AUTiger789
| Favorite team: | Auburn  |
| Location: | Birmingham, AL |
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| Number of Posts: | 1559 |
| Registered on: | 4/25/2022 |
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re: Wait, The 1939 Aggie team ducked Tennessee?
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/3/24 at 9:01 am
Bowl games were literal exhibitions in those days. The AP National Title trophy had already been awarded to A&M.
I’d have picked 1939 New Orleans over 1939 Dallas too… Dallas was an outpost back then and New Orleans was twice its size....
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re: The upcoming loss of the OU-Ok State rivalry reminds me of a once-classic SEC rivalry....
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/2/24 at 7:58 am
[quote]Seems strange to see "GT" & "SEC rivalry" in the same sentence.[/quote]
They were once one of the league’s power programs. They have 5 SEC titles and haven’t been in the conference since 1963....
re: The upcoming loss of the OU-Ok State rivalry reminds me of a once-classic SEC rivalry....
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 8:10 pm
[quote]Losing the Auburn rivalry REally hurt, I and most of our fanbase absolutely hate that Tech left the SEC. We did try to come back twice, maybe the 3rd time will be a charm ??[/quote]
Only way it happens is if there is a total remodel of college football into an NFL, AFC/NFC model with 20-2...
re: Regarding the whole Bruce Pearl/Nate Oats comparison
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 7:59 pm
[quote]Other than Pearl's 1 magical run to the Final 4 in 2019 and his 2 SEC regular season titles compared to Wimp's 1, Wimp has the better resume.[/quote]
The SEC only had 10 teams for almost 100% of Wimp’s tenure. The fact Wimp only won one regular season title in an SEC that featured no Arka...
re: The upcoming loss of the OU-Ok State rivalry reminds me of a once-classic SEC rivalry....
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 7:11 pm
Had Georgia Tech not left the SEC, it would be interesting to have seen how future expansion would have played out. I assume South Carolina would have not been invited to the SEC.
Additionally, I think Auburn would likely have been placed in the East. Auburn should have been in the East anyway ...
re: 2024 marks the 25th year of this Century
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 5:56 pm
Fixed back...
re: 2024 marks the 25th year of this Century
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 5:22 pm
Sorry. Fixed....
2024 marks the 25th year of this Century
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 5:06 pm
A recap of the SEC and how SEC teams have looked so far this century (24 seasons):
[b][u]SEC Championships:[/u][/b]
9- Alabama
5- LSU
4- Georgia
3- Auburn, Florida
If someone had told you the morning of December 8, 2001 that in the year 2024 Tennessee would have zero SEC football tit...
re: The upcoming loss of the OU-Ok State rivalry reminds me of a once-classic SEC rivalry....
Posted by AUTiger789 on 5/1/24 at 3:27 pm
Yes. It’s a shame we’ve lost so many annual rivalries.
To my grandparents, Georgia and Georgia Tech were our two biggest rivals (we didn’t start playing Bama again until 1948)....
re: Individual games that cost your team a National Title
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 2:21 pm
[quote]And they beat the #1 team which leapfrogged them all the way up. Still would have happened.[/quote]
It was ridiculous for that to happen, but the only way it was justified was because all teams in question had 1 loss.
Miami’s one loss was to Florida (who AU beat)
Nebraska’s one loss wa...
re: Individual games that cost your team a National Title
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 2:10 pm
[quote]Miami beat the #1 team in their bowl game. You'd have been #2.[/quote]
Miami was #5 going into that bow game. Auburn not winning the ‘83 title is considered by many to be the greatest skrewjob in the history of CFB.
The only reason Miami was able to jump that high up the rankings is b...
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 12:35 pm
[quote]For about 20 years it was "the road team almost always wins."[/quote]
Yes. That was from 1976-2002.
Georgia went 8-3-2 in Auburn during that stretch.
Auburn went 11-2 in Athens during that stretch.
Wild at the time…. That was basically 27 consecutive seasons of crazy upsets against...
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 12:29 pm
For those who love history, check out this synopsis of the 1899 game, written back in 2013 by the historian, WarEagle Reader on his blog.
[link=(https://www.thewareaglereader.com/2013/11/the-deep-souths-miscounted-rivalry-auburns-1899-win-over-georgia-was-somehow-erased-from-the-record-books/)]LI...
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 12:24 pm
Based on my math, the points were the closest in 2001 when 1 point separated the two teams.
At that time, Auburn led the series 51-46-8. Georgia however led in points 1562-1561....
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 12:18 pm
Some stats:
Georgia leads the series 64-56-8
[b][u]# of games by location:[/u][/b]
39- Columbus, GA
34- Athens, GA
33- Auburn, AL
14- Atlanta, GA
4- Macon, GA
2- Montgomery, AL
2- Savannah, GA
[b][u]Some History of the Swings of Power:[/u][/b]
Auburn won the first game in 18...
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 11:35 am
SEC vs SEC rivalries with at least 100 meetings:
128- Auburn vs Georgia
120- Ole Miss vs Miss St
119- Oklahoma vs Texas
119- Kentucky vs Tennessee
118- Texas vs Texas A&M
118- Tennessee vs Vanderbilt
117- LSU vs Miss St
112- LSU vs Ole Miss
108- Alabama vs Miss St
106- Alabama ...
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 11:28 am
Major College football’s oldest rivalries ranked by # of meetings:
133- Minnesota vs Wisconsin
128- Auburn vs Georgia
128- N Carolina vs Virginia
127- Cincinnati vs Miami (OH)
125- Indiana vs Purdue
124- Army vs Navy
121- Kansas vs Kansas St
120- Clemson vs S Carolina
120- Ole Mi...
re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 11:17 am
Auburn and Georgia need to jointly announce that we’re changing the name to “The South’s Oldest Rivalry.”
Currently North Carolina vs Virginia claims this moniker, but it rightly belongs to Auburn vs Georgia.
Auburn and Georgia first played on February 20, 1892. UNC and Virginia first played ...
re: Individual games that cost your team a National Title
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 10:42 am
[quote]2013 Auburn lost to FSU in the title game[/quote]
Yes. Which is why it’s listed as a loss that cost Auburn a national title....
re: Individual games that cost your team a National Title
Posted by AUTiger789 on 4/30/24 at 10:40 am
[quote]Rose bowl champ a piece of natty .as is 37 cal bears. Dunkel helms[/quote]
No one regards Cal 1937 champs.
Dunkel and Helms didn’t even exist in 1937 for that matter....
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