re: Would Auburn Give Up The Iron Bowl To Move East?

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There is no reason for Auburn to move to the east. Not sure why everyone wants to

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It's really not that hard to comprehend. Despite being in the West for a quarter of a century, Auburn has still played far more games against the East than the West:

Auburn's most common SEC opponents:

111- Georgia
89- Mississippi State
84- Florida
74- Alabama
51- Tennessee
49- LSU
40- Ole Miss
38- Vanderbilt
33- Kentucky
25- Arkansas
12- South Carolina
6- Texas A&M
2- Missouri

It will take another decade+ of Iron Bowls before Auburn's series with Alabama surpasses the number of times they've played Florida.

Despite only playing Tennessee 9 times since 1992, Auburn has still played the Vols more often than they've played LSU.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude that Auburn's historical rivals are all in the East with the exception of Alabama and Mississippi State. Prior to expansion in 1992, Auburn had almost zero history with Ole Miss and very little with LSU.

Even outside the SEC, Auburn has always identified with teams to the East of them. Auburn has played Georgia Tech 86 times in their history... 3rd most of any opponent for them (behind Georgia and Mississippi State). They've played Clemson 48 times... more than Ole Miss and only one fewer game than they've played against LSU. They've played Florida State 19 times... 2nd most of any SEC program, behind only Florida of course.

I'm not sure why so many of you are trying to deny the fact that Auburn's traditional rivals are in the East. I completely understand folks not wanting to shake up the divisions, but to say Auburn is wanting to switch because they are "scared" or don't want to compete is ludicrous. There is no denying the fact that Auburn has way more history with the East compared to the West.

As a Georgia fan, as long as we continue playing Auburn annually I have no real issue. However, I do think Auburn just fits better in the East, so I would personally like to see them switch divisions.