Has anyone ever noticed this weird trend between us and South Carolina?

[BDP!]

I mentioned this to my brother a few days ago. Also, it seems we play them early in the year in Knoxville and late in the year in sc.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

We are going to destroy them, regardless of time.

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

If you want to get an idea of the time slot for this game, look at the SEC slate for that week and see how many games will be perceived by the networks to be a "better" game, then you can make an educated prediction about where this game will fall in the pecking order. My guess without looking at the slate is that this will not be the CBS 3:30 or the ESPN prime time (#1 &#2). It may be ESPN Noon or SEC Network 7:30 (#3 and #4).

UGA v. AUB will be CBS. The other decent games are LSU v. Ole Miss, Bama v. Miss State, UK v. UF, & TEX am v. Ark.

Mizzu v. Vandy is the clear bottom feeder game that day TV wise.

 

[Zues1]

Sounds fishy.

Of course the bug suckers think they are special. All night games if they can get them. Always wearing the road unis at home.
Yea, they're a special breed

 

[whobethis16]

Records at time of game slot selection (11 days before):

2013: Tennessee 3-3, SC 4-1
2014: Tennessee 3-3, SC 4-3
2015: Tennessee 3-4, SC 3-4
2016: Tennessee 5-2, SC 2-4
2017: Tennessee 3-2, SC 3-2
2018: Tennessee 3-3, SC 3-3
2019: Tennessee 2-4, SC 3-3
2020: Tennessee 0-0, SC 0-0
2021: Tennessee 2-2, SC 2-2
2022: Tennessee 8-1, SC 6-3

Not too many of those records scream "Primetime!" and those that arguably could would be those that are played in Columbia.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Television dictates the time.

 

[Tman44]

UGA v. AUB will be CBS. The other decent games are LSU v. Ole Miss, Bama v. Miss State, UK v. UF, & TEX am v. Ark.

Mizzu v. Vandy is the clear bottom feeder game that day TV wise.

Next year, the SEC is done with CBS and that puke Gary Danielson, thank God! I believe CBS was part of the problem. CBS usually only broadcasts one football game per week, and it was at 3:30pm. Tennessee football is in a much better place with ESPN (unless we get Beth Mowins). There are now a potential of four primetime networks we can be a part of: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and the SEC network. Our chances of more night games significantly improved when the SEC changed it's broadcasting partner.

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

This is the last season of CBS having first dibs. Switches next season.

The 2023 SEC on CBS game of the week schedule will begin on Sept. 16 when two-time reigning national champion Georgia hosts SEC East foe South Carolina at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, at 3:30 p.m. ET.

CBS will have doubleheaders on Oct. 14 (noon and 3:30 p.m.) and Nov. 4 (3:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.). The Georgia-Florida rivalry will be broadcast on CBS as is tradition on Oct. 28 live from Jacksonville, Florida. Later in the year, the network will carry Missouri-Arkansas on Black Friday (Nov. 24) at 4 p.m.. CBS will also bring you the big one -- the SEC Championship Game -- on Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

2023 SEC on CBS schedule: Georgia games against Florida, South Carolina highlight kickoff slate

The 2023 SEC on CBS schedule again includes two SEC doubleheaders

www.cbssports.com

 

[ftsandersvol]

It's not the SEC. Times are decided 2 weeks in advance by TV network priority. There's no conspiracy.

The denial of a conspiracy is the surest sign the conspiracy is actually taking place.

 

[DonDiego]

Granted it shouldn't matter, when all is right in the world we should easily beat them every year, but going back 10 years, look at this trend:

2013: Day game at Neyland
2014: Night game at SC
2015: Night game at Neyland (outlier)
2016: Night game at SC
2017: Day game at Neyland
2018: Night game at SC
2019: Day game at Neyland
2020: Night game at SC
2021: Day game at Neyland
2022: Night game at SC
2023: TBD, but I guarantee it's a day game at Neyland.

That's pretty frustrating. Every time we play there it's a night game, every time except one that they've come to Neyland it's been a day game.

Have you seen the SC fans? They need the cover of darkness.

 

[KnoxCentral92]

Bigger game for them than it is for us

Sad, but true.. we should not ever look past anyone..ex. GA. St.

 

[JohnWardForever]

T.V. determines all kickoff times.

And you don't find the fact UT only had one night game in that stretch vs many in SC just a little strange? And you can bet The SEC Commissioner has a big say in the TV scheduling, He has his hand in everything. C'mon man. It's quite uncanny.

 

[JohnWardForever]

What a “conspiracy” lol.

In 2013, we’re coming off a coaching change and in the middle of a 5-7 season. We kicked off early.

In 2017, we’re coming off a coaching change and in the middle of a 5 win season. We kicked off early.

In 2019, we started the year 2-5. We kicked off early.

In 2021, we were coming off a coaching change and in the middle of a 7 win season. We kicked off early.

Anybody notice any common denominators in those years when we got early kickoffs? A couple of those years we’re lucky they didn’t make us kick off at 3am on A&E.

Well you may have just figured it out. Tennessee just sucked all those years, and SC was kicking butt.

 

[GAVol]

Well you may have just figured it out. Tennessee just sucked all those years, and SC was kicking butt.

Don’t denigrate the rich history of Gamecock football lol.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

It doesn’t really matter because night or day you can always beat a cock.