Relatively slow day at Auburn, with the Tigers having their final practice before Sunday and coaches set to go out on recruiting trips. Not much to report from a game standpoint (Auburn's players still profess to know nothing about Alabama at this point).

A few did comment on what could have been this season. Looking back at some of the losses, it's easy to see why:

• Lost to LSU by five on a touchdown in the final two minutes.
• Lost to Vanderbilt by one thanks to a missed extra point.
• Lost to Arkansas by three after getting stone-walled from the 4-yard line four times in a row.
• Lost to Georgia by four after driving the length of the field in the final minute.

A lot of what ifs in there (although you could say the same for Auburn's two narrow SEC wins this year).

"It's definitely frustrating -- always going back and thinking what could have happened," wide receiver Rod Smith said. "That's been on my mind a lot just to think about all the things that could have happened. When you start dwelling on that stuff, it gets worse. You just have to keep moving forward and getting better as the week goes on. It hurts."

"It's real difficult," quarterback Kodi Burns said. "I think about it all the time. We've lost six games now and we just didn't make enough plays to win those games. You look at a few other teams and they have winning records because they've won the close games. We just happen to lose them. It's real disheartening to know we could have just have easily won those games."

Not much else to report, but here are a few nuggets:

• LB Josh Bynes didn't practice Thursday to give his legs a rest. Nothing much more than that.

• WR/PR Robert Dunn didn't practice because of a concussion suffered Wednesday. Head coach Tommy Tuberville expects him back for Sunday's practice.

• After hearing the 500th question about it this week, I've come to the concludsion that this "Iron Bowl" is a fairly big deal. Who knew?
  

• According to Smith, RG Tyronne Green is quite the singer. Smith even gave us a little rendition of Green's favorite jam, "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash. He asked us not to put up any video of his American Idol-like performance. The result of that request is pending.
  

Like I said, slow day in Auburn. Hopefully things will pick up again Sunday when the Tigers dive completely in to Alabama prep.