This is such a silly argument. This is the complete opposite of what we as SEC fans say when a 7-5 SEC team throttles a 9-3 non-SEC team in a bowl game.

I encourage you to pick any year you want that makes sense (1992, the year the 2nd cross over was dropped, 2000, the year Mizzou and TAMU were added, whatever...) and actually disect Auburn's numbers vs. the East.

Auburn has a .415 winning percentage vs the east's half of the Big 6 since 1992. Even taking out the East's half of the Big 6, Auburn only has a +18 game winning advantage over Vandy, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Mizzou in the regular season since 1992 (30 seasons), so Auburn is only winning 60% of their games vs the lower half of the "average" SEC East.

For some comparison, Auburn has a .670 winning percentage vs. the non-Big 6 SEC West schools.

So by you saying the west is tough, what you are really saying is that LSU and Alabama dominate your arse, and since the Iron Bowl is the last game of the season, LSU beats Auburn's arse so badly, Auburn underperforms for the rest of the season vs the SEC East.

Maybe you can start an SEC West chant during crossover games or something.

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Posted by Irons Puppet

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Posted on 7/12/22 at 2:03 pm to Murph4HOF

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This is such a silly argument. This is the complete opposite of what we as SEC fans say when a 7-5 SEC team throttles a 9-3 non-SEC team in a bowl game.

I encourage you to pick any year you want that makes sense (1992, the year the 2nd cross over was dropped, 2000, the year Mizzou and TAMU were added, whatever...) and actually disect Auburn's numbers vs. the East.

Auburn has a .415 winning percentage vs the east's half of the Big 6 since 1992. Even taking out the East's half of the Big 6, Auburn only has a +18 game winning advantage over Vandy, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Mizzou in the regular season since 1992 (30 seasons), so Auburn is only winning 60% of their games vs the lower half of the "average" SEC East.

For some comparison, Auburn has a .670 winning percentage vs. the non-Big 6 SEC West schools.

So by you saying the west is tough, what you are really saying is that LSU and Alabama dominate your arse, and since the Iron Bowl is the last game of the season, LSU beats Auburn's arse so badly, Auburn underperforms for the rest of the season vs the SEC East.

Maybe you can start an SEC West chant during crossover games or something.

Bowl games mean nothing today. It is not the same as an October game because some do not play and others want to get the season over with. Those non-Big 6 Bowl participants use practice as an early spring session or just go through the motion.

The SECW is head and shoulders above the East since Saban started at LSU. How many SECW NCs vs SECE NCs, SECW vs SECE SECC ? UF was good early but imploded after CUM left and UGA underachieved from day 1. The gauntlet of the West is much harder than going thru UT, VU, UK, SC, and Mizzu most years. Even Mizzu made it to the Championship Game the first season. Keep trying.

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