Goodman HAS to be an auburn alum.. That's the only possible explanation for why he would make such a laughable (at best) prediction. For starters, the bus is going to get sent to the car crusher come November. If Gus or his minions think that the officials will grant them a fraction of what they were granted in the IB last season, then they are dreaming. That is going to be a payback game of the highest order. Had this last season's IB not been at JHS, I guarantee that that review at the end of the 1st half does NOT go Gus' way. Secondly, who in the world are these idiots fooling? Ok..so 2019...auburn was billed to be "an absolute beast". They hardly lost anybody from 2018 and the defense was to be one of, if not the best in the nation. Well, as it turned out they were good, but they had their moments where they looked just..ok. And not just in the IB. Burrow had his way with them and really and truly, that loss against LSU was NOT a 3 point loss. It easily could have been 30-13. The barn's score at the end was cosmetic. So...the barner narrative now is "well perhaps we were just off by a year. Perhaps 2020 is our year". Ok...so....they hardly lost anybody from 2018 to 2019, but next season is an entirely different story. So..the less experienced defense will be the one who leads them to the playoffs? And the less experienced O line will be better than last season's O line?? Granted, that's the usual barner logic, but....woah...what are they smoking??
Gus has yet to win in Baton Rouge, Athens, or Tuscaloosa. So...why would any of that change next season? With a less experienced team? But, I suppose this is about par for the course. The pundits get all riled up after a year where the barn has finagled a win against us. They pick the barn as a preseason top 5 team and playoff contender for the following year. They pick them to beat us again, but this time, on the road. And...the barn flops. The season goes off the rails, the fan base turns on Gus, but then it smacks them in the face that he's extremely well insulated and untouchable, thanks to the buyout and him being Greene's boy. And...always...they find out fast that BDS ain't JHS by any means. Rinse and repeat.