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The outside is underwhelming. However, Bama's and UT's are both boring looking brick too. UGA's look kinda cool with a lot of glasswork on the outside (though I'm not sure it is football only -- it might be, not sure). Florida is building theirs right now, they were pretty far behind everyone.

Most everyone except AU. Auburn is way behind the curve here. Almost all the big SEC schools have football only facilities. AU's football team has to share their facility with all other sports. Despite this shortcoming, AU has some other nice stuff which is good enough for 24/7 to rank AU 15th nationally. The following is from 24/7 sports and is based on their rankings. Bama has a football only facility and are ranked 6th nationally. On top of that, Bama has declared they will spend $600 million over the next few years across all sports with the intention of being #1 (across all sports). LSU has had a football only complex for a while but just spent $48 million to remodel it. A lot of the money was donated by former player Tyrone Mathieu. LSU is ranked 7th nationally in football facilities. UT has a huge football complex that is considered one of the best in the league. UT also plans on spending over $300 million to update Neyland stadium. Right now UT is ranked 9th nationally in football facilities. Texas A&M has some really swanky football facilities. They've had a football only facility for a long time, but spent a ton of money in 2014 remodeling it. 24/7 ranks them 3rd nationally in football facilities. Kentucky just spent many millions on a new football only facility, good enough to rank them 12th nationally (and ahead of AU). South Carolina just built a new football only facility dedicated by the very rich Long family. This is good enough to be ranked 5th nationally. Yes, USCe is ranked ahead of Bama, LSU, AU, UT in facilities right now. Florida is behind like AU. However, Florida just started construction on their $65 million football facility which will be done by the end of this year or perhaps a bit into 2022. So this will put them a year or so ahead of AU. Right now UF is ranked 25th, but this will assuredly put them firmly in the top 10. Clemson is ranked #1 nationally in football facilities as they have that crazy football complex that Dabo got built. Oregon is #2 (Nike money built them some nice toys).

Auburn has never had a football facility. They have a nice locker room, a newish weight room, and some nice things at JHS. But no football facility. The football team has to share their facility with all other sports. One of the few in the SEC without one. Bama, LSU, UGA, UT all kill us with facilities. This is why Gus gave several million of his own money to the project. He understood the importance and I am sure Harsin does too. Harsin complained to Boise St. in a very public way about their dedication to win. It's one reason he moved on. Kellen Moore (Boise's great QB) turned down the job the other day because he doesn't think Boise is committed enough. So, yes, it makes a HUGE difference to coaches. They know they can't win without stuff like this. Go check out Oregon and Clemson's facilities on Youtube. Look at what LSU has been doing. Look at Bama's facilities. Yeah, AU is behind.