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re: Can anyone make a rational argument that Auburn should stay in the west?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:25 am to CNB
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:25 am to CNB
Doesn't arkansas have the chance of playing mizzou in the sec championship too? It's not really a big deal. We could go further and jist get rid of division and have the best 2 teams play.
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Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:26 am to Rhino5
Just admit you're scared of playing Bama cause you know Bama isnt giving up the TSIO so the Iron Bowl will have to end. Just admit it and I will support your bid to run away
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:26 am to AeroSpaceTiger
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You could get another sec team every year if we play a 9 game schedule. Like georgia
That doesn't help the rotation for Vandy, Kentucky, Mizzou, Auburn, and Florida. It'll be the same every 7 years.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:26 am to AeroSpaceTiger
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Doesn't arkansas have the chance of playing mizzou in the sec championship too? It's not really a big deal.
I was responding to the allegation that Auburn is running from Bama.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:26 am to AeroSpaceTiger
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Can anyone make a rational argument that Auburn should stay in the west?
The obvious main reason is the 2 main schools in your state are rivals and would be in separate divisions. I definitely see more pros than cons. And with a 9 conference game schedule, Alabama could keep their perma-rivalry with Tennessee.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:27 am to AeroSpaceTiger
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Auburn fans have way stronger connections to Florida and Tennessee than we do to lsu, Msu, etc
That's bullshite. Maybe the grandpas, but a 15 year old auburn fan in 1992 is 40 years old now and he's seen 24 years of games against LSU every season. A 40 year old Bama fan has stronger connections to Florida because they've met in Atlanta so many times. Maybe Bama should move to the east and Auburn should just stop Georgia as their permanent opponent.
And newsflash, it's not about Auburn. The SEC isn't going to restructure divisions because Auburn wants an easier path to Atlanta.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 9:29 am
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:27 am to AeroSpaceTiger
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Auburn fans have way stronger connections to Florida and Tennessee than we do to lsu, Msu,
Doesn't Auburn and MSU share a lot of alumni?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:28 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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And newsflash, it's not about Auburn. The SEC isn't going to restructure divisions because Auburn wants an easier path to Atlanta.
You're right. It's not all about Auburn. It's about making travel easier and cheaper for the other East schools too.
The only thing stopping this is Bama and Tennessee.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:28 am to StopRobot
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Just admit you're scared of playing Bama cause you know Bama isnt giving up the TSIO so the Iron Bowl will have to end. Just admit it and I will support your bid to run away
This is pathetic. You act like Saban will be there forever. Again, 90s Florida and Tennessee dominated the league, Sabans run will end one day. Keep the Iron Bowl and play 9 conference games like Saban wants. That's the best solution.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:29 am to CNB
im all for moving to the east only because geographically it makes the most sense. Auburn's Rivals are NOT mainly in the EAST. Miss state is the longest rivalry after UGA, followed by Bama. So 2 out our top 3 rivals are west teams and that's the most rational argument for Auburn staying the west. That and it just looks awesome on paper to say you are in the best division in college football and being able to compete for chips year in and out.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:30 am to AeroSpaceTiger
I would love for Auburn to have the opportunity to lose to Bama twice in the same season.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:30 am to AeroSpaceTiger
I hope you do move just so we don't have to see anymore threads on the subject. Bye.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:31 am to piggilicious
Please, start a thread with a topic you'd like to discuss.
I can't wait to read what interesting things you have to say :)
I can't wait to read what interesting things you have to say :)
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:32 am to Rhino5
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Keep the Iron Bowl and play 9 conference games like Saban wants. That's the best solution.
I actually prefer the current situation.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:33 am to Crowknowsbest
Yes I love playing against SEC west schools once every 6 years
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:34 am to CNB
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Yes I love playing against SEC west schools once every 6 years
I'd rather have the opportunity to play a cool OOC game every once in a while than not have that opportunity. I don't really care about playing most SEC West schools any more often than we already do.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:35 am to Rhino5
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No one can. TSIO is a lopsided shite show. And God who wants to go to Columbia and College Station.
I really don't care about this issue that much but you're full of shite with this post. Just on this thread I've seen more discrete reasons on why it's a bad idea than why it's a good one. It makes the divisions extremely unbalanced, from a historical perspective. The Big 6 is an actual thing, we've seen that play out over and over. I do think UT will come back but even if not, look at the SEC west if Auburn were to move. Ole Miss is about to be a complete afterthought. A&M hasn't shown they can really do anything (although they do have potential). Mizzu...just no. And Alabama is obviously due for a big step back when Saban retires.
In other words, I disagree with some on here saying AU just wants an easier path. I think over the long run this would create an East that is far superior to the West.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 9:44 am
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:35 am to AeroSpaceTiger
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:35 am to CNB
Why not just make Bama play Aub & UT every year. Everyone else can rotate. That way the west and east can play more often with the exception of the schools with perm rivals.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 9:36 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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"I would want to preserve the Auburn-Alabama rivalry, however we could do that. … The Auburn-Alabama game right now, it just means too much to too many people to give that up. I think there are other ways that we could possibly change without having to give that rivalry up."
Yeah Jacobs totally wants to give up the iron bowl.
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