re: 2017 Auburn vs LSU Football Game where Auburn was up 20 - 0 in 1st half.

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Last year around this time there seemed to be a TON of apathy for Gus

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I think most people approached last year like we are this year. I wanted his arse gone after the LSU game last year and wasn't shy about saying so. Beating the two teams like he did at the end of the year went a long way, not necessarily (for me at least) because of who they were, but that he was capable of winning a big game again.

Is he worth $49 million? No. But it was what it took from letting him go to an SEC West rival and getting stuck with an unknown up and comer or a retread like some schools have gotten. I know Gus can win the SEC and I know he can also decide to rotate 4 QBs and lose a game he has no business losing. But I think at his worst I think he's a 5 loss coach and his best is playing for the NC.

Good luck

That was a great game thread.

It was a total fluke honestly but AU gave it away and LSU gets credit for continuing to fight. Punt return should have been called back. We dropped the easiest INT of all time and then immediately gave up a TD after it. Carlton Davis gambled on an INT for no reason and gave up a 50 yard pass play at the end of the first half that led to a TD. Our coaches started throwing bombs every pass play for no reason at all.

It was the worst most inexplicable loss in my nearly 25 years of following Auburn football.

My fondest memory of that game is no BowlJackson for a good long while.

Thanks LSU.

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I hope that isn't the norm but I can't imagine a Gus Auburn team failing to make a bowl game, or god forbid, have a season like Chizik did in 2012.

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Definitely hard to see Gus going 0-8 in SEC play.

He did go 2-6 in 2015 though.

Hard to see him repeating that though.

Gus seems to have a good thing going.

Just gotta keep the NCAA one step behind and his wife away from all social media and TV cameras.

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Was watching the highlights of this game and can't decide if LSU won it, or did Auburn lose it?

I mean LSU did have more Passing yards and more Total yards than Auburn did in the game. During the game I thought Auburn folded and gave the game away. But after re watching it, I think Coach O was just better than Gus that night. What say you?

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Both.

1. LSU never gave up to their great credit.

2. Gus put the game in his pocket and went turtle.

One team's coach wanted to win and the other thought the game was already won and went Full Tubershell *in the first fricking half*, with predictable results.

Edit: Auburn keeps playing until, say, maybe mid-4th quarter and the game isn't even close and Coach O may not have even been allowed to finish the season.

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Who was recruited by whom?

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Boosters.

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I would say the same about the A&M-UCLA game last year. But no one gave a shite.

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we fired that coach, you kept yours

aunecks

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Gus is the new Les. Choked at the end of the season, flirted with Arkansas to get a raise anyway. Auburn is about to decline hard, Gus has zero reason to give a frick anymore.

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The narrative on Gus is highly exaggerated. I would hardly call beating 2 #1 ranked teams in the month of November choking. And I am glad Auburn paid to keep Gus around. Saban has just about run every other coach out of the SEC. Urban Meyer left to move his dynasty to the B1G where he gets little opposition every year. Gus goes up head to head against Saban every year, and has come out on top 2 out of his 5 seasons. I think every team in the SEC is currently looking for a coach that can have that kind of success against the best team in college football, and I don't think they are that easy to find.

Yes he has frustrating losses, and there are inconsistencies in his teams, but he plays in the toughest division in college football, and Auburn consistently plays one of the toughest schedules in the country every year. That should be taken into consideration when comparing Gus to other coaches in the Country.