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re: How does winning the national championship change your perception?
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:25 am to FearlessFreep
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:25 am to FearlessFreep
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Obviously, I want us to win. However, it's more important to me that we play to the best of our ability in every game, with no excuses. I expect us to play cleanly and by the rules at all times. I also want us to represent our University with class, honesty, integrity, and dignity, both on and off the field.
This. That's why I wasn't upset by our three losses. I had to miss the SC game due to a wedding, but in the other two games, I felt like my team did the best they could.
I know everybody felt like they blew the Iron Bowl, but they simply missed about three opportunities to put the game away in the first half, and then Auburn played great in the second half. I didn't feel like it was a lack of effort. Things just didn't go our way.
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Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:25 am to flyAU
It would be different from team to team depending on how your team has performed in the past. I would imagine that since auburn hasn't won a NC since the 50's, it might make them kinda crazyish. I don't mean that as an insult either. I actually have a few auburn friends that have told me already that they should go undefeated again next year 
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:27 am to bamaboy87
4 loss season coming up. Hope the first loss happens early so everyone is salivating about being the first to beat us.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:29 am to flyAU
It doesn't matter if you get beat early in the season or not. Still going to have that target on your back
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:29 am to flyAU
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Very interesting. I wonder if it is different for a team like ours who will more than likely not have another dream season for awhile. I know some Aub fans will have unrealistic expectations and will expect us to be a national powerhouse now that we reached this goal. I am realistic.
I think you will probably find that you feel about like I did this year. You have just reached the mountain top. You already know how it feels to win the whole thing. Also, like you said, you are realistic. You're losing a lot of play-makers, and you will more than likely not have the same success. I find that when you have reasonable expectations, you find it easier to look for the positives, because you're not worried about going undefeated or whatever. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching our defense grow up this year. It was the highlight of my season, personally.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:31 am to bamaboy87
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It doesn't matter if you get beat early in the season or not. Still going to have that target on your back
True, it didn't look like LSU didn't enjoy winning over you guys last year even though they weren't the first.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:31 am to bamaboy87
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I actually have a few auburn friends that have told me already that they should go undefeated again next year
There are some of those fans, but there are also a lot of fans who are more like some of my AU friends. I had a handful of AU buddies who forked out major cash to go to the game, and they all said it was because they may not ever get to see this again. Everybody looks at things differently.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:33 am to flyAU
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True, it didn't look like LSU didn't enjoy winning over you guys last year even though they weren't the first.
Exactly. It was the highlight of their season. I have to admit, it feels good to know your team is the team everybody circles on the calendar.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:33 am to flyAU
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Now that we have reached the pinnacle will our expectations for a successful season be changed?
I think Auburn fans should hold on to this one for a while, it is unlikely you will win 5 games next year. So start thinking "One Hit Wonder". It will be even worse when it gets taken away a couple of years from now. You should post this question on USC message boards.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:35 am to Nigel Tufnel
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I think Auburn fans should hold on to this one for a while, it is unlikely you will win 5 games next year. So start thinking "One Hit Wonder". It will be even worse when it gets taken away a couple of years from now. You should post this question on USC message boards.
Dude, he was asking a reasonable question. No need to be an arse.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:39 am to crimson crazy
My apologies. And to answer the question, 10-2 at LSU was an unsuccessul year. A 20% improvement at qp play would have us in the NC game. LSU fans were calling for Miles head when they finished 2009 with only eight wins. I guess my point is, we had the talent to sustain winning the or competeing for the west and SEC, and have underperformed. Auburn will be losing most all of the talent on the team, so I would lower the expectations a bit.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:42 am to flyAU
First of all you will not see the changes next year. Next year will be just fine no matter what happens. You will hope for the best, but anything goes, because you just won one. You will use excuses like it is a rebuilding year( which it is) after every loss. You will still be a little numb to it all. This is kind of what happened in NO this year with the Saints
Now the second year is where the fire works start. You start second guessing your coach after every loss. How can he let this happen to us. 10 win seasons become ok. They are nice, but "we" are better than that. This probably won't happen at Auburn, because you guys are "different". At least that is what one of my closest friends who is an AU grad tells me everyday. Now if by chance, you win a second BCS championship all hell will break loose.
With every loss, your fan base becomes more delusional Not only are 10 win seasons not good enough, but your coach should be fired for this. Nevermind the fact that the only position you cannot hide on the field is a QB. Your fan base will take on the mentality that you are the best, most talented team in the country, and you should not only win every game, but you should win by 3 touchdowns. People who didn't know 10 players on the team in 2010 will begin showing up for games(they now believe themselves to be experts on AU football, because they are life long fans meanwhile they are 17) and will be booing by the second quater. The coach should be fired, because he can't win without his OC or, the only reason he won was because of player X. The wins will be ok and the losses will cause meltdowns. Hell some of the wins cause meltdowns.
I'm sure that this won't happen to you guys, because you all are "different", and you are all one big "family", but you have been warned.
Now the second year is where the fire works start. You start second guessing your coach after every loss. How can he let this happen to us. 10 win seasons become ok. They are nice, but "we" are better than that. This probably won't happen at Auburn, because you guys are "different". At least that is what one of my closest friends who is an AU grad tells me everyday. Now if by chance, you win a second BCS championship all hell will break loose.
With every loss, your fan base becomes more delusional Not only are 10 win seasons not good enough, but your coach should be fired for this. Nevermind the fact that the only position you cannot hide on the field is a QB. Your fan base will take on the mentality that you are the best, most talented team in the country, and you should not only win every game, but you should win by 3 touchdowns. People who didn't know 10 players on the team in 2010 will begin showing up for games(they now believe themselves to be experts on AU football, because they are life long fans meanwhile they are 17) and will be booing by the second quater. The coach should be fired, because he can't win without his OC or, the only reason he won was because of player X. The wins will be ok and the losses will cause meltdowns. Hell some of the wins cause meltdowns.
I'm sure that this won't happen to you guys, because you all are "different", and you are all one big "family", but you have been warned.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:43 am to Nigel Tufnel
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My apologies. And to answer the question, 10-2 at LSU was an unsuccessul year. A 20% improvement at qp play would have us in the NC game. LSU fans were calling for Miles head when they finished 2009 with only eight wins. I guess my point is, we had the talent to sustain winning the or competeing for the west and SEC, and have underperformed. Auburn will be losing most all of the talent on the team, so I would lower the expectations a bit.
No worries bro.
And I know what you mean. LSU has the talent to compete for a title every year, so an eight win season is very disappointing. I think AU may end up having a better season than some think, but I definitely don't see them having near the success they had this year. I still think they could possibly get to a bowl game though.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:49 am to crimson crazy
Next years schedule has a lot of road games which will not be friendly. Oh and thanks for keeping the "taken away" flames at bay.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:53 am to flyAU
It's gonna be taken away, so it does not matter if you look at future seasons differently.
CHEATERS!!!!!
CHEATERS!!!!!
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:55 am to flyAU
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Oh and thanks for keeping the "taken away" flames at bay.
I only start throwing those comments around in threads where some Auburn fan is being a jackass. You seem to be a respectable poster.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:56 am to garrick0102
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garrick0102
You have just scared the ever living shite out of me.
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Bamaboy
You make me
Posted on 1/12/11 at 9:59 am to flyAU
I make some people though
though
Posted on 1/12/11 at 10:00 am to flyAU
Now that you've bought a crystal ball you will do whatever it takes to get more. I feel they are laced with something.
Posted on 1/12/11 at 10:00 am to bamaboy87
The loss to Auburn in 2004 made me want to vomit. It was the first loss after the first BCS title and it stung, badly.
I think that Auburn is in for a tough road next year with at least 4 losses. They will burn a little.
As stated above, the second year is where it really sinks in as to what it takes to win and how far away you seem from getting back.
To me, and this is no shot at Auburn, I think there is less sustainability there than a place like Bama (because of Saban), Florida (because of recruiting base) or LSU (because of recruiting base). Auburn caught lightening in a bottle this year by landing probably the best college football player I have ever seen and one of the best DT I have ever seen out of JUCO in the last two years. The chances of that are almost zero.
Auburn will always be a good program, but I cannot see sustainability like others in the conference and for that reason, perhaps the Auburn fan perspective will vary slightly from other schools coming off of recent championships.
I think that Auburn is in for a tough road next year with at least 4 losses. They will burn a little.
As stated above, the second year is where it really sinks in as to what it takes to win and how far away you seem from getting back.
To me, and this is no shot at Auburn, I think there is less sustainability there than a place like Bama (because of Saban), Florida (because of recruiting base) or LSU (because of recruiting base). Auburn caught lightening in a bottle this year by landing probably the best college football player I have ever seen and one of the best DT I have ever seen out of JUCO in the last two years. The chances of that are almost zero.
Auburn will always be a good program, but I cannot see sustainability like others in the conference and for that reason, perhaps the Auburn fan perspective will vary slightly from other schools coming off of recent championships.
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