re: I think Auburn comes out hungover

LSU better show up. All I got.

They barely beat Vandy

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That is not even remotely true.

They have two losses: a 10-point loss to Tennessee in Knoxville and a 5-point loss to Florida.

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From my perspective it is true. They struggled and were fortunate to beat a mediocre Baylor team that just lost 17-6 to TCU, they beat Vandy in a pillow fight.....Tennessee beat Arkansas by less than they beat Auburn, and they scored a late oh by the way TD against Florida, the game really was not that close and their only other game was a win over a Southern Miss team that just lost by 10 to Arkansas St.

From what I've seen nothing in that resume gave me any thought that they were an upper tier SEC school and had a chance to beat Georgia in Athens.

But I'm certainly glad they did. But it now has me mildly worried as we have sucked mightily and underachieved on the road this year.

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From what I've seen nothing in that resume gave me any thought that they were an upper tier SEC school and had a chance to beat Georgia in Athens.

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They play unevenly; from what I have seen, they did under Freeze as well. They have talent but still have some talent gaps. I think they are in the process of trying to change the culture, which is typical under a new coach.

So they are one of those teams, to me, that are right on the edge, struggling to fill those talent gaps with competent players and trying to get continuous buy-in to a new locker room philosophy. All of that makes them susceptible to getting blown out, but also makes them dangerous.

Then beating Georgia in Athens was unexpected, but I think it says something about the current NCAA situation and how it limits teams like Georgia's ability to stack talent like they could in the past.

For Auburn, if that win can gel the team around the culture Golesh is trying to develop(whatever it is, I don't even know if I'm right about that), it will certainly make them more formidable. If it does not, then a hangover seems much more likely.

I take nothing for granted nowadays. I do think LSU can win this game, but they sure can lose it, too.

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Lot of emotion that game yesterday....very very difficult to keep that going two weeks in a row. Time will tell. I also don't like the fact that LSU play Alabama, Texas, and Tenn, back to back to back. Even if we hold serve at home against Bama and Texas, it will be hard to win that third game at Tenn. JMO.

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It's going to be hard to win the three before that.

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In my view you are slightly overselling their Florida and Tennessee performances as I observed them. I think most would say performance-wise they were without question bottom fourth of the conference.

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I think that is fair, particularly taking their season as a whole.

I guess I just see enough there to worry that our team (or any team) may take them lightly and give them an opening. Need to knock any wind out of their sails early and not take our foot off their neck until the game is over.

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But I'm certainly glad they beat Georgia; I just thought it was very surprising

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I certainly do agree with this. It was surprising. I didn't go into the weekend thinking they would do it, or really even that they would be very competitive. But I did not think there was 0 chance, especially with that effectively being a hangover game for Georgia; I honestly gave it very little thought.