Is it real?
"Oft, expectation fails and most oft there, where most it promises." -William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
Like many Auburn fans, I felt a small chill when Auburn was picked to win the SEC. Auburn fans have a pathological fear of high expectations, as Walt discussed yesterday. The story is, Auburn always under performs when we're expected to do well and our best seasons come out of nowhere.
I had a rude introduction to this curse on my first Auburn football roadtrip. On September 28, 1985, top ranked Auburn went to Neyland Stadium.