There is no arguing that compared to a few years ago, Auburn has declined as a program. The war-tiger-plainsmen are lot like the Drive By Truckers lyrics that go “sometimes I’m lower than the company I keep.”
This school’s boosters literally tried to get Bryan fired in the offseason but failed, which takes some doing when you also consider that this same school tried and secretly hire Bobby Petrino. So in some ways, Auburn is receiving what it reaped.
But just because Auburn is in dire straits, that is no reason to feel pity on them.