When the news came across Monday night that Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn, fresh off of a 7-6 season and last-place finish in the SEC West, got a contract extension, you laughed.
Perhaps even hysterically.
After all, this was the team that was picked to win the SEC, was in many preseason playoff predictions and was loaded with talent. Instead of living up to those expectations, Malzahn's Tigers spent the postseason in-state, played in the Birmingham Bowl and earned Malzahn a spot on the hot seat.
Despite that hot seat, as James Crepea of AL.