2024 Game in Charlotte vs NC State

[NighthawkVol]

I’ll take a home and home with Clemson, USC, or Penn State.

That would be absurdly bad scheduling. With the SEC expanding to 9 conference games in 2024, you’re looking at a schedule that includes Alabama, Georgia/Florida, Texas/Oklahoma, LSU/Auburn, Ole Miss/Miss St., South Carolina/Arkansas, and Missouri/Texas A&M (the / representing an every other year). That’s ridiculously tough. You don’t add another top 10 OOC opponent to that. That’s sadistic.

White is doing what I’ve advocated for years…schedule beatable power 5 schools. Virginia. NC State. Hell, I’d like to see Boston College or Georgia Tech on the schedule. It’s stupid when we schedule schools like App State or UTSA who are just as good as or better than the Virginias of the world, but are mid-majors, so you have nothing to gain when you beat them. Beating a P5 school looks better, even if it’s an easier win. So schedule the games that are easier to win, but you get more credit for instead of difficult mid-majors. And don’t schedule more elite teams with the already-crazy SEC schedule.

Some of our fans are going to complain about everything, but this is great scheduling. So is Virginia in 2023.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Is it? Hope your right we should be stacked in 2024 and in Heupel’s 4th season I can see us breaking thru to get in the playoff.

12 teams will get in, so we should expect it.

 

[supersmo18]

I'd love to go to this game. Plenty of friends in Charlotte to make it a good trip, and plenty to do there also. We should absolutely wax them.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I'd love to go to this game. Plenty of friends in Charlotte to make it a good trip, and plenty to do there also. We should absolutely wax them.

Charlotte is a good city.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

I'd love to go to this game. Plenty of friends in Charlotte to make it a good trip, and plenty to do there also. We should absolutely wax them.

Would be a fun tailgate location

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Yay another bland ass neutral site game.

Another snide remake that adds nothing to the game except your expression of content.

 

[supersmo18]

Would be a fun tailgate location

Absolutely would be! Need to get @PEPPERJAX there too

 

[Voldog1998]

I think it will be. That’s not something I post just for fun or to get a rise out of people. I think there will be a lot of pieces in place following this season. We could surprise some people this season again and make a late run, but I think it will be a tough mountain to climb. Of course I talk about 2024 w/o knowing anything about the schedule yet too.

I have circled 2024 and 2025 where we end our SEC title drought and make the playoff. Please god let me be right.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Absolutely would be! Need to get @PEPPERJAX there too

No doubt

 

[joevol33]

Absolutely would be! Need to get @PEPPERJAX there too

Oh lawd, you don't want him. He likes to sniff people when he's drinking. @PEPPERJAX

 

[DaddyChad]

Oh lawd, you don't want him. He likes to sniff people when he's drinking. @PEPPERJAX

That’s how I met my wife.

 

[swampfoxfan]

Will be a plus for recruiting

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Oh lawd, you don't want him. He likes to sniff people when he's drinking. @PEPPERJAX

Only when those gals are naked.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Absolutely would be! Need to get @PEPPERJAX there too

My schedule just might permit a trip.

 

[Vols&Vettes]

I’m planning on being there!!

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Absolutely would be! Need to get @PEPPERJAX there too

I just bought an extra huge Bluetooth party speaker and a new microphone... I'm gonna sing Madonna.. Terribly.

 

[supersmo18]

I just bought an extra huge Bluetooth party speaker and a new microphone... I'm gonna sing Madonna.. Terribly.

“Like a Virgin”. Dude if we’re karaoke-ing, I’m in

 

[supersmo18]

Oh lawd, you don't want him. He likes to sniff people when he's drinking. @PEPPERJAX

Been there done that been sniffed

Maybe, I was drinking a good bit so maybe that wasn’t him… lol

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

“Like a Virgin”. Dude if we’re karaoke-ing, I’m in

I think tailgate karaoke sounds like a great idea

 

[ftsandersvol]

 

[Dissident]

Charlotte is a good city.

A good city? What's that?

 

[TrueOrange]

Too bad it’s not a home and home, but I’ll be in Charlotte for that one.

I mean, the agreement was pretty much made just to fill the hole made in the 2024 schedule by the whole Oklahoma thing. I’m not sure a home and home was ever really on the board, no?

 

[TrueOrange]

Taking a game away from Neyland.

UT had to find another Power 5 team to fill in the non-conference 2024 OU game being canceled by the SEC offices. Really, the only way this was going to be a home game at Neyland was if UT scheduled either another Group 5 of team (meaning they’d need a waiver from the SEC due to not playing a Power 5 OOC game) or a 2nd FCS team (meaning they’d have needed a waiver from the NCAA for it to count).

 

[TrueOrange]

I’ll take a home and home with Clemson, USC, or Penn State.

None of the 3 have open schedule spots in 2024.

Clemson’s schedule’s already full (not to mention they’re playing 2 Power 5 OOC opponents in Georgia and South Carolina).

USC’s schedule is already full (they’re playing LSU, Notre Dame, and San Jose State).

Penn State’s schedule is already full (they’re playing (West Virginia’s their one Power 5 OOC opponent).

Pretty much the only options for that hole in 2024 were NC State, Duke, Houston, Northwestern, Rutgers, and Washington.

 

[TrueOrange]

Doesn’t this replace the OU game.

Correct. This was the replacement for the cancellation of the 2024 OU game.