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SEC teams will only have one bye week next year
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:58 am
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:58 am
per Chuck Dunlap SEC Communications Director.
Of note on 2015 schedule: Calendar goes back to 13 playing weeks, meaning one open date per team. Has been 14 weeks/2 open last 2 seasons.
Of note on 2015 schedule: Calendar goes back to 13 playing weeks, meaning one open date per team. Has been 14 weeks/2 open last 2 seasons.
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:59 am to StopRobot
weird.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:59 am to StopRobot
I thought we've only had two bye weeks for this year only?
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:59 am to StopRobot
What is the benefit of switching it back?
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:00 pm to StopRobot
as long as it's on 10/24 I'm happy
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:02 pm to StopRobot
Alabama gets 2 of course.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:14 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Bama get upset that Arky had a BYE week?
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:27 pm to Spirit Of Aggieland
Thank God. Two bye weeks for a 12 game schedule is absurd. NFL has 1 bye week for a 16 game schedule. Next thing they need to do is outlaw games vs. FCS schools.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:33 pm to Serraneaux
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SEC teams will only have one bye week next year
WTF?
ACC has 2 BYE weeks per team
B12 has 3 BYE weeks per team
B1G has 2 BYE weeks per team
PAC has 2 BYE weeks per team
SEC going to just 1 seems a huge disadvantage to the other 4 conferences.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:47 pm to StopRobot
This has to do with where Labor Day (the 1st weekend of the season) falls.
Last 3 years the first day of September has been on Sat, Sun or Mon causing the Labor Day weekend to be earlier in the month (on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd) and not later (4th through 7th) therefore pushing the season start back a weekend in the calendar year.
Next year the 1st of Sept. will be on Tuesday, pushing the game to the first weekend in September (aka Labor Day).
One less Saturday between Labor Day and Thanksgiving due to when Sept. 1st falls in the week (Tuesday).
Last 3 years the first day of September has been on Sat, Sun or Mon causing the Labor Day weekend to be earlier in the month (on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd) and not later (4th through 7th) therefore pushing the season start back a weekend in the calendar year.
Next year the 1st of Sept. will be on Tuesday, pushing the game to the first weekend in September (aka Labor Day).
One less Saturday between Labor Day and Thanksgiving due to when Sept. 1st falls in the week (Tuesday).
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:53 pm to Cheese Grits
How can the SEC have fewer bye weeks than the conferences with championship games? Start later or championship game a week early?
I was hoping this extra week would be a catalyst for us to moving to 13 games.
I was hoping this extra week would be a catalyst for us to moving to 13 games.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 1:07 pm to Fbohn1
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This has to do with where Labor Day (the 1st weekend of the season) falls.
So you are saying everybody adjusts as well?
ACC = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
B12 = 2 BYE weeks per team in 2015
B1G = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
PAC = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
SEC = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
Yet another reason the B12 is over rated.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 1:10 pm to Cheese Grits
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So you are saying everybody adjusts as well?
Correct.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 1:12 pm to Cheese Grits
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ACC = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
B12 = 2 BYE weeks per team in 2015
B1G = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
PAC = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
SEC = 1 BYE week per team in 2015
Yet another reason the B12 is over rated.
It's an NCAA thing not specific to conferences. The season starts labor day and ends the week after Thanksgiving. The last couple of years there has been an extra week just because of how the calender falls.
Big 12 doesn't have a conference championship game so they can stretch their season out to the first week after Thanksgiving. PAC 10 used do the same.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:01 pm to StopRobot
awesome. I hate bye weeks.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:12 pm to MaroonNation
Very necessary though. Lsu was running on fumes going into the championship game in 2005
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