Go East young man

[Saniflush]

Georgia-Auburn game could be sacrificed in SEC scheduling


There is a chance that SEC conference expansion will claim one significant victim: The Georgia-Auburn series.

Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said Wednesday that SEC athletic directors will meet near the end of the month to discuss future football scheduling. With the conference’s addition of Texas A&M and Missouri, the two biggest questions: 1) Will the SEC go to a nine-game conference schedule? 2) Will expansion force for the end of the SEC’s annual East-West rivalry games of Georgia-Auburn and Alabama-Tennessee?

Answer to No. 1: Probably not.

Answer to No. 2: Possibly.

Georgia-Auburn is known as the “Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry,” dating back to 1892. They have played every year since 1898, with three exceptions: 1917, 1918 and 1943. The reasons: World War I and World War II. It appears “Conference Armageddon” may have an equal impact.

The ACC recently announced that teams will begin playing nine-game conference schedules when Pittsburgh and Syracuse officially join the league. McGarity is against the SEC increasing from eight-game schedules and does not sense there’s any movement in that direction. He said nine conference games might necessitate schools dropping a traditional local rivalry. Examples: Georgia-Georgia Tech, Florida-Florida State and South-Carolina-Clemson.

The future of Georgia-Auburn is less certain. Expansion will lead to schools playing six games against division opponents and two against the opposite division.  (The current breakdown is five-three.) But there are only two traditional East-West rivalries in the SEC, which could lead to schools rotating opponents from the opposite division.

“I think if you ask Alabama and Tennessee, like us and Auburn, we’d like to retain the games,” McGarity said. “But does that work? What do the other 10 schools think? Those four schools like having those games but there’s no other East-West match-up that has that piece of history to it. So I don’t where that fits in.”

He said athletic directors will study “numerous models” when they meet.

“With 14 teams, not everybody will be happy,” he said. “Some will have a problem with everything. But we’ll make decisions based on the best situation of the league.”

[AUChizad]

With every day since the rumors first started swirling, I hate A&M and Missouri more for watering down our conference.

Losing the deep south's oldest rivalry will hurt.

If we go east, we lose the Iron Bowl.

[AUJarhead]

If we go east, we lose the Iron Bowl.

Unless we go to 16 teams, and Auburn and Alabama move to the East.  And I think we'll be at 16 inside of 5 years.

[djsimp]

Unless we go to 16 teams, and Auburn and Alabama move to the East.  And I think we'll be at 16 inside of 5 years.

I agree with this except for I think we'll be at 16 in two years.

[The Six]

If we go east, we lose the Iron Bowl.

I wish Alabama would just join Notre Dame in the land of Independents. They operate outside of the rules and they all think they don't need the conference, I say let 'em crash and go. 

[Saniflush]

I really don't care if the Iron Bowl goes away. 

[AUTiger1]

With every day since the rumors first started swirling, I hate A&M and Missouri more for watering down our conference.

Losing the deep south's oldest rivalry will hurt.

If we go east, we lose the Iron Bowl.

I would rather us go east.  I want to play UF and UT again every year.   I don't see why we can't move east and keep them as our annual divisional opponent.  I know that would mean they would lose UT, but fuck them and what they want.

[djsimp]

I would rather us go east.  I want to play UF and UT again every year.   I don't see why we can't move east and keep them as our annual divisional opponent.  I know that would mean they would lose UT, but fuck them and what they want.

And there is also this.

[Townhallsavoy]

I really don't care if the Iron Bowl goes away.

Same here. 

The only downside is that every year we'll have to hear about how Alabama would have definitely beat our ass no matter what the records were.

[The Six]

And there is also this.

and this

[Saniflush]

Same here. 

The only downside is that every year we'll have to hear about how Alabama would have definitely beat our ass no matter what the records were.

What's the difference?  We only beat them when they are down anyway.

Everyone seems to forget that we already gave up two big rivals the last time conference expansion happened.  Had Florida and Tennessee every year.  But at least Alabama was able to keep that burning rivalry between them and Vanderbilt going.

[Kaos]

and this

What does an Andy Griffith made of butter have to do with anything? 

If you're ranking SEC games I want to keep/restore it would go like this:

1) Georgia
2) Tennessee
3) LSU
4) FSU
5) Alabama
6) Florida
7) Georgia Tech
8) MSU
9) Clemson
10) Ole Miss
11) South Carolina
12) Arkansas
13) Vandy
14) Kentucky
15) Texas


I could give a shit about ever playing A&M or Mizzou.

[dallaswareagle]

Same here. 

The only downside is that every year we'll have to hear about how Alabama would have definitely beat our ass no matter what the records were.

That happens now. Even after we beat them.

[GH2001]

Agree with Chizad. Makes me go "giving up all this just to add fucking mizzou?"

I was against it then. If AU/UGA is lost, I will hate it.

[jmar]

Fuck Christian Slater

East                                                       

Auburn
Georgia
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Florida
South Carolina

West

Alabama
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Arkansas
Missouri
Texas A&M



14 teams
13 opponents
8 conference games
3 constant rivals-two from the other division
alternate the other 5 every two years
 
How is this not equitable?

And if you add two more teams...

16 teams
15 opponents
9 conference games
3 constant rivals-two from the other division
rotate the other six every three years and you resume each series opposite of the location of where the previous game was played

...or something to this effect.

[Token]

Auburn should go east and leave Missouri/A&M in the west.  Fuck the Iron Bowl.  It needs another 40 year break.

[jmar]

Auburn should go east and leave Missouri/A&M in the west.  Fuck the Iron Bowl.  It needs another 40 year break.

Nope, can't give the Turds an uncontested champinship. Fought too hard to give this one up so easilly I say, but I seem to be in the minority.

[Godfather]

Auburn should go east and leave Missouri/A&M in the west.  Fuck the Iron Bowl.  It needs another 40 year break.

I blame the NtY foundation.

[Snaggletiger]

I blame the NtY foundation.

Those guys are badasses.  They get shit done.

[Saniflush]

Those guys are badasses.  They get shit done.

Pot stirrers and line steppers if you ask me.