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Auburn coach Gene Chizik talks to reporters on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Auburn, Ala. (Todd Van Emst/Auburn Media Relations)

-- Auburn nearly restarted its regional rivalry with Georgia Tech during

Gene Chizik

's four-year tenure, the former Auburn coach revealed Tuesday on the SEC Network.

The former Auburn coach, who now serves as an analyst for the SEC Network, brought up a conversation he had with Auburn administrators during his tenure as the network revealed the 2015 conference schedule for football Tuesday.

"Fortunately I could do something about this because at one point they threw across my desk, 'let's play Georgia Tech,'" Chizik said. "I said, no, no, no. We don't want to play Georgia Tech. Completely different offense. You talk to any coach out there they do not want to play the Georgia Techs of the world."

Chizik, who coached Auburn from 2009 to 2012, did not want to prepare for the Yellow Jackets' flexbone option attack under coach

Paul Johnson

, which is difficult to emulate in practices.

The Yellow Jackets and Tigers played in all but two years between 1902 and 1987. The programs met again in 2003 and 2005 and the Yellow Jackets won both games.

Auburn owns a 47-41-4 record against Georgia Tech, which has advanced to six straight bowl games under Johnson. The coach owns a 52-33 record and three divisional titles in the ACC as Tech's coach. Tech is 5-1 this season.

Auburn played Power 5 conference teams Clemson (three times) and West Virginia during Chizik's four-year tenure, which ended in November 2012 with Chizik's firing and a 33-19 record on the Plains.