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dawgstudent

dawgstudent

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when we said we wished we played the crappy teams at home(Kentucky, Vandy) and the good teams on the road(LSU, Bama) because we were going to lose to the good teams anyway.

Well next year - we look to be pretty good and the schedule from 2 years ago which was a problem is now a good thing. We are happy we are playing the good teams at home and the crappy teams on the road. Our home SEC schedule next year is South Carolina, Bama, LSU and Ole Miss. We are at Kentucky, Arkansas, Auburn, and Georgia - although we do replace Vandy with Georgia from 2009.
 
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ckDOG

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We could set up to have a huge year next year with our tougher opponents being at home and lesser opponents being on the road. The big downside obviously is if we don't improve and catch a couple bad breaks. We could be very disappointed at season's end.

Of course, there's one constant that should always remain on MSU's scheduling going forward regardless of how competitive we are: OOC cupcakes.
 
615dawg

615dawg

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which is fine by me.

at Memphis (1-11)
Louisiana Tech (5-7)
at UAB (4-8)
Tennessee-Martin (6-5 FCS)

This is the last year for a while we will only have six home games. But one's in Memphis so its not all that bad.

Our six road games next year are all winnable. The toughest will be Arkansas and Georgia (Auburn will be struggling)
Our six home games are all winnable. The toughest will be LSU and Alabama (and Lattimore at South Carolina)

When's the last time we could say with confidence that all 12 games are winnable?

This year, my thoughts were we had two games we had no chance to win - at Florida and at Alabama. We went 1-1 in thoise games.
I thought we had five games that were tossups leaning loss - at LSU, Arkansas and Auburn, at Ole Miss, Georgia. We went 2-3, but lost in 2OT and by 3 points in two of them.
I thought we had two games that were tossups leaning win - Kentucky, at Houston. We went 2-0
We had three games that there was no way we were losing - Memphis, Alcorn, UAB. We went 3-0.
 
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lawdawg02

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They'll return Lattimore and Jeffery, and I would think Garcia too. And Ellis Johnson. Plus I'm sure our friend Mike Slive will make sure that we play them the first week of the season, as usual.

You're right on the schedule. We NEED to beat LSU next year - it's overdue.
 
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615dawg

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There were talks about moving around the schedule this year.

Open with LSU at home
Go to Memphis
Go to Auburn
Louisiana Tech at home
Go to Georgia
Go to UAB
South Carolina at home
Go to Kentucky
UTM at home
Alabama at home
Go to Little Rock
Ole Miss at home

If so, that LSU game is very, very important.
 
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jmbeck

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Doesn't LSU open with Oregon next year at Jerry World?

So, move the at home with LSU between Auburn and Tech.
 
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KingBarkus

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jmbeck said:
Doesn't LSU open with Oregon next year at Jerry World?

So, move the at home with LSU between Auburn and Tech.
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Yes, lsu will open with Oregon in Dallas and no way they agree to play Oregon and us back-to-back.
 
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patdog

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Arkansas and Georgia are going to be tough road games, and Auburn may be too. And Mississippi will be a pretty easy home game.
 
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lawdawg02

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With new players at OL and LB, it would be nice to have a non-conference game before the SEC slate begins.
 
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VegasDawg13

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It's really not the opposite of 2009 at all. At that time, LSU, Bama, and Ole Miss were the class of the division. Now, Ole Miss is the second worst team in the SEC, and Arkansas and Auburn have stepped it up. Throw in the switch in our home East opponent from defending national champion Florida to USCe and the switch in our road East opponent from Vandy to Georgia, and next year's schedule really doesn't resemble 2009's at all.
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

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Bama will be Bama. I am assuming Auburn sans Cam Newton and Arkansas sans Mallet.

I think our the SEC teams we play at home will be tougher than our road games. That's what I wsa getting at. I do agree the difference between our home and road games in 2011 isn't as drastic as 2009.
 
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SanfordRJones

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615dawg said:
When's the last time we could say with confidence that all 12 games are winnable?
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I think you mean 11 winnable games and LSU. That game is unwinnable for us pretty much every year.
 
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