nit a huge deal.
The way we lost sucks really bad. The NMState was much worse for us as a program I think.
I'd say it's not top 10. We go to a slightly better shite bowl if we win. Nit a huge deal.
The way we lost sucks really bad. The NMState was much worse for us as a program I think.
This post was edited on 11/26/23 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 11/26/23 at 3:56 pm to Stidham8
1.. Auburn vs FSU in Pasadena. I don't think anything can come close to this one. We were up 21-3 and would've had 2 of the last 4 National Championships with a win. The game being in the Rose Bowl was mesmerizing and made the defeat all that much more painful.
2. Georgia @ Auburn 2002 - David Greene leads Georgia on a game winning drive with a touchdown pass in the end zone on a 4th and 15 miraculous play. A win here would've put Auburn in the SEC Championship against Florida. Instead, Georgia clinched the SEC East with the win and faced Arkansas in Atlanta.
3.Auburn @ LSU 2007 - The end zone pass with the clock nearly expiring. The winner was in control of the SEC West. We would've gone on to play Tennessee in Atlanta had we won.
4. Auburn @ LSU 2005 - John Vaughn misses 5 field goals. If one of them go through the uprights we cruise to Atlanta as back to back SEC West Champs and would've faced Georgia in the SEC Championship game.
5. Alabama @ Auburn 2001 - Carnell Williams gets hurt early (Ronnie Brown was already out for the year) and we get throttled 21-7. A win would've clinched the SEC West for Auburn. Instead, LSU went on to beat Tennessee in Atlanta.
6.8. A&M @ Auburn 2014 - #2 Auburn was a huge favorite over an average A&M team. We looked to be on a collision course with alabama for a spot in Atlanta. Instead Reese Dismukes snaps the ball before Marshall was ready and we fumble with A&M recovering.
7.2. Auburn vs Georgia SEC Championship 2017 - if we win this game we head back to the Rose Bowl and play Oklahoma. Kerryon would've been healthy and we would've been favored. A win in the Rose Bowl would've set up a rematch of the Iron Bowl in the National Championship.
2. Georgia @ Auburn 2002 - David Greene leads Georgia on a game winning drive with a touchdown pass in the end zone on a 4th and 15 miraculous play. A win here would've put Auburn in the SEC Championship against Florida. Instead, Georgia clinched the SEC East with the win and faced Arkansas in Atlanta.
3.Auburn @ LSU 2007 - The end zone pass with the clock nearly expiring. The winner was in control of the SEC West. We would've gone on to play Tennessee in Atlanta had we won.
4. Auburn @ LSU 2005 - John Vaughn misses 5 field goals. If one of them go through the uprights we cruise to Atlanta as back to back SEC West Champs and would've faced Georgia in the SEC Championship game.
5. Alabama @ Auburn 2001 - Carnell Williams gets hurt early (Ronnie Brown was already out for the year) and we get throttled 21-7. A win would've clinched the SEC West for Auburn. Instead, LSU went on to beat Tennessee in Atlanta.
6.8. A&M @ Auburn 2014 - #2 Auburn was a huge favorite over an average A&M team. We looked to be on a collision course with alabama for a spot in Atlanta. Instead Reese Dismukes snaps the ball before Marshall was ready and we fumble with A&M recovering.
7.2. Auburn vs Georgia SEC Championship 2017 - if we win this game we head back to the Rose Bowl and play Oklahoma. Kerryon would've been healthy and we would've been favored. A win in the Rose Bowl would've set up a rematch of the Iron Bowl in the National Championship.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 4:06 pm to Stidham8
This is the worst emotional loss I’ve ever experienced. I agree that as a program, the ones you listed are worse. But to literally be on the edge of celebrating the biggest upset in Iron Bowl history to losing the way we did hurt the most of any Auburn game I’ve experienced.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 4:13 pm to Stidham8
1) Final Four
2) 2013 FSU
3) 2023 Iron Bowl
Hurts to be an Auburn fan but War Damn Always
2) 2013 FSU
3) 2023 Iron Bowl
Hurts to be an Auburn fan but War Damn Always
Posted on 11/26/23 at 5:27 pm to Stidham8
It does not really rank up there for me. For one we were a two score underdog. And it was Freeze's first season and IB.
2003 - Those five regular season losses stunk cause we had the recipe to make a title run. Nall ball was a bust.
Thank God for Gorgeous Borges in 2004.
2003 - Those five regular season losses stunk cause we had the recipe to make a title run. Nall ball was a bust.
Thank God for Gorgeous Borges in 2004.
This post was edited on 11/26/23 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 11/26/23 at 5:35 pm to Stidham8
Hurt about the same as the LSU game this season.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 6:01 pm to Stidham8
We have been really hurting at home this season because another couple we have been friends with for 20+ yrs from our Auburn grad school days lost their beautiful and extremely brilliant girl to a rip tide in the Gulf over the Summer. She had admits to Princeton and Yale and decided to go to Florida for law school. We still remember her dancing in the stands during game days wearing her little cheerleader dresses. Every Auburn game has been an agony to watch this year but we toughed through most of them in her memory. That last second loss is a gut punch which will live in our memories for the rest of our lives.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 6:07 pm to Stidham8
i'll say last night was not the most consequential loss but it was the angriest i've ever been after a game
Posted on 11/26/23 at 6:20 pm to Stidham8
AUs loss to FSU was the worst.
I'd rank this one second.
NMSU was the most embarrassing, but it was just laugh worthy. It didn't sting like those.
I'd rank this one second.
NMSU was the most embarrassing, but it was just laugh worthy. It didn't sting like those.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 6:27 pm to Stidham8
Posted on 11/26/23 at 6:45 pm to Stidham8
One that hasn’t been mentioned but hurt like hell was 2003 Ole Miss…. Obomanu dropping a gift wrapped TD right in his hands.
2002 UGA hurt a lot… so did 2002 UF
2002 UGA hurt a lot… so did 2002 UF
Posted on 11/26/23 at 7:11 pm to Stidham8
I watched it with my wife’s family - all UK fans - and mentioned to them our recent ability to pull off miraculous chokes against Alabama. Then we did it in almost comically dramatic fashion. I was mainly angry because the script just isn’t changing at all.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 8:42 pm to Stidham8
As far as a heartbreak at the last of the game, this is pretty high up there.
1. Loss to FSU 2013 season
2. Final four loss
3. Probably this.
1. Loss to FSU 2013 season
2. Final four loss
3. Probably this.
Posted on 11/26/23 at 8:50 pm to Stidham8
I was suprised how much this loss has affected me, couldn’t really put my finger on why till this evening, the last two weeks have been soul crushing but it’s the cumulative effect from losing time after time to our rivals, seen somewhere that the 24 class will be the first class in AU history to go 0-8 against Bama and uga in school history. So if I had to rate
1. Every loss that continues this horrendous streak we are on is gonna be worse till our guys break it.
1. Every loss that continues this horrendous streak we are on is gonna be worse till our guys break it.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 6:41 am to Stidham8
2009 IB hurt cause we had them beat if we just made a first down.
Seems we ran the same passing play twice with Todd which failed and had to punt to them. Watching McElroy march down the field in the final minutes while their WRs were picking all over.
Seems we ran the same passing play twice with Todd which failed and had to punt to them. Watching McElroy march down the field in the final minutes while their WRs were picking all over.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 7:13 am to Stidham8
2013 NC game
1988 Earthquake game
2023 - IB
My top 3
1988 Earthquake game
2023 - IB
My top 3
Posted on 11/27/23 at 7:36 pm to Stidham8
My personal top 10 WORST in 2 categories. Those was in attendance and those at home.
In attendance-
1. 2013 National Title Game- was in attendance. FSU fans doused us in beer and stole my hat of my head at the end.
2. 2002 USC- just a total disaster for Jim Fyffe. We were supposed to cheer touchdown Auburn when we scored. Didn’t score. Loss impacted perceptions in 2004.
3. 2006 Arkansas. Number 2 team. Got throttled.
4. 1997 SEC Championship to Tennessee- had them beat and let them come back to win.
5. 1997- Miss St. Blanked 20-0 at home as a top 10 team to unranked State.
6. 1999 Alabama- for me- really bad fan experience.
7. 1996 Georgia- AUs 1st OT game- 4 of them. Should’ve won it like 4 times.
8. 2002 Georgia- heart break at the end.
9. 1998 Tennessee- so close; butter pill after 1997 SEC Champ loss-
10. 2008 Vanderbilt- just a kick in the balls.
On TV-
1. 2023- Bama- obvious reasons
2. 2021- Bama - obvious reasons
3. 2022- Miss St- maddening
4. 2021 Miss St- last time we were ranked
5. 1988- FSU Sugar Bowl Game Neon Deon
6. 1988- LSU game Earthquake
7. 1985- Bama - last minute field goal
8. 1986- Georgia - hose game
9. 2018 Tennessee- beaten at home by a BAD UT team
10. 2017 - SEC Champ to UGA and then to be embarrassed by UCF
In attendance-
1. 2013 National Title Game- was in attendance. FSU fans doused us in beer and stole my hat of my head at the end.
2. 2002 USC- just a total disaster for Jim Fyffe. We were supposed to cheer touchdown Auburn when we scored. Didn’t score. Loss impacted perceptions in 2004.
3. 2006 Arkansas. Number 2 team. Got throttled.
4. 1997 SEC Championship to Tennessee- had them beat and let them come back to win.
5. 1997- Miss St. Blanked 20-0 at home as a top 10 team to unranked State.
6. 1999 Alabama- for me- really bad fan experience.
7. 1996 Georgia- AUs 1st OT game- 4 of them. Should’ve won it like 4 times.
8. 2002 Georgia- heart break at the end.
9. 1998 Tennessee- so close; butter pill after 1997 SEC Champ loss-
10. 2008 Vanderbilt- just a kick in the balls.
On TV-
1. 2023- Bama- obvious reasons
2. 2021- Bama - obvious reasons
3. 2022- Miss St- maddening
4. 2021 Miss St- last time we were ranked
5. 1988- FSU Sugar Bowl Game Neon Deon
6. 1988- LSU game Earthquake
7. 1985- Bama - last minute field goal
8. 1986- Georgia - hose game
9. 2018 Tennessee- beaten at home by a BAD UT team
10. 2017 - SEC Champ to UGA and then to be embarrassed by UCF
This post was edited on 11/27/23 at 7:37 pm
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