re: Things must be worse than they appear in Tuscaloosa

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He was bad. His stats aren't great and don't even tell the story. Nearly 100 of those yards were on a play our DB fell down and another where they ran into each other which turned a 5 yard gain into a 55 yard gain. His two TDs were on a swing pass and a 1 yarder.

He held onto the ball too long several times, fumbled, and missed a lot of throws badly for most of the night.

Garbage may be too strong a word but AU almost won the national championship largely because of his play.

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He was THAT bad - and Auburn still couldn't stop him with a little over a minute left to score the game winning TD?

Didn't stop Mr. Garbage from going 6-7 on the final drive for 77 yards and TD?

Your logic could be applied to Cam Newton. Did Auburn "almost" lose in 2010 because of how bad Cam Newton was against Alabama? Because 70 of his meager 216 yards passing came on a single play. He only made 39 yards on 22 carries on the ground.

Both QBs led their teams to come-from-behind wins, while having poor statistical games themselves. I'm not sure how this equates to "Newton good, Winston bad" in your brain though.