re: I think Auburn comes out hungover

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atmosphere will be electric, and I expect the Auburn team to be also.

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So you think this Auburn team is electric? LOL

They are a .500 team that beat a team that was way overrated. EOD.

They could be hungover or they could have some momentum and confidence from their big win. You never know. The fans will have a lot more excitement too. Those folks haven't had any hope for a long time until yesterday.

Ga isn't nearly as good as they appear to be. A terribly easy schedule prior to Bama, and Bama is clearly overhyped as well. The media was making the Bama QB out to be great. He isn't close to great. He isn't a good passer and can't run as well as I thought. Ga isn't done losing. I only hope that they can beat OM. I'm not sure Arch and company has the offense to beat OM, even at Texas.

OK. Not going to argue with you. Georgia was #1 on paper. They aren't that good. Neither is Bama. He was almost crying and had to compose himself, as if he just beat a GREAT team. Saying crap like give us time, we will get Auburn back. Sometimes, coaches are knee jerk just like our fans, and eventually the Ga win won't look as good.

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Pedropatterstine

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Dawg, you have 1400 posts since August. You gotta calm down.

Their coach was acting like they have never won before. He will celebrate this fir 6 months.

They may, they may not. That doesn't make it any easier for LSU. The Auburn team may come out sluggish, but JH is gonna be rocking now. It's more of a lunch pail game now. Auburn knows they can beat anyone on any field. Sometimes teams are more dangerous when they find out jist how good they can be.

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Do we really think they’re going to quickly put that behind them and focus on the next task at hand?

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Absolutely. They are a 2-loss team and right in the mix with a bunch of us other 2-loss teams. They had a bye last weekend, and that helps longer than just the 1st game afterwards. They will be fresher than us, playing in our 8th straight Saturday. And they got to watch Georgia beat Bama and move to #1 in the polls. They had 2 choices: 1) think going into Athens would be too daunting, that they had no chance, were destined for a 3rd loss and the end of their—slim, but still existent—playoff hopes and roll over and lose. 2) Get focused and prepared and confident they could go inside the hedges and beat the #1 team in the country.

They chose the latter. They have new life. Bama has proven to be beatable, so the Iron Bowl seems winnable to them all of a sudden. We haven’t won a road game all year, and lost to Kentucky. And with all the craziness yesterday, should probably jump a decent bit in the rankings. They will obviously be ranked now this week. They will have a little swag and confidence this week that they haven’t had in a while. There will be an excitement and energy on campus and around town that hasn’t been felt in a while. And they know they’ll be playing in a stadium that will be as electric as any 11 a.m. kickoff can allow.

Do I think that that makes them a better team? No, not in the physical sense. They still are who they are. But do I think it makes them better psychologically? Yes, because they will be more confident and believe in themselves more. And unless their head coach and staff are just completely incompetent, all that will have them very focused this week.

This “hangover” thing is just wish casting. Had they gone into Georgia off a bye and got their asses whipped, giving them their 3rd loss, then I could easily see them thinking their season was basically over and losing focus for our game. I think beating Georgia just gave them
new life and will have them even MORE focused this week. We’ll get their best shot.

But do I think we’ll still win? Yes. At the end of the day, they can be as focused as possible, but they are who they are. And we have better players and coaches. Who are all getting better. As much as it sucked, and as much as I’m pretty sure it’s going to wind up keeping us out of the playoffs, that loss to Kentucky will wind up being “good” for this ‘26 LSU team as long as we still only have 2 losses. I think we learned a lot about focus and preparation ourselves. I think yesterday being so crazy, this whole season being so crazy, and specifically Auburn beating Georgia, will have our team as focused and prepared as possible. It’s been a long 7 weeks without a bye. But they can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Just one more week. Just one more game. Focus and finish this 8th game off with a win, then we get to rest. Mentally and physically. And come back home 2 weeks later —hopefully with our best offensive weapon back—for a new 4-week season, a 4 week playoff. One elimination game at a time. Go 1-0, then 1-0, then 1-0, then 1-0, and we can rest and reset again for the actual playoffs.

Whether or not any of us think we finish that stretch 4-0 is irrelevant. The players and coaches will believe they can. But they also know none of that matters if we don’t finish this stretch off with a win over Auburn on the Plains. So I don’t think focus or preparation are going to be an issue for either team come Saturday. Both teams will be dialed in. And the team that executes best, makes more plays, makes less mistakes, will be the one to come out with the win. I absolutely think it will be us. But it won’t be due to any silly “hangover” effect that causes Auburn to lose focus after beating Georgia. It will because we are better. That said, Jordan-Hare is a crazy place for us to play. Wild things happen there. If you guaranteed me a 7-6 win right now, I’d take it and run.

Then there is no better team to play than the one who can’t win on the road

Jordan Hare is always rocking. Don’t care how, just have to get this ridiculous road game losing streak broken.