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I greatly enjoyed being at the Pasadena Natty to such an extent that the loss didn’t hurt me very badly. I was actually more hurt by the A&M loss within the next calendar year.

If true, you and I think very differently. Though heartbreaking and hard to watch, the TAM game was meaningless compared to the National Championship game that we were one play away from winning. A situation that Auburn was in where they had only been in the position ONCE in a 50 year period. A game that would have solidified Auburns position in the elite. It would have eliminated the "Once in a lifetime Player" conversation of 2010.

It would have been awesome to see that team finish on top after how that season went. They deserved it in my opinion.

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Posted by jvilletiger25

jacksonville, fl

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 8/10/20 at 4:05 pm to LanierSpots

Yep. Gus really had a lot of us fooled that season. Little did we know, he’d settle into mediocrity for the remainder of his career.

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Posted by FearlessFreep

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Posted on 8/10/20 at 4:13 pm to LanierSpots

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Though heartbreaking and hard to watch, the TAM game was meaningless compared to the National Championship game that we were one play away from winning.

While this is obviously true, the TAMU game in '14 was far from 'meaningless'.

We were 7-1 and #3 in the CFP rankings going into that game. Win out from there and we would have been the #2 seed at worst.

Sure, that team ended up collapsing, but that loss knocked us out of the national championship picture for the first time in Gustav's HC career. While not quite as devastating as the BCSCG loss, it was the game that truly ended our run that started in 2013. We've come anywhere near that close just once in the 5+ years since then.

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