College Football · Week 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6
Auburn
W 17-16 vs Baylor · Sat, Sep 5 · Aflac Kickoff · 1-0 overall
Misery Index · Uneasy
A one-point win over Baylor had Auburn relieved, unconvinced, and still mostly glad Freeze is gone.
The emotional rollercoaster
Auburn fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Auburn opened 1-0 and nobody on the message boards seemed relieved about it. A 17-16 win over Baylor was the kind of victory that gets survived rather than enjoyed, decided by a single point that could have gone the other way on any given snap. One fan tried to place it historically: the Tuberville and Malzahn years were the "Cardiac Cats," the recent ones "just stupid and bad," so "what are we? Ugly Heart Attacks?" Others settled for the baseline comfort of not being coached by Hugh Freeze anymore. A win is a win, and this one barely was.
What fans said
“Under Tuberville and Malzahn we were the Cardiac Cats. Under Potato Man Bad and He Who Must Not Be Named we were just stupid and bad. ...so now what are we? Ugly Heart Attacks?”
u/aMiracleAtJordanHare▲ 110despair
“Win or lose, at least we're not coached by Hugh Freeze anymore. Fuck that guy.”
u/aMiracleAtJordanHare▲ 77rage
“They’re fucking smothered, covered, and chunked.”
u/OhKillEm43▲ 19rage
“Fucking Auburn god damn heart attack machine already in game one.”
u/issurvivedby_▲ 11nuclear
“4 head coaches and 6 starting QBs and we still can’t figure out how to get a decent offense.”
u/Sirius2349▲ 8despair
“It’s that fucking peewee football release. Christ it is ugly”
u/New-Kaleidoscope4630▲ 7rage
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