re: What would it take to get Auburn's historical schedule back?

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Auburn played 55 straight road games against Georgia Tech. That's crazy. They were in the same conference too. Auburn tried to get them to play at our stadium and SEC was like, nope. People forget that Ga Tech was Auburn's biggest rival back in the day. It was a mean, nasty rivalry too.

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The SEC didn't set the schedule back in that time--it was simply up to the schools. The only requirement was that you play a minimum of five league games to be eligible for the title.

I'm sure the game was played in Atlanta for money. Back then, the home and visiting teams used to split the gate 50/50, so Auburn would have made more money making the short trip to Atlanta than they would have by having GT come to Auburn. And, I'm sure it was good for Auburn recruiting to play in Atlanta.

Also, remember that during that same time period, UGA played Auburn every year in Columbus, which I suspect was as much about UGA wanting to have some presence in that part of the state as anything else.