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If we learned anything last season it’s that strength of schedule matters. Ask Baylor and TCU. Getting the stamp of approval from the college football playoff committee means winning more than just your conference. You need at least one marquee win over another Big Five conference team.
Finding those opponents is proving to be difficult for Auburn and other SEC programs. Last year, league officials mandated that every school play at least one non-conference game from a Big Five program. Since then, Auburn has reached out to numerous schools in the Big 10, PAC 12 and other major conferences trying to fill its calendar.
So far they have failed to land any traditional powers outside the Southeast. While fans would love to welcome Notre Dame, Michigan or UCLA to Jordan-Hare Stadium, for now they have to be content with another round of regional matchups.
Auburn opens with Louisville at the Georgia Dome in September and that’s followed up with a pair of games against Clemson in 2016 and 2017.
Two snoozers with Cal beginning in 2020 will do nothing to get a fanbase (who’s again faced with rising ticket costs) excited about laying down several thousand dollars for seats.
It’s not just an Auburn problem. Every SEC program is faced with the same issue. Can conference members get other programs to commit to home-and-home series that often takes away a home game payday?
Many schools are opting for the one-game neutral site contest like Auburn is doing this season with Louisville. News broke last week that Auburn officials are in early discussions with Florida State to open the 2018 season in Jacksonville.
These high profile games give schools an opportunity to make more tickets available to alumni while bringing in big dollars from television. Florida State reportedly made close to $4 million for its game against Oklahoma State last season at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Alabama has had their own struggles finding opponents. Deals with Miami, Penn State and USC have all reportedly fallen through. The perfect opponent is a named school having a down season. Accomplishing that feat is easier said than done.
It’s not easy to find a named opponent willing to give up a home game to take on a program like Auburn or Alabama’s. Losing gameday revenue and a football game at the same time is not a prescription for keeping your job when your title is athletic director.
The idea of removing the likes of Jacksonville State, San Jose State and Idaho off SEC schools schedules permanently is a pipe dream.
Scheduling one a year is proving more difficult than keeping an Alabama fan away from a flea market on a Saturday morning.
Bring on the Cal Bears!
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Hey, We're Tryin', Y'all
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Re: Hey, We're Tryin', Y'all
Cal shy's away from no one.
Actually, Cal is the only team in the country that plays a home and home with which ever bitch wants to get their ass kicked next.
2016... @Tejas (Big 12)
2016... @ North Carolina (ACC)... and Tejas (Big 12)
2017... North Carolina (ACC) and "Ole Miss" (SEC)
2018... @North Carolina (ACC) and @ BYU (Mormons)
2019... @ Ole Miss (SEC)
2020... TCU (Big 12)... @ Allbarn (SEC)
2021... @TCU (Big 12)... Allbarn (SEC)
Schedule like a "Big Boy"... then kick the living shit out of them.
As a barometer... the last two times Michigan State played Cal... they were blown out of the water.
Oh yeah, the last 2 times... Cal played (SEC) teams... it got ugly... and it got ugly quick.
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area...
San Diego... says... waz up
Cal 45.... Texas A&M 10
It's how we roll in the most beautiful place in the World...
Actually, Cal is the only team in the country that plays a home and home with which ever bitch wants to get their ass kicked next.
2016... @Tejas (Big 12)
2016... @ North Carolina (ACC)... and Tejas (Big 12)
2017... North Carolina (ACC) and "Ole Miss" (SEC)
2018... @North Carolina (ACC) and @ BYU (Mormons)
2019... @ Ole Miss (SEC)
2020... TCU (Big 12)... @ Allbarn (SEC)
2021... @TCU (Big 12)... Allbarn (SEC)
Schedule like a "Big Boy"... then kick the living shit out of them.
As a barometer... the last two times Michigan State played Cal... they were blown out of the water.
Oh yeah, the last 2 times... Cal played (SEC) teams... it got ugly... and it got ugly quick.
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area...
San Diego... says... waz up
Cal 45.... Texas A&M 10
It's how we roll in the most beautiful place in the World...
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You're not a good reader, are you?
JPGettysburg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2024 8:57 pm In prison, full moon nights have a kind of brutal sodomy that can't fully be described with mere words.
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Hmmm...last time OSU played Cal they beat them with a BACKUP QB 52-34...
not sure we get the Cal plays home and home with whatever bitch wants their ass kicked next (your words not ours)...
just sayin
cue Ren Faire throwing up highlights of the 28-21 CAL loss to OSU at the Shoe...or Cal's win against NW last year...
yawn
not sure we get the Cal plays home and home with whatever bitch wants their ass kicked next (your words not ours)...
just sayin
cue Ren Faire throwing up highlights of the 28-21 CAL loss to OSU at the Shoe...or Cal's win against NW last year...
yawn
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Why would they?Sudden Sam wrote:The good PAC12 schools don't want anything to do with an SEC powerhouse. Damn shame we gotta stoop to the level of Cal.
SEC Pussies schedule the H&H to make themselves sound glorious in the offseason, then cancel the series once reality sets in and they realize they're not playing Citadel at home.
As to the post I quoted -- you're a bald-faced LIAR. YOU cancelled on MSU (obviously not a PAC team). Oregon had H&Hs with both UGA and aTm... and it wasn't Oregon who cancelled.
I'm laughing that Those Who Try To Game The System are now reaping what they sow. Maybe a few seasons of relinquishing your seat at the grownups table will teach the mouthbreathers a little humility... and to maybe stop canceling games with every decent team they schedule.
Only one team in your sissy conference ever schedules anyone, so my barbs don't apply to LSU.
But until such a time that you people can act like non-whining-pussies, us PAC and B1G fans will enjoy all the great H&Hs we've scheduled. The only reason the SEC is now pretending to man up is because they realize what a mockery they've made of the system, and are realizing it may cost them. Too fucking bad.
Some teams actually play "playoff games" in September -- the way CFB is supposed to be.
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Any school that spawned Lane Kiffin should be given the Death Penalty for crimes against BTPCFB.
Now go back to sucking Reggie Bush's dick instead of spamming this board with your bullshit.
Now go back to sucking Reggie Bush's dick instead of spamming this board with your bullshit.
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