Really?? Maybe to the "geographic" center of the SEC but not to realistic "center" of the SEC looking at school location, population & avg. distance of travel by each fanbase...

NoLa to...

Baton Rouge...80.1 mi.
College Station...416.6 mi.
Fayetteville...613.2 mi.
CoMo...786.2 mi.
Oxford...347.0 mi.
Starkville...292.6 mi.
Nashville...532.1 mi.
Knoxville...599.5 mi.
Lexington... 748.0 mi.
Auburn...363.5 mi.
Tuscaloosa...291.5mi
Athens...533.3 mi.
Columbia SC...678.4 mi.
Gainesville...532.1 mi.

Avg of 486.7 miles...

6 schools under 416 miles (8.5hr or less drive)

Atlanta to....

Baton Rouge...524.3 mi.
College Station...823.7 mi.
Fayetteville...698.4 mi.
CoMo...672.2 mi.
Oxford...331.7 mi.
Starkville...284.9 mi.
Nashville...248.4 mi.
Knoxville...213.8 mi.
Lexington...382.1 mi.
Auburn...108.5 mi.
Tuscaloosa...202.2 mi.
Athens...69.5 mi.
Columbia SC...214.6 mi.
Gainesville...330.9 mi.

Avg. of 364.7 miles...

10 schools under 382 miles (7.5hr or less drive)

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Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 12/6/14 at 7:54 am to dallasga6

Milage (5 mile increments) and time (1/2 hour increments) rounded for simplicity

Athens, GA to NOLA ... 535 M and 8.0 H
Athens, GA to ATL ........ 70 M and 1.5 H
ATL closer by 465 miles and 6.5 hours = winner ATL

Columbia, SC to NOLA ... 680 M and 9.5 H
Columbia, SC to ATL ...... 215 M and 3.0 H
ATL closer by 465 miles and 6.5 hours = winner ATL

Lexington, KY to NOLA ... 745 M and 10.5 H
Lexington, KY to ATL ...... 380 M and 5.5 H
ATL closer by 365 miles and 5.0 hours = winner ATL

Knoxville, TN to NOLA ... 600 M and 8.5 H
Knoxville, TN to ATL ...... 215 M and 3.0 H
ATL closer by 385 miles and 4.5 hours = winner ATL

Nashville, TN to NOLA ... 530 M and 7.5 H
Nashville, TN to ATL ...... 250 M and 3.5 H
ATL closer by 280 miles and 4.0 hours = winner ATL

Auburn, AL to NOLA ... 365 M and 5.0 H
Auburn, AL to ATL ...... 110 M and 1.5 H
ATL closer by 255 miles and 3.5 hours = winner ATL

Gainesville, FL to NOLA ... 530 M and 7.5 H
Gainesville, FL to ATL ...... 330 M and 4.5 H
ATL closer by 200 miles and 3.0 hours = winner ATL

Columbia, MO to NOLA ... 785 M and 11.0 H
Columbia, MO to ATL ...... 675 M and 10.0 H
ATL closer by 110 miles and 1.0 hours = winner ATL

Tuscaloosa, AL to NOLA ... 290 M and 4.0 H
Tuscaloosa, AL to ATL ...... 200 M and 3.0 H
ATL closer by 90 miles and 1.0 hours = winner ATL

Oxford, MS to NOLA ... 350 M and 5.0 H
Oxford, MS to ATL ...... 330 M and 5.0 H
ATL closer by 20 miles and 0.0 hours = winner ATL

Starkville, MS to NOLA ... 295 M and 4.5 H
Starkville, MS to ATL ...... 285 M and 4.5 H
ATL closer by 10 miles and 0.0 hours = winner ATL

************************ Line of Separation ************************

Fayetteville, AR to ATL ...... 700 M and 10.0 H
Fayetteville, AR to NOLA ... 615 M and 9.5 H
NOLA closer by 85 miles and 0.5 hours = winner NOLA

Baton Rouge, LA to ATL ...... 825 M and 12.0 H
Baton Rouge, LA to NOLA ... 440 M and 6.5 H
NOLA closer by 385 miles and 5.5 hours = winner NOLA

College Station, TX to ATL ...... 525 M and 7.5 H
College Station, TX to NOLA ..... 80 M and 1.5 H
NOLA closer by 445 miles and 6.0 hours = winner NOLA

So basically out of 14 SEC teams, only LSU and TAMU must travel a large distance in the differential times and distances when using ATL as the base. Pretty much assures ATL will be the SEC CCG home for a long, long, time. Also, pretty much assures the SEC CCG will never be in Houston or Saint Louis.

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