Visit by LSU, return to Auburn highlight Georgia’s ‘13 schedule (updated)
By TIM TUCKER
Georgia’s 2013 football schedule restores South Carolina to a familiar early-season spot, includes a visit to Athens by LSU and — in an odd quirk — calls for the Bulldogs to travel to Auburn for a second consecutive season.
The SEC finally unveiled next season’s league schedule Thursday after spending many months sorting through the complexities of expansion to 14 teams. The league emphasized that next season’s schedule, like this season’s, is a transitional “bridge” and not a model for an ongoing rotation.
For Georgia fans, the 2013 schedule might be disconcerting: It is UGA’s first since 1957 without a home game against either Auburn or Georgia Tech, the Bulldogs’ two oldest rivals.
For more than a half-century, Georgia has hosted Auburn in odd-numbered years and Tech in even-numbered years. But the SEC said it shifted next season’s Georgia-Auburn game to Auburn “in order to maintain a balanced schedule for the 2014 season and beyond.” Two other games, Ole Miss at Alabama and Texas A&M at Ole Miss, also will be played at the same site this season and next.
“Repeat-venue games, while not desired, provided the only solution to the complex scheduling issues,” SEC commissioner Mike Slive said in a statement.
The other thing that jumps out about Georgia’s 2013 schedule: It is tougher than this season’s and last season’s, both of which avoided the top SEC West teams.
After opening next season with a previously announced non-conference game at Clemson on Aug. 31, Georgia will start SEC play Sept. 7 in Athens against South Carolina. On Sept. 28, Georgia will host SEC West power LSU. Clemson, South Carolina and LSU are currently ranked among the nation’s top 14 teams.
Next season’s Georgia-South Carolina game will mark the 21st time in 22 years that the teams meet in their SEC openers. The exception was this season’s October meeting.
The Georgia-LSU game will be a homecoming for Zach Mettenberger, currently LSU’s starting quarterback and a former Georgia player. He grew up near Athens.
After the early-season gauntlet, Georgia’s remaining SEC games next season are Oct. 5 at Tennessee, Oct. 12 at home against Missouri, Oct. 19 at Vanderbilt, Nov. 2 against Florida in Jacksonville, Nov. 16 at Auburn and Nov. 23 at home against Kentucky.
In addition to the opener at Clemson, the previously announced non-conference schedule includes home games against North Texas (Sept. 21) and Appalachian State (Nov. 9) and the road game at Tech (Nov. 30).
Next season’s schedule is spread over 14 weeks. Georgia will have a bye week following the South Carolina game and another before the Florida game.
“The 2013 schedule will obviously be very challenging,” UGA athletic director Greg McGarity said in a statement. “Our No. 1 priority throughout this process was to protect our long-standing rivalry game against Auburn, and in order to keep this series intact, it necessitated a return to Auburn in 2013. We will start working on the 2014 rotating SEC schedule this spring, and we can confirm that Auburn will be returning to Athens in 2014.”
Beyond that assurance, the SEC described the ’13 schedule as “not based on any previous or future scheduling formats.”
GEORGIA’S 2013 SCHEDULE
All caps signifies home game
- August 31 at Clemson
- September 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
- September 14 Open
- September 21 NORTH TEXAS
- September 28 LSU
- October 5 at Tennessee
- October 12 MISSOURI
- October 19 at Vanderbilt
- October 26 Open
- November 2 Florida ( Jacksonville)
- November 9 APPALACHIAN ST.
- November 16 at Auburn
- November 23 KENTUCKY
- November 30 at Georgia Tech
SEC WEEK-BY-WEEK, 2013
Aug. 31
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Sept. 7
South Carolina at Georgia
Sept. 14
Alabama at Texas A&M
Mississippi State at Auburn
Vanderbilt at South Carolina
Sept. 21
Auburn at LSU
Tennessee at Florida
Sept. 28
Ole Miss at Alabama
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Florida at Kentucky
LSU at Georgia
Oct. 5
Arkansas at Florida
Ole Miss at Auburn
Georgia at Tennessee
Kentucky at South Carolina
LSU at Mississippi State
Missouri at Vanderbilt
Oct. 12
Alabama at Kentucky
South Carolina at Arkansas
Florida at LSU
Missouri at Georgia
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Oct. 19
Arkansas at Alabama
Auburn at Texas A&M
Florida at Missouri
Georgia at Vanderbilt
South Carolina at Tennessee
LSU at Ole Miss
Oct. 26
Tennessee at Alabama
Kentucky at Mississippi State
South Carolina at Missouri
Vanderbilt at Texas A&M
Nov. 2
Auburn at Arkansas
Georgia vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
Mississippi State at South Carolina
Tennessee at Missouri
Nov. 9
LSU at Alabama
Arkansas at Ole Miss
Auburn at Tennessee
Vanderbilt at Florida
Missouri at Kentucky
Mississippi State at Texas A&M
Nov. 16
Alabama at Mississippi State
Georgia at Auburn
Florida at South Carolina
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Nov. 23
Mississippi State at Arkansas
Kentucky at Georgia
Texas A&M at LSU
Missouri at Ole Miss
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Nov. 30
Alabama at Auburn
Arkansas at LSU
Tennessee at Kentucky
Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Texas A&M at Missouri
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Confused
October 18th, 2012
7:53 pm
Georgia at Kentucky better be at night in October in 2014.
jerry
October 18th, 2012
7:55 pm
Division 1-A teams should play all games in that division. Anything else is nothing but a money grabbing scheme.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
7:59 pm
Reality Dawg
October 18th, 2012
5:31 pm
UGA’s schedule for home and away games is awful. What the hell do those idiots over in Athens do when it comes to getting home and away games scheduled with the clowns over in Bham at the SEC office? Do you people know we will have had only one game combined at home during Oct this year and next? Why can’t they get us away from playing TN and Vandy home and home to a home and away schedule. The FL game in Jax really really hurts us in playing a balanced home and away schedule but that what the Georgia folks won’t so this is why we get a really unbalanced away and home
Macon Mike
October 18th, 2012
5:36 pm
It is past time to get rid of Jacksonville. Home and home with the Gators!
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They could do it–if they would.
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
At least we will know very early if we will be any good or not. I like a “tune-up” first game but Clemp-stun will be fun…
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:02 pm
@ Smarticus:
Unless you are less than 50 years old you won’t live long enough to hear about CMR leaving UGA. He will coach as long as he likes at UGA because God don’t like nasty bloggers like you and your ilk. If you get on God’s nerves with your continuing harassment of CMR, you may not even live long enough to find another coach to hassle but keep in mind now, that God, CMR and Brainiac love you……………………………………………and your ilk!!!!!!!!!!!!
joe jenkins
October 18th, 2012
8:09 pm
We only have 3 of the top ten in-state players commited to us….thats not going to cut it richt.
spider
October 18th, 2012
8:12 pm
well at least there is only 1 quality non conference game. CLEMSON.
mark
October 18th, 2012
8:12 pm
Hey, Richt had them ready for Boise last year didnt he and South Carolina this year. Give him a raise and another big extention,,,, such a nice guy!! And didn’t he have them ready a few years ago early ginst the Tide ??? the great blackout debacle
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:13 pm
@ Jerry:
Money is ALWAYS the reason for ANYTHING and will continue to be. Some of the little programs would have to give up football if not for the OOC games that D-1 pays them a million dollars to come and be slaughtered. Sometimes it backfires and little guys like Louisiana-Monroe get the loot AND a win. Of course L-M doesn’t get invited back because evidently they didn’t know they were supposed to lose.(Another example of L-M pi$$ing God off by beating Saban’s team IN TUSKILOSER)
Still we need more money at UGA so CMR’s pay can raised up a couple of Million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Turd Ferguson
October 18th, 2012
8:18 pm
that sched. is easier than this year.2 tuff games and 3 if you count clemson. thats the reason GA wins 10 games every year.easy peezy japaneezy.
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
8:19 pm
ANSWER: MARK, MARK
QUESTION: What does a hairlip dog sound like…
ANSWER: MIDDLE TENN. ST.
QUESTION: What team destroyed Mark’s favorite team…
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
@ Joe “jughead” Jenkens:
What ever gave you the idea that you have ANY influence over what will/will not cut it at UGA?. CMR will recruit whoever he wants and I can’t even imagining you having ANYTHING(No matter how trivial) to do with it.
Get a life, get a job. take a bath and CALL DELTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got it???????
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
8:21 pm
@ Turd
Ace name bro…
Jimmy The First
October 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
Until the SC game, I had not called for Richt to go.
I can’t support him anymore.
The schedule for next year doesn’t matter because if Richt is not gone
He will be on the hotseat.
It will be a long season regardless because Richt can’t win the big games.
Richt must go.
tigerjoe
October 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
as an auburn fan i would say it doesn’t matter where you play us next year. still gonna kick our ass. but we’ll get through these hard times again and be back to respectable.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
@ jughead Jenkins:
Who knows? Maybe we will get another one by LOI signing day which is still a few days away!!!!!! Just sayin!!!!!
Jimmy The First
October 18th, 2012
8:27 pm
If we lose to Clemson next year
We will hear about it all season.
Richt teams start slow.
Richt must go.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
8:30 pm
spider
October 18th, 2012
8:12 pm
well at least there is only 1 quality non conference game. CLEMSON.
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That’s one more than we usually play.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:37 pm
@ Jimmy The First:
Good God man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can you pull your much sought-after support for CMR. He will be mentally crushed, the stock market will fail,, taxes will go up, meteors will hit Earth, volcanos will erupt, drug use and suicide will double, all illegal aliens will leave willingly, Obama will give up lying, Monica Lewinsky will vote Republican because Democrats left a bad taste in her mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don’t do this to one of God’s favorite men!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you no room to negotiate or are you just going to flat out cease your support of CMR??? Please tell us you are not serious!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toe Meets Leather
October 18th, 2012
8:40 pm
Gauntlet? Is not a word to be used when talking about UGA schedule.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
@ Dawgnole:
Why don’t you jump over and help FSU for a while???
You have provided tremendous leadership and service for DAWGNATION while really not giving FSU equal time. Maybe you could just delete the “dawg’ part of you blog name and serve FSU fulltime. I promise I will personally contact you if DawgNation has need of your services!!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile, call Delta!
Thanks dude and I love your uneducated a$$ anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is Reality boys
October 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
Turd Ferguson is a moron. LSU replaced Ole Miss and Clemson replaces Buffalo; not to mention playing Carolina with everyone suspended.
Vampire Bill
October 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
0-2 start then a week off giving Richt enough time to tell everyone how much the team learned and the young guys will have to step up. But, its ok cause we will continue to work hard.
This is Reality boys
October 18th, 2012
8:52 pm
If UGA does not go to Atlanta Richt and the entire staff should be fired.
UF’s west opponents- @ A & M and LSU
USC’s west opponents- @ LSU and Arkansas
UGA’s west opponents- Ole Miss and @ Auburn
Alphare
October 18th, 2012
8:56 pm
OK, UGA cannot win NC this year. No chance the next years as well.
When it’s all said and done, it’ll be all blank from 1980 to 2015.
Alphare
October 18th, 2012
8:59 pm
OK, UGA cannot win NC this year. No chance the next 2 years as well as you will play BAMA in 2014.
When it’s all said and done, it’ll be all blank between 1980 to 2015.
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:05 pm
At least we will know very early if we will be any good or not. I like a “tune-up” first game but Clemp-stun will be fun…
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King — Forget the tune-up game. If you win the 1st game against a name opponent, it can jump-start a Season.
Mike Slive
October 18th, 2012
9:06 pm
LSU’s east teams next year are Georgia and Florida.
Alabama’s east schedule is against Tennessee and Kentucky.
And yes the Tide did not have to play SC, FL or GA this season while LSU played SC and FL.
Our conference office is in Birmingham.
Connect the dots
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
9:07 pm
You boys need a binky???
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
9:08 pm
75
In da house. What’s shaking Crim???
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
king — you given up on the Falcons??
We’re un-defeated man!!
Where you been
Bobby Bowden
October 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
To all the All Cun7 Conference (ACC) Richt is 14-1 vs your high school teams.
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
9:13 pm
BC
Totally agree. Let’s get it on. Be prepared to play with the Big-Boys from the get-go. Maybe a little desperation at the beginning of the season will be good. Hope I don’t hear the babies all off-season…
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
The ACC is a joke.
The bumble-bees are god-awful.
One of the worse defenses I’ve ever seen.
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:18 pm
Brain — dawgnole’s a trooper.
Not everyone slobbers the kool-aid day & night.
No. 1 Braves Fan
October 18th, 2012
9:21 pm
The UGA fans who constantly gripe,complain and call for CMR to be fired are
worse than the Braves fans who want the Braves to fire Frank Wren and Fredi Gonzalez. It takes some doing to be that bad.
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
9:22 pm
BC
Nah, I’ve been keeping up, but have been very busy lately. Spent some time in the hospital with my mom, but she’s better. Still have to keep a close eye on her. Love her a lot bro. Won’t have her much longer. Football pales in comparison with a Mom who need ya. She took care of me once, now I watch her like a Red-tailed Hawk watches a field, lol. I’ll try to get back to the blog when I can…
Lambert Dawg
October 18th, 2012
9:24 pm
All you fans from other teams blow my mind. I can honestly say I have never gone on any other teams blogs to read, much less post. You people really do need to get a life. Most of you people don’t know squat about football and truth be known have never played.
I would love to go “Oklahoma” with any of you..and I’m not talking about sooners.
Mark Richt has forgotton more about football than you faceless cowards who post and criticise on these boards will ever know. I love the man and this team.
There is still a lot of football to be played including the most important game in Jacksonville. I hope the gators are undefeated and number one or two. This season is not over.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
9:26 pm
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
@ Dawgnole:
Why don’t you jump over and help FSU for a while???
You have provided tremendous leadership and service for DAWGNATION while really not giving FSU equal time. Maybe you could just delete the “dawg’ part of you blog name and serve FSU fulltime. I promise I will personally contact you if DawgNation has need of your services!!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile, call Delta!
Thanks dude and I love your uneducated a$$ anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think I want some of the meds you’ve been gulping.
Who Cares?!?
October 18th, 2012
9:28 pm
Who F’N cares?
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:29 pm
king — best wishes.
FLA DAWG
October 18th, 2012
9:30 pm
Who cares ?
Richt, Bobo and Grantham will still be here to make sure we lose to any ranked team we play.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
9:32 pm
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:18 pm
Brain — dawgnole’s a trooper.
Not everyone slobbers the kool-aid day & night.
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Yah!
Never was much of one for kool-aid. Always reminds me of the fanatical Jim Jones and his lethal purple elixer. Thomas Brown also reminds me of the fanatical Jim Jones–except Jones probably had more integrity.
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
9:37 pm
BC
Some of us including Brain, have been under alot of pressure from within and without. We’re “homers to the haters. We’ve tried to keep the fans togeather, but after the SC-SLAPDOWN, we have had an uphill battle to say the least. Have to balance reality and optimism against a crapload of pessimist, lol. I think Brain’s punch-drunk. He gets an atta boy as a DGD from me…
Big Wally
October 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
This will be 2010 all over. Make your reservations now for Memphis. Maybe we won’t be outcoached by a Conf. USA team this time.
Big Crimson 75
October 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
I think Brain’s punch-drunk.
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That goes without saying.
Nothing wrong with rallying around the flag.
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
9:52 pm
Big Crim
I know I won’t give up. Pi$$ed yes, giving up, no. Seems like when your school’s down, they need you the most and the fair-weather fans want to go all “scorched-earth” on us. Too bad for them…
claytondawg
October 18th, 2012
9:56 pm
@kingdaddy…hope all goes well with your mom. I bet she’s a trooper and will fight through this like she helped you fight through your illness. Good luck.
Jojoba
October 18th, 2012
9:59 pm
Why no bama? Pussies
kingdaddy
October 18th, 2012
10:06 pm
claytondawg
ok, I’ll bite. What illness did I have besides Thomas Brown stalking me? When I said Mom took care of me, I meant when I was little, now its my turn since Dads gone to watch her. Thanks for the kind thoughts though. I do have a touch of mental illness at times…lol…