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

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we have more history with the Tennessee's and Florida's of the SEC than we do with the western teams not named Bama.

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Specious.

AU is harping on an annual series started in 1956 being some sort of "historical rivalry". Auburn played UT 7 times before starting a yearly series in 1956. LSU played UT 12 times before 1956.

From 1950 to 1992 AU played UT 36 times. In that same time span LSU played Alabama 35 times, yet LSU and Alabama are NOT to be considered historical rivals. LSU also played Florida 37 times in that same time span, yet people only consider LSU-UF a recent 'rivalry', only since the 92 expansion.

LSU played UK 42 times from 1950-1992, but no one really considers LSU and KY to be historical rivals.

Also, from 1950-1992, Auburn played State 41 times. Hell, all-time State is Auburn's second most played rivalry behind UGA. So that is another West team that Auburn has more history with than any other team not named Georgia or Alabama.