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So we just scheduled two more games with UNC in Charlotte
Posted on 9/2/15 at 10:17 am
Posted on 9/2/15 at 10:17 am
I'm literally jumping for joy right now.
Also I'm literally lying.
LITERALLY.
Also I'm literally lying.
LITERALLY.
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Posted on 9/2/15 at 10:36 am to CNB
I'd prefer a home and home with anyone over a neutral site game.
With that said, maybe they'll actually put them on Saturday.
Otherwise, they'll keep ending up with 50k in a 70k stadium. Probably less since the novelty of the game wears off.
UNC is still far better than a lot of other OOC options.
With that said, maybe they'll actually put them on Saturday.
Otherwise, they'll keep ending up with 50k in a 70k stadium. Probably less since the novelty of the game wears off.
UNC is still far better than a lot of other OOC options.
Posted on 9/2/15 at 10:38 am to CNB
From what I understand this game in Charlotte, at the behest of ESPN and thus the SEC offices, allowed UNC to cancel-out the two home games they owed us in the future. But there is word that it's actually a three game deal that carries over to something like 2020 and 2021.
Also, no one is really happy about having to play this early game in Charlotte. The day and place is not the problem - but the time is an issue. Spurrier and Tanner have smiled their way through it, but they're not happy about it. I doubt they'll do this to us again five or six years from now. It'll be scheduled for later in the evening.
Spurrier has been vocal about the high ticket prices as well. Not sure that'll change.
This is strictly a made for TV game and that sucks in a lot of ways. College football, and especially the SEC, should not allow TV to control times like this. Or at least they should put-up a fight. One hour would have made a huge difference IMHO.
Edited to add: I just saw the press release that we are playing them again in 2019 and 2023. Go Gamecocks texted it as I was hitting the post. Those dates are so far out, who knows what will happen by then but those must have been ESPN negotiated.
I really wish we would get the Chick-fil-A opener in Atlanta one year.
Also, no one is really happy about having to play this early game in Charlotte. The day and place is not the problem - but the time is an issue. Spurrier and Tanner have smiled their way through it, but they're not happy about it. I doubt they'll do this to us again five or six years from now. It'll be scheduled for later in the evening.
Spurrier has been vocal about the high ticket prices as well. Not sure that'll change.
This is strictly a made for TV game and that sucks in a lot of ways. College football, and especially the SEC, should not allow TV to control times like this. Or at least they should put-up a fight. One hour would have made a huge difference IMHO.
Edited to add: I just saw the press release that we are playing them again in 2019 and 2023. Go Gamecocks texted it as I was hitting the post. Those dates are so far out, who knows what will happen by then but those must have been ESPN negotiated.
I really wish we would get the Chick-fil-A opener in Atlanta one year.
This post was edited on 9/2/15 at 10:45 am
Posted on 9/2/15 at 8:20 pm to CNB
2019 will only have 6 games at W-B if this holds.
at East Carolina
in Charlotte (UNC)
4 SEC road games
moving "at ECU" to an even numbered year creates the same 6 home games as Clem U is a road game in even years.
bumping the 2019 road game at ECU to 2023 looks to be the easiest, but I doubt ECU would do it without cash considerations. pay up ESPN - they created this mess.
at East Carolina
in Charlotte (UNC)
4 SEC road games
moving "at ECU" to an even numbered year creates the same 6 home games as Clem U is a road game in even years.
bumping the 2019 road game at ECU to 2023 looks to be the easiest, but I doubt ECU would do it without cash considerations. pay up ESPN - they created this mess.
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