Pat Dye: 'We don't need to let Alabama dictate what we do at Auburn'

Pat Dye isn't backing down from his belief Auburn should move to the SEC East.

In fact, he said Auburn shouldn't let Alabama dictate what the Tigers do.

Last week, the former Auburn coach said Auburn and Missouri should trade places in the SEC East and West divisions.

On his weekly radio show, which airs later Wednesday evening, he re-iterated that point.

"I'm fixing to make a statement that won't be a popular statement, I guarantee you," Dye said. "I'd rather see Auburn in the East than us play Alabama every year. I know the Iron Bowl, (and) I'm not the least bit afraid of Auburn playing Alabama. We can play them on a rotating basis like everyone else."

The current set-up was approved in order to help preserve inter-division rivalry games, such as Georgia-Auburn and Tennessee-Alabama.

"If we do what we are supposed to do and Alabama does what they are supposed to do, we play them one time a year anyway in Atlanta."

Dye said Auburn recruits in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, so being in the East is a natural fit. He pointed out the Tigers don't recruit Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

"We don't need to let Alabama dictate what we do at Auburn," Dye said. "That's what happened when they divided the teams up in the conference."

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