Yes we all love Auburn and for what it stands for. Its easy being an Auburn fan, we are simply better than most and most definitely better than what's across the state. I don't mean better in football, football is game and we are better at living.
Every time I enter stadium and walk up the ramp to see the field I stop and smell where I am. Just for that tiny moment I am a kid again standing next to my dad.
This is why I have decided I could give two shits about what ESPN/SI/al.com says about Auburn or what some random people in some other state think about us. I still get goosebumps when I walk up the ramp and catch my first glimpse of the field. I still cry during Eagle Flight and when 87,451 of my closest friends are all screaming War Eagle at the top of their lungs with me. None of those inbred fucktards can take that away from me. None of the lies Gheyer Evans makes up changes any of that. Yeah, it might influence poll voters, but so what. Win and their opinion does not matter anyway.
Fight the fight, make yourself sick raging against the machine, screaming about how "they cheatin'!" all you want. College football has nearly been ruined by all kinds of assholes - media, rival, whatever - but I am not going to think about that. That does not affect my personal experience unless I let it. I am going to enjoy my day and enjoy my experience, and someday share it with my kids. I will point Cam's picture and Bo's picture out to the offspring and say "Those guys right there are two of the greatest players to ever play the game, and they played for Auburn." And that's all they need to know.