GAME Kiffin in Knoxville

[Wild Turkey]

Call me when you have Alabama, Georgia, and LSU back to back to back on your schedule. On paper, you have tougher teams on your schedule but you don't have them all at once in a row. Auburn usually get most of them in November versus September/October time frame which is a HUGE difference. Your tough opponents are usually spread out. For example you had Georgia in October but won't have Alabama until your last game.

True, Tennessee has some easy teams like UK and Vandy but they have traditionally not been on the schedule until November after our team has had its confidence and chances at anything positive dashed.

We played Georgia and Alabama back to back for over 30 years. When we first split into divisions Auburn’s two permanent cross overs were Georgia and Florida.

In 2017 we played Georgia, Alabama then Georgia again.

If you can‘t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. You could go back 30 years and not find one year Tennessee had a tougher overall schedule than Auburn. You get to cruise through Vandy SC, KY and Mizzou every year.

Multiple times recently we have played Clemson, Georgia and Alabama. I suggest you put your big boy pants on and stop crying.

 

[Volbound1700]

We played Georgia and Alabama back to back for over 30 years. When we first split into divisions Auburn’s two permanent cross overs were Georgia and Florida.

In 2017 we played Georgia, Alabama then Georgia again.

If you can‘t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. You could go back 30 years and not find one year Tennessee had a tougher overall schedule than Auburn. You get to cruise through Vandy SC, KY and Mizzou every year.

Multiple times recently we have played Clemson, Georgia and Alabama. I suggest you put your big boy pants on and stop crying.

You don't get Alabama or Georgia in September. Also, you haven't played them back to back in over 15 years. You usually have an FCS team on your schedule before Alabama.

In 2019, you had Samford sandwiched between Alabama and Georgia

In 2018, you had Liberty

Check out the two schedules below as an example. I would put this run by Tennessee over anything Auburn.

Pay special attention to Sept 22-Oct 20 in 2018 or Sept 24-Oct15 in 2016. Let me know when Auburn has a run like that.

 

[Volbound1700]

Let's keep going back, here is 2015. Arkansas breaks the Florida, Georgia, Alabama gauntlet that year. Yeah, our November schedule is nice but people have usually written us off by then because we look 2-4 come week 7. It also dashes your confidence. Even when we got through that gauntlet in 2016, our team had so many injuries that they lost to the lower SEC teams.

 

[Volbound1700]

If you were to rank all of the teams on Auburn and Tennessee's schedule and do a blind power ranking, I would agree that Auburn typically may have a tougher schedule (although not by much as we both have Alabama and Georgia as annual opponents).

The key difference is the placement of the games. You can see Auburn has some of its tougher games more spread out or towards the end of the season. Tennessee doesn't have that advantage. Florida has always been our traditional SEC opener while Auburn has Mississippi State most years as their SEC opener.

 

[Wild Turkey]

You don't get Alabama or Georgia in September. Also, you haven't played them back to back in over 15 years. You usually have an FCS team on your schedule before Alabama.

In 2019, you had Samford sandwiched between Alabama and Georgia

In 2018, you had Liberty

Check out the two schedules below as an example. I would put this run by Tennessee over anything Auburn.

Pay special attention to Sept 22-Oct 20 in 2018 or Sept 24-Oct15 in 2016. Let me know when Auburn has a run like that.

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2018 your schedule was ranked 36th in the country with 11 SEC teams having stronger schedules.

2016 your schedule was harder coming in at 12 but there were still 5 SEC teams that had tougher schedules.

Just put your big boy pants on and stop crying and stop dodging teams like Army because you’re a bunch of pussies

 

[Wild Turkey]

Let's keep going back, here is 2015. Arkansas breaks the Florida, Georgia, Alabama gauntlet that year. Yeah, our November schedule is nice but people have usually written us off by then because we look 2-4 come week 7. It also dashes your confidence. Even when we got through that gauntlet in 2016, our team had so many injuries that they lost to the lower SEC teams.


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2015 Auburn had the toughest schedule in the country and you were 24th with 10 SEC teams with tougher schedules.

 

[CoalTrain]

No...who brings a whole bottle of mustard? lol

It was smuggled in. It was full of liquor.

 

[Volbound1700]

NCAA College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings & Ratings

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2015 Auburn had the toughest schedule in the country and you were 24th with 10 SEC teams with tougher schedules.

You honestly did not read my posts at all .

Pay special attention to Sept 22-Oct 20 in 2018 or Sept 24-Oct15 in 2016. Let me know when Auburn has a run like that.

As pointed out, you have not had to play Florida, Georgia, and Alabama in a row as your first 3 opponents like Tennessee has.

Your SOS rankings are bullshit because they do not take into account WHEN the games are played and what order.

I give it to you that Tennessee has an easy November schedule but what good does that do when you are missing half your roster after the Sept-Oct stretch and are out of any type of race because you started 2-4 or 3-5 or whatever.

Auburn's HUGE advantage is that they do NOT get the teams back-to-back AND Auburn gets their TOUGHER teams in NOVEMBER when your team has usually gelled and developed confidence beating up on easier opponents in the front end schedule.

 

[Wild Turkey]

You honestly did not read my posts at all .

Pay special attention to Sept 22-Oct 20 in 2018 or Sept 24-Oct15 in 2016. Let me know when Auburn has a run like that.

As pointed out, you have not had to play Florida, Georgia, and Alabama in a row as your first 3 opponents like Tennessee has.

Your SOS rankings are bullshit because they do not take into account WHEN the games are played and what order.

I give it to you that Tennessee has an easy November schedule but what good does that do when you are missing half your roster after the Sept-Oct stretch and are out of any type of race because you started 2-4 or 3-5 or whatever.

Auburn's HUGE advantage is that they do NOT get the teams back-to-back AND Auburn gets their TOUGHER teams in NOVEMBER when your team has usually gelled and developed confidence beating up on easier opponents in the front end schedule.

Nobody is reading your posts because they are all whining about how hard your schedule is when I’ve shown you that Tennessee doesn’t even have the toughest schedules in the SEC….by a long shot.

Everything you’ve posted has been pathetic.

I’ve destroyed your argument but you don’t have the brains to realize it.

 

[Volbound1700]

Nobody is reading your posts because they are all whining about how hard your schedule is when I’ve shown you that Tennessee doesn’t even have the toughest schedules in the SEC….by a long shot.

Everything you’ve posted has been pathetic.

I’ve destroyed your argument but you don’t have the brains to realize it.

No you haven't. You missed the whole point.

Granted, I think 90% of the issues are the administration. I will agree with you there. However, you still have not shown me a lineup that competes with the schedule that I showed. I can easily say I destroyed your argument as well.

 

[Wild Turkey]

No you haven't. You missed the whole point.

Granted, I think 90% of the issues are the administration. I will agree with you there. However, you still have not shown me a lineup that competes with the schedule that I showed. I can easily say I destroyed your argument as well.

Kentucky just played Florida, LSU and Georgia bang bang.
Auburn just played LSU in Baton Rouge, Georgia and then Arkansas (who was ranked17th at the time).

Everyone plays these schedules and you aren't unique.