re: Why did we never play Auburn before divisons?

Not just since 1971. We actually had a pretty good streak going even before then. From 1953-1967 we played without interruption. So we've basically played continuously since 1953 with a small 4 year break in the late 60's. Why people want to drop this game amazes me. It's a good game and I like to keep playing them. What really needs to happen is evening out the playing field by having more rotating opponents for each team.