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AUC Staff Q&A: Can Auburn avoid ‘relief syndrome’ against LSU?

There are only a matter of hours until Auburn takes on LSU in another SEC showdown. The Auburn Undercover staff discusses how Auburn can avoid "relief syndrome" this week after taking down Georgia last Saturday.
October 23, 2026
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After a monumental win for the Auburn Tigers over the Georgia Bulldogs last Saturday in Athens, the meaning of their game against the LSU Tigers Saturday on the Plains has become even more magnified.

Auburn has not started a season 5-2 since 2021, which was the first year of the Bryan Harsin era. Even after that start, it finished by losing five of its final six games, ending in a 6-7 output.

It is now a chance for Auburn to do that once again, but doing it after beating the No.

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