Why is it that the sec schedules....

mguthrie said:

Alabama plays a big nonconference team most years but it's always at home they NEVER travel to an FBS out of conference game. This is the first year I remember Georgia traveling to a big nonconference game

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rhbama3 said:

Neutral sites in Atlanta and Jerryworld are home games? What about the Penn State home and away series a few years ago?
SEC Commish Silva and Saban were outvoted twice on making the conference schedule 9 games. The mandate last year( I think) was that the SEC would have 8 conference opponents, 1 power 5 conference opponent, and then 3 teams of choice. In Bama's case two of those 3 are nearly always FBS teams( Colorado State and Fresno State this year). Yes, the Tide usually plays an FCS school in game 11, mainly due to the LSU( always game 8), one of the Missy schools, and Auburn games being so exhausting to round out the season. And play at least 9 conference games
Just my thoughts.

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bullgator said:

OSU is 5-11-1 against the SEC. 0-2 against Florida, 0-1 against Georgia, and heck, even 0-2 against South Carolina. Now explain to us why your worried about where we play. While OSU has been good during the Urban years, historically y'all don't want to mess with an SEC schedule.
Oh, and most of those SEC wins y'all have were againt Mizzou and aTm before they joined the SEC.

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spotandstalk said:

woooooooo!!

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mguthrie said:

Oh my. Your still living in the past. It's 2017

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elfiii said:

Not to mention most of the teams they play are cupcakes to begin with.

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mguthrie said:

Alabama plays a big nonconference team most years but it's always at home they NEVER travel to an FBS out of conference game. This is the first year I remember Georgia traveling to a big nonconference game

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across the river said:

The real answer is because several of the SEC and ACC teams play rivalry games against each other that are out of conference while others play rivalry games in conference, i.e. Clemson/ SC, Georgia/ GT, Kentucky/ Louisville. In order to do that, they have to start the ACC/SEC schedule by the third week to get 8 conference games an a bye in an allow those teams to play the rivalry game on the traditional weekend after Thanksgiving(13th week). Alabama/Auburn, Vandy/Tenn, Ole Miss/ Miss St., NC/NCST, etc. are all in conference rivalries they also play on the last weekend. In order to do that, those teams have to schedule an out of conference game on that week. There is no real way to schedule a power 5 team that week, as they are all playing conference games, so they end up getting small schools.

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bullgator said:

Add Florida/FSU.

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SpotandStalk said:

I can't wait to see those 2 prolific offenses go head to head.

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bullgator said:

Add Florida/FSU.

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weathermantrey said:

That should be quite the pillow fight.

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across the river said:

The real answer is because several of the SEC and ACC teams play rivalry games against teams that are out of conference, i.e. Clemson/ SC, Georgia/ GT, Kentucky/ Louisville. In order to do that, they have to start the ACC/SEC schedule by the third week to get 8 conference games an a bye in an allow those teams to play the rivalry game on the traditional weekend after Thanksgiving(13th week). You also have Alabama/Auburn, Vandy/Tenn, Ole Miss/ Miss St., NC/NCST, etc. that are all in conference rivalries they also play on the last weekend. In order to do that, those teams have to schedule an out of conference game on the 12th week. There is no real way to schedule a power 5 team that week, as they are all playing conference games, so they end up getting small schools.

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SpotandStalk said:

At least we beat Syracuse

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mguthrie said:

Why not play a 9th in conference game like everybody else.

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