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re: Auburn AD Jay Jacobs says the Tigers want to move to the Eastern Division
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:02 am to Huddie Leadbetter
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:02 am to Huddie Leadbetter
I think Texas A&M changes this equation in the next five years anyway. They are primed to be a real power in football.
Great facilities. Great recruiting grounds. Passionate and deep pocketed fanbase.
They just need a coach to get them to the next level.
Great facilities. Great recruiting grounds. Passionate and deep pocketed fanbase.
They just need a coach to get them to the next level.
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Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:07 am to higgs_boson
I can agree with that. Texas A&M has all the intangibles to be a very good program. Lot of money and in a state loaded with high school talent.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 11:08 am
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:07 am to Huddie Leadbetter
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When someone besides Alabama, VOLS, Florida, Georgia, Auburn or LSU wins the SEC, we can have this discussion
And you responded with Mizzou winning the East twice since Tennessee has, which didn't counter anything he said.
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gooney goo goo
This site is just too difficult for you
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:09 am to rockiee
When was the last time Tenn won the SEC? When was the last time they won the East?
I cannot really remember, but it has to be back when Phil was around, right?
I cannot really remember, but it has to be back when Phil was around, right?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:10 am to Huddie Leadbetter
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Tell it to the UT fan, because he's the one that responded to...
'The whole "Big 6" angle is bunk'
By commenting that...
"When someone besides Alabama, VOLS, Florida, Georgia, Auburn or LSU wins the SEC, we can have this discussion."
And then, with your horrible grammar, you later replied...
"As someone who couldn't care less about the Big 6 idea. That isn't even what the concept is about. No one argues that the big six is always the best six teams each year."
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gooney goo goo
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:10 am to Huddie Leadbetter
That hurt, bro.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:49 am to TRUERockyTop
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extremely over weight middle aged guy sitting at his home office snacking on a bottle of syrup and a jar of mayonnaise. Flipping through his notepad of Alabama stats going back to the 1800s because Alabama football is his only means of happiness in this world.
Why you hatin on me bro?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:50 am to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 6/1/17 at 12:57 pm to AeroSpaceTiger
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Just move to a 9 conference game schedule. It's kinda pussy not to. And I know, gus didn't support it. That sucks. If we get a 9 game schedule, Bama can keep TSIO and IB.everybody is happy. Very other school can get a new perm east opponent. Auburn could even keep the lsu game
That would be fricking stupid. Two permanent opponents and the other five teams rotate through one spot. Of course, what we have now is stupid, too, so I wouldn't put it past the SEC to do it.
If we went to a nine-game SEC schedule, we should at least have two of the three non-divisional games be rotating spots so we could schedule all six non-annual interdivisional opponents twice every six years.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:00 pm to Rhino5
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And the east/west dominance is clearly cyclical and based more on the head coach.
1990s SEC champs:
1990 Tennessee
1991 Florida
1992 Alabama
1993 Florida
1994 Florida
1995 Florida
1996 Florida
1997 Tennessee
1998 Tennessee
1999 Alabama
2000 Florida
SEC East dominated the SECCG in the 1990s, but overall, the divisions were equal. Head to head was about even in the 1990s. Today's SEC West dominance is different. Not only has the West been winning the SECCG every year, but the head to head has been lopsided as well.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 5:45 pm to GenesChin
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Auburn LSU has never been as huge rivalry for AU fans as the others. We have very very few alum/students from Louisiana.
We said we'd want to keep the Pachyderm game so
I know that you Aubies say you want to keep the Bama game. It would look even more obvious what the real reason for switching divisions would be. The fact is that you know that you can't win the West as long as Bama's winning it. You all can keep trying to spin it anyway you want, but Awbun wants out of the same conference division as Bama because you know you can't win it with them there. Plain and simple.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 7:32 pm to WPBTiger
they scared as frick of the SEC West
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:09 pm to Cobb Dawg
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I know that you Aubies say you want to keep the Bama game. It would look even more obvious what the real reason for switching divisions would be. The fact is that you know that you can't win the West as long as Bama's winning it. You all can keep trying to spin it anyway you want, but Awbun wants out of the same conference division as Bama because you know you can't win it with them there. Plain and simple.
This is plan stupid. Auburn wants in the east because deep down we know we are only in the west because bama wanted it that way. In what world would anyone at this point honestly believe Auburn somehow doesn't want to play bama or is afraid of them. Our road to the SEC title will always include beating bama...iron bowl or sec title game it makes no different. This off season thread is pretty stupid because Auburn moving to the east literally will never happen.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:15 am to SeeeeK
I don't know about "scared" of the SEC West, but I think it is to do with the competition in the West.
Assuming Auburn would play Alabama and Georgia every year in any event, that's a wash. Otherwise, LSU and UF are probably going to be fairly close in the foreseeable future. Let's just say that Tennessee and Texas A&M will be close, and the same for Arkansas and South Carolina. Where it gets considerably easier in the East are those last 2 teams (excepting Missouri, who would have a tougher road in the West). I think Ole Miss and Mississippi State have been and will be better than Vanderbilt and Kentucky, and stand a better chance, year in and year out, to beat Auburn or any other team on their schedule. So it's probably going to be easier nearly every year to get to the title game from the East division because you have a couple of games that are nearly gimmes, whereas that isn't as often the case in the West. I think AU administrators see that and I think that's why they are pushing for the East.
Assuming Auburn would play Alabama and Georgia every year in any event, that's a wash. Otherwise, LSU and UF are probably going to be fairly close in the foreseeable future. Let's just say that Tennessee and Texas A&M will be close, and the same for Arkansas and South Carolina. Where it gets considerably easier in the East are those last 2 teams (excepting Missouri, who would have a tougher road in the West). I think Ole Miss and Mississippi State have been and will be better than Vanderbilt and Kentucky, and stand a better chance, year in and year out, to beat Auburn or any other team on their schedule. So it's probably going to be easier nearly every year to get to the title game from the East division because you have a couple of games that are nearly gimmes, whereas that isn't as often the case in the West. I think AU administrators see that and I think that's why they are pushing for the East.
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 8:25 am
Posted on 6/3/17 at 10:26 am to 14&Counting
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Why don't you drop the Georgia game?
Auburn and Georgia have played a football game EVERY YEAR that both schools have fielded a team
DSOR is also a series that has been highly competitive throughout its entire history
No other rivalry can make either claim
Posted on 6/3/17 at 10:31 am to unparagoned
I do believe that the Auburn proposal states that Auburn and the Gumps would still play.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:07 pm to Cobb Dawg
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The fact is that you know that you can't win the West as long as Bama's winning it
Auburn has won it twice since Saban has been there??
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:33 pm to AUsteriskPride
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Auburn has won it twice since Saban has been there
Well, but you bought Cam Newton and still had to win several games in the last minute or even few seconds in 2010, and in 2013 you had the miracle win vs UGA and the kick return for td with no time left vs UA. The Alabama game Auburn might have won in overtime but the game with UGA was sheer luck.
edit: But in any event, as noted above, it really isn't about playing Alabama as much as the fact that every West division game is no guaranteed cakewalk...
Assuming Auburn would play Alabama and Georgia every year in any event, that's a wash. Otherwise, LSU and UF are probably going to be fairly close in the foreseeable future. Let's just say that Tennessee and Texas A&M will be close, and the same for Arkansas and South Carolina. Where it gets considerably easier in the East are those last 2 teams (excepting Missouri, who would have a tougher road in the West). I think Ole Miss and Mississippi State have been and will be better than Vanderbilt and Kentucky, and stand a better chance, year in and year out, to beat Auburn or any other team on their schedule. So it's probably going to be easier nearly every year to get to the title game from the East division because you have a couple of games that are nearly gimmes, whereas that isn't as often the case in the West. I think AU administrators see that and I think that's why they are pushing for the East.
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:50 pm to Huddie Leadbetter
It doesn't matter. It's not going to happen. The majority of coaches from the East are not going to vote to make their schedule even harder by adding a 4th Big 6 member to one division, regardless of what the fans of some of these schools say.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:26 pm to Huddie Leadbetter
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bought Cam Newton
I was told when AU got him on campus that he wasn't any good and that transfer QBs never work in the SEC..
So AU had to buy him?
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