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re: How did the 12 SEC teams agree on these East & West permanent rivals for over a decade?

Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:00 pm to
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:00 pm to
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For a long time, LSU scheduled towards the west and Auburn scheduled east, towards Georgia and Florida.

but oddly enough, LSU and Florida have been playing every year since the since 1971 and every year from 1953-1967. Never could figure out exactly how that came to be with how far they are from one another.
Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:22 pm to
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LSU and Florida

Depending on how you count "official" records (which is always a little weird), at least one site has this series in LSU's favor at 34–33–3, with an average point differential of 1.4.

Which is insane.

Posted by Scoob
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:19 pm to
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but oddly enough, LSU and Florida have been playing every year since the since 1971 and every year from 1953-1967. Never could figure out exactly how that came to be with how far they are from one another.
I always assumed it was because of the Gulf Coast. Fun fact, LSU is the closest SEC school to every town on the Gulf, until you get to around Pensacola, maybe further. The Mississippi and Alabama schools were further North. For LSU, you just hop on I-10 and roll West (or East, if you're in East Texas).
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