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Auburn preview for 2014 on Grantland

By Dr. Ed Feng 1 Comment

winprob_ringI wrote an article on Grantland questioning the prospects of Auburn this season. The article made two points.

First, Auburn got lucky last season. They need a tipped hail mary to beat Georgia and beat Alabama on the return of a missed field goal for a touchdown.

Second, the Tigers have a wicked schedule this season. They play Georgia and South Carolina, two teams most think are the best in the SEC East. This explains their low win probability in the visual despite being 6th in my preseason rankings.

I thought Auburn fans would be ticked about the prediction. Instead, they got incensed about my calling them lucky last season.

Twitter showed us a range of responses. Some were thoughtful.

@TheAuburner @willcollier @thepowerrank I can accept that the end of the Georgia game was luck. Iron Bowl end was a smart plan executed.

— John Carvalho (@JohnCarvalhoAU) July 29, 2014

I don't know stats, so maybe I shouldn't doubt a PhD.. but I don't think you're supposed to do this, @thepowerrank pic.twitter.com/VEk7ICIGBc

— Mark P (@TheAuburner) July 29, 2014

Others were not.

@thepowerrank Luck? Really? You wanna talk about “luck”. You are “lucky” to have a job writing about sports. Lazy journalism.

— Blake Atwater (@BlakeWater) July 30, 2014

@WarRoomEagle @SBN_BillC @thepowerrank That guy is a clown trying to make some news so people will talk about him.

— W. (@WQuinley) July 30, 2014

But this is why I love college football. Passionate fans can get pissed that I downgraded their team because of a few plays last season.

The article also has a visual of the top 15 teams in my preseason rankings.

To read the article, click here.

Filed Under: Auburn Tigers, College Football 2014, Football Analytics

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