re: Why can't Auburn make it back to the NCG?

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You know it was lucky

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It was only lucky because Auburn won. I think it was lucky that the refs called the Murray run, where video evidence showed he came up short, was ruled a TD. I don't think it was luck that saban didn't attempt a chip shot FG, to go up by more than a TD, but instead went for it on fourth down. I call that stupid.

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refs blew the call on the Murray TD that gave Uga the lead.

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Almost like when the refs didn't call ineligible men down field on the tying TD against BAMA?

Without that TD the other shite doesn't happen.

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And even with that , you won 4 games under a minute left, call it luck or devine intervention it sure doesn't happen that much.

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Remember playing basketball when you made a lucky shot and someone called you out and said, bet you cant do that again. Then you did it again. Now imagine you did it four times in a row. Skill.

I think the Auburn schedule may keep them out. I see USCe as being one of their tougher home games. This may be the year that HBC gets his revenge. LSU seems to have Auburn's number. @UGA and @Alabama are not going to be easy.

Auburn is one of the hardest teams to predict. You think they are going to be decent and they shite the bed. You think they'll be mediocre, and they turn out to be elite.

I've also heard rumors about Carl Lawson potentially being out for the season. Would be a huge blow to their dline.

They very well could.

Auburn does better as the underdog.

They have the target now.

Losing your big time RB hurt. You still have talent, but it's hard to replace a kid who rushes for nearly 2000 yards.

Your defense is still suspect. It could easily cost you some games.

Your schedule is rough. You play your biggest rivals (Georgia and Alabama) on the road. You pull South Carolina from the East, and you're travelling all the way to Kansas for your big ticket OOC game. You play @ Ole Miss. LSU you get at home, but if any team has had your number - it's LSU.

The schedule is the most gruesome part. Luck ALWAYS plays a part in winning a championship, but Auburn had it in spades last year (Alabama's missed FGs prior to the final try, the tipped pass in the UGA game, etc - 6 teams were within 1 score of Auburn last year). Like I said, luck plays a part in every championship, but AU seriously looks like they used up whatever good will they had with the lady last year.

I'm sure plenty of AU fans will say I'm just saying they were lucky and this and that - whatever. It's a fact you played in a LOT of close games. Heck, if UGA's DBs bat the ball down, the Iron Bowl is irrelevant in terms of the SECCG. I know for AU fans, the TD return on the FG try is the biggest play of the year, but honestly? Without that hail mary, it's a big game in Iron Bowl lore but the West still ends up with Alabama regardless. That, in all honesty, was the biggest play for Auburn in 2014 - and it was by pure luck.

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Auburn is known as Running Back

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Since when?

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Welcome back to society. Living in that cave must have been a bitch.

Bama and UGA fans need to give it a rest. The pass against UGA was lucky but our guy still made the catch and Auburn was just as unlucky to have UGA handed a free TD from the refs to be behind.

The Bama play was not luck no matter how you spin it. Returning a TD on special teams has never been considered luck and isn't now just because Bama fans want to ride UGA's coattail to feel better about getting beat.

Tre was good but so are the other 2 RBs that played last year too. We also have a 4* and a top 3 back if needed. You can't go from claiming Tre is a system back to claiming he is irreplaceable just because it fits your argument at the time.

As far as close games, a quality of a good coach and team is winning the close games. It doesn't matter if every game is won by 1 point you are still undefeated. So there is no point in trying to pretend they shouldn't count as wins or its bad to win a close game. They were also 3 points away from winning the NC.

Auburn may have a tough schedule but none of the teams are expected to better this year. Bama, LSU, UGA, A&M, and USCe are all replacing top QBs and some missing players that made a large part of their plays. Auburn is not playing last years teams. So there is no point in trying to compare what Auburn did against last year's teams.

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So UGA fans don't need to give it up.

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Yeah they do. Because they got a lucky TD to be ahead to start with in game they should have never been in.

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The luck was the ref not calling the penalty on au for the ineligible men down field on the tying TD. IMO With out that free TD there is no miracle finish.

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That's just another excuse Bama fans have came up with since the game. Like I said trying to ride UGA's coattail instead of accepting they got beat and moving on.

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No hate, or melt, just saying.

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You wouldn't still running around worrying about it if you weren't melting over it.