Let’s start with the obvious that’s already gotten lost in the lovefest as an Auburn fan base starved for winning looks at a collection of breadcrumbs and sees a gourmet meal.

You don’t know whether Alex Golesh is steak or sizzle. I don’t know whether he’s an oasis or a mirage. John Cohen will talk about him as if he’s Pat Dye with a passing game, but the Auburn AD doesn’t know whether Auburn’s third head coach in five years is the next Gus Malzahn, who’ll start strong at the least, or another Bryan Harsin, whose ego will eclipse his effort.

You have reasons to believe. I have reasons to doubt. You have reasons to join the parade. I have reasons to tap the brakes. You have hope, and as an Auburn fan, after nine straight losses to Georgia, six straight losses to Alabama and five straight

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