re: SECRanters: How good can Auburn be in 2014?

We'll be better on both sides, but I expect to lose 2 games. Just life in the SEC West, especially with big games on the road. Anywhere from 9-3 to 12-0 would be a reasonable prediction, although going 9-3 means Auburn probably blew one (very possible).

I could see some offensive production drop off, but I think that will be made up for in greater offensive diversity. Defense will be different, but overall will put up better numbers.

People talking about "figuring out" our offense are pretty stupid, IMO. What is there to figure out? Gus is going to design an offense around his most dynamic and productive players, and there are plenty of options within the HUNH to allow that. Now, if we try to replicate what we did this year, especially in the last several games, sure, you can plan for that and may have success shutting it down in individual games. But as long as Auburn has talented offensive players and Gus is in his right mind, I doubt we'll see any systemic failures. It's far less of a "system" than people make it out to be.