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re: Auburn fans: Why did your big rivals refuse to play at AU until 1960?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:17 pm to Evolved Simian
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:17 pm to Evolved Simian
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Auburn was not an easy place to get to back then. In the 60's, even 280 was a winding little highway all the way from Birmingham. Imagine how hard it was on UT to travel by bus from Knoxville. They played them in Birmingham until 1980 or so.
That is a BS answer. AU played UGA in Columbus, which was 45 min away from AU. The reason was the SEC allow the other teams to dictate terms of where games were played. UT, GT and UGA did not want AU to have any home field advantage, and could get away with it.
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:23 pm to Irons Puppet
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That is a BS answer. AU played UGA in Columbus, which was 45 min away from AU. The reason was the SEC allow the other teams to dictate terms of where games were played. UT, GT and UGA did not want AU to have any home field advantage, and could get away with it.
How do you explain pre-SEC? And you're basically saying AU is our little brother if true.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:27 pm to Irons Puppet
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45 min away from AU
It is now. It sure as hell wasn't 75 years ago. Little of Lee County was even paved then.
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did not want AU to have any home field advantage, and could get away with it.
Ah yes, poor, poor AU always getting picked on.
Christ, you people whine a lot.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 2:50 pm to Irons Puppet
quote:Damn Irons, you make it sound like Auburn has been shite on for decades.
That is a BS answer. AU played UGA in Columbus, which was 45 min away from AU. The reason was the SEC allow the other teams to dictate terms of where games were played. UT, GT and UGA did not want AU to have any home field advantage, and could get away with it.
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