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Most Meaningful SEC West Match-up (since 1992)
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:20 pm
Just ran the numbers back to 1992. If you look at every season since divisional play begun, there have been 23 games in which had the loser actually won the game, that team would have represented the West in Atlanta instead of the winner (who was the actual representative).
Game that most often decides the SEC West:
*There can be multiple in a given season
1) Auburn vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
2t) Auburn vs. Arkansas
Years in which it decided the West: 1995, 2002, 2006, 2010
2t) Alabama vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 1996, 2001, 2011, 2012
4t) Alabama vs. Arkansas
Years in which it decided the West: 1993, 1995
4t) Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Years in which it decided the West: 1999, 2014
4t) Arkansas vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 2000, 2002
7t) LSU vs. Ole Miss
Years in which it decided the West: 2003
7t) LSU vs. Texas A&M
Years in which it decided the West: 2012
7t) Alabama vs. Auburn
Years in which it decided the West: 2013
I find it interesting that the Iron Bowl has only really decided the West one time (The Kick6 in 2013).
I also find it interesting that Alabama and LSU fans pretend that their game decides the West every. single. year. when in actuality, its really only decided the Division just 4 times (and just twice since 2002).
Game that most often decides the SEC West:
*There can be multiple in a given season
1) Auburn vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
2t) Auburn vs. Arkansas
Years in which it decided the West: 1995, 2002, 2006, 2010
2t) Alabama vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 1996, 2001, 2011, 2012
4t) Alabama vs. Arkansas
Years in which it decided the West: 1993, 1995
4t) Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Years in which it decided the West: 1999, 2014
4t) Arkansas vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 2000, 2002
7t) LSU vs. Ole Miss
Years in which it decided the West: 2003
7t) LSU vs. Texas A&M
Years in which it decided the West: 2012
7t) Alabama vs. Auburn
Years in which it decided the West: 2013
I find it interesting that the Iron Bowl has only really decided the West one time (The Kick6 in 2013).
I also find it interesting that Alabama and LSU fans pretend that their game decides the West every. single. year. when in actuality, its really only decided the Division just 4 times (and just twice since 2002).
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Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:23 pm to BHMKyle
Auburn and LSU is the best series in the SEC
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:23 pm to BHMKyle
bama-lsu only decided the west four times because bama sucked until 2008
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:25 pm to m45auburn
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Auburn and LSU is the best series in the SEC
That was the big game each year when I was in school. Now it seems like they are blowouts one way or the other. 2010 was the last memorable game for me.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:26 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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bama-lsu only decided the west four times because bama sucked until 2008
...and LSU sucked before 2000. Nick Saban anyone?
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:26 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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Bama-lsu only decided the west four times because bama sucked until 2008
LSU sucked from 1992-2000.
Bama in the 90's was by far the best program in the West.
It's only been since 2008 that Bama and LSU have both been good at the same time.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:26 pm to BHMKyle
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This post was edited on 10/26/15 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:26 pm to m45auburn
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Auburn and LSU is the best series in the SEC
The Auburn/LSU game was what the Bama/LSU game is today when I was a student.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:26 pm to m45auburn
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Auburn and LSU is the best series in the SEC
No doubt it's a good one, but I'd say in the West.
AU/UGA having a tied series after >100 games is right up there.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:27 pm to BHMKyle
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I find it interesting that the Iron Bowl has only really decided the West one time (The Kick6 in 2013). I also find it interesting that Alabama and LSU fans pretend that their game decides the West every. single. year. when in actuality, its really only decided the Division just 4 times (and just twice since 2002).
I think the big series for LSU was Auburn up until 2007. Since Saban went to Bama and starting beating the Tigers, things have changed. Also, the LSU-AU series used to be a close slugfest almost every year, with a few exceptions. Now we've had 3 blowouts in 4 years. It has lost some of the luster it had for a long stretch.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:33 pm to LSU Patrick
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.and LSU sucked before 2000. Nick Saban anyone?
DiNardo's run of success was short-lived, but LSU had a great shot to win the division in 96, and an outside shot in 97. If Herb Tyler doesn't get hurt in that 96 Bama game in Tiger Stadium, things might have turned out very differently.
In hindsight though, I don't think any LSU fan would trade a West title that year for what has happened since then.
This post was edited on 10/26/15 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:36 pm to misey94
Arkansas is well represented here, Auburns rivalry application is still denied though.....
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:37 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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bama-lsu only decided the west four times because bama sucked until 2008
Um, guess you weren't alive during the 90s ....
Bama went to the SECCG the 11st 3 games, 4 of the first 5 games and 5 of the first 8 games. 92-99... Lsu didn't make it until the 2001 season the 10th game. So basically Lsu sucked until 2001
Bama has 9 SECCG to 5 for Lsu.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:42 pm to BHMKyle
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Alabama and LSU fans pretend that their game decides the West every. single. year. when in actuality, its really only decided the Division just 4 times (and just twice since 2002).
You forgot 2005 for LSU-Bama.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:43 pm to BHMKyle
quote:No. How did a game in which neither team won the west decide the west?
7t) LSU vs. Texas A&M
Years in which it decided the West: 2012
LSU vs bama decided the west in 2012. LSU had already beaten Aggy, and had only lost to Florida previously. If LSU doesn't Chavis that game, we win the west.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:45 pm to BHMKyle
What about Miss. State-Arkansas in 1998?
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:45 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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7t) LSU vs. Texas A&M
Years in which it decided the West: 2012
No. How did a game in which neither team won the west decide the west?
LSU vs bama decided the west in 2012. LSU had already beaten Aggy, and had only lost to Florida previously. If LSU doesn't Chavis that game, we win the west.
If Texas A&M had defeated LSU in 2012, they would have won the tie-breaker over Alabama and represented the West that season.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:46 pm to BHMKyle
I see LSU and Alabama on that list multiple times, so, LSU and Alabama decide the west like we stated earlier? Cool, good chat
This post was edited on 10/26/15 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:46 pm to Nuts4LSU
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What about Miss. State-Arkansas in 1998?
You are correct. Add that one to the list.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:47 pm to BHMKyle
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t) Arkansas vs. LSU
Years in which it decided the West: 2000, 2002
2000 is wrong because neither Arkansas nor LSU won the west that year. 2001 is the year you were looking for, I think.
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