SEC drops Bama, adds Missouri for UGA’s new 2012 schedule
TAMPA — If Georgia does not repeat as Southeastern Conference Eastern Division champions in 2012, it will not have the schedule to blame.
The SEC on Wednesday finally released its new football schedules for next season and the Bulldogs made out well. They dropped the Oct. 6 game at Alabama and picked up a road game against new conference member Missouri in Columbia, Mo., on Sept. 8. Meanwhile, UGA’s traditional SEC opener against South Carolina was moved back to Oct. 6. That game will also be on the road, as originally scheduled.
The only other change for the Bulldogs was their game at Kentucky, originally scheduled for Oct. 13, moves back one week. That will eliminate what was originally an off week before the Florida game. However, the Gators also lose their off week before playing the Bulldogs, so neither team has an advantage.
Georgia’s non-conference opponents of Buffalo (Sept. 1), Florida Atlanta (Sept. 15), Georgia Southern (Nov. 17) and Georgia Tech (Nov. 24) remain the same.
“I don’t think anybody in this conference has an easy schedule,” Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity said Wednesday. “We have nothing to base a road game to Missouri on. There’s no question going to Columbia, Mo., is going to be a tremendous challenge. just like Florida going to Texas A&M is going to be. I know within our building nobody is thinking there’s anything easy about our schedule.”
Bulldogs coach Mark Richt declined comment on the new slate. “I think the focus should be this game and that’s what we’re going to be focued on,” he said. “I don’t want to get too far down the road. Let’s finish up this season and we’ll talk about those things in the future.”
McGarity said it’s important to note that Georgia is not replacing Alabama with Missouri. The Bulldogs simply are keeping Auburn as their traditional rival from the West and had to honor their return game with Ole Miss after playing the Rebels in Oxford last season.
It should also be noted that the new schedule, revamped to accommodate new conference members Missouri and Texas A&M, is intended for just one year. The SEC will reconvene in the spring to look at schedules for 2013 and beyond.
“The SEC transition team and our athletic directors did a great job with significant logistical challenges in a short time frame in developing the 2012 football conference schedule,” SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said. “The ability to come together for the conference is what makes the SEC so strong and that was evident yet again in this process.”
Said McGarity: “The entire scheduling process was difficult and the transition team led by the SEC office had to deal with some very difficult scheduling challenges and formats. That’s why it took a long time to make it through.”
McGarity remains skeptical that the league would go to nine conference games.
“It really restricts scheduling flexibility to do that, especially when it comes to traditional rivals and having a seven-game home schedule,” McGarity said. “That’s going to be very difficult to do.”
Georgia’s players were essentially oblivious to the changes.
“I really don’t pay attention to any of it,” sophomore linebacker Jarvis Jones said. “We just watch film, look at the personnel and line up and play. We can’t help who we play. We don’t make the schedule. So we just go out there any chance we get and try to make the best of it.”
Said fellow linebacker Alec Ogletree: “I didn’t know anything about it. I’m still trying to focus on this year and getting this last game over with. I’ll worry about next year when it’s time to.”
Here’s how the new slate looks:
2012 GEORGIA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
- Sept. 1 Buffalo
- Sept. 8 at Missouri
- Sept. 15 Florida Atlantic
- Sept. 22 Vanderbilt
- Sept. 29 Tennessee
- Oct. 6 at S. Carolina
- Oct. 13 OPEN
- Oct. 20 at Kentucky
- Oct. 27 vs. Florida in Jacksonville
- Nov. 3 Ole Miss
- Nov. 10 at Auburn
- Nov. 17 Georgia Southern
- Nov. 24 Georgia Tech
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True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:27 pm
Fleischman in Chi Towns Bed
December 28th, 2011
3:19 pm
@ True Dawg Fan
Did you see the SEC Championship last month? How am I uninformed? I think you are confusing ladies gymnastics with college football.
Have you got your Outback Bowl tickets yet ?
Be sure to watch the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP game on January 9.. between those 2 SEC WEST teams. The ones UGA will beat next year BHAHHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Their is one cyclical thing about UGAy…. they havent played in a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME in 30 YEARS. Happy Kwanzaa
Thanks for showing your extra stupidity. Bama has no business in title game, lost to LSU and didnt play anyone else besides maybe Arky that was any good and they were the most overrated #3 since Ohio state was last ranked #3.
And FYI we dont play bama or LSU if u havent been paying attention. So we can only beat 1 of them in the SECG.
No one is even remotely scared to play Bama. LSU will dominate the west anyways and face us for a fourth time in the SECG where we even the series in that game to 2-2.
Another FYI, teams change from year to year, ya know lose players, coaches, add coaches and other players that sort of thing that changes a team. With bama losing richardson and already having a typical terrible QB at the helm your offense will be even worse than it already was which is hard to do.
So really its just a one horse race for the west this year.
The perfect-triple joke
December 28th, 2011
3:27 pm
If Georgia made their own schedule, we would play Tech every week.
bvgfornextUGAcoach
December 28th, 2011
3:27 pm
Missouri will kick our butts next year….we are in trouble
timbo
December 28th, 2011
3:28 pm
It is called taking the path of least resistance. If they make it through the season undefeated, you will hear all the talking heads on ESPN repeat that line, so you better get used to it. Don’t want to hear it next December when you complain that you are not being considered for a shot at the title. Same reason Boise State with 1 loss played an un-ranked opponent last week. No difference, and you can’t use the ‘we play in the toughest conference in football’ excuse if you don’t play the toughest teams.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:28 pm
4.29
December 28th, 2011
3:18 pm
No one care what you predicted or what your new prediction is. You know nothing and are the most hated person on these blogs. Run along little nerd posing as a UGA fan.
The perfect-triple joke
December 28th, 2011
3:29 pm
True Dawg Fan,
Please do not respond to Bama posters. They are high on Spike 80DF and are already tards at birth. It’s a waste of time.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:29 pm
timbo
December 28th, 2011
3:22 pm
Not shocked at all. UGA will do whatever is possible to get a crack at sniffing that crystal ball. They know if they have LSU, Alabama, and Arkansas on their schedule they don’t have a chance. You really believe that UGA had nothing to do with fixing their schedule?
Its a fact you fricken idiot. read the article DA.
Chi Town
December 28th, 2011
3:29 pm
Mutt fans are such losers.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yeah!
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:31 pm
timbo
December 28th, 2011
3:28 pm
It is called taking the path of least resistance. If they make it through the season undefeated, you will hear all the talking heads on ESPN repeat that line, so you better get used to it. Don’t want to hear it next December when you complain that you are not being considered for a shot at the title. Same reason Boise State with 1 loss played an un-ranked opponent last week. No difference, and you can’t use the ‘we play in the toughest conference in football’ excuse if you don’t play the toughest teams.
Actually yes we can. this is the SEC. No easy games when playing an SEC opponnent. Thats the beauty of the SEC, so sorry little guy. But youre wrong.
We dont care what ESPN has to say, if we go undefeated we get into title game period.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:32 pm
The perfect-triple joke
December 28th, 2011
3:29 pm
True Dawg Fan,
Please do not respond to Bama posters. They are high on Spike 80DF and are already tards at birth. It’s a waste of time.
I do it to free up the blog. I have run almost all of these idiots off. Just a few more to go. And its funny to see them try and argue a point with half truths and skewed facts!
I'm the weed that UGA players Like
December 28th, 2011
3:33 pm
I predict that UGA will have a new schedule in 2014. Here is the schedule
Georgia State
Morehouse
S. Carolina
Auburn
Kentucky
Spellman(College for Women)
Tennessee
Florida
ITTech
Ole Miss
Miss
Missouri
Georgia Tech
With a schedule like this, we have to win the SEC East, then we will play in the Liberty Bowl again and lose
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:35 pm
I’m the weed that UGA players Like
December 28th, 2011
3:33 pm
I predict that UGA will have a new schedule in 2014. Here is the schedule
Georgia State
Morehouse
S. Carolina
Auburn
Kentucky
Spellman(College for Women)
Tennessee
Florida
ITTech
Ole Miss
Miss
Missouri
Georgia Tech
With a schedule like this, we have to win the SEC East, then we will play in the Liberty Bowl again and lose
We have another cryer folks, and another idiot that thinks we actually pick our own schedule!
FYI- ND and other independant schools are the ONLY schools that get to make their entire schedule. But good try.
A person SMART enough to know......
December 28th, 2011
3:35 pm
True Dawg
had they been respected prior to 04 then AU would have been in title game at 13-0 DA. Get a clue!
2002 OSU 13-0 v Miami 12-0 UGA 12-1
2003 LSU 13-1 v Oklahoma12-1
2004 USC 12-0 v Oklahoma12-0 Auburn no in but respected except for the Citadel, La Tech and La-Monroe, but Auburn did play 9 SEC teams.
The perfect-triple joke
December 28th, 2011
3:36 pm
Chi Town is offering half off blumpkins behind the dumpster at the 7-11 on North Avenue today. Hurry down tech fans.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:38 pm
A person SMART enough to know……
December 28th, 2011
3:35 pm
True Dawg
had they been respected prior to 04 then AU would have been in title game at 13-0 DA. Get a clue!
2002 OSU 13-0 v Miami 12-0 UGA 12-1
2003 LSU 13-1 v Oklahoma12-1
2004 USC 12-0 v Oklahoma12-0 Auburn no in but respected except for the Citadel, La Tech and La-Monroe, but Auburn did play 9 SEC teams.
AU should have been there @ 13-0, hence SEC was not respected before 06 as the best conference. Keep arguing for my side though and thinking that helps yours out!!
SEC Fans For Richt
December 28th, 2011
3:40 pm
You certainly do get to pick your OOC games. Boise State officially has a tougher schedule than UGa.
This is the perfect set up. Richt gets his contract extension, UGa runs the table, gets their brains beat in again in the SEC-C game, gets their brains beat in in their bowl game, schedule then toughens up, gets your brains beat in on a regular basis during the regular season and are on the hook for Richt’s contract. Love it!!!!!
NoTitleForDawgs
December 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
should go undefeated next year. No Alabama, no LSU, no Arkansas. South Carolina on the road looks to be the toughest game.
This is why Boise State never gets a shot at the BCS title. You want to play in the big show, you’ve got to prove you belong there.
I'm the weed that UGA players Like
December 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
True Dog Fan – The AD at any school can reach out and play another school, set up a home and away game. Like UGA will do with Ohio State in 2020 and 2021. Your AD did that.
You keep telling me that a school doesn’t have anything to do with their schedules but AD’s do it all the time.
Question – Why don’t other teams in the SEC respect you. UGA is kinda like that little brother, he likes the game but not big enough to play with the big boys……..
Saban Never Sleeps
December 28th, 2011
3:42 pm
The SEC has now officially relegated the dogs to 2nd tier status in the SEC. No Bama..No LSU..No Arkansas. The 3 premier teams in the conference.
dogsuxbig one
December 28th, 2011
3:43 pm
Georgia, you should be ashamed of that schedule, Hell GA.Tech plays Alabama more often than you guys do. Their shouldn’t even be any pressure to go undefeated with that cup cake schedule. Hope you get your back door NC cause you’ll never have it this easy again. And I don’t want to hear any crap about we can only play the teams on our schedule, the schedule was made up years ago, baloney you dropped the only real game you had. I know coach Richt was paying the coaches but now it looks like he’s paying the schedule makers also.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:43 pm
SEC Fans For Richt
December 28th, 2011
3:40 pm
You certainly do get to pick your OOC games. Boise State officially has a tougher schedule than UGa.
This is the perfect set up. Richt gets his contract extension, UGa runs the table, gets their brains beat in again in the SEC-C game, gets their brains beat in in their bowl game, schedule then toughens up, gets your brains beat in on a regular basis during the regular season and are on the hook for Richt’s contract. Love it!!!!!
You have no clue what you are talking about i nregards to “getting brains beaten in”
Its ok though we know you are jealous that UGA is back on top and at the time when our schedule happens to work in our favor.
Stop all your crying. If we are so bad it shouldnt matter.
bigcity
December 28th, 2011
3:44 pm
Love Ga fans already counting them chickens before they hatch.ROLL TIDE ROLL
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:44 pm
NoTitleForDawgs
December 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
should go undefeated next year. No Alabama, no LSU, no Arkansas. South Carolina on the road looks to be the toughest game.
This is why Boise State never gets a shot at the BCS title. You want to play in the big show, you’ve got to prove you belong there.
ahahahahaha we belong here just as much as Bama does so…… They play equally weak schedules so……..
UGA is here to stay at the top for a very long time just deal with it folks!
Jiggy Smaha
December 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
Alabama, Arkansas and LSU are the luckiest teams alive. Auburn and Mississippi should file a grieveance. Totally unfair that those three teams don’t have to play Georgia until the Dome.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
bigcity
December 28th, 2011
3:44 pm
Love Ga fans already counting them chickens before they hatch.ROLL TIDE ROLL
Actually its the retards like you that are doing it for us in an attempt to mock our schedule. But in reality you all look like idiots bc 95% of dont even know how the schedules were done or even who does them.
Make sure to thank ESPN for getting you into BCS game to be beaten AGAIN by LSU
4.29
December 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
Facts Georgia tek :
31-17 ten of 11 for Mark Richt
# 52 recruiting Paul Johnson # 7 Mark Richt
UGA # 18, Georgia tek # 30 AP (# 29 Coaches)
Attendance UGA 93,000 Georgia tek 47,000
Women UGA 58 %, Georgia tek 29 %
Asain Men 8 % UGA, Georgia tek 32 %
Nerds 0 at UGA, 100 percent at Georgia tek
# 1 Rival Georgia – Florida, Georgia tek – UGA
Graduation Rates Athletes UGA higher Georgia tek lower
UGA posters in Georgia tek blogs -0-
Georgia tek posters in UGA blogs – all of them (both of them)
UGA posters who could happily come post in Georgia tek blogs
1,000,000
Falling Nerds
December 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
Look at the Nerds falling from the sky, look at the nerds falling from the sky!
A person SMART enough to know......
December 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
If the SEC wasn’t respected then how did Tennessee play in the first BCS game?
LHarding Dawg
December 28th, 2011
3:48 pm
Bama premier, not so fast my friend. Arkansas premier, funny!
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:48 pm
I’m the weed that UGA players Like
December 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
True Dog Fan – The AD at any school can reach out and play another school, set up a home and away game. Like UGA will do with Ohio State in 2020 and 2021. Your AD did that.
You keep telling me that a school doesn’t have anything to do with their schedules but AD’s do it all the time.
Question – Why don’t other teams in the SEC respect you. UGA is kinda like that little brother, he likes the game but not big enough to play with the big boys……..
Those are what are called OOC game moron. they are scheduled by the universities. How many times have we been over this. SEC games- scheduled by SEC. OOC games scheduled by schools.
We dont care what other teams think of us. Its just fueling the flame, let them hate and disrespect us. It just works in our favor DA.
Fleischman in Chi Towns Bed
December 28th, 2011
3:48 pm
True Dawg Fan – you think OK. STATE deserves to play LSU? Facts are every team had their chance and they lost. Alabama deserves to be there, your dawwwgs deserve to be in the Outback Bowl.
Still bitter about the blackout game sonny boy? Or maybe 30 years of nothing. Go post on the UGA gymnastics board, at least you can brag about championships on there.
And you will never run me off drunktard, I have a life and better things to do than argue with a delusional tool such as your yourself.
A person SMART enough to know......
December 28th, 2011
3:49 pm
4.29……….Headley lamar, WnE and what other names you use. Ture Dawg fan is all over the Tech blog so I guess you don’t have your facts right. Dawg 48 & a few other classy UGA fans are on the Tech blog all the time.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:49 pm
Saban Never Sleeps
December 28th, 2011
3:42 pm
The SEC has now officially relegated the dogs to 2nd tier status in the SEC. No Bama..No LSU..No Arkansas. The 3 premier teams in the conference.
ahahah if you include Arky you have to include SC and UGA sorry. Also Bama lucked into title and has no business in that game. LSU is already the champs sorry.
Mark Richt's butt cut
December 28th, 2011
3:50 pm
Boy True Dawg Fan sure is angry… guess he didn’t get any new video games for Christmas.
SEC Fans For Richt
December 28th, 2011
3:50 pm
True Dog Fan, I certainly know what I’m talking about when I say getting “your brains beat in.” I watched the LSU/UGa game at the Dome. That was “getting your brains beat in” on national TV for all to see.
Evansdawg
December 28th, 2011
3:51 pm
I honestly think that some of these posts by “Tech fans” is actually put forth by UGA fans. As much as they pride themselves on academics, how can they be so stupid as to post the things some of them post here?? Every year they pull for other teams against the Dawgs and every year they get beaten by the Dawgs. Are they really that ignorant and stupid about the game of football? (Don’t answer that!
)
Now, these Bama tards are all over the place like on the Finnebaum show doing their chest beating and claiming to be college football’s saviour. Why they are on a UGA sports blog shows their ineptitude. (Something they can’t even define.)
And for clarity, the AD can have say-so in non-conference games. They have NO SAY in conference scheduling. Mr. Weed thinks no one in the SEC respects the Dawgs. Keep smoking, Mr. Weed. Keep smoking. There isn’t a coach in the conference at any school that doesn’t understand that when you play the Dawgs you have to bring your A-game. There is plenty of respect for UGA, idiot.
4.29
December 28th, 2011
3:51 pm
Ashamed of our Schedule ?
Why ?
Georgia tek and all the ACC teams are NEVER ashamed of your schedule
13-1
Try doing that ?
Isiaah Crowell's IQ
December 28th, 2011
3:51 pm
True Dawg Fan get a life no one cares what you think. L-O-S-E-R
WDE
December 28th, 2011
3:51 pm
@NoTitleForDawgs OH THERE WE HAVE IT WINNER OF MORON OF THE DAY! We play in the SEC if you don’t think that matters look at the names on the crystal football for the past 5 years..You win the SEC you’ve proven all you need to, your ticket is punched to the BCS title…
Falling Nerds
December 28th, 2011
3:52 pm
LSU 38 Bamer 10
ryan
December 28th, 2011
3:54 pm
This could be the kiss of death if UGA goes 12-1 and another team with a better schedule leaps ahead of them
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
A person SMART enough to know……
December 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
If the SEC wasn’t respected then how did Tennessee play in the first BCS game?
ahahhaha alright now im beginning to think you really are a small child.
Tenn got in bc they went undefeated and were the only team to do so.
Do some research and stop asking stupid questions
timbo
December 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:31 pm
Actually yes we can. this is the SEC. No easy games when playing an SEC opponnent. Thats the beauty of the SEC, so sorry little guy. But youre wrong.
We dont care what ESPN has to say, if we go undefeated we get into title game period.
With that schedule….don’t think so. There are 2 really good teams in the SEC (Alabama and LSU), the rest are average to below average. You just got your clocks cleaned by LSU, and you dropped Alabama. You can dream whatever scenario you want, but UGA had everything to do with getting Alabama dropped from its schedule.
A person SMART enough to know......
December 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
Evansdawg………..Teams in the SEC respect the UGa talent, but they don’t fear matching Brain Trusts against Richt & Bobo.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
Fleischman in Chi Towns Bed
December 28th, 2011
3:48 pm
True Dawg Fan – you think OK. STATE deserves to play LSU? Facts are every team had their chance and they lost. Alabama deserves to be there, your dawwwgs deserve to be in the Outback Bowl.
Still bitter about the blackout game sonny boy? Or maybe 30 years of nothing. Go post on the UGA gymnastics board, at least you can brag about championships on there.
And you will never run me off drunktard, I have a life and better things to do than argue with a delusional tool such as your yourself.
ahahahahahahhahahaha. OK state never got to play LSU idiot. They played better competition than Bama did and desrved the shot at LSU. ONLY reason, and I mean the ONLY reason you got in was bc ESPN said so. thats it period nothing more nothing less. You earned the sugar bowl but were gifted the NC shot.
But keep telling urself that you deserve to be there!
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
3:58 pm
A person SMART enough to know……
December 28th, 2011
3:49 pm
4.29……….Headley lamar, WnE and what other names you use. Ture Dawg fan is all over the Tech blog so I guess you don’t have your facts right. Dawg 48 & a few other classy UGA fans are on the Tech blog all the time.
No one cares what that retard says just like you.
LHarding Dawg
December 28th, 2011
3:59 pm
timbo – You get the stupidest post of the day award. We had nothing to do with dropping Alabama, they dropped us. Everyone knows they rule the SEC offices in Alabama. They play whomever that want.
Evansdawg
December 28th, 2011
3:59 pm
SMART, as for Bobo you may be right, but if Richt would take the OC duties over, that respect level would surely rise. Richt’s unwavering support of Bobo has caused many of his problems.
True Dawg Fan
December 28th, 2011
4:00 pm
SEC Fans For Richt
December 28th, 2011
3:50 pm
True Dog Fan, I certainly know what I’m talking about when I say getting “your brains beat in.” I watched the LSU/UGa game at the Dome. That was “getting your brains beat in” on national TV for all to see.
Actually it wasnt. Held them to 0 first downs and 25 yards in first half. And a total of 30 passing yards all game. They won bc of turnovers and short fields. they had 2 long drives all game. So you might wanna retool ur def of getting brains beat in DA.
Saban Never Sleeps
December 28th, 2011
4:00 pm
Even you AD is making up lies…”had to honor their return game with Ole Miss after playing the Rebels in Oxford last season.” Pure BS. Those barnturds do not have to honor their return game to UF next year. Mcgarity is just trying to put the spin on the fact that the SEC Powers are not impressed and gave you a 2nd rate schedule.