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re: Would Auburn Give Up The Iron Bowl To Move East?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:47 am to NYCAuburn
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:47 am to NYCAuburn
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AU has played Eastern teams(sans a&m/Mizzou) roughly 19% more than Western teams
Excluding Georgia, you played 163 games against the west (MSU, Bama) and 133 against east (UF,UT. Then comes Ole Miss and LSU.
You play UGA every year we know that....but after that, your games has historically been skewed to the west not the east. It's really UGA and UF that drives the argument so I get why AU fans would like to see more of Florida....but to say your historical rivalries are in the east, you really have more historical exposure/history with the west.
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:56 am to 14&Counting
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Excluding Georgia, you played 163 games against the west (MSU, Bama) and 133 against east
Excluding Georgia? Since when do you get to throw out the most common statistic in a data set in order to prove a point? That's not how it works in the real world.
You could also keep Georgia and throw out Mississippi State from the West and then show an even BIGGER advantage for Auburn playing in the East... but of course that would be stupid. Just like your argument by throwing out Georgia.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:56 am to 14&Counting
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Excluding Georgia,
Was it you who said, "selective much"?
If you are going to take away the highest from the east, why are you leaving the highest in the west?
So by your standards, correctly applied, Auburn played 135 against the east and 130 against the west
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..but after that, your games has historically been skewed to the west not the east.
umm, nope
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 10:57 am
Posted on 6/2/16 at 11:02 am to 14&Counting
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.but to say your historical rivalries are in the east, you really have more historical exposure/history with the west.
No. Not at all. Since we are talking "history" why don't we go back to right before this issue began with expansion in 1992. Auburn's most common SEC opponents through 1991:
87- Georgia
69- Florida
65- Mississippi State
50- Alabama
42- Tennessee
29- Vanderbilt
26- Kentucky
25- LSU
16- Ole Miss
When expansion happened, five of Auburn's top 7 rivals in the SEC were placed in the East, and Auburn was placed in the West.
You can not look at that list and rationally say that historically Auburn has more of a connection with the West. It's just ridiculous to even try to make that argument. The facts are not on your side.
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