Has this been discussed? Future OOC opponents for all SEC football teams?

[Optimus Prime 4]

I see it's old, but I don't remember seeing it. It's interesting. What do y'all think of your OOC schedule coming up? I think it's good for a rebuilding program to have only easy wins, but it's sure nice when paying for tickets to have a good game on there.

At least you won't pull an OM and have every team have the best two years in their school history like we do when we play them.

Future opponents for SEC schools
February 13, 2009 5:01 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low

I've had several questions about upcoming schedules for SEC teams and some of the nonconference games we can look forward to over the next decade.

Here's a team-by-team breakdown of future opponents. Remember, some of these may be tentative, and schedules and dates can change:

ALABAMA

2010 - Penn State
2010 - at Duke
2011 - at Penn State
2013 - Georgia Tech
2014 - at Georgia Tech

ARKANSAS

2009 - Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas), first game of a 10-year deal.
2015 - TCU
2016 - at TCU

AUBURN

2010 - Clemson
2011 - at Clemson
2014 - at Kansas State
2017 - at Georgia Tech
2018 - Georgia Tech

FLORIDA

2010 - South Florida
2013 - at Miami
2015 - South Florida
*Also faces Florida State every year

GEORGIA

2010 - at Colorado
2011 - Louisville
2012 - at Louisville
2013 - at Clemson
2014 - Clemson
2015 - at Oregon
2016 - Oregon
* Also faces Georgia Tech every year

KENTUCKY

2010 - at Louisville
2011 - Louisville
2012 - at Louisville
2013 - Louisville

LSU

2010 - West Virginia
2011 - at West Virginia
2012 - Washington
2013 - TCU
2014 - at TCU
2015 - Arizona State
2016 - at Arizona State
* At least six more games scheduled with Tulane from 2010-2015.

MISSISSIPPI STATE

2010 - Memphis
2010 - UAB
2010 - at Houston
2011 - at Memphis
2011 - UAB
2012 - at Tulane
2013 - Tulane

OLE MISS

2010 - Fresno State
2011 - at Fresno State
2012 - Texas
2013 - at Texas
2015 - Fresno State
2015 - at Clemson
2016 - Clemson
2010 - at Georgia Tech
2011 - Georgia Tech

SOUTH CAROLINA

2010 - North Carolina
2011 - East Carolina (Charlotte)
2012 - East Carolina
2014 - East Carolina (Charlotte)
2015 - at East Carolina
* Also plays Clemson every year

TENNESSEE

2010 - Oregon
2011 - at North Carolina
2012 - North Carolina
2012 - at North Carolina State
2013 - at Oregon
2013 - North Carolina State
2014 - at Oklahoma
2015 - Oklahoma
2015 - at Connecticut
2016 - Connecticut
2016 - at Nebraska
2017 - Nebraska
2018 - Ohio State
2019 - at Ohio State

VANDERBILT

2010 - at Connecticut
2011 - Connecticut
2012 - Clemson
2013 - at Clemson
* Six more games with Wake Forest beginning in 2010
* Four more games with Northwestern beginning in 2010.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

I see it's old, but I don't remember seeing it. It's interesting. What do y'all think of your OOC schedule coming up? I think it's good for a rebuilding program to have only easy wins, but it's sure nice when paying for tickets to have a good game on there.

At least you won't pull an OM and have every team have the best two years in their school history like we do when we play them.

Future opponents for SEC schools
February 13, 2009 5:01 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low

I've had several questions about upcoming schedules for SEC teams and some of the nonconference games we can look forward to over the next decade.

Here's a team-by-team breakdown of future opponents. Remember, some of these may be tentative, and schedules and dates can change:

ALABAMA

2010 - Penn State
2010 - at Duke
2011 - at Penn State
2013 - Georgia Tech
2014 - at Georgia Tech

ARKANSAS

2009 - Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas), first game of a 10-year deal.
2015 - TCU
2016 - at TCU

AUBURN

2010 - Clemson
2011 - at Clemson
2014 - at Kansas State
2017 - at Georgia Tech
2018 - Georgia Tech

FLORIDA

2010 - South Florida
2013 - at Miami
2015 - South Florida
*Also faces Florida State every year

GEORGIA

2010 - at Colorado
2011 - Louisville
2012 - at Louisville
2013 - at Clemson
2014 - Clemson
2015 - at Oregon
2016 - Oregon
* Also faces Georgia Tech every year

KENTUCKY

2010 - at Louisville
2011 - Louisville
2012 - at Louisville
2013 - Louisville

LSU

2010 - West Virginia
2011 - at West Virginia
2012 - Washington
2013 - TCU
2014 - at TCU
2015 - Arizona State
2016 - at Arizona State
* At least six more games scheduled with Tulane from 2010-2015.

MISSISSIPPI STATE

2010 - Memphis
2010 - UAB
2010 - at Houston
2011 - at Memphis
2011 - UAB
2012 - at Tulane
2013 - Tulane

OLE MISS

2010 - Fresno State
2011 - at Fresno State
2012 - Texas
2013 - at Texas
2015 - Fresno State
2015 - at Clemson
2016 - Clemson
2010 - at Georgia Tech
2011 - Georgia Tech

SOUTH CAROLINA

2010 - North Carolina
2011 - East Carolina (Charlotte)
2012 - East Carolina
2014 - East Carolina (Charlotte)
2015 - at East Carolina
* Also plays Clemson every year

TENNESSEE

2010 - Oregon
2011 - at North Carolina
2012 - North Carolina
2012 - at North Carolina State
2013 - at Oregon
2013 - North Carolina State
2014 - at Oklahoma
2015 - Oklahoma
2015 - at Connecticut
2016 - Connecticut
2016 - at Nebraska
2017 - Nebraska
2018 - Ohio State
2019 - at Ohio State

VANDERBILT

2010 - at Connecticut
2011 - Connecticut
2012 - Clemson
2013 - at Clemson
* Six more games with Wake Forest beginning in 2010
* Four more games with Northwestern beginning in 2010.

 

[615dawg]

will be very interesting,

 

[rebfan04]

Like my opinion matters, though.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

It will be worse than the Vandy games when Bama has half the stadium. There will be Bama fans who can't get a ticket because the place is so small.

 

[dawgstudent]

a decent OOC team right now. Maybe a couple years down the road, pick some up. We need wins.

 

[FlabLoser]

At least you won't pull an OM and have every team have the best two years in their school history like we do when we play them.

Like when we played West Virginia during the era when they were in the discussion for a national championship? We also caught GT when they were better than they'd been in a long time.

Conversely, Sherrill could sure catch catch a Texas when they were just beatable enough for us.

 

[615dawg]

competing for the Pac 10 pre-USC dominance and BYU going undefeated until we broke their running back's leg.

Sans Texas, we have had some bad luck with major OOC scheduling.

 

[MSUCostanza]

Plenty of time for us to pick up some good OOC games once we get back to being competitive.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

It's like a ****** high school stadium. The concessions stands are just like high school, as are the bathrooms.

 

[msucub]

Agree that we don't need to schedule Texas, Oklahome, FSU anytime soon, but NC State, Baylor, Arizona, Colorado, TCU, Wake, Louisville, would add some flavor to the schedule without being too difficult.

 

[38843dawg]

nm</p>

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

at their peak (not that wyoming was great by any stretch) and yes, we had Texas Tech just as they started to get good.

 

[rebfan04]

I was just saying, its still a little weak.

If you start winning by 2010, it certainly needs to beef up after that.

 

[shaschboy]

My sources are telling me that we are in talks with the lower Big 10 teams in a home/home. Possibly Mich. St./Indiana/Illinois. Not the big boys, but the ones that have budgets similar to ours.

 

[patdog]

I say schedule for wins OOC. The SEC schedule will be plenty tough enough.

 

[Oxford Godfrey]

You'll be in the BCS in no time.

 

[8dog]

I see none unless you have your sights set on a national title.

 

[Bdog9090]

thanks to the SEC and it's eventual take-over of the world.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[Optimus Prime 4]

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[8dog]

to risk a W.

National exposure is overrated now that we'll be on ESPN weekly. Its overrated anyway. In 1999, we were the defending West champions and our game against Oklahoma State was the 11:30 game.

I don't really think you sell many more tickets to the game.

Its certainly more exciting and fun to play a better team, but again not nearly worth risking a W.

 

[lawdawg02]

which is great for scheduling flexibility. we should be able to use these next 2 years to rebuild and get (hopefully) some wins against the C-USA teams. the only commitment we have after 2011 is a home and home with tulane. we're wide open other than that, and i would expect that 2011 or 2012 will be the year we'll add a home and home with a BCS team to the schedule, something byrne has said he wants to do every year. we'll also probably keep the jackson states coming once per year, hoping for 7 home games every year.

lots of clemson and GT games on those schedules. makes sense for everyone involved, hopefully we'll have more games like the GT series. i'd rather go to a game at virginia or nc state than at minnesota or indiana.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

...Since 1990, I've seen MSU play Texas, Oklahoma State, BYU, GT, UWV & a bunch of others I can't remember.

My point being, in the last 20 years MSU has not been shy when it comes to OOC scheduling.

But as for now, given where this football program is, I'm not interested in heroic OOC scheduling.

When you have been struggling with Tulane in recent years, you don't even want to see Tulane as an OOC opponent. Much less a real OOC opponent from a real conference.

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

SEC vs Big10 will be somewhat appealing, but not too bad of a matchup if it is those teams. Purdue could be another option. I would like to see the same with the Big12. Maybe Kirk Schulz could arrange a matchup with Kanasas State.

 

[patdog]

Texas Tech's OOC schedule of Eastern Washington, Nevada, SMU and UMass (that's 2 I-AA teams and 2 mid-majors with a combined 8-17 record for those keeping score) sure didn't keep their fans or the national media away from their program this year.

 

[BCash]

I just wish that the games were reversed so that Bama's expansion could be completed in time for the game

 

[o_1984Dawg]

I'm sick of CUSA too. Every time we play a CUSA team you know it's their Super Bowl no matter how crappy we are. And when you're just as crappy as they are they have a huge advantage. Give me a 1-AA, 1 CUSA/Sun Belt/LaTech type team (not to start the season and as a 2 for 1 at worst), and home and homes with 2 crappy BCS schools. If we start winning, make it 1 crappy BCS school and 1 legit one.

 

[EmoryBellard]

play this many SEC teams? Looks like they will play 3 in some years (like '13)</p>

 

[HD6]

he has zero desire to schedule OOC games that don't look like possible wins, if not probable wins.

 

[dawgstudent]

you were at a luncheon.

 

[HD6]

to hear what was said at a luncheon.

 

[dawgstudent]

you weren't at the luncheon.

 

[Todd4State]

I don't know about scheduling two I-AA opponents, but if we win 10 games, that's what people are going to talk about.

Besides, I remember when we played Oklahoma State in 1999, people still busted on our schedule.

I'd actually like to see us play a service academy school. They are beatable, but decent teams, and they would draw well. I think Air Force would be a natural opponent with the base in Columbus.

 

[msudawg12]

our Strength of schedule sucks, didnt know ALA and Penn St play this year. UT and Okla and Ohio St in the future will be interesting. Hopefully after the next 2 years we can beef it up A LITTLE AT LEAST

 

[ScoobaDawg]

enough of Lt's ****** scheduling.

and minor point, you left off one other for arkansas.
They have a return home game with Texas in either 2014 or 15.. immediately after petrino got to arkansas he begged out of the return home game for this upcoming season.
Didnt want to have to play Texas A&M and Texas at the same time.

 

[Todd4State]

our Strength of schedule sucks, didnt know ALA and Penn St play this year. UT and Okla and Ohio St in the future will be interesting. Hopefully after the next
2 years we can beef it up A LITTLE AT LEAST

strength of schedule doesn't matter all that much.

And quite frankly, if you have an easy non-conference schedule and don't win six games, you shouldn't go bowling anyway.