re: Do you view the Auburn football program as a national power?

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I think there’s a difference between Nationally Relevant and National Power

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spot on.

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Relevant means you’re on the watchlist every year. Power means you’re likely or expected to deliver.

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spot on again.

AU is always one of those good teams on the radar and always in the top 10-20 teams in the country. They are not always in the top 5-10 and expected to compete for a title. And they need more than 1 instance in program history of consecutive 10 win seasons to be considered a "power".

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

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Hmm. Seems like I missed something

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I threw Ole Miss in there as a joke because............frick Ole Miss.

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I threw Ole Miss in there as a joke because............frick Ole Miss.

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and so far it is the funniest joke of the day

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was including Ole Miss a trolljob or something?

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I was fricking around because I hate Ole Miss, I thought most would get it

No, not a national power. They're the next level down and that's about as good as it'll ever get for most teams. I'm not knocking them. They are light years ahead of our program.

Bama is our only national power now. Florida isn't far from being there. Maybe someday Tennessee will get back on track.

UGA, Auby, and LSU are the next level down. SCAR and Aggy are the only programs that could move up in to the level with UGA, Auby, and LSU.

The rest of us are a loooong ways away.

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Other than getting a hundred or so wins before Auburn even had a team, what is the difference between Michigan and Auburn? Michigan has like 1 national championship since WW1

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This is actually a great point.

Its off topic but what the frick has Michigan done lately?

And by lately I mean since after WW2?

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UGA is walking through the door of national power status and Auburn is right behind us.

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Youve had one fricking season being relevant and suddenly youre walking through the door

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Solid program. They seem to have very high highs and very low lows, but when it averages out, they are a solid program.

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About sums it up. They are a national power insofar as they get a lot of discussion every year. If they are not in the mix, then they are usually fricking up someone else's run.

They are an occasional national power when their home schedule sets up nicely and/or they have a transfer, non-AU developed QB.

Blue blood? No, not by any measurable metric.