re: Nick Saban has NEVER beat a Auburn team with 9 wins

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Probably because, historically auburn doesnt usually have 9 wins. How many times has he beaten 8 win teams that helped keep from getting 9 wins?

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They beat this drum for all time. Problem is how often have teams that would have 9 wins but lost to Alabama is not part of their push.

3 games in the Saban era where an AU win would have made them a 9 win team: 2014, 2011, 2009

5 other times where 8-win AU teams would have had 9 wins if not for Alabama - 1996, 1990, 1985, 1979, 1960

Or the times Alabama beat AU teams with 9+ wins, which has happened.

The problem is that Auburn has average 8.2 wins per season since Saban came to Alabama, but only 3-7 vs him at Tuscaloosa. Also to note that while all 3 Auburn wins were close (7 points or less), only one Alabama win falls into the same category. Two of the 8 win teams lost by double digits, so the AU battle cry of "they weren't good teams" was adopted to cover that up.

In other words, it's the Auburn moral victory/mulligan cry.