But it works for other teams in either division:
Tennessee shouldn't have lost 11 in a row to Florida
If Auburn can beat Bama 3 out of 8 years, LSU can, too.
You're not listening.
EVERY game Alabama loses is an upset. When they lose, somebody didn't do their job.
Upsets are far, far less likely to happen when a team goes to work with bullets in their eyes all week. You don't have to believe it, but it's true. Alabama is capable of falling asleep against Auburn, and they will not against LSU. Auburn happens to have an offensive mind who makes it more likely to pull the upset when Alabama does take a nap, and LSU does not. But that doesn't matter because Alabama ain't napping first week of November.
The last Auburn team that "should" have beaten Alabama was 2010, and they did. So did LSU. Alabama has been a better team than LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss by an ever-widening margin since 2012. They
have to fall asleep to lose those games.
Maybe one day they'll have such a long streak against us that they don't take us seriously anymore. But I doubt it. Saban has adopted Spurrier's schtick, he's decided that LSU is his game every year to make a statement.
I think there's a 50% chance Ensminger moves on after this year, and Orgeron will try to get another hot name like Canada, hopefully this time one who's not a raging dick and the staff can get along with. Yay. That means we'll lose 21-17 instead of 29-0.
LSU is not going to beat Alabama again until they can close the talent gap. That's not happening as long as Saban is the coach there.