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<blockquote data-quote="HurdyGurdyEer" data-source="post: 129430300" data-attributes="member: 1746848">After Auburn lost to LSU and Mississippi State recently (and could have lost to Jacksonville State), a very substantial Auburn alumnus said blatantly on the phone of the unanticipated start, “We just don’t understand.&nbsp; We have put tens of millions of dollars into that program which gives us great facilities. This (the game results) is unacceptable.”&nbsp; <a href="http://onlineathens.com/sports/2015-10-07/loran-smith-arms-race-college-football-same-now-it-was-1927">http://onlineathens.com/sports/2015-10-07/loran-smith-arms-race-college-football-same-now-it-was-1927</a>Frankly ... I'm pretty well burned out hearing people say what is acceptable and unacceptable in college football. More and more schools are spending more and more money. But when it comes down to it there is still only one winner in a football game.I can accept our football team finishing with a winning record and in the middle of the pack of&nbsp; P5 conference. I can do that and still root for, hope for, better than that. But I'm not naive. Everybody is spending megabucks. And if we are slightly above average while we keep trying to reach higher .... I can accept that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HurdyGurdyEer, post: 129430300, member: 1746848"] [I]After Auburn lost to LSU and Mississippi State recently (and could have lost to Jacksonville State), a very substantial Auburn alumnus said blatantly on the phone of the unanticipated start, “We just don’t understand. We have put tens of millions of dollars into that program which gives us great facilities. This (the game results) is unacceptable.” [/I] [URL]http://onlineathens.com/sports/2015-10-07/loran-smith-arms-race-college-football-same-now-it-was-1927[/URL] Frankly ... I'm pretty well burned out hearing people say what is acceptable and unacceptable in college football. More and more schools are spending more and more money. But when it comes down to it there is still only one winner in a football game. I can accept our football team finishing with a winning record and in the middle of the pack of P5 conference. I can do that and still root for, hope for, better than that. But I'm not naive. Everybody is spending megabucks. And if we are slightly above average while we keep trying to reach higher .... I can accept that. [/QUOTE]

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