Football Scheduling Question.

[CochiseCowbell]

This may be a dumb question. I've often wondered about this but never asked.

Many SEC teams schedule an OOC Cupcake or a bye the week before a rivalry game. Without looking it up, I know Bama, Auburn, & UGA (before UF & before GT). Why don't we do so? And for that matter why doesn't UM, LSU, or ARKY? Does it depend upon when those others demand theirs?

 

[121Josey]

There's no reason not to have an OOC game in Nov.

 

[msubrave]

We are the cupcake...

 

[dannyripms]

We better win against arky because the bears d-line is going to eat our offensive line up. I hope not because the whole damn office is fans of the gummy bears. I won't be able to tolerate it. I want so bad to send DAK out on a good note. He deserves it, that offensive line should take it personable to make sure he goes out on top. I swear we will hear the freezus owns mullen and all that crap

 

[CochiseCowbell]

There's no reason not to have an OOC game in Nov.

If this is true, then why are we 17ing ourselves?

 

[patdog]

I suspect it's more the SEC office than us that 17ing us. They have to have a couple of conference games this weekend, so they match it up so that there's not a situation where one rival has a cupcake and the other doesn't. You've got MSU-Ark, LSU-UM, A&M-Vandy, & UT-Mizzou this week, then MSU-UM, LSU-A&M, Ark-Mizzou, and UT-Vandy next week. UF, USC, UK & UGA will always get a cupcake this weekend since their rival game is against the ACC. So that leaves Bama & Auburn that get the "special" treatment. I'm sure it's just a coincidence it's those two.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

It would certainly help. Arky joined the SEC in 1992 and we had them scheduled BEFORE Bama and Ole Miss. So we beat Arky in '92, the next year a bad MSU team ties them 13-13 in Arky, and '94 we beat them in Starkville.

Then the Arky game gets sandwiched between Bama and Ole Miss, a natural trap game---suddenly Arky owns us for the next few years.

Now I do like getting LSU in the first quarter of the season before they get rolling. I would love to put UAB or Troy in place of Arky---get a chance to rest our starters before the Egg Bowl.

 

[DancingRabbit]

LT's working on it.

nm

 

[was21]

Our schedule at one time had what was referred to as the November Nightmare.....Auburn, Alabama, LSU and OM with no bye week. At the time OM didn't play either Auburn or Alabama season in and season out though they were on their schedule at times. Schedules matter.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Nowadays, it's all about conference and television network scheduling. The SEC wants good games each week. They don't want to have a 14-game FCS fest the next to last week of the regular season.