UGA’s McGarity unsure about 2012 schedule but says SEC will stick with 8 games
ATHENS – When asked about Georgia’s future schedules in the wake of SEC expansion, Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity deferred Monday to that well-known football scheduling expert of “Hogan’s Heroes” fame.
“What was it that Sgt. Schultz used to say? ‘I know nothing,” McGarity said in a fake German accent.
Lame jokes aside, McGarity was telling the truth. He said the SEC’s 12 current ADs met two weeks ago to discuss future schedules, but that all those scenarios involved a 13-team league. After Sunday’s news that Missouri has officially joined the league, the SEC will be a 14-team conference starting next season. Texas A&M agreed in September to join the SEC.
“I really don’t know anything,” McGarity said Monday. “Two weeks ago all we saw were several different variations of a 13-team schedule, but we haven’t seen anything regarding 14 teams. The only thing we know is that Missouri is in the East. I guess that means that we play Missouri next year. But who knows where and who knows who our Western opponents will be? That’s what you just don’t know, because you can’t assume anything.”
McGarity said one thing about which he is sure is they won’t be expanding from eight to nine conference games. South Carolina President Harris Pastides was quoted earlier Monday saying that would be the case.
“No, no, no, I don’t know where that came from,” McGarity said. “That was in error. That has never been discussed. The model is an eight-game conference schedule. I do know that.”
One scenario floated on Monday was that Georgia, which was slated to pick up Alabama next season in Tuscaloosa, would get the Tigers in Columbia instead.
“Not necessarily so,” McGarity said. “We’ll have to play everybody in the East, so there’s six games there, then you play two Western opponents. One of those will have to be Auburn, we hope, just like Alabama hopes theirs will be Tennessee. So who knows?
“We just haven’t had any discussion yet on what our schedule will look like next year. But we have to know by the end of the month. We have to for logistical purposes.”
McGarity said preliminary word out of Birmingham is that they will meet again in two weeks to finalize future schedules. That day won’t come soon enough for him.
“We have to get moving on 2012,” McGarity said. “We’ve got printed materials, we’ve got season-ticket orders, hotels to reserve, we’ve got to move pretty quickly here. But that’s just part of the challenges that occur when you go through expansion this quickly.”
– Chip Towers
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why??
November 7th, 2011
3:50 pm
first?
timthebrave
November 7th, 2011
3:53 pm
I hope we keep auburn on the schedule
dawgman
November 7th, 2011
3:55 pm
Sounds like indirectly that he’s not exactly thrilled about it.
PDX DAWG
November 7th, 2011
3:56 pm
we should go to 9 conf games, IMO
pj
November 7th, 2011
4:01 pm
what a lucky break it would be to exchange bama for Missouri.
DawginLex
November 7th, 2011
4:03 pm
so we go to Colmumbia twice?
Once in SC and once in Mizzou.
We gotta keep playing auburn. The rivalry is too storied and too special to stop it.
Question for 2012, will we keep Ole Miss or Bama?
One is at home versus a team with a new coach.
The other is away versus, well, Bama.
See how much pull GM has.
Glenn
November 7th, 2011
4:05 pm
Gees . Just go straight to 10 games . 6 in the division and a rivalry game . Then just play three games from the other division one year and the other three the next . I mean 8 games in a conference with 14 teams is pretty diluted stuff .
Lost Gator Fan
November 7th, 2011
4:07 pm
Anyone seen beast of the east?
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:08 pm
If AU/GA and AL/TN aren’t on next year’s schedule, and on their accustomed dates, a mob will descend on Birmingham to tar and feather Slive and company….These are traditional rivalries between founding members of the conference, and are not to be trifled with….The barners got hosed in ‘92 when they lost their annual tussles with TN and FL, and a repeat of that situation is neither expected nor desired…Go Dawgs!
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
4:10 pm
I hope they do not break the auburn Georgia game! Keep it at 8 games and keep the same rotation au ga, tenn bama, USC arky, ole miss vandy, fla lsu, miss st Kentucky, a@m mizzou….
Drew
November 7th, 2011
4:11 pm
Good. We can drop Tech. We don’t need them, they’re not worth our time, they do nothing for us.
Inlet Dawg
November 7th, 2011
4:16 pm
Welcome to the era of SEC Light or Diet SEC
Sam Robards, Dawg Fan
November 7th, 2011
4:17 pm
We need a nine-game conference slate: play the six other teams in your division as well as three from the other side (with one being a permanent rival). I can understand going a few years with 8 so you can fulfill OOC contracts and things of that nature, but they simply have to go to nine conference games eventually.
Anything else just won’t cut it.
If they cut Auburn from our schedule next year, I’m gonna get SO angry. Wasn’t Mizzou added the the East to keep the rivalries INTACT?
Oh well, can’t get angry about anything until the schedules are released.
Go Dawgs!
jack brunson
November 7th, 2011
4:17 pm
I think the “first” thing at the beginning of each blog has run its course! Time to act like adults on here people..
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
4:17 pm
The SEC shedule is brutal enough to have more than 8 games….
Captain
November 7th, 2011
4:20 pm
I’m guessing Missouri replaces Ala and we finish the Ole Miss 2 game series, continue with Aub being right where it is. That would also allow Ala to host A&M in the spot Georgia vacates. The schedule needs to be put together rather quickly for next Fall. Seems the easiest way to accomplish that is by putting the new members in place of the first of a 2 game series with an opposite division opponent across the schedule for all teams.
DrDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:20 pm
Play nine conference games. Eliminate one of the cream puffs. We must keep Auburn forever.
59bulldawg
November 7th, 2011
4:21 pm
Can’t play that many conference games. The SEC would pretty much cannabilize itself crowning a champ. It would be like Survivor with most SEC teams sporting too many losses to play a part in the NC game.
Driver 8
November 7th, 2011
4:21 pm
How about 3 divisions: 2 with 4 teams and 1 with 5??
Play everyone in your division then play all teams in one of the other 2 divisions. If you match up with one of the 4 team divisions, you play one team from the 3rd division. That way you see all SEC teams every 2 years.
Under the current plan, it would be 6 years (not counting the annual rival) before you see all the other SEC teams (12 years if you go home and away).
Could also add one more team and go to 3 Five team divisions. Would have to have a play-in game for the SECCG though (best team gets a bye).
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
4:23 pm
Could you imagine this schedule for vandy…….
Ole miss
Scar
Uga
Bama
Lsu
Fla
Kentucky
Tenn
ernesto
November 7th, 2011
4:24 pm
It seems to make more sense to move AL & AU to the East and put MZ & T A&M in the West both geographically and rivalry wise.
DIT
November 7th, 2011
4:25 pm
I agree, play a 9 game conf. schedule and drop a patsy.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 7th, 2011
4:26 pm
So this makes it harder for our drug test suspensions to fall on an appropriate Saturday. Or does it make it easier? That’s what McGarity is shaking his head about.
mark
November 7th, 2011
4:27 pm
This is crap…I dont know about everybody else, but I WANT to play Bama every year. Mizzou? Yeah, that helps alot.
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
4:27 pm
Sorry left off. Tex a&m
Paddy
November 7th, 2011
4:27 pm
Drew……you know Tech is always going to be on UGA schedule. Thats like saying Navy will drop Army when they go to the Big East.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
November 7th, 2011
4:28 pm
[...] tight end Aron White get stuck in the Sanford Stadium hedges on Saturday?7. AD Greg McGarity says there will be no nine-game schedule in the SEC. (Give it time. It’s the only scenario that will work.)8. Even after freshman Max [...]
Driver 8
November 7th, 2011
4:28 pm
Sorry meant 2 Five team disvisions and a 4 team division:
East:
UGA
USC
UT
UF
Vandy
Central:
AU
UA
MSU
Ole Miss
LSU
Vandy
KY
TAM
MIZZOU
Conspiracy Theorist
November 7th, 2011
4:28 pm
This is a sneaky way to get everyone to eventually agree on a 13 game schedule….
ARdawg
November 7th, 2011
4:29 pm
Seems like he pretty much said, he knows diddly squat
Driver 8
November 7th, 2011
4:30 pm
Last Divison is West:
Ark
Mizzou
TAM
KY
59bulldawg
November 7th, 2011
4:30 pm
So how would you determine who plays who in the championship game?
South GA Dawg
November 7th, 2011
4:31 pm
The two Alabama teams come to the east and Texas A&M, Mizz. go to the west.
Bright Idea
November 7th, 2011
4:32 pm
An eight game schedule means you won’t play 5 SEC teams. That is likely to create a less legitimate champion. An eastern team could theoretically miss Bama, LSU, Arkansas, Auburn and TA&M and win the division. A western team could miss UGA, Tenn, Florida, SC, and Missouri and win the division with a worse conference record by 2-3 games than a team they did not play. 14 teams should mean at least 9 games, 10 would be better.
Big Albany Dawg
November 7th, 2011
4:32 pm
Keep sure things and pad the stats with : Vandy, Miss St, Ken, Ole Miss, Mizzou, A&M, and UT.
Captain
November 7th, 2011
4:33 pm
How about the ACC and Big 10 realign and rename their Divisions so they make sense. Big 10: East and West, ACC: North and South. Legends and Leaders who is the idiot that chose those names? Atlantic and Coastal? I forgot, had to cave in to FSU to vote for Miami by agreeing to put them in opposite divisons. Since neither are relevant, realign, it would have to create more interest in the Conf championship game than the usual 30,000 with another 35,000 empty seats.
DIT
November 7th, 2011
4:33 pm
Yep, Bama & Auburn come to the East so UGA/Auburn & Bama/TN will stay intacted. What a killer division that would be
Sounds like...
November 7th, 2011
4:34 pm
…McGarrity knows nothing, and now he has denigrated the President of USCeast and will have to listen to Michael Adams chastise him for opening his mouth without knowing, as ARdawg so eloquently put it, diddly squat…
Driver 8
November 7th, 2011
4:37 pm
Have to have a play in game. The best etam gets a bye (currently there is no reward for being the best etam in conference).
We were the first conference to add the championship game. You almost have to add another to be fair if you rarely play half the teams in conference. Under the 2, seven team divisons, you miss 5 teams every year. Sounds like too much of an opportunity to back into the SECCG.
Hey, just an idea…still have no idea why we screwed this whole thing up for Mizzou (or A&M for that matter). Now that we’ve done it, we need to think outside the box.
ARdawg
November 7th, 2011
4:38 pm
There is another way. Do not have a split conference. A nine game conference schedule playing everyone in rotation. The top two teams every year play for a championship (not permitted by the NCAA I believe but, a compelling argument to make)
Driver 8
November 7th, 2011
4:40 pm
Yes ARdawg, that works as well. Pretty sure adding 2 teams to the current arrangement just doesn’t produce a legit champ.
Chuck UGA
November 7th, 2011
4:41 pm
You will see nine conference games soon. Have to. Otherwise, we’ll only visit our West teams once every 12 years! That’s unacceptable to the fans.
Knowall Moreno
November 7th, 2011
4:41 pm
Good, add Missouri, & stop with the Coastal Carolina & New Mexico State garbage, playing Ga . Southern is ok, its a local cupcake, but add some decent teams, so 6 games vs. East teams which includes Mizzou, maybe 3 vs. West teams, & then 2 vs. out of conference teams, please no more high school scrimmages! Go Dawgs woof woof woof
Proud-Dawg
November 7th, 2011
4:45 pm
Guys, we will not be losing Auburn. The rivalry is well established and the SEC wants to ensure these rivalries continue. Bama will continue playing Tennessee every season (bad news for everyone in Knoxville). With that said, I want to take a trip to Bammer next season. Ole Miss is a push over and for us to establish ourselves as contenders, we must play tough competition, even if they are the 2nd worst team in the west
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:47 pm
I read in another article where a SEC bigwig confirmed that Mizzo would be in the east ‘for now’ What exactly does that mean? Anyone else think that in a year or two the SEC is going to try and move on a couple of ACC teams?
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
4:51 pm
8 conference games in a 14-team conference is weak. If there is 1 permanent cross-rival, the time between playing all teams in the other division now becomes longer.
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:55 pm
Proud, Auburn lost the TN and FL games last time around, who’s to say what they might do?
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
4:55 pm
richmond Dawg – I interpreted that as the conference would realign to balance the strength of the teams in each division. The ACC did that when they went to 12, and the Big Ten did that when they added Nebraska. When the SEC expanded by adding Arkansas and South Carolina, it was East-West.
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:57 pm
And how many of our fans and Florida’s can you see getting up for a ‘big’ game in Columbia MO? Not likely, especially late in the season when the weather turns…
ARdawg
November 7th, 2011
4:58 pm
There could just as easily be a north/south divisions. Possibilities are many
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:59 pm
They should have just added Clemson or FSU to the east and been done with it….Those guys already play their in-state rivals every year, and the disruption would have been minimal…
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
5:01 pm
Delbert, as an SEC fan I liked those two games every year, and I know most of the Barners did too…
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:06 pm
One of the reason that the Big 12 teams rate so high in strength of schedule in 2011 is that not only do they play 9 conference games, but 4 of the teams play only FBS teams this year. The other 6 teams play 1 FCS school each.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:16 pm
Clemson and FSU were not in play. They both supported ACC expansion and signed the new $20 million buyout agreement.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:19 pm
richmond Dawg – This 14-team conference would allow 2 regular OOC opponents if they would agree to play 9 conference games. That would mean 6 years between every team playing every other SEC team, if my math is correct.
Red & Black
November 7th, 2011
5:24 pm
Lucked out! Likely trade off Bama for Missou!!! Now we can win the East again!!!
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
5:37 pm
What will have to happen is to give up the home&home series when playing the non-permanent teams from the opposing division. That will allow for 6 division games, one permanent “cross-division rivalry” game and one non-division rotation game per season. Each “non-rival” team in the opposite division will be played once every six years. Swap home field each time you play them.
It doesn’t really matter, so long as everyone plays everyone else in their own division and the division champs meet in the playoff game each year. There’s no need to go to nine conference games unless the conference expands to 16 teams.
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
5:38 pm
Mizzou will shock the world and go to the SECCG in their first year of play in the SEC.
Bob
November 7th, 2011
5:41 pm
I’m thinking the UGA/UF game will soon be moved to a home and home in order to accomodate the new schedules. And, it’s probably time. How much fun would it be to see us play the six other East teams, Tech, Auburn, Clemson every four years, and rotate through the West. Tough on the coach, but fun for all the season ticket holders and the fans (who actually foot the bill).
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
5:44 pm
Bob,
How would moving the location of the annual UGA/UF game affect scheduling? It’s still just one game, no matter what the location.
Old Dawg
November 7th, 2011
5:49 pm
Keep it to 8 SEC games. Keep Auburn on the schedule. Other than those, I don’t care who UGA plays.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:49 pm
Uncomplicated – Lost a post in reply. Affiliation or association my have been illegal words. Briefly, it was about how C-USA and the Mountain West are addressing expansion totally different by forming a 20 to 22 team association.
Mary J. Wanna
November 7th, 2011
5:50 pm
Move Auburn to the East and put MIZZOU in the West. Auburn gets Alabama as their permanent cross division game and now the Tennessee and Florida rivalries are re-engaged.
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
5:51 pm
Old Dawg,
I suspect that is exactly what will happen.
Boise Dawg
November 7th, 2011
5:51 pm
They really need to go to 9 conference games. This will mean each team only playing 2 from the other side of the conference. Georgia will only face the west teams other than Auburn 1 out of 6 years?
I thought the whole idea of conference expansion is to generate more revenue… tough to generate more revenue when the likes of Florida vs. LSU, Georgia vs. Alabama or Auburn vs. Tennessee only happens once every six years. Can’t wait for more La Monroe and Coastal Carolina matchups.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:53 pm
…With the winners of each meeting in a playoff for a BCS AQ spot. I just checked, and the MWC-CUSA partnership was made official on Oct. 15.
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
5:53 pm
Delbert D.,
14 teams doesn’t require a 9 game conference schedule. 16 teams or more is a different ball of wax.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:54 pm
Uncomplicated – What do you think of the Quad concept for 16-team conferences? I haven’t given it much thought.
Bob
November 7th, 2011
5:56 pm
Uncomplicated…we now have to pay a Div 2 or three to play us at home without going to their field next year because of the Jax date. This is so we can have enough home games, six, to satisfy all of us who play dearly to the Hartmann Fund to have the privilege of purchasing season tickets. Most SEC teams play at least seven home games…some eight.
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
5:57 pm
Me either. I think that they’ll use the KISS theory and retain as much normalcy as possible. Rules would have to change at the NCAA level to have multiple playoff games within the conference.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
5:59 pm
Bob – Then you have Auburn, who played 8 home games last year.
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
6:00 pm
Bob,
Is it really that much trouble to go to Jax? It’s probably closer for many season ticket holders than is Athens. I like the neutral site games – they’re unique. The Alabama vs. Auburn game lost some luster when it became a home&home.
bitter dope smoking running backs
November 7th, 2011
6:02 pm
make it a 3 game sched—u–ell——————pot time—————-no time foo running—yaaaaw
———————–coool——-marry—-jane
Uncomplicated
November 7th, 2011
6:05 pm
I could see rotating the game between Jax and Atlanta. It would still be a “special” neutral site game, but the travel distance would swing back and forth.
Bob
November 7th, 2011
6:06 pm
Jax used to be a lot of fun. That was before the city and Duvall County realized that all of us UGA fans were suckers and would pay ten times the normal price, while 98% of the UF fans drove up for the game and promptly left afterwards. I think it’s time for a home and home because I’d like to see us play someone other than New Mwxico or Fla International, but it’s just my opinion.
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
6:06 pm
I remember those Iron bowls in Birmingham…
TampaGator
November 7th, 2011
6:09 pm
Rumor is……
Georgia was the leader in the recruitment of Missouri to the SEC East, as it was vital for the Dawgs to maintain their cupcake SEC East schedule……so as to be a contender for the East again win the East again…….with the deal they would switch Bama for Missouri.
Now……before you start calling me insulting, disgusting names like moron, gayturd, idiot, and much worse……I am just having from fun. We all know the Georgia admin has no pull in the conference. Again….just joking. But start the insults anyway. I am used to it from most of you folks.
But you have to admit……Missouri replacing Bama……hummmmmmmmmm….
Also…..Jeff Demps was finally 100 percent for the first time since the first quarter of the Bama game…..offensive player of the week with 158 yards rushing against Vandy. Florida-Georgia rematch in a bowl game……anyone? Probably would be more exciting than a Bama-LSU rematch.
TampaGator
November 7th, 2011
6:16 pm
Bob…..
The large majority of Florida fans who go to the game drive 3 to 5 (or more) hours to get to Jax…..many coming up and over from Orlando, Miami, Naples, Sarasota, Tampa, St. Pete and other places south of Tampa and Orlando. It is a 4.5 hour drive for me. Most come on Thursday and stay til Sunday. A lot of Georgia fans come from central, southwest, and south Georgia, which is actually closer than a lot of places Florida fans come from in Florida.
Boise Dawg
November 7th, 2011
6:16 pm
That was pretty funny Tampa.. but didn’t you just insult your Gators with your cupcake SEC East comment? Also, if McGarity pulls off the Alabama for Missouri switch, just remember which school taught him how to schedule light.
JB
November 7th, 2011
6:19 pm
We need to keep Bama next year. Good time to catch them. They lose about 12.. We return about 16-17.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
6:24 pm
TampaGator – I’m not so sure that the Georgia fans, the graduates anyway, are concentrated in Macon, Albany, Valdosta, Augusta and Savannah. Maybe there is an alumni census somewhere.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2011
6:24 pm
Tampa Gator
Please dont talk about cupcake schedule as we have learned from watching FL on how to schedule
Draggin Fly
November 7th, 2011
6:24 pm
Tampa Gator: Florida opens with Bowling Green, LA-Lafayette, Tenn, Ky, and the Ole Miss Bears next season so let’s not discuss cupcake schedules.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
6:25 pm
That might work out better than the Boise St. for Louisville switch.
JB
November 7th, 2011
6:29 pm
Ole Miss President said today at the presser that their goal in football was to win Championships. I would love to hear Dr. Adams say that. He thinks it I guess, but their is no action behind it to mean it.
I like Richt, but this program will never win a NC under him. We’ve watched Meyer do it, twice. Miles do it.
Saban do it…………….all under Richt’s tenure. We have the money and the 5th best D1 talent in the country. What’s the difference?…………………..I’ll hang up and listen.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
6:29 pm
Missouri *does* have to play each of the East teams, plus 2 in the West next year. All the schedules get a shakeup. Imagine if you’re an East team, playing Alabama in Tuscaloosa every 12 years. Saban would be 72 the first time you have to play them.
Delbert D.
November 7th, 2011
6:31 pm
Based on criticism from a few years ago, it was said the Adams’ goal was for Georgia to become another Virginia.
JB
November 7th, 2011
6:31 pm
I want Bama next year.
JB
November 7th, 2011
6:32 pm
I think Adams would like to see us in the ACC….. And I’m serious.
Gman
November 7th, 2011
6:34 pm
Yeah Gators, we’d like Mizzou to join the conference because we are so scared of Bama. Think we’ve won 3 of 4 against them. Honestly don’t recall the Gators scheduling too many OOC games far from home…FSU is a nice matchup but they’ve been on a par with Georgia Tech lately (GT has been better actually).
Don’t you guys have enough to worry about? I know we do.
GaTruth
November 7th, 2011
6:41 pm
Eight games, playing everyone in your division plus your inter-division rival, leaves only one rotation game – that’s not enough frequency to be considered in-conference. Heck we play Clemson about as often as that works out (every six years). Go to nine games plus your out of conference rival (GT), plus two others. Every few years make one of the two “others” a real challenge instead of a cream-puff. But 9 SEC games plus GT will never be considered an easy schedule.
GaTruth
November 7th, 2011
6:46 pm
@Tampa Gator – Your comment was OK until you said a UGA/FL rematch would be better than Bama LSU. I’m am a Dawg – but the game Saturday night was spectacular. You won’t find a head coach in CFB bistory that wouldn’t want either of those defenses. It is not that the offenses were inept – they had some great moments. We just got to see two amazing defenses shut down the opponent once inside the 40. That was an awesome display of football.
coondawg69
November 7th, 2011
6:47 pm
it seems to me like some folks are thinking that if you add two teams to the west, you can move AL and AU to the east. Correct me if I am wrong, but would not that be 6 in the west + 2 more – 2 still equals 6, w/ 6+2 in the East = 8?
Sounds like Big 10 math
Light it up Crowell
November 7th, 2011
6:50 pm
keep 8 teams on the schedule…..you have to put yourself in the best position to win all of your games….we beat ourselves up every year if we played everyone on the west……you want to go to Bama so bad drive over there, take a dump at the rest area and come back to Georgia…..just like going to a game in Tusc…
bugsquacher
November 7th, 2011
6:57 pm
auburn and bama to the east….. mizz and a&m to the west….. 9 conference games, get rid of one of the patsy…. keep GT.
Coach O
November 7th, 2011
6:59 pm
Use I-65 as the divider. Move AU to East and T AM & Mizzu to the West. Honor the current home at home and the cup cake contracts next year. Phase in more SEC games over the next 2-3 years up to 8 games.
ARdawg
November 7th, 2011
7:02 pm
Tampa Gator I note that you prefaced your remarks as “joking” but c’mon really? You’ve resorted to making up and perpetuating rumor?
One bad season has really left you in the gutter guy. Tis a shame
Coach O
November 7th, 2011
7:04 pm
That should be up to 9 SEC games.
Light it up Crowell
November 7th, 2011
7:04 pm
I want to play vandy, tenn, ole miss, miss st, kentucky, A&M, auburn, florida
Dawg1
November 7th, 2011
7:08 pm
Here’s the best part… If Missouri replaces Alabama on the schedule, the Trolls will scream that UGA arranged it…
WestOfAthens
November 7th, 2011
7:10 pm
Move AU and UA to the East, makes perfect sense, agree w/ya Ernesto
Of course, there a lot of bold decisions awaiting this group of SEC ADs
Wait and see attitude at the moment
HBTD
prpl dawg
November 7th, 2011
7:16 pm
TRULY PATHETIC. THE SEC HAS PROSTITUTED ITSELF, PROBABLY AT THE INSISTENCE OF ESPN.
JUST LIKE MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS, THE FANS DO NOT MATTER. TRADITION DOES NOT MATTER. ONLY THE GODS MONEY AND POWER MATTER. MO IS EAST- OF CALIFORNIA.
ALABAMA AND AUBURN PROBABLY GOT THEIR WAY WITH THIS.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS HAVE SPEWED THEIR HIGH LEVEL BS ABOUT GREAT ACADEMICS, WHEN WE ALL KNOW THEY DO NOT CARE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE NCAA? START WITH THE LEADERSHIP- THE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AMONG THEM. NOTHING MORE THAN EDUCATED, ARROGANT POWER-SEEKING POLITICIANS.
bamadawg
November 7th, 2011
7:18 pm
Don’t you know LSU wants Bama and Auburn out of the west. Hell, they would be in the SECCG every year.
Whosnext95
November 7th, 2011
7:21 pm
Ok people, get out your pen, paper and or calculators if you need to. There are SIX teams in the East and SIX teams in the West right now. If you move Auburn and Alabama to the East, that now means there are EIGHT in the East and FOUR in the West. Then if you add Mizzu and A&M to the West, you now have SIX again in the West. This math don’t equal people!!! I know this is a football blog, but come on, this is pretty simple stuff.
bamadawg
November 7th, 2011
7:21 pm
prpl dawg, you are so dead on the money. The conference WAS as good as you ask for!!
mcdaviddawg
November 7th, 2011
7:26 pm
This needs to be a win for the fans, get rid of one of the high school games (like we just played) amd schedule one more conference game. Unfortunately Magarity , like Richt, likes to play high schools, but as a paying fan I’m getting very sick of them.
jp
November 7th, 2011
7:37 pm
tampa gator if we wanted cup cakes we would just hope to play the gators twice . we have a much better chance of beating lsu than bama or florida bc we have not already been beaten like fla and bama .demps .I agree a healthy demps and gator team would probably get to zero yards rushing instead of -20
Big Wally
November 7th, 2011
7:42 pm
Will have to eventually go to 9 conf. games. PAC 12 already does it now. That still leaves room for 2 patsy non conference games on the schedule – three if you count Tech.
lets be men
November 7th, 2011
7:46 pm
move alabama /auburn east, 10 game SEC schedule with 2 outside conference gms. that lets you get a rival and a preseason cupcake.
yadddaaaa
November 7th, 2011
8:00 pm
mutt fans want to call other sec teams schedules cup cakes.
Please god
November 7th, 2011
8:01 pm
I don’t want to face Bama or LSU in the same year.
Pulpwud Smiff
November 7th, 2011
8:16 pm
A man went to his doctor and said, “Doc, I’ve always admired the Polish people, and I would give anything to be a Polack.”
The doctor replies, “Well, you’re in luck. They’ve just developed a surgical procedure that will turn anyone into a Polack. A surgeon removes 99% of your brain, and then you’re just like a Polack.”
“That sounds great, the man said. Let’s do it!”
A few days later, in the operating room, the surgeon asks the man if he’s absolutely certain he wants the surgery. “I sure am,” the man says. “Let’s get on with it.”
A couple of hours later, the surgeon has finished removing 99% of the man’s brain. Then, the unthinkable happened. The surgeon sneezed and accidentally removed the 1% of the brain that was left.
In the recovery room, the surgeon said, “Sir, I am so sorry. Instead of removing 99% of your brain, I accidentally removed 100%. this has never happened before, so we have no idea what someone without a brain will be like.”
The man looked up at the surgeon with glazed eyes, and with slurred speech said…
“HOW ‘BOUT THEM DAWGS!”
Class of 93
November 7th, 2011
8:47 pm
Change the east west rotation games to one rotating game plus the traditional cross division rivalry. Keep all existing cross divisional rivalries the same and let Texas AM and Mizzo play every year. By the way putting Mizzo in the east stinks for us GA fans who love going to away games.
Rocky
November 7th, 2011
8:53 pm
And he is going to be offering Richt a 5 year deal in a couple of weeks as well to solidify recruiting. Richt is being given the chance over the next 3 years to rebuild this program. Amazingly we have a shot at being in the top 10 by the end of the bowl season this year.
AltamahaDawg
November 7th, 2011
9:00 pm
Rocky, with the left hook. That has got to sting.
Nick
November 7th, 2011
9:02 pm
How does moving Auburn over to the east and putting TA&M and Missu in the the west. That will give us 7 in each division and makes since where the schools are located. It also keeps strong teams in each division.
RawDawg
November 7th, 2011
9:02 pm
Ugh.. I am officially not a fan of expansion. So UGA will play the 6 teams in the east, Auburn, and 1 other team from the west each year? UGA would only play Bama, LSU, and Arkansas once every 5 or six years? Talk about boring scheduling. Is it too late to kick TAM and Mizzou out?
my own two cents
November 7th, 2011
9:11 pm
The AU- UGA series wont drop, CBS make too much money off it.
richmondDawg
November 7th, 2011
9:20 pm
My understanding is that EVERY home and home that is supposed to start next year will be delayed to work in the two new guys..only way they get a full SEC slate next year..
Barf
November 7th, 2011
9:25 pm
Drop Auburn now! They were, are and always will be the biggest cheaters in college football. Maybe if they did’nt play UGA every year they might not be able to recruit this state. Go to hell Auburn!
SmyrnaBob
November 7th, 2011
9:25 pm
AJC bans honest bloggers
murfdawg
November 7th, 2011
9:26 pm
I think UGA has done pretty well against the SECWest in the last few years. We’ve beaten Bama 3 out of the last 4, won 4 out of 5 against AU, and by my count beat LSU 4 straight times. If we hadn’t played fl the last five years, we would be really damn good.Maybe we should move to the West!!!
lodger16x
November 7th, 2011
9:41 pm
There’s an easy way to keep the 8-game schedule AND solve the problem of playing most other-division teams only once every 6 years. It would require that all teams skip one team in their division each year. So there would be 6 division games, and 3 non-division games ( one of those with the cross-rival). This is not any more unfair than the current rotation system. In this system, the longest time between an SEC team visiting another would be reduced from 12 years to 6.
Seriously?
November 7th, 2011
9:44 pm
Missouri is now an SEC member? They can’t and haven’t won anything in 50 years, are currently 4-5 in the Big XII. This was the ‘best’ 14th team we could find??
roswelldawg
November 7th, 2011
10:02 pm
seriously… For real, right? I thought Slive said he could have 16 teams in about 30 minutes. I didn’t realize he was talking about 2nd rate teams. I guess Conference USA could have 16 teams in 30 minutes if they took Georgia State and UTC.
Dshep
November 7th, 2011
10:15 pm
Move Auburn and Alabama to the East? Why don’t you just hand LSU a free trip to Atlanta every year? Just plain stupid!
historydawg
November 7th, 2011
10:18 pm
It is unfortunate how things change when conferences expand. UGA had a long-standing annual rivalry with Ole Miss that is now seemingly forgotten and rarely played Tenn.
Paul in NH
November 7th, 2011
10:30 pm
If the Big XII can manage 9 conference games and the PAC 12 can manage 9 conference games plus a championship game, then I am pretty sure that the SEC can manage 9 conference games. Go to 6 in your division, 1 permanent opponent in the other division (UGA-Auburn, ALA-Tenn, etc) and 2 other games rotating against the other division. You’ll end up playing 5 home 4 away one year followed by 4 home 5 away the next, but you’ll get a true champion.
Red Stick
November 7th, 2011
10:34 pm
murfdawg
November 7th, 2011
9:26 pm
“We’ve beaten Bama 3 out of the last 4, won 4 out of 5 against AU, and by my count beat LSU 4 straight times.”
You need to do your research before you spout off. LSU beat UGA twice in 2003. UGA won in 2004, 2005 and in 2008. LSU won in 2009. By my math that’s a 3-3 split since 2000.
sports
November 7th, 2011
10:40 pm
why doesn’t Georgia drop the game with the “hood” on North Avenue.
BehindEnemyLines
November 7th, 2011
11:01 pm
The Southeastern Conference just gave membership to Missouri. Anyone expecting logic, rhyme or reason to be a part of the scheduling process is either naive or whistling past the graveyard.
Red Stick
November 7th, 2011
11:07 pm
Paul in NH, the coaches wouldn’t like it but I would be glad to see a 9 game schedule with a 14 team SEC.
Play your 6 division opponents and have 1 permanent school and rotate the other 2 games among the other opposite 6 division teams. That preserves the current arrangement.
If Missouri is in the east, they could play A&M every year.
Paul in NH
November 7th, 2011
11:16 pm
Jumbeaux aka Red Stick
You and I are on the same page when it comes to the SEC schedule.
BTW – I saw your comment to murfdawg. I thought you knew UGA won the last game against LSU but the refs took it away with the penalty against AJ?
Hoops Dawg
November 7th, 2011
11:32 pm
Why in the world would both Alabama and Auburn have to move to the east. Auburn (which is already east of Vandy) could move and realignment is over (with A7M and Missouri both going to the West). The only problem with this scenario is that it would fail to preserve AL-TN game every year (under the assumption, of course, that the Iron bowl would continue to be played each year).
mutiger1957
November 7th, 2011
11:36 pm
Hello SEC Nation – reading comments mostly on the future schedule and rivalries. Going to a 9 game conference schedule is going to make this conference even harder. It might keep Mizzou out of a bowl game this year. We have to win 2 of the next 3 to make it including playing Texas & Texas Tech.
BTW – if you think the comments in this post are emotional, the “KANSAS” City media is in an uproar right now about our leaving the Big Whatever. Good reading.
Shine
November 7th, 2011
11:44 pm
translation…we athens sheepdawgs want to play as few as possible in that SEC WEST. Them folks over there aint eat up with mediocrity like here in the SEC EAST.
Jeff
November 7th, 2011
11:49 pm
Folks, you can’t just “move” teams from 1 division to the other — the math doesn’t work!
If you move Auburn and Bama to the East, you’d have 8 teams — Auburn, Bama, Vandy, KY, Tenn, Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The West would have 6 — Mizzou, Tex A&M, Ole Miss, Miss State, LSU and Arkansas.
If you transfer Vandy to the West, everything else would hold, but I don’t know if they would agree to it.
Personally, I don’t like any of this. The SEC appears to be expanding for the sake of expanding, without gaining any real value. A school like West Virginia, Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, or even an East Carolina or Central Florida, might make a lot more sense, competitively and geographically. But adding Texas A&M just to get into Texas? Adding Missouri just for the Kansas City TV market? That makes ZERO sense. I’ve been to Kansas City — those people don’t give a squat about college football… they care about midwest sports, Big 12 basketball, Cardinals and Royals baseball, and other stuff… SEC sports are off their radar. Mizzou to the SEC won’t really change that.
I say the SEC should have found two powerhouse schools to add. Yeah, tougher schedules all around, but when you have ALL the major players (let’s say for argument’s sake they added Oklahoma and Florida State), then you get to call ALL the shots, and the SEC would have even more power than it already does. I would love to see that scenario, where the ONLY football that matters is played in the SEC. It’s almost that way as it is.
Adding Mizzou and A&M does nothing for me… other than screw up a pretty predictable schedule for SEC teams. College football is losing its traditions and, soon after, large segments of its fan base. You can’t base all your decisions on what markets to a bunch of Red-Bull-amped-up 24 year olds who like to show up at GameDay broadcasts… the MONEY for programs and networks and advertisers comes from the rich, deep-pocketed alumni who graduated 20 or 30 years ago. Let’s not ignore them so that we can sell a few more beers or t-shirts to some 19-year-old wanna-be’s.
Dawg stranded in Alabama
November 8th, 2011
12:09 am
Honestly, SEC expansion is SOOOOOO idiotic. The fans don’t want it, and I suspect that the coaches and ADs don’t want it either (unless you’re the AD at Texas A&M or Mizzou). The best option would be to keep the SEC at 12 teams, and for the Dawgs to renew their annual tilt with Clemson, which used to be a great rivalry. But money talks.
It only makes sense
November 8th, 2011
12:47 am
Why not move Alabama and Auburn to the East and send Vandy to the west? That preserves the rivalry games. (Make Tenn vs. Vandy the annual cross division game for each school)
mdawg
November 8th, 2011
12:48 am
richmonddawg. grow up…… us new generation dawg fans do not care about the so called traditions that you speak of… just like i will never go to a UGA/fla game until the game is played in athens….
previously UGA seldom played tennessee but now i like that rivalry. change is good. and i like Mizzou coming to the sec.
ive drove from atlanta to columbia mo and it only took me around 11 hours. how long does it take to drive to baton rouge?
missou does need to be in the west. they and ark would make a good rivalry and are very close by (2 hours i think).
and stop crying about tennessee not playing auburn like they used to… now they play UGA and we normally beat them.
7576DAWG
November 8th, 2011
1:32 am
Things sure do move slow in college football. In 5 to 10 years the SEC will expand to 16 teams. It will take that long for the other major conferences to catch up with the SEC. 16 team conferences will finally set up a 16 team playoff system for the true national championship. Can’t wait.
7576DAWG
November 8th, 2011
1:43 am
mdawg
I graduated from Georgia in 76 and have never been to Jacksonville. A few year ago someone wanted to give me 4 tickets to GA.-FLA. and I told them HELL NO . but I appreciate the offer. That game in Jacksonville was never about the game as much as it was for partying and playing golf. It deprives every business in Athens a wind fall of profit every other year and it deprives me the right to go to Gainesville and watch us beat them down there. I can’t stand how the city of Jacksonville and the TV media has bought Georgia and how we let them. I am 59 years old and will die before I will ever go to Jacksonville to see a game.
Jawja Math
November 8th, 2011
5:21 am
My I.Q. dropped after reading these posts regarding division realignment. Do they teach math at Jawja?
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
6:17 am
It looks like to me it doesn’t matter who the dawgs play in the east or the west. They have recuited well and have the STUDS to back it up. That is the first time in a long time i can say that. I love the DAWGS and I love the SEC, best in the nation.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
6:33 am
It makes sense that Missouri go to the East. Hell they are closer to Ky, Tenn, and Vandy than some of the teams they play now in conference. Travel should play a part in the decision.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
6:40 am
AND lets face it, like it or not Missouri is considered a SOUTHERN state just like TEXAS going back over 200 years. I say welcome HOME Missouri and.Texas A&M.
Good Grief
November 8th, 2011
7:08 am
It seems that moving Auburn to the East would be easier logistically than adding Mizzou to the East. With Auburn in the East, and assuming Auburn retains Alabama as their permanent cross-division rival, then Tennessee and Georgia are the only teams requiring permanent opponents, and lo and behold the SEC just added two new teams. How convenient.
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2011
7:14 am
Proven fact that the game in Jax delivers more revenue to Georgia based hotels and businesses than the home and home series would. I also can’t understand why you would vote to deprive the University of Georgia the extra 1.2 millions dollars they receives per year extra by not having the games on campus. Not to mention the pricelsss exposure that game brings her.
Prediction
November 8th, 2011
7:22 am
I’m going to remember all of these Dawg fans whining about Mizzou not being “good enough” for the SEC when the Tigers beat down the Dawgs next year!
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
adawgfan
November 8th, 2011
7:24 am
I say move Auburn to the east. since they are now within the 7 easternmost teams. Why Missou? Florida, Georgia and USC will have to travel half way across the country to play an eastern opponent and vice versa for Missou. Just doesn’t make sense.
mdawg
November 8th, 2011
7:29 am
well just ask the athens chamber of commerce if they would love to have the fla game as a home and home..
how many does the city of athens lose out of hotels, rest. alone from missing out on florida ever coming here…
Prediction
November 8th, 2011
7:32 am
Auburn to Fayetteville is about equal in distance as is Athens to Columbia. Gainesville to Lexington is farther. Georgia whiners will always whine.
JaxDawg
November 8th, 2011
7:40 am
I know its non confrence, but what about us renewing our rivalry with clemson? i thought we were suppose to pick them up on a yearly basis in the near future.those games were some good battles in the 80,s. i,d like to see it come back.
Prediction
November 8th, 2011
7:40 am
You only want to move Auburn to the East because you already have to play them every year anyway. Texas A&M and Mizzou are both superior to Georgia. If you don’t like them coming to the SEC, then move to the ACC. You’re a better fit there under your ACC HC. Just think… Almost all of your games could be like last week’s magnificent victory over the mighty NMSU after you join the ACC.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
8:06 am
Missouri, Texas A&M playing in the east-west everyone is not going to be happy. I see the SEC going toward becoming a SUPER conference. Some other parts of the country will do the same. Create some 16 team conferences. It’s a simple matter of ecnomics that some teams will be merged in to other conferences.That solves the National Champship playoff system. Think about it, This way nobody gets hurt, everyone wins………..CAN’T WAITE UNTIL THIS HAPPENS.
Prediction
November 8th, 2011
8:12 am
What a Maroon. “Super-Conferences” are merely a rumor being spouted by losers. The best teams will still win most of the time – no matter what system you employ.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
8:17 am
Enter your comments here
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
8:19 am
@Prediction
Maroon, Like calling the kettle black. Wake up and smell the coffee. It’t doesn’t matter whhat we think Money talk, and bull s— walks.
meh
November 8th, 2011
8:35 am
if you just move Bama and Auburn to the east and put Mizzou and A&M in the west you’d have an 8 team division and a 6 team division.
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2011
8:41 am
I get the feeling that Prediction is not a Georgia fan.
DC
November 8th, 2011
8:45 am
I’m glad someone else said it..reading through all these stupid posts is laughable…if AU and bama go to the east you might as well just crown LSU the west champs…
1eyedJack
November 8th, 2011
8:48 am
Who’s up for a scrum? Georgia’s historically bitter rival…..Missouri?
Mountain DAWG
November 8th, 2011
8:56 am
If we can have some more “conference attrition and expansion”, we may finally get a playoff system in place. Should we wind up with eight large conferences, each having a playoff game, you would have 8 playoff teams to fight it out for a TRUE national champion. The Big East could absorb the ACC to make sure they would have enough teams to play for homecoming games.
Angus
November 8th, 2011
9:04 am
Auburn 34, Georgia 24
Dawgs know the beatdown is coming, so bend over…
Dawg Man
November 8th, 2011
9:17 am
Hope we get an easy schedule like we did this season so we can be East Champs every year. Cant wait to destroy LSU, do we then get to play Boise again for the National Championship game?
do the math
November 8th, 2011
9:17 am
If we are adding A&M and Mizzou to the west we only need one team to shift east which will be auburn because they are further east.
1eyedJack
November 8th, 2011
9:25 am
Hey Anus, how long does your crack-high last?
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
9:25 am
@Angus
Sorry to burst your bubble,,Auburn can’t play with a team with “D”. Please check their record Clemson, Ark, LSU, Now UGA, Later BAMA. Auburm will make it to the tolit bowl 7-5.
DC
November 8th, 2011
9:30 am
@ole yeller…look at AU’s stats against clemson and arky….LSU was the only team to hold them truely in check..plus they were without their #1 wide receiver…and that made a big difference…are you comparing UGA’s defense to LSU’s?
tony
November 8th, 2011
9:31 am
I got this feeling that the Missouri Tigers are going to embarrass the sec because every team in the sec east are mediocre at best. If Missouri become the best team in the east next season, I can hear it now…”the sec was never good – they can’t even beat a mediocre Big 12 team (Missouri)”
If your a gator fan…..welcome to the world of mediocrity. Your team seems like it is being coached by Mark Richt.
1eyedJack
November 8th, 2011
9:40 am
DC, let’s compare UGA’s defense to LSU’s.
G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
3 LSU 9 709 1597 563 2306 4.1 256.2
7 Georgia 9 821 1718 567 2539 4.5 282.1
16 yds a game difference.
1eyedJack
November 8th, 2011
9:41 am
Sorry, 26 yds. a game. Having a little trouble with my adding.
Mountain DAWG
November 8th, 2011
9:41 am
Tony- LMAO. Why does the SEC need another tigers team. Can’t you guys come u with something more creative. Granted, Bulldogs isn’t much better. I’ll bet Mizzou will be petitioning for fewer than 8 conference games so they might have a prayer at a winning season. I’d love to see Kentucky whip the crap out of UM for their “welcome to the SEC” party. I’m glad to have UM join the east. Another weaker team for Georgia to beat before getting trashed by LSU/Alabama.
DC
November 8th, 2011
9:44 am
1eyedJack..fair enough but we must also compare the level of competition..I’m sure you knew I would go there…not to mention LSU is a road warrior this year…
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
9:48 am
I have a prediction too. That Prediction will never admit what team heGT is a fan of and that the next time heGT comes on here, it will be under a different name because heGT just doesn’t have the guts to make lame comments that heGT can’t back up with any sort of fact.
I mean, anybody that would come on here and make such claims as T A&M and Mizzou are superior to UGA without even one shred of evidence to back up hisGT opinion is ignorant and more of a maroon than what heGT felt compelled to call someone else on here.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
9:57 am
DC, outside of Michael Dyer though, Auburn can’t do anything offensively. And on defense, they couldn’t even stop Utah State. Heck, Clumpson put over 600 yards on them.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
9:58 am
There wasn’t even that many yards put on Maryland.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
9:59 am
@DC
Not comparing LSU “D” with UGA “D” because LSU “D” is #4 nation wide where UGA is #6
nation wide But, lets face it, pretty DAMN close. Please check the records. Thats more than enough “D” to take down Auburn. Auburn still winds up in the tolit bowl in December 2011.
DC
November 8th, 2011
10:12 am
Tampa, I understand where you are coming from. But I have watched every minute of every game. AU’s issues early in the year on defense was simple..they didn’t know any of the packages and they had too many packages..coach dumbed it down for the clemson game and clemson caught on after half time…as the season has progressed the explosive plays have regressed..LSU game has made AU’s numbers look worse than they actually are…
AU does have more players on offense than Dyer. McCaleb is super fast and I dare someone to catch him after he gets by the first man. Emory Blake is a stand out receiver who has missed several games due to injury. He is back and 100%. Lutzie is a constant big time catch guy and he made a sick catch last week against Ole miss.
Not saying they are perfect but they are so much better than what people give them credit for.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
10:13 am
@TampaDawg
Remember Texas A&M came to Ark., had a big lead., still got there BUTT kicked. please check the record…….SEC still superior, WHO has won the last 5 NAT. CHAMP.Please dont quess let me tell you SEC, SEC, SEC SEC, SEC,…2 @ FLA 1 @LSU 1 @ AUB. 1 @ ALA. enough said.
mdawg
November 8th, 2011
10:22 am
to the person who wants us to play clemson every year….. get real. us new generation dawgs do NOT want to play clemson…. look at the head to head recored betweeen UGA and clemson and you will see that they can not compete.
we do play them in a home and home in a few years.. after that i never want to play them again… period
tradition is for old folks and we yungins want to create our own traditions
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
10:29 am
@ole yeller .. aren’t you proving my point? Did you not really read my post? I don’t believe A&M and Mizzou have any idea what they are about to get themselves into.
@ DC, I agree the Auburn run game is pretty awesome but this is a team the JUST gave up nearly 400 yards of offense to Ole Miss. That’s not good. Over 200 of that was on the ground. Yes, Isaiah hasn’t been a great back as of yet, but I would say I am not going out on a limb stating that he is better than anyone on the Rebels squad. Heck, so is Carlton Thomas and Brandon Harton for that matter.
DC
November 8th, 2011
10:34 am
I fear the air attack more than the run game of UGA..there was a bunch of cheap stat points in that ole miss game. but we shall see..not going to be low scoring by either side..thats one thing I do know haha..I’m curious to see how my boys play with that bye week.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
10:39 am
It is a dynamic of the game that is underrated, having a bye week prior to a big game. I think UGA goes over 200 yards both on the ground and in the air. I am predicting 31-17 Dawgs with a big play from Auburn on special teams and a 150 / 1 TD game from Dyer. I have a feeling McCalebb gets about another 50 on top of that too.
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
10:40 am
Personal I’ll take Harton over “IC” until he get his head out of his a–. Harton is little but loud. Thomas I think has let a little bit of success go to his head AND IS FALLING BEHINED. He needs to pick it up or he will be #3.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
10:58 am
Harton is better than IC. Just look at his stats in last week’s game!
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
11:03 am
Well, lets not look at one game’s stats and go with Harton over IC. Let’s keep in mind who Harton was up against. I like the kid, but I think I might be able to squeeze off 5 per carry against the Aggies of NMSU
SEC Insider
November 8th, 2011
11:07 am
Georgia’s 2012 Schedule Leaked:
9-01-12 Buffalo
9-08-12 South Carolina
9-15-12 Florida Atlantic
9-22-12 Vanderbilt
9-29-12 Tennessee
10-06-12 Missouri
10-13-12 Kentucky
10-20-12 Open Date
10-27-12 Florida
11-3-12 Ole Miss
11-10-12 Auburn
11-17-12 Georgia Southern
11-24-12 Georgia Tech
12-01-12 Idle
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
11:08 am
That is why I would like to see Harton run agains a SEC teams “D”. That would seprate the MEN from the BOYS. What he did against a cream puff was good but not great.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
11:08 am
@TampaDawg
Why not? We’re doing that with our defensive stats.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
11:16 am
So you’re saying there is no difference between even a down UF, UT (in Knoxville I might add), and Miss St offense versus NMSU’s defense? Wow, I am at a loss for words on that one.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
11:20 am
I’m just saying that there is a much bigger difference between UGA’s D and LSU’s D than anyone in Athens wants to admit.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
11:26 am
there is a difference, but I bet when it comes down to it against the better teams, you and many others will find out the gap is only as big as the rankings indicate (they aren’t far apart in the rankings). To the point, look at the teams that both UGA and LSU have played. Then look at the yards those teams have racked up on both teams. The difference isn’t that great.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
11:28 am
Right. And Harton’s stats indicate that he should start over IC – ignore the level of competition.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
11:38 am
Ummm, maybe you missed it. UGA and LSU HAVE PLAYED 4 MUTUAL TEAMS. That’s the SAME level of competition to compare the two against. Stay with me here, if they play a group of the same teams, then the level of competition is, hang in there on this one, THE SAME. And to make the point further, UF didn’t have Brantley back against LSU, but they did against UGA. Yes, you are delusional, and no, you’re no Dawg.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
11:48 am
Yeah, Brantley’s pretty dangerous with only one leg and Georgia is just as good as LSU.
And I thought I was delusional!
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
11:53 am
You are .. you haven’t made a factual point yet Techie. And obviously, one leg or not, Brantley is more dangerous than Driskel and the other no name for Florida that LSU played.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
11:55 am
You’re right TampaDawg. We should just go ahead and crown ourselves BCS Champions.
After all, it’s pretty obvious to both you and I that we’re just that good.
TampaDawg
November 8th, 2011
11:58 am
I never said that and you know that is just the weak way out when you have no point with facts to make. Nice job though.
Delusional Dawg
November 8th, 2011
12:17 pm
My only point is that Georgia should not be favored against Auburn. They’re getting lots of credit that is not really deserved for the past seven wins against cupcakes.
Auburn will not roll over. It will be a real game – something that Georgia has not been accustomed to lately.
1eyedJack
November 8th, 2011
12:20 pm
Why shouldn’t Georgia be favored over Awbun? Statistically we have a much better defense and offense and it’s a home game.
RawDawg
November 8th, 2011
2:12 pm
lodger16x
November 7th, 2011
9:41 pm
There’s an easy way to keep the 8-game schedule AND solve the problem of playing most other-division teams only once every 6 years. It would require that all teams skip one team in their division each year. So there would be 6 division games, and 3 non-division games ( one of those with the cross-rival). This is not any more unfair than the current rotation system. In this system, the longest time between an SEC team visiting another would be reduced from 12 years to 6.
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This actually isnt a bad idea… I wouldnt mind giving up 1 East team per year to preserve some scheduling diversity with West teams. EXCEPT if you have 2 teams tied for number 1 who dont play each other… whats the tie breaker?
ole yeller
November 8th, 2011
2:27 pm
UGA better on both sides of the ball. Auburn will show up and play but NO WIN in the forcase. After Saturday 11/12/2011 maybe UGA will get a little love.
Nick R Brown
November 8th, 2011
3:41 pm
The 15 game schedule is coming, but it won’t be what you think. When the SEC has 16 team we will go to 4-divisions of 4-teams with an 8 game schedule, 4 game OOC, and have a two game SEC playoff. Each division winner with be seeded at the end of the year, 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3 in the SEC Semi-Final round with the higher seeds getting home field advantage, and the winners play in the SEC CG at the dome. And therefore a team making it to the CG and a bowl will play a 15 game schedule.
As far as our season goes, every cross-division opponents is a home and home series. I don’t see how we can’t drop Bama. We already started the home and home with Ole Miss this year and Bama is the incoming opponent. I’d think because of that we retain Ole Miss next year, and we retain AU as our permanent cross division opponent and rotate to Bama in 2013.
Basically what this will mean is that every team will now have one permanent cross divisional opponent and one rotating cross divisional opponent each season. Texas A&M, for instance, will likely have Mizzou as a permanent cross divisional opponent and rotate with the other slot. Bama will always have Tennessee and rotate the other spot.
Save the SEC, scrap divisions – News Junkie - Tuscaloosa News - Tuscaloosa, AL - Archive
November 9th, 2011
3:03 am
[...] A&M, those in charge of such things are working out a schedule. There seems to be a lot of hand wringing over this, but the solution is simple: abandon [...]
Atticus
November 9th, 2011
8:39 am
8 games is going to be too inequitable. There will be way too much variation from team to team. It already is that way when you see a team like UGA win the East with the schedule they had. Its a joke Mr McGarity, please get it right, we should be playing at least 9 conference games, you can’t play just a little over half the conference and expect it to be legit. Plus its about time this sham of making alumni and fans pay big money to watch Coastal Carolina and N Mex St should be ended.
Jborodawg
November 9th, 2011
8:46 am
What a mess. I for one do not want a nine-game SEC schedule; we beat up on each other enough as it is; which gives the top 2 or 3 teams strong strength of schedule, but also tends to lower the rankings of the others that have a couple losses in the conference. Gawd forbid, but it looks like we’ll lose the annual Awbun-UGA and Al-Tn games; that’s about the only way to make it work without going to a nine game SEC sked.
Good grief, it’s an 11 hour drive from Atlanta. Even if ya fly to St Louis, it’s a 2 hour drive from there. Heck, Atlanta to College Station is a 13-14 hour drive. Even if ya fly into Houston, it’s another 1.5 to 2 hour drive.
Too late now, but I would have much preferred Clempsum or Central Fla …or…about any two teams from at least our area of the country.
ole yeller
November 9th, 2011
9:54 am
Looks like the Dawgs will have to wait until 2013 to play Bama. Missouri took their place in the straw test of the 2012 schedule. I don’t know who that favors. time will tell who plays who and when.
zbulldawg
November 9th, 2011
2:35 pm
FROM THE BEAT: This guy is already wanting to know what the schedule is for 2012 so he can start BEATING up on UGA before this season is over. When it does come out he will be the first to criticize it.The only reason I read this grap is so I can show some support for UGA.WHO’s beat CHIPPEE !
Jborodawg
November 9th, 2011
5:39 pm
That “Save The SEC-Tuscaloosa News” link (NOV 9, 3:03 AM) is good reading; the writer makes some compelling points. For Dawg fans, we lose the annual Tenn game, but keep Flawduh, S. Car, Awbun, and Vandy.
“Atticus”: be glad you’re a Bulldogs fan; most if not all of the other SEC teams play three of those type games.
“lodger16x”: your math doesn’t add up. “… keep the 8-game schedule…there would be 6 division games, and 3 non-division…”
Again, I recommend the “Save The Sec…” link. Kudos for whomever posted it. There’s just no way to have a perfect format that pleases everybody. Yep, it’s a mess.
big__things
November 9th, 2011
11:28 pm
So as the title says I absolutely cannot stand working. I’m soon to be 32 years old and have pretty much been working since I was 11 years old(paper route) with a few breaks over the years. Most recently I was unemployed for a lil over 2 years until a neighbor got tired of seeing me in the neighborhood during the day and gave me a job. This was back in April of this year and I am still employed with him at the moment. Prior to this job I was doing electrical construction. Now I am doing carpentry work, building, remodeling. At first I was thankful to be getting back to work even though I would have been happy if I never found another job ever again. Now I feel like I’m trapped in hell.
I’m working harder than I have ever worked before in my life making the same hourly wage I worked for when I was 24 minus benefits(no bennys at all). At first I didn’t mind the job as I was actually doing something productive, now I can’t stand it. I have to force myself out of bed in the morning and at night I sit in pain thinking about waking up the next morning. My boss is an absolute slave driver, treats and talks to me like I’m 12 years old. ABSOLUTE HELL. Friday can’t come soon enough but I can’t even look forward to Friday because now I’m expected to work Saturdays for straight time(I’m paid under the table and he doesn’t pay time and a half for overtime). He doesn’t even ask, just expects me to work. 2 weeks ago it was Friday morning and we were on our way to the job when he looked at me and said you’re working tomorrow. I said it ain’t happening as I had stuff to do and he started screaming at me basically saying that from that day forward to plan on working Saturdays with no exceptions.
I can’t take it anymore. Not just this job but working in general. When I think of work I think of slavery. At 32 I still have NO CLUE what I want to do with my life. I don’t have much of an education other than a high school diploma and some trade school. I have no interest in going back to school and piling on thousands of dollars in debt. I don’t even wanna wake up anymore if this is how the next 40 years are gonna be.
I try to tough it out but I’m just getting to nerves end. I’m in debt and have been hammering away at paying off my last balance. I try to tell myself that once I’m free of this debt and save up a little emergency fund I can tell my boss to screw and be done with the job. I get out of my car everyday at the shop repeating to myself “end game…….end game” so I can muster up the strength to keep walking to the shop and not turn around and get back into my car and drive home.
I keep being told to look for another job if I don’t like this one………find something you would like to do. Told that “I HAVE to work” and there are no other options other than that. I don’t want to be a SLAVE. I don’t to be like everyone else. The Jones’. No thanks. I’d rather sleep on a beach someplace and eat at soup kitchens rather than be trapped in a job I hate, up to my eyeballs in debt with a 30 year mortgage, car payments, nagging wife, and crying kids(the american dream?). That’s not me.
I dunno what to do. How to keep my head up and look forward. I’m probably not even making any sense to anybody and just ranting but I needed to get this out other than letting it build up inside. Arggggggggggggggggggg * * * do I do? No matter what job I take on I will be in the same spot after a month or 2 hating life.
Jborodawg
November 10th, 2011
7:59 am
This too will pass.