I agree if our analysis takes place in a vacuum. If, however, you take into account the actual context of the performance of the Tigers over the past few years, then you have to recognize that this win was important.
If you can't see that, then you're just being contrary for the fudgeing sake of doing so.
Nope. Not being contrary.
There is no circumstance under which I ever would consider an Auburn win over Arkansas
State anything other than expected. It will never be "big" in my opinion.
That's not to say that there will be instances where an Arkansas State or a LA Monroe or a UAB could rise up and stun a bigger program like Auburn, but those instance should ALWAYS be considered major upsets. And by always, I mean every day of the week and four times on Saturday.
There should never be a situation where an Arkansas
State is considered to be a legitimate threat to us. Or to any of the SEC's traditional powers -- LSU, Alabama, Georgia and to a lesser degree Tennessee and Florida. They can be threats to Mississippi State or Ole Miss or Vandy (most years) or Kentucky but should never be given any more consideration than a gnat for us REGARDLESS of how bad we may be playing.
This is a team that's in the same sphere as Texas State, South @#%$@&ing Alabama (which can completely bite my ass as I have never given less of a fart in a warm breeze about a team than I do the "jags"), Georgia State, La-Laff.
I'm simply glad we proved that they are what
I thought they were. Not a "strong test." Not an "upset contender." Not an "equal."
No. A pissant, podunk nothing to be scraped off like dirty gum on the bottom of a shoe. And I'm glad we scraped them.
The constant stream of talking heads babbling about a cracker jack box team and propping them up like they had a shot against a former heavyweight champion? No, no, no, no and no. I told all of you that before the game. No threat. Butt kicking coming.
I was disgusted that we bought into that defeatist mindset, that some even expected a tough game or a real fight. PFFFT. I figured we'd hang 50 on them. And if we weren't quite so green we would have. I figured we'd limit them to 17 or less. And we did.
I'd have expected about the same last year. Wouldn't have gotten it, but at our VERY worst we would have beaten that team at its absolute zenith 19 out of 20 times (or 103.495% of the time). That is a truth.
That's not contrary at all.