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Gamecock radio host has a decent point about # of bye weeks

Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:16 pm
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:16 pm
We only have one bye week. If you have two bye weeks like we had in certain years (due to calendar reasons), options for situations like Hurricane Matthew become more flexible.

Thoughts? Heath Kline was talking about it just now. No link or anything.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
37576 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:17 pm to
No
Posted by UpstateCock2007
Columbia, SC
Member since Mar 2009
7719 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:17 pm to
Would make sense to try this, especially in the SE where it seems things like this happen yearly.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:18 pm to
Just no? Why not?

You give the players an extra week of rest, more flexibility in emergency situations, etc

What is the downside?
Posted by OldScratchJohnson
Member since Jul 2013
273 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:19 pm to
I liked the 2 bye week season
Posted by Donkeypunch
Georgia
Member since Jun 2007
1420 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:22 pm to
If you want to play the game at home cancel the rent-a-win game on 10/22 and play UGA at home then seeing as they are off. I'm sure the SEC office will have no problem making it happen but you have to give up the patsy.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:23 pm to
I'd be perfectly fine with that.

Do you think UGA will give up their bye week before Florida though? Cause I don't.
Posted by General13
Mobile
Member since Dec 2008
1363 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:23 pm to
Would you rather have a seccg or 2 bye weeks
Posted by Cockopotamus
Member since Jan 2013
15737 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:23 pm to
Nah we playing Saturday
Posted by AggieDub14
Oil Baron
Member since Oct 2015
14624 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:24 pm to
Yeah start the season a week sooner and have 2 bye weeks. The offseason is too damn long. That also gives us two weekends before the NFL starts to spread games out.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:24 pm to
...we had two bye weeks 4 times and an SECCG.
Posted by Donkeypunch
Georgia
Member since Jun 2007
1420 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:25 pm to
I have no idea how the SEC office works. Would the give them a choice in a case like this. They would still be getting a bye week.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:27 pm to
And then what happens next year when another storm happens and there is no patsy to cancel?

Two bye weeks would allow for more flexible options to these situations. I've yet to see a downside posted in this thread.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:28 pm to
The only way it works (it actually did the last time Aggy had a stormed out game) is if the two teams have bye weeks on the same week. You would almost have to give the entire SEC a consistent bye week so any conference games that needed to be moved could be done so in this special week.
Posted by General13
Mobile
Member since Dec 2008
1363 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:29 pm to
Given the new format and the playoffs. Your only option is to give up a rent a win(Which conference will not do because of bowl money) or have a 9 team round robin and no SECCG. JMO
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:30 pm to
It's that impossible to start the season one week earlier?
Posted by AggieDub14
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Member since Oct 2015
14624 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:30 pm to
Or start the season a week early and have no scheduled games on a specific week (let's say the first week of November) so that any make up games could be played then.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95899 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:30 pm to
Nobody is saying it would be a perfect solution, just that more flexible (albeit possibly complicated) options would be available.
Posted by 4Ghost
Member since Sep 2016
8518 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:31 pm to
Anything to screw with the NFL is fine by me!
Posted by 4Ghost
Member since Sep 2016
8518 posts
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:31 pm to
Anything to screw with the NFL is fine by me!
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