The Auburn Tigers announced they had done something the Alabama Crimson Tide refuses to do on Thursday: they scheduled a school from the Yellowhammer State on their future football schedule. Auburn will host the Troy Trojans at Jordan-Hare Stadium on September 6, 2031.
Troy AD Kyle George was extremely complimentary of AU AD John Cohen for working to get that game on the schedule.
“This is a marquee game that I know will excite our fan base,” George said. “This is a great in-state matchup that our fans will travel exceptionally well to, and that will spark great interest from both fan bases. Thank you to Auburn Director of Athletics John Cohen and his staff for working with us to make this game a reality.”
Take notes, Greg Byrne. Actually, Byrne is fully aware of what he's doing, so no amount of note-taking would move the needle for the state's flagship UA institution. The Crimson Tide just don't want to spread the wealth in-state.
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Former Jacksonville State Gamecocks head coach Rich Rodriguez once said that "if they want to pay me $2 million, I'll be down there on Saturday and Sunday, I'll play them twice, get $4 million and have a great time. I'll even sing Roll Tide for them if they want."
There was no response from the school, but Bama Hammer's John Mitchell summed up the frustration well from the Tide side last year.
"Obviously, the University of Alabama is under no obligation to help the other in-state schools, but isn't it the right thing to do? Wouldn't we rather support the in-state programs and help them flourish instead of sending the money outside of our borders? It feels like a microcosm of the issue the state has in general, with every state bordering Alabama allowing lottery and gambling, which prompts millions of dollars per year to escape a state that could use every penny toward the public school system," Mitchell wrote.
As long as UAT lets the money leave the state, they are the bad guys on this issue.
War Eagle to Auburn playing any and all competition, especially in-state schools.