And are no longer at.
That was my point. We were the bottom dweller. No longer.
See? This is where I differ. We beat Aunt Tillie's Pie Baking School for Mimes.
So what? It doesn't signal anything. It's not an indicator of or a harbinger for anything at all. We shouldn't look at it as anything but doing what had to be done.
Oh holy hell!! This is Arkansas Freaking STATE!!! They beat Louisiana Freaking Monroe last year!!! They beat the snot out of a 3A High School team with six starters suspended!!!!!! Quake in terror!!!!
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You are selling everything Auburn short if you don't think that the worst team in my lifetime would STILL have beaten the Arkansas States of the world.
It's no different than last year's team trashing Alabama A&M Technical State.
That's why Doug Barfield should have been fired when Auburn lost to Baylor, Memphis and Arizona in his first season. It was obvious he couldn't cut it.
In Dye's worst year we killed Samford and Vandy. Had a close call against La. Somebody when it became clear that he was not going to survive the year.
In Bowden's worst year, we hammered La. Tech, the only real cupcake we faced.
In Tuberville's worst year we beat La. Monroe, Southern Miss and UT Martin convincingly.
Last year we slept through La. Monroe but could have tromped them. And destroyed Alabama A&M and NM State.
You can prop this weak little Sunbelt sister up all you want, but that's who they are. They are simply another version of UT Martin sprinkled with "team of the moment" media dust.
You're making them -- and this win -- out to be something it's not.
Accept it or don't, but Arkansas State doesn't beat Auburn. Ever. Unless it's a monumental upset and there are mitigating factors. Anything else is rationalization.
And now I'm done. Party on.
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