We played at Mizzou in 2015 just curious as to how the schedule broke that way since you are supposed to rotate every 6 years with East opponents.
Missouri game 2020
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Yeah, it seems any chance of that went out the window when we added the requirement to play one P5 school per year.
If we ever expand to 16 teams, I think that reopens the possibility, though.
Shouldn't a "journalist" from a "reputable" publication know where the game is and how the schedule works?
I agree with this. It's hard to argue against it. The SEC grind (put simply, we have more quality teams, which earns national respect), more wins, more bowl games, more money. The only argument I've seen against it is the season ticket holder's entertainment. Most teams play the P5 OOC, the FCS, and two teams like Southern Miss or Memphis. The only really bad one there is the FCS, and I think we as fans can get over that one game.
I don't think that's really even a good argument. Even ignoring that a 9th SEC game would typically be much harder than a Power5 OOC game, I'd still rather play the Power5 OOC game simply because I like new matchups against respectable opponents. I like the Arizona and Arizona St. games. I'm not as crazy about the NC St game, but it's still a good game. Even if one or both of those opponents end up being trash when we play them, you'll never hear me complaining about beating up on a **** Power 5 team. We've been the **** Power 5 team or gotten unlucky catching a team on an up cycle (Oregon, W. Va., and Ga Tech all looked like much different matchups when we scheduled them; even caught Houston on an upswing).
I also think we have done a good job of managing our schedule to keep some semi-interesting G5 games. I think playing teams like Memphis, USM, Tulane, and La Tech are more interesting than playing UMass or New Mexico. For example, in 2023, if nobody backs out, we'll play Arizona and Southern Miss in Starkville in addition to an FCS then play Tulane in New Orleans. SO we get what is traditionally a manageable Power5 game, and then two semi-local G5 games, including one in New Orleans. That's a fun schedule to me. That is a year with Bama and LSU at home, and those years have traditionally been dangerous because of the likelihood of having two sure losses at home, and an OOC loss can make an already difficult year that much harder, but can't do anything about that through OOC scheduling.
How's that working out for them? There weren't even any rumors of adding a 9th game this summer for the first time in years. Saban also says he wants to play 12 games vs P5 opponents and then goes out and schedules Duke, New Mexico St., Southern Miss and Western Carolina OOC, so I would take what he says with a grain of salt.
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Well, you can take it to the bank that MSU, UK, Vandy, Ark, and Umiss would get screwed on scheduling by the SEC if they went to 9 SEC games. The 9th game would probably always be a road game for MSU, giving 4 home games and 5 Road games annually just to screw us.
Year 1 in a 9 game schedule for MSU.****
Home: Kentucky, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Missouri/Vandy
Away: LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, A&M.
Year 1 in a 9 game schedule for MSU.****
Home: Kentucky, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Missouri/Vandy
Away: LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, A&M.
I’d sooner get another P5 game than SEC game. We should just stop the FCS games. With attendance going down it might help
Problem is, without the FCS game, it's almost impossible to get 7 home games every year. Plus, it's a big money maker for the FCS programs. Ever since Templeton was "retired", Byrne, Stricklin and Cohen have done an outstanding job with football scheduling. We don't need to change a thing.