Heads up, Texas A&M and Alabama. You’re feeling pretty fine right now, but Auburn is lurking. And Auburn can destroy your entire year.
Psychologists will tell you it’s unhealthy to wish ill upon others when you’re going through tough times of your own. But psychologists don’t know ball. Sometimes the best way to survive being down in a hole is to drag someone in with you. And wow, is Auburn good at annihilating other teams’ dreams.
Texas A&M is up first, and the early signs are not encouraging for the Aggies. Midweek coach news conferences are generally dull affairs, tepid sessions where the coach praises his opponent and declares how hard his boys will need to work to get the win.