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re: Will September 3, 2016 ever be matched again as the "best start" to a season?

Posted on 8/8/16 at 10:33 pm to
Posted by finestfirst79
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Member since Nov 2012
11646 posts
Posted on 8/8/16 at 10:33 pm to
A&M opens at UCLA in '17. And then gets Nicholls State at home the next week.
Posted by Mister Tee
On the Lake
Member since Jun 2014
2761 posts
Posted on 8/8/16 at 10:34 pm to
You guys are playing at UCLA I presume?

You will have to forgive me but it has been hard to figure out your schedule lately.

Did you guys finally work out a home/home with Arkansas?

Still don't know if those are actually "home site" games.
Posted by BurgTiger
Member since Feb 2014
3096 posts
Posted on 8/8/16 at 10:46 pm to
It's also the depth of quality games that first weekend that can hold ones attention:
South Carolina @ Vandy
Mizzou @ West Virginia
KSU @ Stanford
BYU @ Zona
Posted by Mister Tee
On the Lake
Member since Jun 2014
2761 posts
Posted on 8/8/16 at 10:59 pm to
The Birmingham Bowl was great. Fun times.

We beat #21 Memphis in that game. Memphis beat you (#12 Ole Miss) 37-24 earlier in the season.

We beat them 31-10. There is a difference.
This post was edited on 8/8/16 at 11:05 pm
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 12:04 am to
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Iowa?


Yes, a program on the AP all-time top 25.

I must've overlooked Mizzou on that list, where were y'all ranked?
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
Member since Aug 2013
13686 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 12:09 am to
quote:

Alabama, Southern Cal, LSU, Clemson, Wisconsin, Auburn, UCLA, Florida State, Texas A&M, North Carolina, Georgia, .

FIFY
Posted by higgs_boson
State College, PA
Member since Sep 2014
22755 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 12:40 am to
What a schedule!

Hope the SEC sweeps.
Posted by DannyB
Bagram, Afghanistan
Member since Aug 2010
6141 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 5:24 am to
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Clemson is playing a team that went to the Birmingham Bowl. How is that a great matchup?


You mean a team ranked 13 all-time in NCAA football. Where is Ole Piss ranked all-time? Wow, you made it to a Sugar Bowl finally and won and happened to beat Bama 2 whole years in a row!!! Everybody watch out!!! We got a badass over here!!!
Posted by TrueReb13
Member since Feb 2015
1623 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 6:57 am to
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13 Rank all time


I thought only Ole Miss fans were the ones who lives in the past
Posted by Gary Busey
Member since Dec 2014
33277 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 7:16 am to
What past does Ole Miss have
Posted by JustGetItRight
Member since Jan 2012
15846 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 8:02 am to
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Will become more common. Driven by the SOS factor of the CFP. Helps you if you win. Doesn't kill you if you lose.


I heard Greg McElroy in an interview add another reason for opening with a big name. He said that it really helps up the intensity of fall camp. He used Alabama as an example in saying that when the players show up and the next game is USC, then they immediately get right to work whereas the intensity just isn't the same when you're opening with a directional or FCS foe.
Posted by JesusQuintana
St Louis
Member since Oct 2013
33366 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 9:29 am to
Lol, frick you and frick Iowa.
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
20938 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 9:39 am to
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Alabama kicks off next season against Florida State.


You should add that it will be the first game in the new Mercedez Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Labor Day Weekend. Tennessee will be playing Georgia Tech there two days later (on Labor Day).
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18161 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:20 am to
The push for stronger OOC SOS for playoff inclusion is going to push the scheduling quality up. Thankfully.
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
Member since Oct 2011
25965 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:29 am to
Will be fun to watch that week and then the following week we get.

Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
39721 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:33 am to
LSU vs BYU will be entertaining.
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