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Countdown to Kickoff: 53 Days

The Countdown to Kickoff goes from one SEC Championship season (2010) yesterday, to another one today (2004). It was a revenge game in Atlanta for the Tigers as they took on Tennessee in the SEC Championship in a rematch of the 1997 affair.

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2004 was freaking awesome. As crazy and tense as 2010 was, 2004 was calm destruction of everyone. Looking back, the nerve-wracking normal that’s become Auburn football hadn’t quite been established yet. Auburn had just a few close calls, and only a few sweaty moments overall as Tommy Tuberville’s sixth team steam-rolled through the rest of the SEC.