Auburn football fans were already not thrilled about the announcement that they’d be playing LSU in Death Valley at 8pm central time on October 2nd.
Then Twitter user @TheAuburner hit the Auburn family with a hard dose of reality on a post-Penn State loss Monday.
As he points out, several in-state Group of Five programs have won more recently at Tiger Stadium than Auburn football.
Per his (Mark’s) Twitter page:
The most inexplicable stat; both UAB and Troy have won in Baton Rouge more recently than Auburn.
— Mark (@TheAuburner) September 20, 2021
Troy upset LSU 24-21 in 2017 when the Tigers were ranked #18. UAB, on the other hand, won 13-10 back in 2000 in their first win over an SEC opponent.
Of course, Auburn last won in Baton Rouge back when the Y2K scare was a thing.
In turn this stat upset unsuspecting fans not ready for to hear those sorts of things during Georgia State hate week:
— Pablo Escobarner (blue chek) (@PabloEscoburner) September 20, 2021
— Will Collier (@willcollier) September 20, 2021
Mark why
— MTP (@marytylerpoor) September 20, 2021
Most infuriating stat: Troy won there the same year Auburn surrendered a 20-0 lead because Gus decided we really didn’t need to score any more points that day.
— NeroSteptoe (@NeroSteptoe) September 20, 2021
Well, there went my day.
— aka Japanese Macaque (@snowmonkey01) September 20, 2021
Mark please delete this https://t.co/XNzHazhM0F
— buford squatch (@bufordsquatch) September 20, 2021
Why would you do this to me? https://t.co/0GAPOrpOwu
— Paula Claunch (@AKAJaneRandom) September 20, 2021
This is the year https://t.co/5eDbT53BF9 pic.twitter.com/OB2gZ6IIZF
— Eugene Asante Truther (@EvanK21) September 20, 2021
The #23 Tigers should still be ranked heading into the LSU matchup, with a potential trap game against Georgia State needed to get out of the way first.
That said, it will be an uphill climb for Auburn football after that, with LSU in Death Valley, Georgia at home, and Arkansas on the road heading into their bye week.