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I hated it for Parrish yesterday. Not his fault the staff hasn’t played Bentley or somebody else more. Parrish has played hard and does all he can with that frame. That said, I don’t think losing him will make much difference. He seemed to be slowed already and just about anybody we’ve got can rush for 30 yards in a game with the lack of run blocking we’ve seen in SEC play.

The one thing that is so plain to see and we keep rolling him out there is McIntyre at center. We will never have a decent rushing attack as long as he is center and we will constantly loose yards in short yardage unless JJ is in because he gets blown up every single time.

Not sure that is true. Historically the CFP focuses on the strength of schedule and FPI. So these 1 loss Big12 and ACC teams will likely be outside looking in (ie BYU)

Regardless, next week will be a pre-CFP game.

BYU is undefeated. But Iowa State’s loss means the Big 12 is a one bid league

Sorry I swapped up BYU and ISU in my head. Still BYU is a wasted CFP spot. They would be in the bottom quintile in the SEC.

As much as I would love to make the playoffs I just can’t worry about it. if we win out and it happens that’s great. if not, oh well

I had us 8-2 after the Georgia game….so all we have to do is beat them to get there. No problem, right?

I hate thinking about this but if we handled business against Kentucky and LSU we would basically just need to go 1-2 the last 3 games to make the playoff

I think the pressure from the Auburn boosters have really taken a toll on him.

Auburn isn't the program that people think it is. They are always playing catch up with big brother in their own state. Even in the same county the vast majority of residents are Alabama fans. (My wifes family is from there and 2/3 are Bama fans.) They have been lucky to catch lightning in a bottle a few times but that was back when they could pay when others couldn't because of a very well organized bagman system. Now, everyone can pay players. They lost their advantage. Their boosters get in the way more than they help. It's what Alabama was before Saban came in and put the boosters in the back seat. Auburn is no longer a "Big 6" team. They were always the one on the very bottom of that group anyway. If we keep going how we are now and if people keep supporting our collective, we will easily continue to be a better program than they are. We have been the more successful program in the playoff era anyway.