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SEC leaning toward 8+1 schedule according to Saban
Apr 24, 2014, 10:23 AM
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Nick Saban says the other SEC teams are not buying into the 9 game scenario, and that 8+1 is gaining traction:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/according-to-nick-saban--there-s-not-much-support-for-a-nine-game-sec-schedule-173443886.html
If we assume we end up with a scheduling agreement between the SEC and ACC, my question to Clemson fans would be this: would you want to have 2 permanent SEC games - S Car AND Georgia - or only the 1 game (S Car) and leave it up to the schools to work out the 2nd P5 OOC game (which based on recent history may not happen very often)?
http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2014/04/sec-leaning-toward-81-model.html
Keep in mind that if the ACC also gets approval to go divisionless, Clemson could theoretically have years when the schedule looks like this: FSU, Miami, Ga Tech, Va Tech, Notre Dame, S Car, Georgia, 4 more ACC teams and 1 FCS or G5. THAT would be a tough schedule!
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Heisman Winner [108390]
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fsu, daU, nd, scar & uga would be bueno...***
Apr 24, 2014, 10:27 AM
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CU Medallion [64517]
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In the event of such an agreement....
Apr 24, 2014, 10:29 AM
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I would prefer to have the Capons as a permanent opponent and then play all of the other $EC teams on a rotating basis.
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Oculus Spirit [93606]
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This all comes down to giving up a home game and the...
Apr 24, 2014, 11:10 AM
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money it generates every other year. I'm all about playing a good team but not if it hurts the purse.
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CU Guru [1111]
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In the infamous words of Rick Flair "if ya gona be the man
Apr 24, 2014, 11:18 AM
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Ya gota beat the man"
Bring it own or move to the FCS level
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CU Medallion [64517]
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Whooooo !!!!!***
Apr 24, 2014, 11:25 AM
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All-TigerNet [14488]
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Well one thing's for sure....
Apr 24, 2014, 11:34 AM
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I definitely wouldn't mind playing VT twice in a season again
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Heisman Winner [139870]
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SCU every year, then could we play an SEC allstar team...
Apr 24, 2014, 11:38 AM
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or something. It takes up too much time to beat them one by one.
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I would love to see UGA become an anual rivalry game again***
Apr 24, 2014, 11:44 AM
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We should play UGA the first game of the year every year.***
Apr 24, 2014, 11:49 AM
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CU Medallion [64517]
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I doubt Richt and Dabo share your predilection***
Apr 24, 2014, 1:29 PM
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Legend [19197]
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UGA every year and I don't have any questions about the
Apr 24, 2014, 2:07 PM
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SOS.
In fact it is the only rival that has rivaled and at times surpasses our rivalry with the Coots. UNC nor GT hold a candle to this one played by teams on the opposite side of the Savannah River and only about 70 miles apart.
Go Tigers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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110%er [6208]
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I'm against the 9th game, but that's not really the problem
Apr 24, 2014, 2:56 PM
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The problem is the insistence on playing 2 cupcakes every year. It's absolutely not necessary and, outside of additional revenue for local business, it is indefensible that we do.
Players and fans aren't into those games and I don't buy the economic argument from an internal perspective, either, especially when you can charge more than twice as much for a home game against UGA as you can for SC State. I've written at length on here about scheduling, and I just don't buy the argument that two cupcakes is necessary.
Anyway, until we eliminate one of them for a real opponent, I'm against a 9th ACC game. We should get serious and have a big time OOC (not named scar) at home and on the road every season and cancel that second cupcake, then I'm all for a 9th conference game.
Rant over...for now.
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Orange Blooded [3245]
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Re: I'm against the 9th game, but that's not really the problem
Apr 24, 2014, 3:01 PM
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Have to account for the every now and then ND game too.
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110%er [6208]
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Right...
Apr 24, 2014, 3:11 PM
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You do have to count for ND, but you don't have to schedule home-and-homes back to back, so it's easy to work them into the schedule.
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Now that I'm worked up about this, I'm going to
Apr 24, 2014, 3:08 PM
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reply to my own post. How about this for future schedules (hypothetical, obviously). Drop one of those pay-out games and you get something like this:
2014
HOME (7 GAMES)
4 ACC
Scar
Oklahoma State
Cupcake
AWAY (5 GAMES)
4 ACC
Georgia
2015
HOME (6 GAMES)
4 ACC
Notre Dame
Cupcake
AWAY (6 GAMES)
4 ACC
Scar
Oklahoma State
2016
HOME (7 GAMES)
4 ACC
Scar
Ole Miss
Cupcake
AWAY (5 GAMES)
4 ACC
Michigan
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would love to play an SEC team in the years we dont have ND
Apr 24, 2014, 3:02 PM
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Having ND is a built in boon to our scheduling. Means we have to find that extra big time game only 4 of every 6 years....Georgia is the obvious first choice..
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