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re: Sumlin & Strong Reunite for Resumption of Rivary
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:48 am to Dawgsontop34
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:48 am to Dawgsontop34
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I mean Texas pretty clearly has the better OOC schedule, but they have to because they aren't in the SEC. A&M is definitely stepping up their OOC schedule, but Texas is scheduling 2 Power 5 schools every year, and it is always including one big game.
I realize that no one cares about actual context for OOC scheduling, but you know that A&M wasn't trying to avoid scheduling good OOC opponents, right?
In 2009, in an 8 game Big 12 slate, A&M scheduled a 10 game neutral site series with an SEC team. Locked in for 10 years with an SEC team in Arkansas. Most teams schedule 2 game series, 4 game series? Well... A&M who is supposedly scared of power 5(at the time power 6) opponents scheduled a 10 game series with Arkansas.
Around that same time in 2009 we scheduled(beginning in 2011) a 4 game home and home series with SMU. As a Georgia fan, who now use the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party's neutral site game, and Georgia Tech's home and home nature to bitch and moan about staying at 8 conference games, this of particular interest, I'll get to later.
So. Back to 2010. Nebraska and Colorado leave the Big 12. A 9th conference game gets added. Including Arkansas that means only two powderpuffs are on the schedule for Texas A&M.
The following year in 2012, A&M joins the SEC. The 10 year contract with Arkansas becomes a conference game meaning.... we drop overall number of conference games AND lose an OOC contract with a power 5 opponent. To make matters worse, the 4 year contract with SMU is still in effect. Arkansas agrees to make the Jerry World game a home and home for two seasons(for a 3 year extension on the current Jerry World agreement) to help us with our situation as they know we were stuck in a shite creek. We even had to agree to play AT Louisiana Tech because everyone's schedules were so full.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 10:51 am
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Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:53 am to TeLeFaWx
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We even had to agree to play AT Louisiana Tech
That was in Shreveport brah. We ain't never going to no damn Ruston!
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:56 am to TeLeFaWx
When you post a wall of text like that it only looks like you're making excuses.
And nobody posts walls of text like aggies.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 11:12 am to TeLeFaWx
I care about the actual context and even mentioned that A&M is getting much better in that regard. Yes, y'all had bad luck finding OOC opponents going to the SEC, but don't make it seem like A&M scheduled well when they were in the Big 12. I mean, it wasn't as bad as Texas Tech or Baylor scheduled, but it wasn't great by any means.
I want a 9 game SEC schedule, and I know our program doesn't. That shouldn't be a negative thing with me. It is interesting though you compared GT to SMU like that is even close to being a similar thing. Next year our OOC scheudle is complete crap and that's pretty inexcusable, but we weren't talking about us. We were talking about Texas having a better OOC scheudle than A&M, which has been true for a long time.
I want a 9 game SEC schedule, and I know our program doesn't. That shouldn't be a negative thing with me. It is interesting though you compared GT to SMU like that is even close to being a similar thing. Next year our OOC scheudle is complete crap and that's pretty inexcusable, but we weren't talking about us. We were talking about Texas having a better OOC scheudle than A&M, which has been true for a long time.
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