re: Auburn vs Georgia moving earlier in season starting in 2020

Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:40 am to WG_Dawg

Posted by Tigerman97

Member since Jun 2014

10354 posts

Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:40 am to WG_Dawg

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It's as if fans of SEC teams don't understand how scheduling works.

I think we all (or most) understand why the home/home, away/away at the end of the season for au in regards to uga/bama has happened. What doesn't make sense is using that as a reason to move this game up 2 months. It accomplishes nothing other than helping auburn. UGA doesn't benefit in any way.

It would help the SEC...it's about TV dollars. The ROI is greater in November than September/October and the East hasn't provided much ROI late. uga playing UTk later would benefit the conference more than playing Auburn. The numbers do not lie.

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If you view it simplistically it may be shocking uga would entertain this option, but neither school is afraid to play the other school.

It's not about being "afraid", nobody is asking to drop the series. AU doesn't like they end the season with their 2 hardest games in the final 3 weeks, so they are doing anything they can to make things easier on themselves. And somehow, inexplicably, our AD doesn't seem to mind helping them out.

uga's AD is seeing the forest and not being distracted by the trees.

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In the end this decision will be an SEC decision driven by TV dollars

That's simply not true, AU is the one spearheading this thing not the SEC. If the SEC was so hellbent on TV dollars they would eliminate the 2-3 weekends a year where eveyr teams plays an OOC scrub and we have practically unwatchable TV all day and night. AU has already scheduled UMASS in 2020 on the mid-november weekend we woudl normally play. Do you think the SEC was behidn that? Now UGA is going to have to play AU the week after UF next year, all because AU wants to make things easier on themselves.

AU doesn't have the kind of power you are insinuating. That UMASS game was scheduled knowing this was coming. There is more money to be made from games that directly impact the divisional race in November than in September/October. uga playing that type of game is good for the conference and it fixes the home/home issue created by the 2012 expansion.