3 Things That Worry Me About Auburn

Photo by Michael Chang/Getty ImagesHere is what I’m NOT worried about the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry:

1) The complaints around the “coming off a bye” stuff. The 2019 Georgia Bulldogs are once again facing an opponent that had a bye week immediately prior. It seems 4 other teams had the same scheduling whimsy. My response: so what?

With restrictions on when practice and games can begin and end, there are only so many weeks available for college football. Built in are (usually) 2 bye weeks. Your conference, in our case the braintrust in Birmingham, dictates which conference games you will play and when. The SEC now has requirements on your out of conference opponent choices. With all those…