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Does anyone know why there is only 1 bye week next season?

Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:09 pm
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8101 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:09 pm
Why not start the season on August 29th instead of September 5th and have two bye weeks and an extra week of college football?
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
53716 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:11 pm to
Because 9 games
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
38561 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:12 pm to
Someone in another thread mentioned that it has to do with what actual day the college football season starts with for the entire nation. So last year everyone got two off dates. This year everyone only gets one.
Posted by Yaboylsu63
Member since Mar 2014
3221 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:16 pm to
If there’s anything teams should all agree on it’s having 2 bye weeks.

If you keep adding playoff games then you need 2 bye weeks to help with health.
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8101 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:19 pm to
quote:

Because 9 games


I read this and contemplated this for a good 45 seconds, and then concluded that what the frick does the 9 game schedule have to do with anything.
Posted by TriStateAreaFootball
Member since Dec 2024
1674 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:20 pm to
The actual yearly calendar is different.
Posted by morriscat2
tennessee
Member since Jun 2012
2184 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:20 pm to
Yeah,
What does 9 games have to do with only one bye?
Posted by JustEd
Member since Feb 2022
387 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:20 pm to
The show said every other yr would be two byes
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8101 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:22 pm to
quote:

If there’s anything teams should all agree on it’s having 2 bye weeks.




This is what I'm thinking, also.

Maybe they have a hard on for starting the season on Labor Day weekend. But in reality who the frick really cares if Week 1 is on Labor Day weekend?
This post was edited on 12/11/25 at 10:24 pm
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
101595 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:23 pm to
My assumption is that the normal week zero the last few years might not exist?

Dunno how that exactly translates to 1 bye week instead of 2, but it vaguely makes sense I guess
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
20562 posts
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:28 pm to
It's not a bye week. It's an open date.
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
39531 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:19 am to
They should have moved the first weekend up
Posted by dallasga6
Scrap Metal Magnate...
Member since Mar 2009
26615 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:58 am to
There's only 13 Saturdays next year between Labor Day weekend Sat. and Thanksgiving weekend Sat.

This year there were 14 Saturdays...

Not sure why the SEC sets up schedules this way but they do.
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 1:01 am
Posted by ColoradoElkHerd
USA
Member since May 2014
4334 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 2:39 am to
Start 7 days earlier and everybody gets the 2 open dates they really need.

Otherwise replace the P4 OOC with another rent a win so more players can be rested.

SEC is going to be screwed by going to 9 conference games. Will be lucky to get more than 3 teams in the playoff.
Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
4012 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 2:41 am to
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Because 9 games


Uhh we still play 12 Beavis just 3 non-con instead of 4.
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