Future OOC Matchups

#26
#26
vols 30 said:
+1. SEC needs to step up and add another conference game.
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No thanks. Adding another game introduces even further competitive imbalance to the league as half the teams have 5 home games while others have 4. I'd be fine if they went to 10, but I think we all know that's not going to happen.
 
#28
#28
Not only do we need to keep these, but if we ever hope to win another national title we need to add another BIG OOC game. Playing Uconn doesn't count either. Just because a team is a BCS of FBS school doesn't mean they are good enough to be considered a quality win.
 
#29
#29
JFBanicki said:
Not only do we need to keep these, but if we ever hope to win another national title we need to add another BIG OOC game. Playing Uconn doesn't count either. Just because a team is a BCS of FBS school doesn't mean they are good enough to be considered a quality win.
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We need to start winning again and making bowls regularly before starting to worry about winning another national title, really
 
#30
#30
i don't think schools in the sec should look to make their schedules harder.

it's not fear of competition, it's the imbalance of schedules across the country.

why should sec schools make their schedules harder until schools from other leagues play tougher schedules?

has anyone seen ohio state's schedule this season?
 
#31
#31
99gator said:
i don't think schools in the sec should look to make their schedules harder.

it's not fear of competition, it's the imbalance of schedules across the country.

why should sec schools make their schedules harder until schools from other leagues play tougher schedules?

has anyone seen ohio state's schedule this season?
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Agree. If you're playing more than 1 mid level BCS school OOC, you're nuts. Teams like Florida, UGA and SC that have built in OOC rivalries should be playing all directional schools.
 
#32
#32
TrueOrange said:
We need to start winning again and making bowls regularly before starting to worry about winning another national title, really
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Oh ok so we should schedule 4 FCS teams so we can win 6 games a year and make a bowl so we can act like were getting better. Yah who cares about ACTUALLY getting better when we could just pretend we are because we beat up on cupcakes.
Sorry but its more embarrassing beating up cupcakes and bragging about how many games we win than losing to real teams.
 
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#33
#33
GAVol said:
Agree. If you're playing more than 1 mid level BCS school OOC, you're nuts. Teams like Florida, UGA and SC that have built in OOC rivalries should be playing all directional schools.
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we play fsu and the sec and that's enough.

this year we have miami too.

just makes no sense when there are other schools that literally have a two game schedule.

this is ohio state's schedule next season.

buffalo
sd state
@cal
famu
wisconsin
@northwestern
bye
iowa
penn state
@purdue
bye
@illinois
indiana
@michigan
 
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#34
#34
volatil said:
Play it in Nashville like the Wyoming game from early 2000's. Good idea. Rub it in Franklin's face as we fill the stadium 5 miles from his campus.
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Me likey. Anything that lets us piss in Shaka's boot makes me happy. Lets do this and stick our thumb in his spectacle
 
#35
#35
99gator said:
we play fsu and the sec and that's enough.

this year we have miami too.

just makes no sense when there are other schools that literally have a two game schedule.

this is ohio state's schedule next season.

buffalo
sd state
@cal
famu
wisconsin
@northwestern
bye
iowa
penn state
@purdue
bye
@illinois
indiana
@michigan
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famu's band will dot that eye for you.
 
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#37
#37
rocky top buzz said:
I get so sick of this "conference is hard enough as it is" argument. First of all lets look at the schedule last year. Florida and Georgia will generally be tough games. Scar is on the rise so that has been a tough game and of course we all know Vandy had their best season since reconstruction. Kentucky and Mizzou stunk, and State went 1-5 after playing us. So out of 8 conference games, 3 were easily winnable at UT's historic levels and Vandy should always be an assumed win. So that leaves 4 out of 12 games each year that you can expect to be difficult (Bama, Georgia, Florida, and SCAR). So is 4 games really too much to be difficult?

My preference would be to go to 9 conference games, that leaves you with room for 1 BCS opponent (Oregon, Notre Dame, etc), 1 regional matchup (I would like to play teams like Memphis, MTSU, WKU, and other 1-A paty's on a somewhat regular basis), and then one more that can be a big game or a UAB-type game.

Not only that, but for those who say the conference schedule is too hard, would you be complaining when the home schedule included just 4 conference games and 3 crappy games? Lets take last year. Homes games with Florida and Alabama are typically going to be good games. But then you play UK and Mizzou in conference (both crappers) and then Troy, Akron, and Georgia State? Yes, that is 7 home games but 3 of them are going to be played in front of 20,000 empty seats because the match up is boring.

I understand not playing 12 BCS-level opponents, but the argument that the conference is too difficult for OOC games, I don't buy it.
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Dumbest post of the month...
 
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#42
#42
People are on here constantly talking about getting back to greatness...

Well if you're going to "Rise To The Top" you've gotta beat those that are at the top.

Schedule 1 top notch OOC program a year IMO.
 
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#44
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JFBanicki said:
Oh ok so we should schedule 4 FCS teams so we can win 6 games a year and make a bowl so we can act like were getting better. Yah who cares about ACTUALLY getting better when we could just pretend we are because we beat up on cupcakes.
Sorry but its more embarrassing beating up cupcakes and bragging about how many games we win than losing to real teams.
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Correct, this is Vandy and UK logic. Willy Daunic in Nashville had said for years that Vandy needed to follow UKs model of 4 cupcakes, then you can go 2-6 in conference and still get to a bowl.

Is that what the fanbase wants? 4 easy ooc wins, then beat uk and vandy and you're in a bowl? No thanks. At least the last 2 years we had ooc wins against bcs conference opponents.
 
#46
#46
rocky top buzz said:
Correct, this is Vandy and UK logic. Willy Daunic in Nashville had said for years that Vandy needed to follow UKs model of 4 cupcakes, then you can go 2-6 in conference and still get to a bowl.

Is that what the fanbase wants? 4 easy ooc wins, then beat uk and vandy and you're in a bowl? No thanks. At least the last 2 years we had ooc wins against bcs conference opponents.
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In the 90's when we were good we had 8/9 or so easy games a year and no one complained.
 
#47
#47
Ericvol2096 said:
In the 90's when we were good we had 8/9 or so easy games a year and no one complained.
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We were also playing home and homes with the likes of Notre Dame, UCLA, and Miami.

The exposure and legitimacy you get for your program from these types of games is too good to pass up.
 
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#48
#48
Here are the major OOC opponents from the 90's.

90 Colorado, ND
91 Louisville, UCLA and ND
92 none
93 Louisville
94 UCLA
95 ECU
96 UCLA
97 UCLA
98 Syracuse
99 ND

I may have missed a couple as I did this from memory.
 
#49
#49
Boca Vol said:
Here are the major OOC opponents from the 90's.

90 Colorado, ND
91 Louisville, UCLA and ND
92 none
93 Louisville
94 UCLA
95 ECU
96 UCLA
97 UCLA
98 Syracuse
99 ND

I may have missed a couple as I did this from memory.
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There was a game against an above average Washington St. team in '94 and an average Texas Tech team in '97 that you left out. But your point stands, it wasn't exactly murderers row aside from the early 90's games with ND. I still don't see what you stand to gain by scheduling games that are almost certain losses at a time when you are struggling to get bowl eligible. Sure, there will be a lot of eyes on UT this fall when they play Oregon, but at the same time, a lot of eyes are going to see UT get humiliated. I don't know what good comes from that.
 
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