re: Predict our future OOC opponents

WTF? That had better not be the "familiar" opponent Jason Cook was pimping a while back.

and you just know this has got to be driving Houston Cougars fans nuts.

this would have to be on Sept 13 unless A&M drops SMU on the 20th.

hey, if ULM beats Arky State then we'll have two bowl teams on that schedule

if SMU somehow upsets Cincy we'll have a good chance of having 3 bowl teams as they also have USF and UConn left.

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ULM
Lamar
Rice

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wow

I just want the SEC to decide 9 games or not. Then we can start to lock in better ooc opponents

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I believe they won't decide that until spring 2014 at the earliest. Because the sides were so far apart, they went away from this past spring meetings and decided to do a 2-year study on the impacts of 8 vs 9 games. They'll officially vote on it in spring 2014 for the 2016 season and beyond.

But that's a lame excuse as to why we can't schedule better. We can put in 3 opponents and if we stick at 8 then we have a year and a half to fill it or in a pinch just buy the 4th game for a season. Clearly we haven't had a problem scheduling UTEP, UNM, Rice, and ULM as buy games on short notice.

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I hope we don't go to 9.

IMO that will only increase the odds our OOC is shite b/c athletic departments will hide behind a "OHHHH our conference slate is soooooo demanding and we need to make sure we have at least 7 home games every year or we go bankrupt" bullshite mantra.

If we go to 9 we can kiss cool home and homes against power 5 schools goodbye and say hello to 1 off games held at pro stadiums in faux "Classic Kickoff" type events.


I also only think the Big 10 is partly pushing the 9 games so hard b/c they know their conference is rotting from within and want one less game they could potentially lose to a non power conference team.

An extra game against teams like Purdue, Illinois, or Indiana really isn't any more difficult than a game against an SMU, Rice, or La Tech.

They can pretend they want 9 games for a tougher SOS but its really just a BS line meant to hide the fact that population shifts have sapped a good chunk of the talent from that part of the country.

pretty much agree with all this

I'd like to see the SEC just mandate 9 (preferably 10) P5 games per year and no FCS games. Do that and I'm ecstatic. I'd like to play teams outside the conference now and then.

That OOC is a shitshow, probably even worse than this year's. This will kill us in the computer polls again next year.

Wins: Lamar, Rice, @SMU, Arkansas, @Mississippi State, Ole Miss

Tossups: @South Carolina, @Alabama, LSU, Missouri

Likely Losses: @Auburn

Anywhere between 8-4 (4-4) and 11-1 (7-1)

yeah, I'd prefer a home/home but I think this is a hedge to give us a bit more time for opening weekend at new Kyle. Not sure if it's in this thread or the other but RC broke down how few options we had for Sep 5 anyway.

I'll be interested to see if Sep 12 we have a real opponent