Typical LSU take on Auburn:
1) AU never has a good team, but once every four or five years they luck into a good player and have a winning record. Right. Over the last 10 years Auburn is 92-37, LSU 104 - 27. That includes two really bad seasons when an AU coach went down in flames. Last five years AU is 45-12, LSU 51-13. Last 20, AU is 168-82, LSU 180-71. Pretty similar.
2) Auburn will suck because it has a safety playing quarterback, no running back, lost its best offensive lineman and doesn't have a punt returner. LSU will be awesome because they have to replace their top two running backs, top three receivers, their fullback, the best QB they've had in 30 years, their best OL, a pair of defensive tackles and a starting safety.
3) Les is the best coach in the SEC, Gus is a flash in the pan. Les had more players (9) selected in the 2014 NFL draft than any other head coach. And LSU played in the.... uhhh... crap bowl. Who even remembers? Had nine players drafted in 2013, five in 2012.. you get the drift.
Head to head I admit LSU has Auburn's number since Tuberville left. But overall, they're not the end all of college football. They're a fringe team in my opinion. They remind me a lot of us when we had Tuberville. Usually on the bubble, but not often a factor. They made the NC game only on a bizarre fluke with two losses and flopped in a rematch against Alabama in 2011 and against UGA in the SEC-CG in 2005.
They may win the West this season, but there's nothing about their roster or schedule that screams lock.