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re: Gus - or - Hugh: Who Will Be Better?
Posted on 10/15/13 at 10:14 pm to Landsharks
Posted on 10/15/13 at 10:14 pm to Landsharks
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Then of course fricking auburn always has the best of us.
You say this as if you should be consistently keeping it even with Auburn, arguably a top 10 program who has more Heisman winners than ya'll had 10 win seasons since 1970
Freeze seems to be a good coach and having ya'll going in the right direction but don't kid yourself by thinking Auburn, a Big 6 team, somehow is on ya'lls level. The only two teams Auburn has a losing record to in non expansion SEC teams is LSU and Alabama.
Auburn has used Ole Miss as a doormat not because Ole Miss has been down for pretty much the history of the program but because Auburn is the type of team who is second in the conference in wins since 1980, a powerhouse if you will.
Ole Miss is a program with a ton of potential and moving in the right direction. They look like they will be a hard out for the foreseeable future and not to be taken lightly. Just don't think that ya'll ceiling for the near future is the same as a Big 6 team unless Freeze works some very serious magic
/RantOver
#NiceGensChinIsBack
This post was edited on 10/15/13 at 10:19 pm
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Posted on 10/15/13 at 10:18 pm to GenesChin
I meant even when auburn is down they still whoop us. I wasn't talking about historically as you see i say 3 I'm the top 10 in the same division.
Posted on 10/15/13 at 11:07 pm to GenesChin
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You say this as if you should be consistently keeping it even with Auburn
If you're objective about it, there's really not much reason to think the gap between the two is going to be that big looking forward.
Ole Miss has been terrible since the 70's, granted, but what real competitive advantage does Auburn have over Ole Miss? There definitely is one, but it's not as huge as you're making it out to be.
History is overrated as far as recruiting goes, the facilities gap isn't huge and is getting smaller, AU has a better natural recruiting territory, but again it's not a huge gap as Ole Miss has the ability to dominate Memphis and it's own state. Auburn will never be able to dominate it's recruiting footprint.
The biggest gaps between the two that I see are the size of the alumni base and fanbase. Ole Miss has needed massive growth to get where it is now, a small to mid-size university. I think the enrollment in the early 90's was around 3,000. That will be a major handicap for years to come.
One thing to keep in mind is that Ole Miss only really decided to get serious about athletics in the last year and a half, where as it has been win at all costs at Auburn since forever.However, the Good Ole Boy network is still firmly entrenched at Auburn, I'll point to Jay Jacobs as evidence of that. For the time being, the Ole Miss Athletic Department can run more efficiently than Auburn's.
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