re: Bielema ranks Ohio State (#12) lowest of all ballots in coaches poll (SIAP)

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Yeah who would want to be in the BCSNCG when you could be 0-8 in the SEC

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Honest question -- why do Auburn people act like it's a slight against Gus when Hog fans say they're happy with the hiring of Bielema? Both were good hires, and a lot of us said so at the time. Bert had an outstanding track record, so it's not like it was a forehead slapper at the time.

Plus, and this can't be overstated -- the roster that Uncle Slappy and Petrino left is an utter trainwreck. Gus is a great coach, but he wouldn't have made a bowl game with this squad either, and they'd be building a statue to him outside the new football facility if he did. Petrino quite literally just didn't recruit any players for the back seven, and most were scrubs that we beat out the likes of SMU and Arkansas State to get. Two of our starting linebackers were walk-on seniors, one of which was a transfer who couldn't get on the field at Air Force.

Believing they were good hires isn't mutually exclusive.