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Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:53 am to Carolina_Girl
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:54 am to weagle99
I don't think any Alabama people have a problem with the singular issue of Auburn moving to the East.
Our problem is with the dominoes issues it creates re: out of division games as our 2 biggest rivals would now be in a different division.
Our problem is with the dominoes issues it creates re: out of division games as our 2 biggest rivals would now be in a different division.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:57 am to cave canem
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My best guess on each school's reaction to Auburn moving East by cave canem
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We consistently have one of the harder schedules in the nation. If we move to the east we will continue to have the same.
Nice talking point but the only way this is possible is if the divisions were equally competitive, we all know that is false and has been for at least a decade.
Every single west team was good enough to have won the east at some point in the last 10 years, please let me know which season TN, Vandy, or KY would have even been competitive in the west.
& the East dominated the West the prior decade.
Your point is.....?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 11:58 am to TIGERSPIKE
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Just to educate some fans of each team about AU's situation. We have very little history with any team in the West outside of Alabama and State and the divisions all but killed the Tennessee and Florida series which were both great rivalries (especially UF). Yes, we got to keep our two biggest rivals in UA/UGA but we also sacrificed more than any other team IMO. Geographically it makes sense for everyone and it gives AU all its rivals back on a yearly basis (Which is what AU wants, no one wants to dodge Bama, not even Dye). Auburn has always played one of the tougher SEC schedules and we want those historic games back. Obviously losing LSU would suck because it has become a big game but outside of the last 15 years or so it hasn't been a traditional rivalry. The bottom three games against Vandy,UK,USC, would be worse than OM, MSU, Arky but AU fans would gleefully give up those games to regain UF and UT and play Bama,UT,UF,UGA on a yearly basis.
Well said.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 12:01 pm to Sunbeam
Why didn't they just pair Mizz./TA&M?
Easiest solution.
Easiest solution.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 12:15 pm to southernboisb
would Tenn support the move? if Auburn plays Bama every year the Vols get out of playing the Tide every year. how would the regular cross division games shake out.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 4:46 pm to Buddy2012
Huh? Instead of switching SC's cross rival, just pair up the 2 new teams (Mizz./TA&M) when they joined.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 7:12 pm to RocketBallz
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Not sure who the new perm rival from the East would be, maybe UK
Easy! UGA. Auburn would lose them as a cross rival so Mizzou picks them up. The last two years have been close games as well. SC would also be a good cross rival for Mizzou.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 7:29 pm to MIZZOU_JP
Every team in the west could benefit by moving to the east, and thus enjoying an easier path to the championship game and/ or playoff. This is reliably true year in and out.
No wonder AU wants to make the move.
No wonder AU wants to make the move.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 7:34 pm to nitwit
Not sure that playing Bama and Georgia every year plus the resurgent East will make our schedule much easier.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 7:48 pm to jangalang
It does not matter to me one bit, I am ok either way. Everyone keeps saying how much sense it makes for Auburn to be in the east, because they border GA, students from Tennessee, Florida etc. One point that no one has brought up as far as logistics go, is what sense does it make for two teams from the same state, less than 3 hours apart to be in a different division?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:14 pm to amders44
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amders44
My best guess on each school's reaction to Auburn moving East
It does not matter to me one bit, I am ok either way. Everyone keeps saying how much sense it makes for Auburn to be in the east, because they border GA, students from Tennessee, Florida etc. One point that no one has brought up as far as logistics go, is what sense does it make for two teams from the same state, less than 3 hours apart to be in a different division?
THANK YOU!!!
Hince why the SEC WON'T break up Miss./MSU nor TN/Vandy.....both pairs are in-state schools. I have been arguing that point forever!
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:22 pm to amders44
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what sense does it make for two teams from the same state, less than 3 hours apart to be in a different division?
Could guarantee that the state wins the SEC Championship some years.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:33 pm to ForeverGator
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Didn't the meetings end already? This is a topic for next season now.
It's too late this season anyway. Next years schedules have already been released. It's eventually going to happen.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:38 pm to weagle99
Honestly, since the creation of divisions, the schedules have changed quite a bit.
Arkansas has two former permanent opponents that we no longer play annually: South Carolina (phased out during expansion) and Tennessee (phased out when we all went from two permanent opponents to one, sometime last decade).
At this point, what difference does it make?
Not much. It isn't like there is a long-standing tradition between Auburn and any of the western teams other than Alabama. 25 years, no care. We played Carolina just as often until the Big 12 expansion.
Arkansas has two former permanent opponents that we no longer play annually: South Carolina (phased out during expansion) and Tennessee (phased out when we all went from two permanent opponents to one, sometime last decade).
At this point, what difference does it make?
Not much. It isn't like there is a long-standing tradition between Auburn and any of the western teams other than Alabama. 25 years, no care. We played Carolina just as often until the Big 12 expansion.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:43 pm to weagle99
I like going to Auburn every two years, but other than that, I wouldn't care.
It would give us an easier schedule, that's for sure. We'd have like 1.5 hard games against the West every year.
Sure, we're still never winning the West as long as daddy Saban is around, but it would make getting to 10 wins a whole lot easier; which will get you New Year's Six possibilities and outside chance at the playoff in some years.
It would give us an easier schedule, that's for sure. We'd have like 1.5 hard games against the West every year.
Sure, we're still never winning the West as long as daddy Saban is around, but it would make getting to 10 wins a whole lot easier; which will get you New Year's Six possibilities and outside chance at the playoff in some years.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 10:28 pm to TIGERSPIKE
All trolling aside I made sure to catch the AU-Fla game every year back in the day as it was always a battle and great game, hated it getting killed.
We need to go back to two rotating opponents though, Bama is just going to have to suck it up buttercup.
We need to go back to two rotating opponents though, Bama is just going to have to suck it up buttercup.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 10:32 pm to weagle99
Support: Auburn
Oppose: Alabama, Tennessee
Neutral: Everyone else
Oppose: Alabama, Tennessee
Neutral: Everyone else
Posted on 6/2/17 at 9:38 am to Buddy2012
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would Tenn support the move? if Auburn plays Bama every year the Vols get out of playing the Tide every year. how would the regular cross division games shake out.
I think Tennessee (fans, at least) would support the move. Remember that UT played Auburn every year from 1956-1991. Even though we've played Florida every year for the last quarter century...we haven't played them more times than we've played Auburn.
As a matter of fact, UT has played Auburn more times than they have played Georgia. I would love to see that game renewed as an annual event.
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