This was a bad loss. One of the worst losses in LSU history. A 37-point pasting to Auburn takes you back to either O’s first year and the 30-point shellacking to Mississippi St, or the final full year of Les and the twin 17-point loss to Arkansas and 21-point loss to Ole Miss as the season spiraled out of control, or, most obviously, the 34-point meltdown in 2014 at Auburn forever remembered as the Brandon Harris Game.
So, yeah, the loss was bad, so any attempt to minimize it will feel like rationalizing. So let’s start with this assertion: this was a bad loss and LSU is a bad football team.