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Time to Name Your Opponents

There is no place like home.

The SEC has made it official. Eight conference games with each school having one permanent cross division rival and rotating the rest of the opposite division. There is one caveat; Each school must now schedule at least one "Out of Conference" (OOC) opponent from any of the following conferences. ACC, B1G, Big 12, or PAC 12. 

The thinking is that the strength of schedule will factor into the playoff committee members selection. This is the first year of the new format for determining the national champion of college football. 

With this in mind, there are some interesting options for teams in the SEC as to the scheduling of these OOC games. I want to give you the readers a chance to tell us who you would like to see Auburn play in these games.

As an added bonus, let us know about some of the other teams in our division of the SEC West, and who you think they should play.

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I have already gone on record as stating that I would love to see a renewal of the "Wreck Tech" parade and a rotation with Georgia Tech on a home and home basis. We could schedule them at JHS on the years that we play UGA and Bama on the road. It would help with season ticket sales as well. My schedule looks something like this.

2016 Ga. Tech at Auburn
2017 Auburn at Ga. Tech
2018 Northwestern at Auburn 
2019 Auburn at Northwestern
2020 Ga. Tech at Auburn
2021 Auburn at Ga. Tech

The above example shows where I intend to renew the rivalry with Ga. Tech, and include some quality OOC games from the other conferences as well. In the even numbered years those OOC games can held at JHS. Those are the years that we play Bama and UGA on the road. In the odd numbered years, we can visit their venues, and allow Auburn fans a chance to see some of the other college campuses we might not otherwise get the chance to see. 

Now it's your turn. This should be a lot of fun.

The Spartans of San Jose State

Auburn is set to host San Jose State on September 6th

2014 AUBURN FOOTBALL Overall 0-0 Conf. 0-0 Home 0-0 Away 0-0 Neutral 0-0

Date	Game	Location	Time
08/30/14	vs. Arkansas	Auburn	3:00 p.m. CT
09/06/14	vs. San Jose State	Auburn	TBA
09/18/14	at Kansas State	Manhattan	TBA
09/27/14	vs. Louisiana Tech (HC)	Auburn	TBA
10/04/14	vs. LSU	Auburn	TBA
10/11/14	at Mississippi State	Starkville	TBA
10/25/14	vs. South Carolina	Auburn	TBA
11/01/14	at Ole Miss	Oxford	TBA
11/08/14	vs. Texas A&M	Auburn	TBA
11/15/14	at Georgia	Athens	TBA
11/22/14	vs. Samford	Auburn	TBA
11/29/14	at Alabama	Tuscaloosa	TBA
SEC Championship Game
12/06/14	SEC East vs. SEC West	Atlanta	TBA

 In case you missed our start of this series, we have already talked about the season opener against Arkansas.  Next up for our Tigers is a home game against San Jose State(SJSt). SJSt finished the 2013 season 6-6 with a final game victory over Fresno State by a score of 62-52.

The Spartans have a high powered offense that averaged 32.4 points per game last year. Their defense however averaged giving up more than 35 points per game, and ranked 104th in scoring defense. If SJSt wants to leave JHS with a win, the west coast Spartans will need to do much better than that.

This will be the second year under their coach  Ron Caragher. Their Defensive Coordinator is 2 time Super Bowl Champion DC Greg Robinson. Robinson has coached on four NFL teams. History tells us that teams make a huge jump in improvement during their second year with new coaches. This team should know the coaches systems well.


Auburn will be able to let the starters rest some in this one late, and get the back ups some game time in front of the home crowd. Playing in Jordan-Hare Stadium the Spartans are likely to be playing in front of the largest crowd many of their players will get to experience in their careers. Lets make sure they remember the experience. Be loud!

I always find pride in the fact that many fan bases that visit JHS for the first time, are very complimentary of our Southern Hospitality. Lets make sure to roll out the welcome mats for their fans.

Welcome to Auburn. We sure hope the rest of your season is enjoyable.

War Eagle!

Coach Malzahn in Dothan, AL

Gus Malzahn visited Dothan, AL as one of the Tiger Trek Tour stops. Listen in as he takes questions from the local media.