Category Archives: Scheduling

Chip Off the Block

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Buster Faulkner decided to head to Gainesville to be a pain in the ass to Georgia defenses, so Brent Key had to find a new offensive hero. Turns out he didn’t have to look long.

Let me say…not scared. I think Kelly peaked a long time ago, and, yeah, he won a ring with tOSU, but they didn’t win because of jaw-dropping offense, to be fair.

This, on the other hand, is a tad worrisome:

Let’s face it, it hasn’t been offense letting Bobby Hill down in Knoxville lately, so this could improve Tennessee a good bit. Too bad they don’t get us next year, as Knowles could be gone after a year and a more lucrative offer.

Let’s Just Not and Say We Did

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Well, you knew this had to be coming…

The school announced that it would be cancelling future home-and-home series with Louisville and NC State. Georgia adds that the teams will look to play each other in a neutral site game on a later date.

Georgia had been set to play Louisville in 2026 and 2027. The series against NC State was set for 2033 and 2034.

The SEC announced in August that it would be playing nine conference games beginning in 2026. Georgia’s conference foes for next season have already been announced. The Bulldogs will visit South Carolina, Alabama, Ole Miss, Arkansas, host Missouri, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Auburn and play Florida in Atlanta.

Georgia’s non-conference games for next season come against Tennessee State, Western Kentucky and Georgia Tech. All three of those games will be played in Sanford Stadium.

So much for parity and competitive OOC games. Thank you, Sankey and the CFP.

I’m Not Going to Play A lot for This Bowl Game

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Man…seven teams, including Auburn and FSU, passed and said “nah, I’m good”. Cant blame them, if I’m being honest.

At least it’s a rivalry. I mean if you have to play a meaningless game, it at least gives it a bit of an edge. In Birmingham.

Meanwhile, what’s the over/under for opt outs on these games:

Or…

I mean at least they’re playing, No Turd Aim. Say what you will about the tenets of playing in meaningless bowl games, Dude, but at least it’s an ethos.

Allow Me to Retort

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I can hear Samuel L. Jackson as I type that. Regarding Dan Lanning’s pot shot to SEC scheduling, here’s some fine numbers to consider.

If Lanning isn’t careful, he may soon have another analyst job in Kirby’s staff in Athens. Can’t say that he’s accomplished all that much in his time at Oregon, even with their Charmin-soft scheduling and massive recruiting payrolls.

I guess that’s what happens when you’re listening to the Dead and enjoying too much west coast lettuce…or maybe something else.

And that was after beating Penn State, people.

Quacking Up

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Lord, Dan.

Just because you can’t close it out with an unendingly deep NIL pool doesn’t mean you take pot shots at the conference where you honed your craft.

Do better, dude. Kirby taught you to be better than this, anyway.

Everybody Loves Georgia

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Right?

While the Ohio State-Texas match still has the highest viewership all season, Georgia-Tennessee came in second and the numbers above reveal that a lot of people like to watch a football game where the Red and Black are involved. As it stands, Georgia is a close second to all-season viewership, second only to Alabama. The top three most viewed teams (one of which includes Texas) are all SEC, followed by Ohio State and Michigan. Other notable “Blue Bloods” like Nebraska and USC have had less viewership than Ole Miss.

Meanwhile, I wonder if chicks dig Athens?

2nd highest female audience? Is it Kirk’s adorable puppies, or McAfee’s shirtless antics? Or Saban’s insufferable charm.

Don’t Worry, It May Still Be Ending at Night

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Ole Miss is a 3:30 kick.

I was hoping that we’d get a night kick, but I’ll take nice weather and hoping that we are shooting fireworks off in the evening sky at the end. But you know what they say about Kirby and mobile quarterbacks, so I’m already Munsoning about next weekend and how many walking wounded we’ll have after a night bout with Auburn.

And if Texas keeps looking like this, the Longhorn game might be an 11 am kickoff for all we know.

Division of Labor

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If there is one thing I miss in the new age of conference expansion, it’s the former East and West Divisions. When I find myself agreeing with Tennessee fans, it’s a rare and weird day, to say the least.

Now the better question would be…where would Texas be if we still had divisions? My initial thought it that the perception was the East was the easier side of the conference, and as much as they softballed Texas’s inaugural year in the conference with scheduling, they’d be in the East, Oklahoma in the west. Although the natural rival with A&M would suggest West, we did have a standing rivalry with western foe Auburn.

Were that the case, Texas, by their schedule results, would’ve still been in the SECCG as they finished with fewer conference losses and would’ve shut out Georgia from the game but Georgia would’ve made the CFP. In a “what if” scenario such as this, that would mean Beck would’ve gotten the start in the CFP, though we would’ve drawn Arizona State instead of opening round Notre Dame (perhaps) and Texas would’ve faced off against…Ole Miss? Alabama? LSU? Just imagine if one of those three had beaten Texas in the SECCG and would’ve bumped Georgia out of the CFP?

Hypotheticals, I know…but on the same note, do you miss the Divisions? Would we want to be facing Vanderbilt this year…or Missouri?

Discuss.

Just Say When

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If you’re looking to nail down a time to tune in to the Auburn game, let’s just say it’s “sometime in the evening”.

There’s times I really miss Jefferson Pilot Sports.

B1G Influence, or How the B1G Hosed Sankey into Making the SEC Even Tougher

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Question: why would a conference who saw teams get into the CFP, arguably underservedly (Indiana, yes, I’m pointing at you), have any desire to make their conference schedules or overall schedules harder when they can just influence the national media, the CFP Committee, or fans? You wouldn’t right?

Answer:

Next question: how do you ensure that your rival conferences beat the hell out of each other, paving the way for your conference to get more teams in?

Answer: You make them make their conference schedules harder…

The assumption that everyone in the conference would be on board with that move was a correct one. After all, nearly every SEC school besides Ole Miss had at least one Power Four non-conference opponent scheduled in the next year. However, the assumption that the Big Ten would return the favor after their own “Summer I Turned Petty” tour, was incorrect. It was wildly incorrect. 

According to On3’s Brett McMurphy, playing a tenth P4 game hasn’t been discussed, and another source added that “there is nothing on the immediate horizon.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise. There’s no incentive for the Big Ten to make a change, just like there was no true incentive for the SEC to make a massive change in their model before. And, before anyone says “well it’s better for the fan,” sure. That’s why the SEC did it. Their longstanding and unending commitment to the fan. 

That’s why they’ve done such a great job making sure Oklahoma and Texas had equally difficult schedules when entering the league. That’s why they’re so transparent and committed to fixing the officiating problem. That’s why. The fans. 

This was an all-time bag fumbling by the SEC, and they have no one to blame but themselves.“

Way to go, Greg. You got hosed and have the humility to admit that is only on par with Greg McGoofy. Every SEC coach should be able to get in a line to give him a swift, hard kick in the nuts for doing this.