K-State game may be moved to Thursday Night.

[dallaswareagle]

Anyone have thoughts of going?

Was planning on it and making it a long weekend, but now? Don't know.

[Godfather]

Was planning on it and making it a long weekend, but now? Don't know.

You and Uncle Sani....you can't measure that amount of keeness.

[AUChizad]

Of moderate concern:
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2014/02/moving_the_kansas_state_game_t.html

Doesn't Auburn know Thursday nights are where top-10 teams go to die? (Kevin Scarbinsky)
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Kansas State's Bill Snyder is one of the best coaches in college football. (AP photo)

Kevin Scarbinsky February 03, 2014 at 5:36 PM

Auburn’s road back to the national championship game to finish the job next season already was a challenge.

It got a little more challenging Monday.

As if playing away from home at Kansas State, at Georgia and at Alabama wasn’t tough enough, it's now official that the K-State game will be played on Thursday night Sept. 18.

Why? Because ESPN said so.

Why does the date matter? Because Thursday nights on the road are where top-10 teams go to die.

Ask Oregon. The No. 3 Ducks were undefeated when they flew into Stanford last season for a Thursday night made-for-TV matchup. They left with their wings and their national title hopes clipped.

Stanford also is in touch with that emotion. Two years ago, the No. 8 Cardinal took an early exit from the national title hunt when they lost on a Thursday night at Washington.

There’s something about a weeknight game on the road on ESPN that jazzes up the home crowd and the home underdog. At least one top-10 team has lost on the road on a Thursday or Friday night for at least the last five straight seasons.

Kansas State’s already pumping up its people. AD John Currie sent out a letter Monday explaining to his fan base why the school agreed to move the Auburn game from its original Saturday date to a Thursday.

“Bill Snyder Family Stadium will be the focus of the college football world that evening, and the chance to host the reigning SEC Champion on ESPN's Thursday night platform in what will be one of the best non-conference matchups in the country next season is a terrific and unique opportunity for K-State,” Currie wrote.

He went into even greater detail.

“First, playing on Thursday (occasionally) as one of only a couple of games nationally provides enormously more exposure for K-State and Manhattan in general rather than being one of several dozen games on Saturday. Schools very similar to K-State, like Virginia Tech and Clemson, have dramatically enhanced their programs' (and school) national brand position over the last 20 years by playing Thursday night games at home almost every year.

“As we enter the College Football Playoff era, strength of schedule will be more important than ever, while our returning stars like Tyler Lockett and Ryan Mueller will have a great chance to earn more national credibility on a wider stage.”

In other words, Auburn better be ready because the Tigers, who should be undefeated and ranked in the top 5 when they travel to Manhattan, will be walking into a trap.

Give Jay Jacobs and Gus Malzahn credit for taking on the challenge of playing a true road game, rather than one of those neutral-site classics that have become so popular and lucrative, as the return for Kansas State’s visit to Auburn in 2007.

Auburn barely survived to win that game 23-13, and Kansas State is a far better program now since the return of the esteemed Bill Snyder as head coach. Fortunately for Auburn, the Tigers have upgraded themselves.

Fun fact: Since Snyder came back to coach the Wildcats in 2009, their record is remarkably similar to Auburn’s. Over the last five years, Auburn is 45-21 overall to K-State’s 42-22. K-State is 27-16 in the Big 12 to Auburn’s 24-18 SEC record.

Auburn has hit the higher notes, with two SEC championships and one BCS title in that span to one Big 12 title for Kansas State, but this trip promises to be the toughest road test for the Tigers outside the SEC in years.

Not to mention, does anyone remember what happened the last time Auburn played a Thursday night non-conference road game? Tommy Tuberville would prefer to forget. His last Auburn team led West Virginia 17-3 before getting run over 34-17 in 2008.

It’s a new day at Auburn, but Thursday hasn’t changed. Even for a top-10 football team, it’s still a dangerous night.

Also of note, Auburn hasn't beaten an OOC opponent at their home in 17 years.

Hasn't happened since Virginia in the 1997 opener.

Fuck amighty.
 

[Tiger Wench]

Of moderate concern:
Also of note, Auburn hasn't beaten an OOC opponent at their home in 17 years.

Hasn't happened since Virginia in the 1997 opener.

Fuck amighty.
 

It's a new day.

[wesfau2]

Of moderate concern:
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2014/02/moving_the_kansas_state_game_t.html
Also of note, Auburn hasn't beaten an OOC opponent at their home in 17 years.

Hasn't happened since Virginia in the 1997 opener.

Fuck amighty.
 

Judas, dude.  We lost the national championship by a mommy part hair and you're sweating a trip to the Little Apple...in February...before signing day/spring practice/summer arrests?

[Godfather]

Judas, dude.  We lost the national championship by a mommy part hair and you're sweating a trip to the Little Apple...in February...before signing day/spring practice/summer arrests?

So 6 wins then?

[AWK]

Judas, dude.  We lost the national championship by a mommy part hair and you're sweating a trip to the Little Apple...in February...before signing day/spring practice/summer arrests?

Life's hard when you're on the run.

[AUChizad]

Judas, dude.  We lost the national championship by a mommy part hair and you're sweating a trip to the Little Apple...in February...before signing day/spring practice/summer arrests?

Just sayin. I could not drive a car the last time we beat ANY OOC opponent in their house.

Combine that with the stat that a Top 10 team has been upset on a Thurs/Fri game every single year in the last five years, and I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.

It'll be nice to break both streaks.

[GH2001]

Just sayin. I could not drive a car the last time we beat ANY OOC opponent in their house.

Combine that with the stat that a Top 10 team has been upset on a Thurs/Fri game every single year in the last five years, and I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.

It'll be nice to break both streaks.

Also to note. No one on this planet had seen the Seahawks win a Super Bowl before Sunday night.

Past trends are just that. No way I can hold what tubs and gene did in OOC away games against Gus now. New day my man.

[Pell City Tiger]

Of moderate concern:
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2014/02/moving_the_kansas_state_game_t.html
Also of note, Auburn hasn't beaten an OOC opponent at their home in 17 years.

Hasn't happened since Virginia in the 1997 opener.

Fuck amighty.
 

0-7 during this stretch.

It's time for a cool change.

[DnATL]

0-7 during this stretch.

It's time for a cool change.

can only recall 5 of those off-hand
'cuse, usc, gt, wv, clempson

what were the other 2?

[Pell City Tiger]

UVA
USC
GT
Clemson (Atlanta & at Clemson)
Syracuse
WV

[DnATL]

UVA
USC
GT
Clemson (Atlanta & at Clemson)
Syracuse
WV

Oh, I was following the criteria in the article - losses in true road games.  So, bowl or neutral-site chicken game against clempson would not count, and Auburn won in Charlottesville in '97 - lost the return in Auburn the next year to start half-pint's half-season

Regardless, 0-and-whatever needs to stop sharpish.  At K-State and at Wassu need to be wins (I think the latter is technically not a true road game on-campus in Pullman, but Seattle is so damn far from Auburn it should count)

[djsimp]

I highly doubt Gus lets AU get beat by K-State regardless of what night it is on. From everything I have read, the AU players are nose to the grind stone ready for 2014 Fall as we speak. Basically, the BSCNCG loss might very well be a blessing in disguise.

[Saniflush]

Just sayin. I could not drive a car the last time we beat ANY OOC opponent in their house.

You also had not been laid the last time we started the season with a conference opponent.  I would be more worried about the piggies than I would be about kitty kats.

[GH2001]

You also had not been laid the last time we started the season with a conference opponent.  I would be more worried about the piggies than I would be about kitty kats.

this ^^^

In general, no...but to open the season against them before the kinks are worked out, yes.