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I hear what you’re saying but historically, we shouldn’t be a fan base that’s accustomed to winning championships.. because the reality is that we don’t more often than not

To play devil’s advocate here.

How much of that is due to a fan base and program that has largely been okay with being above average? I see so many arguments from Auburn fans that This is as good as our program realistically will be, because history and what not. I mean, if 8-5 becomes the acceptable standard, that will be what you achieve.

In modern day football, Auburn can be a much more dominant program than what they have achieved historically, especially with how much more open recruiting is now. There is a large portion of our fan base that seems perfectly fine with a program that is mediocre for 3-4 years with one season of threatening for the SEC and maybe more. If that is the standard you set, that’s what you will get, even if you are capable of more.

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Posted by scleeb

Member since Nov 2014

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Posted on 9/15/19 at 1:14 pm to GoCrazyAuburn

"There is a large portion of our fan base that seems perfectly fine with a program that is mediocre for 3-4 years with one season of threatening for the SEC and maybe more. If that is the standard you set, that’s what you will get."

In a fourteen team league that is arguably the toughest in college football, when you always play one of the most demanding schedules in football, is contending every 3 to 4 years truly unacceptable, unrealistic?

I think there are two distinctly different games now. One with coaches and players and another, that is money, administrators, and wealthy boosters. It would be interesting to study to what degree the dog wags the tail or, the tail wags the dog.

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