Georgia's 2023 Schedule

[GroverCleveland]

I never said that they could have found someone as good as Oklahoma or that it had to be "solid." You find something better than Ball State, UAB and UT Martin .... It could have been done. Their schedule sucks.

Fine, tell us who and call the AD at Georgia and tell him how you could have arranged it.

 

[AthensVol2007]

I never said that they could have found someone as good as Oklahoma or that it had to be "solid." You find something better than Ball State, UAB and UT Martin .... It could have been done. Their schedule sucks.

Yes it can be done if your opponent is willing to piss away money to cancel a game and then likely get their heads beat in. There’s a reason these type of games are scheduled 7-10 years out yet you think something decently comparable can be had in a year. All these stupid AD’s out there unable to schedule major matchups with a year to go.

 

[GroverCleveland]

They were set to play OU in Norman this season but the SEC made them cancel it. Surely you’ve seen that posted? It’s hard to find another P5 team, that’s open, a year out, unless they’re willing to buy their way out of a game.

Either he is ignoring that fact, thinks it is insignificant or he is the only person in the country who knows how to build a schedule for major college football teams. If the SEC would just listen to BB85, right?

I agree with the basic premise: Georgia has an extremely weak OOC schedule and the SEC slate is not shaping up all that great. But is not a matter of simply getting on the phone and telling USC/Penn State/Michigan/OSU/etc 'Hey, we had to drop OU, so just plan on coming to our place next year.'

 

[LouderVol]

It's Georgia's fault for scheduling 3 cupcakes like UT Martin, Ball State and UAB when they know Georgia Tech isn't likely to be very good.

Those first 4 games on their schedule are a joke. It didn't have to be that way. Those are 3 out-of-conference opponents. That's not what a 2 time defending National Champion's schedule should like like. The 2 time defending Champ probably won't be on CBS until September 30th. That's crazy ... and it's all because of that ridiculous out-of-conference schedule. Why are you people defending this?

1. They wont be on CBS at all. No one in the SEC will be.
2. They werent back to back NC champs when they set their schedule.
3. They lost their marquee match up due to the SEC.
4. As current Back to Back champs it's understandable that programs arent going to be willing to change their own schedule to go to Athens and get whooped up on.
5. Georgia would have had to have bought out whoever they brought in, no P5 had a 2023 opening, and I havent seen one in a G5 either. Georgia was probably counting on some extra money from the OK game, that is now gone, so the bean counters may not be as willing to buy out a game when they are already going to be taking millions in hits.
6. You keep saying how dare Georgia schedule those three week teams when it wasnt up to Georgia to schedule the last one. You are barking up the wrong tree.
7. You have dozens/hundreds/thousands of our fans arguing to drop Bama and UGA so that we can play an easier schedule and get to the playoffs. Now many of those same fans are getting onto UGA for having that easier schedule even though they didnt plan it that way.

 

[sonofUT62]

No, I don't think so.

There is a big difference between scheduling a recently strong Power 5 program and scheduling the likes of UT Martin, Ball State and UAB. One shows an intent to play elite competition and the other does not.

Again. They scheduled Ball State out of last minute desperation. I commend them for being smart enough not to replace them with App State.

 

[sonofUT62]

This is a nothing burger. There was a bunch of pearl clutching on here about us having to go to BR the week before playing Bama. I’ll take some more of that.

 

[BowlBrother85]

1. They wont be on CBS at all. No one in the SEC will be.

Big Ten's CBS deal will accommodate net's final year of SEC

Report: SEC football leaving CBS after 2023 season

CBS' Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their SEC slot in 2023

I believe they could have replaced Oklahoma with a better opponent than they did. Regardless of how their 2023 non-conference schedule came to be .... and it's fine to say that it's not their fault; they tried to do better .... It is still an incredibly weak slate of teams, and they play 3 of them in September.

 

[LouderVol]

Big Ten's CBS deal will accommodate net's final year of SEC

Report: SEC football leaving CBS after 2023 season

CBS' Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their SEC slot in 2023

I believe they could have replaced Oklahoma with a better opponent than they did. Regardless of how their 2023 non-conference schedule came to be .... and it's fine to say that it's not their fault; they tried to do better .... It is still an incredibly weak slate of teams, and they play 3 of them in September.

Well dang. I thought we were done. I was looking forward to not having to hear them again.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

That is all the more reason as to why they should be playing a tougher out-of-conference schedule than UT-Martin, Ball State, UAB and Georgia Tech. By the standards of any SEC team, except for Vanderbilt, that is a soft out-of-conference schedule.


They went 8-5 in 2022, and lost 5 of their last 6 games. Georgia will get to play them at home.


Missouri has won the SEC East twice, but the last time was in 2014. They have changed head coaches twice since then. Tennessee has beaten Missouri the last two seasons by scores of 62-24 and 66-24.


For Georgia to play a better out-of-conference schedule. In their defense, they normally do. They blew out Oregon last year and beat Clemson in 2021 - both games were played at a neutral site. They also had a home-and-home series with Notre Dame recently.

You need to cool off a little bit.

It is fair to say that Georgia's 2023 schedule is soft by the standards of an SEC team. They don't control their conference scheduling, but they do control their out-of-conference scheduling ... and although they normally do play a top 25 caliber team out-of-conference, they definitely won't be in 2023. There is nothing wrong with talking about it.

And in all fairness, they did have Oklahoma scheduled in Norman in 2023 instead of Ball State but the SEC made them cancel it like they made us cancel our 2024 game with OU.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Big Ten's CBS deal will accommodate net's final year of SEC

Report: SEC football leaving CBS after 2023 season

CBS' Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their SEC slot in 2023

I believe they could have replaced Oklahoma with a better opponent than they did. Regardless of how their 2023 non-conference schedule came to be .... and it's fine to say that it's not their fault; they tried to do better .... It is still an incredibly weak slate of teams, and they play 3 of them in September.

I don't suspect it's very easy to replace a team for the second week of the season less than 12 months out.

 

[BowlBrother85]

I don't suspect it's very easy to replace a team for the second week of the season less than 12 months out.

Fine ... maybe not. It's not something I care to argue anymore.

The bottom line is .... Regardless of how it got this way, Georgia has a very soft schedule in 2023.

... and yes, I realize that some of you Georgia a$$ kissers will even dispute that.

 

[GroverCleveland]

I don't suspect it's very easy to replace a team for the second week of the season less than 12 months out.

It is for BB85. Just make a phone call. Problem solved.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Fine ... maybe not. It's not something I care to argue anymore.

The bottom line is .... Regardless of how it got this way, Georgia has a very soft schedule in 2023.

... and yes, I realize that some of you Georgia a$$ kissers will even dispute that.

Yeah, they are only playing 9 power 5 teams in the regular season, of course I don't think we've played more than 9 power 5 teams in the regular season since 2003. Biggest difference is Alabama is not their permanent cross over. I think the 3/6/6 plan is going to make the SEC scheduling more fair though because everyone will play Bama at least every other year instead of every 6 years or whatever. Hopefully that starts in 2024. As for UGA, we just need to beat them ourselves. If we had done so this year, we'd have gone to the SECCG instead of them. Despite the South Carolina loss.

 

[LouderVol]

It is for BB85. Just make a phone call. Problem solved.

And when the Super Bowl Champs give us a call UT has to drop whatever game we were playing and play them at their place, right?

 

[rjd970]

7. You have dozens/hundreds/thousands of our fans arguing to drop Bama and UGA so that we can play an easier schedule and get to the playoffs. Now many of those same fans are getting onto UGA for having that easier schedule even though they didnt plan it that way.

The arguing is largely about equity in schedules, IMO.

We have to get through Bama, UGA, and Florida, every year. Even with Florida, UGA never has to win at the swamp. This year we also added LSU in Baton Rouge. Something doesn't sit right with UGA only having to go to Tuscaloosa like once a decade and never playing in Gainesville. That, combined with the 1-game season UGA faces next year and people are rightfully saying WTH? Folks don't want easier or harder schedules, they want equitable ones.

That said, I get the difficulty in it without a re-alignment or scheduling change. Auburn needs to get its act together and be good and scheduling needs to spread Bama around more.

 

[GroverCleveland]

And when the Super Bowl Champs give us a call UT has to drop whatever game we were playing and play them at their place, right?

That seems to be the way it works.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I’ve never seen a 1st year HC walk into the best situation like Kirby Smart has.

Easy schedule, plenty of talent on the roster, and people on here will still defend their sh*tty program and fan base.

Sickening.

 

[volfanhill]

The arguing is largely about equity in schedules, IMO.

We have to get through Bama, UGA, and Florida, every year. Even with Florida, UGA never has to win at the swamp. This year we also added LSU in Baton Rouge. Something doesn't sit right with UGA only having to go to Tuscaloosa like once a decade and never playing in Gainesville. That, combined with the 1-game season UGA faces next year and people are rightfully saying WTH? Folks don't want easier or harder schedules, they want equitable ones.

That said, I get the difficulty in it without a re-alignment or scheduling change. Auburn needs to get its act together and be good and scheduling needs to spread Bama around more.

That Florida argument is piss poor. They also never have a home game against them. It's a wash.

 

[LouderVol]

The arguing is largely about equity in schedules, IMO.

We have to get through Bama, UGA, and Florida, every year. Even with Florida, UGA never has to win at the swamp. This year we also added LSU in Baton Rouge. Something doesn't sit right with UGA only having to go to Tuscaloosa like once a decade and never playing in Gainesville. That, combined with the 1-game season UGA faces next year and people are rightfully saying WTH? Folks don't want easier or harder schedules, they want equitable ones.

That said, I get the difficulty in it without a re-alignment or scheduling change. Auburn needs to get its act together and be good and scheduling needs to spread Bama around more.

There is absolutely zero way to make to make them equitable. No one has any idea how any particular team will turn out in a given year. The schedule was originally set up so the best from the east played the best in the west, and went down in order. Of course that's not a set order, but it never could be. With all the teams someone is always getting Vandy at home while someone else travels to Bama. That wont change, unless we go true round robin, and I have no idea how that works with 16 teams.

 

[Boston Vol]

I’ve never seen a 1st year HC walk into the best situation like Kirby Smart has.

Easy schedule, plenty of talent on the roster, and people on here will still defend their sh*tty program and fan base.

Sickening.

Larry Coker? Lincoln Riley? Jimmy Lake?

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The arguing is largely about equity in schedules, IMO.

We have to get through Bama, UGA, and Florida, every year. Even with Florida, UGA never has to win at the swamp. This year we also added LSU in Baton Rouge. Something doesn't sit right with UGA only having to go to Tuscaloosa like once a decade and never playing in Gainesville. That, combined with the 1-game season UGA faces next year and people are rightfully saying WTH? Folks don't want easier or harder schedules, they want equitable ones.

That said, I get the difficulty in it without a re-alignment or scheduling change. Auburn needs to get its act together and be good and scheduling needs to spread Bama around more.

The thing about people not playing Alabama regularly is about to be solved, probably in 2024. When Texas and OU join and we go to the 3/6/6 schedule model, everyone in the conference, including UGA and UF will play Bama at least every other year. Also, in regard to UF and UGA playing in Jacksonville, while it's true they never play each other on the road, they never play each other at home either, that equalizes it, would you trade not going to Gainesville, for not ever playing Florida in Neyland and instead playing all of our games against them in Jacksonville, Florida? If anyone, that arrangement benefits Florida, since Jacksonville, FL is a hell of alot closer to Gainesville than Athens, GA (or Knoxville, TN).

 

[BowlBrother85]

Yeah, they are only playing 9 power 5 teams in the regular season, of course I don't think we've played more than 9 power 5 teams in the regular season since 2003. Biggest difference is Alabama is not their permanent cross over. I think the 3/6/6 plan is going to make the SEC scheduling more fair though because everyone will play Bama at least every other year instead of every 6 years or whatever. Hopefully that starts in 2024. As for UGA, we just need to beat them ourselves. If we had done so this year, we'd have gone to the SECCG instead of them. Despite the South Carolina loss.

LOL!!!!

What ridiculous logic this is ... It's as if you are trying to say that by virtue of being in a Power 5 conference, teams such as Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech are always good competition. You and @GroverCleveland can stick your collective noses up Georgia's butt if you want to .... Their 2023 schedule still sucks.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

LOL!!!!

What ridiculous logic this is ... It's as if you are trying to say that by virtue of being in a Power 5 conference, teams such as Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Oregon State, Duke, Indiana and Kansas are always good competition. You and @GroverCleveland can stick your collective noses up Georgia's butt if you want to .... Their 2023 schedule still sucks.

Do you consider Pitt to have been good competition this past year?

 

[BowlBrother85]

Do you consider Pitt to have been good competition this past year?

What does that have to do with Vanderbilt? Simply being in a Power 5 conference does not make for strong competition. Your statement about Georgia "only playing 9 Power 5 teams in the regular season" was weak.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

What does that have to do with Vanderbilt? Simply being in a Power 5 conference does not make for strong competition. Your statement about Georgia "only playing 9 Power 5 teams in the regular season" was weak.

Only playing 9 P5 teams are fewer than they normally play. I was agreeing with you on that part that 9 wasn't very impressive. Georgia and Florida usually play 10 P5 teams in recent years. Our schedule is tougher than those two mainly because we play Alabama every year (though a loss to Bama has never cost us the East, at least not in this century). Our OOC schedule isn't usually anything to write home about compared to either.