Category Archives: Scheduling

$EC Prioritie$

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Welp, Georgia’s SEC schedules for the next four years just dropped, and wouldn’t you know it, looks like we get to travel to Oxford and Tuscaloosa…again…next year.

I’m sure the ratings bonanza that is achieved from the Alabama-Georgia game had nothing to do with slapping the Tide on our schedule again…and, no, we won’t get another shot in Athens at them again the next year. We’ll have to wait until 2028 for that one. As an added bonus, we get to travel to Williams-Brice at what I’m sure will be a Week Two game scheduled to be played at 2:30 pm so anyone visiting can enjoy the climate or what I’d imagine is one of three combined layers of Hell. Yippee.

While Alabama and Texas won’t clash in 2026, at least they have Texas a somewhat more challenging schedule…having away games at TAMU, Tennessee, LSU, and Missouri…that is, if any of those teams are still decent in 2026.

Kentucky looks to be the recipient of the “oh for fucks sake” schedule next year, having to travel to both Columbias, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and A&M, while hosting Florida, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and LSU.

Maybe Stoops will announce his retirement tomorrow.

2026 Schedule to Be Released Tuesday

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Who will Georgia’s three regular SEC opponents? Looks like we will find out on Tuesday.

I’m still thinking Auburn, Florida, and Kentucky, but I have some additional thoughts on what Greg Sankey has in mind for Georgia.

  1. The Buffalo Bills
  2. The 1985 Chicago Bears, in a Time Machine, twice yearly
  3. Ohio State

Additionally, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the 2026 schedule compels us to play Auburn at Auburn again, and for most of our marquee games to played at the opponent’s site. Hell, at this point, I wouldn’t be shocked if all 9 games were away games.

In 2026 and 2027.

We Played at Indiana

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Merchants Bank Stadium holds approximately 52,000 people. Just saying.

One thing I’ll say is that many of you would agree he’s not wrong about the defensive execution…especially the LBs being out of position, which seemed to be the cornerstone of play last year with a certain defensive player whose name rhymes with Jazz Rambless.

Aside from that, he’s mentioning that he played at Indiana…when he was at Charlotte. Not at Marshall. Charlotte got throttled by Indiana, 52-14. And his eye roll when mentioning the SEC, I can’t say I blame him since Charlotte played Florida tight, losing 22-7.

The bigger fact he floated out there to focus on would be 60+ new players. I think that says it all.

Weird flex. Let’s see how it plays out on Saturday.

Roster Outer Limits

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Last year, if you can recall, a big change in how coaches report on their injuries and rosters leading up to games evolved with the “I ain’t sayin’ nothin'” position of not revealing injuries or roster moves until actual game time, unless it was an SEC game.

The New Mexico Lobos say “hold my beer”.

I actually would pay good money to see Les Grossman at DT.

I think I’ll keep a casual eye peeled on the UNM/Michigan game this weekend, because these are shenanigans I can get behind.

Take Me Home, SEC Country Roads

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As we wonder about how Georgia will balance their 2026 schedule, some dominoes start to fall.

Alabama and West Virginia have mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series, which was set to begin in Morgantown, W.Va., in 2026, with West Virginia returning the trip to Tuscaloosa in 2027.

New to the Crimson Tide’s future football slate is East Carolina, who will come to Tuscaloosa in 2026.

“We are proud of the number of high-quality home-and-home non-conference games we have scheduled for the next 10 years,” said Alabama director of athletics Greg Byrne. “That being said, we know that college athletics has been evolving and changing rapidly over the last few years, and it made sense for us to make these adjustments on our future schedules. We have a bit more flexibility as we transition to a nine-game format in the Southeastern Conference, and it gives us the opportunity to further evaluate how strength of schedule is evaluated for the College Football Playoff. Between other home-and-homes as well as conference games, we will continue to have a solid strength of schedule, which is good for our team, fans and college football.”

Louisville, we hardly knew ye. At least that’s my guess for what happens with our home team.

Your Jam-Packed 2026 Georgia Football Schedule

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Shot:

“I don’t have a preference,” Smart said at SEC Media Days this summer. “Forever, I was a nine-game proponent because it was better for our fan bases. It was better for television. It was better for increasing revenue, which is a huge demand right now on college athletics. So I like the idea of nine. My concern with the idea of nine is, you know, how are we picking the 12 or 14 teams and who’s picking them and what do they value? Because I don’t think we saw value in adding nine more losses to our league last year in terms of the way they pick the teams.”

Chaser:

Georgia always plays Georgia Tech in the Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate rivalry and there’s no way Georgia will drop that game. Georgia also has contracts to play Western Kentucky, Louisville, and Tennessee State in 2026. As it is currently situated, Georgia would have 13 games on their 2026 schedule. (emphasis added)

How do you keep a good team down? Just have them play more games than everyone else, amirite?

I’m guessing they’ll drop the Western Kentucky or Tennessee State game, but I could also see losing the Louisville tilt since the schedule is expanding to nine conference games. I would imagine the buyout for dropping that series would be the more expensive option, but given the odds and the schedule, I could completely understand it, as well.

I Come From a Land Down Under

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This might be a good week to bet the under?

As many of you noted yesterday, there’s a popular perception that Saturday will be Manball, defense, and trying to play sound, controlling football. The projections from Frenau’s BCF Toys seems to agree that 55.5 is a bit robust, and coupled with Kirby’s history of not beating a man when they’re down (unless your name rhymes with Tennessee), it could be a place where Georgia not only doesn’t cover, but doesn’t allow a game to exceed the projected 55.5 point total. Since offenses are finding their rhythm, it’s the first game of the year, and the transfer portal has opened up a world where offenses are featuring over 50% new players, betting the under seems to be the safe route this weekend.

Also impressed that preseason #1 Texas is projected at a comfortable 80% to lose to Ohio State. Sunday would be a great day to try out those noise cancelling headphones and avoid social media for, say, a week. Whoever wins that one is going to insufferable, to say the least.

Consider this your Fabris Pool handicapper, though I’ve noticed that Week 1 is the only week of the year where I ever win in the Pool, and that’s what I call dumb luck. How did Week 0 go?

Three that didn’t beat the projected spread and three that didn’t hit the projected Over/Under.

This is why I don’t wager real money on sports betting, folks.

Friday Fodder for Filibustering: Who’s Our Three

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From the previous post, it was decided that Georgia will have three standing SEC opponents that will remain for the foreseeable future. Two locks – Florida and Auburn – are pretty much guaranteed in the new nine game formula starting 2026.

The one that’s getting mentioned the most is Kentucky, but I’ve seen some references to South Carolina and some saying Tennessee.

So who is your vote for the 3rd, and why? If it’s not Tennessee, let’s hope this last meeting (for a moment) is another Georgia win, extending the streak a little longer and sweeter, please?

One of These Things is Not Like the Other

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Shot:

Chaser:

I opined about this a lot last year, but the CFP voting in 2024 that allowed Indiana an opportunity to receive any level of credibility needs to be studied. Not only do they boast a negative Net YPP, they have 0 – wait, let me add that up…carry the one, please excuse my dear aunt sally, exponent…yeah, that’s a zero – ranked wins. Somehow, I think Georgia, or any other SEC team for that matter, who carried that metric would find themselves on the outside looking in.

Likewise, how Brian Kelly continues to hold gainful employment is a mystery to me. When South Carolina has a better performance record than you do, you should show yourself the door.

We’re Number One!

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It’s just not in a category you’d hope to see, especially if you plan on attending this season’s packed and exciting home schedule.

Average SEC ticket price are up 49% in 2025 ($132.58) compared to last season ($88.93).

Average ticket prices for Georgia football games is up 77% compared to last season ($157). Georgia vs. Alabama is the most expensive game in the SEC for 2025 at $726.

Texas A&M ($91.29) was the only SEC team with cheaper ticket prices year-over-year, down -41.8% from last season ($157).

South Carolina saw the biggest year-over-year increase in ticket prices at +191%.

Mississippi State ($46) has the cheapest average price for the second year in a row.

Is it just me, or did someone hear another cannon shot coming from Columbia?

Sellers in a great quarterback, but he’s lost some talent around him and that round they’re firing might turn out to be a dud.

Anyway, I think we saw this coming. Home games against Alabama, Ole Miss, and Texas will certainly do that to the market value, but having a home schedule this exciting has been a long time coming. If it turns out to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, will you take out a home loan to attend?