Put aside the last lost decade, in which the Auburn football program plunged from competing for SEC and national championships to winning exactly as many games in those 10 years as Ole Miss and Mississippi State. That’s 73 if you’re scoring at home, tied for sixth in the conference.

Never mind the most recent three-year mudslide, which saw the Tigers slog through three straight losing seasons for the first time in almost 50 years. They share that dubious distinction of recent recurring wretchedness with only two other SEC programs: Florida and Vanderbilt.