We didn't get skull dragged up and down the field in the run game and have an illegal TD pass like Auburn.
2013 LSU Rushing vs Auburn: 228 yards, 4 TD (combined with 229 passing) for a total offense of 457 yards
2015 LSU Rushing vs Auburn: 411 yards, 5 TD (combined with 74 passing) for a total offense of 485 yards
Nick Marshall, 17 of 33 for 224 and 2 INT (QBR 7.0)
Jeremy Johnson, 11 of 19 for 100, 2 TD/1 INT (QBR 30.0)
Auburn total offense (2013): 457 yards
Auburn total offense (2015): 260 yards
Auburn points in 2nd half (2013): 21
Auburn points in 2nd half (2015): 21
With the exception of the total offense numbers, it IS pretty much the same game. LSU ran more than before but in part that's no doubt due to the fact that Brandon Harris isn't Mettenberger
Not a whole lot of difference
LSU didn't throw up a prayer for a fluke TD either.
In a related story, Alabama committed a facemask on Cyrus Jones's TD in the 2014 Ole Miss game and thus the TD should not have counted, meaning we can't really compare those two, either.
Right?
Auburn didn't commit 5 TO to lose less than a TD.
We didn't commit 5 turnovers in 2014, either. In fact, the turnover margin in 2014 was -1 because although we turned it over twice, they turned it over once.....and incidentally, both turnovers resulted in TDs for each team, so it kinda offsets.
If you look at the stat line, the apples and oranges comparison (assuming one) is us, not them.
Now to be fair - I think it more likely we run the table than they do simply because they looked so Gawdawful in their first two wins. Coming back against MSU like Marshall did in the final two minutes is a world away from going to OT against Jax State of all teams.
My point is simple: both fan bases are engaging in positive rationalization at this point. We may feel more justified to do so but that doesn't alter the reality both sides are doing it.
And given that we have players tweeting about that very thing - that's NOT a good thing, either. We have a lot of boulders to knock down before we worry about the rankings.