3-6/6 schedule
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Boo hoo Nick, play yearly 3 significant rivals you already play every season
Some folks with insight in how this is going think UK-Knoxville will be out. Our 3 will be Vandy, Mizzou, and Florida or Georgia.
Some folks with insight in how this is going think UK-Knoxville will be out. Our 3 will be Vandy, Mizzou, and Florida or Georgia.
Dis some booty why we gotta get Georgia. I do like MSU and USC though. We could claim Covid every year against Georgia. Maybe one year 9-2 can get us in the playoff. Technically 9-3 but committee can’t hold it against us.
I like it, if accurate. We get two programs who are roughly on the same level as us and one that we strive to get to. Could've been a LOT worse, imo.
Love TX annuals: AR, A&M, OK. Makes a ton of sense, imo. OK permanent 3 are interesting: TX, FL and MO. I guess OK and MO played in the Big 8 for several years so that makes some sense, too. OK v FL ought to be a headknocker every year.
Love TX annuals: AR, A&M, OK. Makes a ton of sense, imo. OK permanent 3 are interesting: TX, FL and MO. I guess OK and MO played in the Big 8 for several years so that makes some sense, too. OK v FL ought to be a headknocker every year.
If that's accurate they actually did a fair and good job overall IMO.
I actually really dislike it. UT-UK is one of the oldest rivalries in the SEC. SC, Miss St, and UGA are teams we play every year but they aren’t rivals.
Closest I guess is SC to a rivalry but not really. We have more animosity with UF and Missouri; and more history with Vandy.
Closest I guess is SC to a rivalry but not really. We have more animosity with UF and Missouri; and more history with Vandy.
UK-Georgia and Knoxville-S Carolina don't make sense. Switch them is the logical move for all 4 teams.
UK - Knoxville
S Carolina- Georgia
UK - Knoxville
S Carolina- Georgia
You’ll only miss it every other year.
Again, with 3/6/6 and a complete rotation every 24 months, permanent opponents are just not all that important. The whole damn SEC is our permanent opponent at least every other year.
It’ll be tough. We might have to see a few Top 15 type teams finish 7-5, 8-4, but Kroger Field will be an annual “who’s-who” from College football history.
Ticket prices will go up!!
The problem I have this the UK projection is the inclusion of Ms St. I really really doubt that either school want to continue this "rivalry". The was really no basis for this rivalry under the current SEC schedule. I guess it easy to just continue it when projecting a schedule.
Yeah i agree here It is a minor thing but we have nothing wjtb them and to be fair…..outside of ole miss nobody else in west does either. Weird school in middle of nothing
I’d have prefer candy or mizzou to miss st but oh well
I don't like the conference trying to commit to "perms"...other than a couple big rivalries...
Bama Auburn
Texas Oklahoma
Florida UGA
Miss st Ole miss
Outside of those I think they need everyone to cycle through and play everyone for a few seasons then maybe they can start homing in on matchups that are worth seeing.
Instead of "perms" or "rivals"...it can be option slots. The SEC leaves a couple slots open every year for their choosing based on data from previous year. Ratings, player match ups, coaching personality/style match ups, fan bases, general atmosphere of the game, etc...
Example, Texas and Bama this past year. That game is worth repeating for the time being. Great game, great ratings, great atmosphere in Austin, would be equally great in Tuscaloosa...
Bama Auburn
Texas Oklahoma
Florida UGA
Miss st Ole miss
Outside of those I think they need everyone to cycle through and play everyone for a few seasons then maybe they can start homing in on matchups that are worth seeing.
Instead of "perms" or "rivals"...it can be option slots. The SEC leaves a couple slots open every year for their choosing based on data from previous year. Ratings, player match ups, coaching personality/style match ups, fan bases, general atmosphere of the game, etc...
Example, Texas and Bama this past year. That game is worth repeating for the time being. Great game, great ratings, great atmosphere in Austin, would be equally great in Tuscaloosa...
Long enough to complain, I guess!
Without a doubt they need to put in an option to change the 3 perm opponents. Maybe after 4 or 5 seasons there can be a reevaluation to address games played annually that don't make sense, or matchups that need to be yearly instead of 2 over 4 seasons.
Under Dellinger’s scenario, UK and SC are the only two schools that don’t play their closest geographical rival.
That’s just wrong
Cats SHOULD have the Vols
The thing that he seems to be missing is that it is reported that each team submitted their one team that they wish to continue playing. UK's desired team had to be either UT or Vandy. So, it would be surprising if they don't get either one of them.
I didn't hear that every team could submit just 1 rival/permanent opponent. Report i read was all teams submitted a preferred listing of 5, from most important to least.
Online rumors are that Georgia doesn't want to play S Carolina, they find that match-up unnecessarily annoying. Too difficult & emotional road game, everything to lose/nothing to gain winning. but as a home game their fans don't feel it is important. Knoxville feels the same about Kentucky.
So since us & S Carolina are nobodies & the other 2 are somebody's who's opinions matter more, that is why the trend is for Georgia to be a UK yearly opponent, nit Knoxville.
Online rumors are that Georgia doesn't want to play S Carolina, they find that match-up unnecessarily annoying. Too difficult & emotional road game, everything to lose/nothing to gain winning. but as a home game their fans don't feel it is important. Knoxville feels the same about Kentucky.
So since us & S Carolina are nobodies & the other 2 are somebody's who's opinions matter more, that is why the trend is for Georgia to be a UK yearly opponent, nit Knoxville.
Nose-up-in-the-air Uga will play SC 2/4 years regardless of how annoying they find them. Poor ole GA being annoyed? LMAO. Screw Uga.
I hadn't heard this, but this seems plausible. I think there is zero doubt that Georgia is a big game for South Carolina and Tennessee is a big game for UK, but the other parties in each instance do not place the same weight on the game.
One thing that seems to be more disputable Is the groupings of teams (the upper half and the lower half of the league). Because of recent performance, UT has been placed with the "have nots" (much to their chagrin). That is important if indeed the league gives each of the upper teams two permanent opponents from the "haves" and one permanent opponent from the "have not". Alabama, for example, is rumored to have Auburn, LSU, and UT as their permanent teams. On the surface, this seems unfair...but if UT is considered a bottom half team, then it would make sense. For UK, it would make a Vandy, UT, and Mizzou trio unlikely as we would not have a top half team.
I think everyone in the SEC would get both Bama and Georgia, every other year.
With a 24 month complete rotation, 6 for 6 it will all balance out over time.
It won’t be easy, but will annually
be a great opportunity.
Tennessee would rather have UK. It’d be dumb not to. That’s your easiest conference road game for all 4 schools (worth going to).
It's not perfect no matter for any team...
1. UK is not a rival to UGA....Auburn, Florida, Tenn, USC are more rivals than UK from UGA perspective
2. USC, UGA or Miss St are more rivals than Florida, Tenn and Vandy to UK. For UK to miss them all feels like we are just filling out the permanent while rest of schools get the rivals they ask for. It's a minor gripe....but why we don't grab Tenn and drop UGA is sort of goofy. It makes ton more sense to drop USC adn add UK to Tennessee perm and stick USC with UGA....but I guess it's like a rubics cube for all SEC teams.
Tennessee is going to have Bama and Vandy. There third opponent is going to be either Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida or UGA. If you were going to put together an SEC schedule that offers the most potential for a game with national interest and a big TV share, which school would you put as Tennessee's third guarantee?
The annual UK-UT game is going the way of the Beer Barrel. I personally hope we can keep the South Carolina and Vandy games. USC has usually been a good match-up for both schools and it is just fun to go to Nashville.
The annual UK-UT game is going the way of the Beer Barrel. I personally hope we can keep the South Carolina and Vandy games. USC has usually been a good match-up for both schools and it is just fun to go to Nashville.
Any team with Georgia or Alabama as their permanent opponents better have a team capable of winning the national championship. If you beat either one you should be in the playoffs. That is stiff competition. Now imagine having both on your schedule every other year. Just WOW.
As compared to playing both one year then neither the next?
SEC championship goes through them, or whoever beats them. Just the status quo.