2016 Football Schedule

[dotcomdawg]

Mississippi State

DATE	OPPONENT
Sept. 3	SOUTH ALABAMA
Sept. 10	SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 17	at LSU
Sept. 24	at UMass
Oct. 1	open date
Oct. 8	AUBURN
Oct. 15	at BYU
Oct. 22	at Kentucky
Oct. 29	SAMFORD
Nov. 5	TEXAS A&M
Nov. 12	at Alabama
Nov. 19	ARKANSAS
Nov. 26	at Ole Miss

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[dotcomdawg]

Link to all 2016 SEC schedules http://www.secsports.com/article/14000433/sec-announces-2016-football-schedules

 

[rem101]

I really wish that UMass game was a week before or week after. Sox are out of town while we're there.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=bos#y=2016&m=9&calendar=DEFAULT

 

[TBone.sixpack]

That early bye sucks. Auburn game looks crucial at first study. Tough schedule.

 

[Cow College]

We play At home once between week 3 and Halloween. That's schedule sucks

 

[Cow College]

And the home games are no good

 

[lazlow]

$

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[notoriousD_O_G]

Really wish we could have gotten BYU at home first

 

[RocketDawg]

Yeah, it's not the best home schedule. Only 6 home games too, 2 of which are weak non-conference games. Presumably UMass comes to us in 2017, as does BYU. They must've decided that BYU counts as a Power 5 equivalent.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

We played LSU in Starkville this year---even numbered years we play them in Red Stick.

I hate it because that means even numbered years are Hellish Road game years---next year we go at LSU, at BYU, at Bama, and at Ole Miss.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

And it seems like all of the P5 non conference games we have announced have us going there first which means even numbered years.

 

[civildawg88]

I think we have a fairly easy schedule. Yeah you can count lsu and bama as losses but the others are winnable. Have yall seen ole miss' schedule? Talk about BRUTAL

 

[Dogariffic]

I really don't like playing all of these SEC games so early in the year.

 

[patdog]

BYU does count as a Power 5 opponent. As for the home schedule, the SEC does us no favors with our 3 biggest games either all at home or all on the road. It's either feast or famine for the home schedules. UMass is a 2-for-1. They come to Starkville in 2017 and 2020. And the road game next year is at the Patriots stadium. New England is beautiful that time of year. That's an awesome road trip for anyone who wants to go.

 

[8dog]

Handsome
Schedule in a rebuild year though the p5 requirement is dumb and useless

Good catching bama and lsu on the road.

 

[00Dawg]

Wow.

In a rebuilding year, they're staring a likely 2-5 start in the face.
Best case is probably 6-5 going into the Egg Bowl.

 

[Go Budaw]

Not sure I understand the schedule hate. We have a great chance to start out 7-1 or 8-0 depending on what happens in Baton Rouge. Obviously that game will be difficult but we have stood toe-to-toe with the Tigahs the last two years. Even with a loss, we can still finish 9-3 if we split the last 4. That would be outstanding for what many considered to be a semi-rebuilding year.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Not sure I understand the schedule hate. We have a great chance to start out 7-1 or 8-0 depending on what happens in Baton Rouge. Obviously that game will be difficult but we have stood toe-to-toe with the Tigahs the last two years. Even with a loss, we can still finish 9-3 if we split the last 4. That would be outstanding for what many considered to be a semi-rebuilding year.

I dislike it because there are only 6 home games and only 1 or 2 that might be "big games."

 

[Bulldogg31]

The missing home game can be 100% placed on Tulane, and the relatively cheap buyout option they were given 20 years ago. They left us high and dry.

 

[patdog]

Yep. Hope we have some big buyouts for the 2 return games UMass owes us after next year.

 

[RebelBruiser]

BYU does count as a Power 5 opponent. As for the home schedule, the SEC does us no favors with our 3 biggest games either all at home or all on the road. It's either feast or famine for the home schedules. UMass is a 2-for-1. They come to Starkville in 2017 and 2020. And the road game next year is at the Patriots stadium. New England is beautiful that time of year. That's an awesome road trip for anyone who wants to go.

Did your athletic department not request to shake up your home/road split after expansion?

I know the SEC essentially opened themselves for requests on changes to the typical schedule, to see if they could accommodate as much as possible. We had been playing LSU/Bama either both at home or both on the road for years, so we requested to have that split. The SEC had us play Bama in Tuscaloosa in both 2012 and 2013 to get that fixed for us.

I would think you'd have wanted to shake up your schedule in a similar fashion for season ticket demand.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Did your athletic department not request to shake up your home/road split after expansion?

I know the SEC essentially opened themselves for requests on changes to the typical schedule, to see if they could accommodate as much as possible. We had been playing LSU/Bama either both at home or both on the road for years, so we requested to have that split. The SEC had us play Bama in Tuscaloosa in both 2012 and 2013 to get that fixed for us.

I would think you'd have wanted to shake up your schedule in a similar fashion for season ticket demand.

Instead of accommodating us with that, the NCAA granted our NFL prospects the option of not attending classes. So they could concentrate on the NFL.

 

[Bulldogg31]

I actually think Sticklin handled the Tulane debacle very well. We weren't getting another home game on short notice, so we got an easy win, in a town I've been wanting to visit.

I know a trip to Boston isn't cheap, but I've never met anyone that visited there in the fall that didn't love it. Great food, history, amazing fall weather, and a Bulldog win. It's a pretty good deal.

 

[Shamoan]

at BYU....yeah, we are going to get a fairly called game that night.

 

[Shamoan]

i take it you dont know any British people**

 

[57stratdawg]

We should have played the third game of that contract sooner. Wasn't it signed in like 2001? We played two games in 2004 and 2005 (I think), and we pushed the final game off for over a decade.

I don't blame Tulane for bailing, honestly. Plus, they also get OU in NOLA in 2021.

 

[dannyripms]

Mississippi State

DATE	OPPONENT
Sept. 3	SOUTH ALABAMA
Sept. 10	SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 17	at LSU
Sept. 24	at UMass
Oct. 1	open date
Oct. 8	AUBURN
Oct. 15	at BYU
Oct. 22	at Kentucky
Oct. 29	SAMFORD
Nov. 5	TEXAS A&M
Nov. 12	at Alabama
Nov. 19	ARKANSAS
Nov. 26	at Ole Miss

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I like that we play south carolina before lsu. That gives us a decent team to get out all the kinks. I believe if we would have had 1 more game before lsu this year we may have won that game. I also like texas am later in the season because they always fall later on. looks like we could be undefeated up to the bama game. I would liked to have had a open date between that somewhere between those last 4 games. Maybe after the texas game. I don't know why a lot of folks are thinking we will be down next year. I know we lose dak but we will be much more talented everywhere else plus nick and staley will be good enough to keep us going.

 

[121Josey]

Can they not move an OOC to November?