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January 12, 2007

Auburn still has 2 open slots on their '07 schedule


Auburn's AD Jay Jacobs says road games are for chumps
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make
as they fly by." -- Douglas Adams (author)

"How does a project get to be a year behind schedule?
One day at a time." -- Fred Brooks (former IBM scientist)
I'm very familiar with the whole procrastination scene. In fact, I'll blog about that one day if I ever get around to it. But procrastination has been taken to a whole new level in the sports world by Auburn's Athletic Department.

We're less than nine months away from the start of the football season, and the TigerPlainsEaglesJungleDwellersMen still have two open slots on their home schedule for 2007.

Auburn's current home football schedule consists of:
    South Florida
    New Mexico State
    Vanderbilt
    Mississippi
    Mississippi State
    Alabama
Let's start from the top with what's wrong with this scenario. First off, nine months away and still two open slots? One open slot isn't totally uncommon. We didn't nail our 12th game until a few weeks ago. But two? That's requires being totally asleep at the wheel. or......

Secondly, Auburn is trying to land two more home games. EIGHT HOME GAMES? Seriously? Hey Auburn, if you're wondering why you're struggling with the schedule, it's because you're not returning games. The 8th home game is part of Auburn's strategy to raise ticket prices without raising ticket prices.

Georgia went damn near 50 years without traveling outside the South. So we're a bit of an expert on the topic. However, since the release of the 12 game schedule experiment, we've booked home/away series with Clemson (twice), Colorado, Oklahoma State, Arizona State, Louisville and Oregon. If you want to fix your schedule issues, you're going to have to accept the fact that 7 home games is enough.

Thank heavens for Damon Evans and crew. We're finally getting to schedule decent teams, and we're not seeing the bumbling keystone cops articles as much anymore. Plus, we've got quality non-conference games booked through 2016. Auburn...not so much.

For a quality Auburn perspective on this check out the AU FanHouse.

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