Annie No. 1 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2022 SEC OOC Games:Alabama – Utah State, @ Texas, ULM, & Austin PeayArkansas – Cincinnati, Missouri State, @ BYU, & LibertyAuburn – Mercer, San Jose State, Penn State, & Western KentuckyFlorida – Utah, USF, Eastern Washington, @ Florida StateGeorgia – Oregon (n), Samford, Kent State, & Georgia TechKentucky – Miami (O), Youngstown State, Northern Illinois, & LouisvilleLSU – Florida State (n), Southern, New Mexico, & UABMississippi State – Memphis, @ Arizona, Bowling Green, & ETSUMissouri – Louisiana Tech, @ Kansas State, Abilene Christian, & New Mexico StateOle Miss – Troy, Central Arkansas, @ Georgia Tech, & TulsaSouth Carolina – Georgia State, Charlotte, SC State, & @ ClemsonTennessee – Ball State, @ Pittsburgh, Akron, & UT MartinTexas A&M – Sam Houston, Appalachian State, Miami (F), & UMassVanderbilt - @ Hawaii, Elon, Wake Forest, & @ Northern Illinois Love the way the Oregon-Georgia game is listed as being played at a neutral site. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandaian No. 2 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Well, Mercedes Benz stadium is 71 miles from Sanford Stadium, so they are technically correct as the game isn't played at UGA home field. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Author No. 3 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 8:00 AM, Tandaian said: Well, Mercedes Benz stadium is 71 miles from Sanford Stadium, so they are technically correct as the game isn't played at UGA home field. Yes, technically correct. So maybe an SEC team will play Oregon at a neutral site such as Las Vegas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 4 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Las Vegas wouldn't be an equitable comparison for Duck fans, distance wise. the problem is, there are no major stadiums available in similar driving distance. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 5 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Note that with an 8 game conference schedule every SEC team has at least 2 scheduled Ws vs lesser opponents OOC and many have 3 scheduled wins. Without that 9th game, 7 SEC teams have scheduled their way out of a potential loss. Look at the ACC schedules, another conference with 8 conference games and the OOC schedules are much the same as the SEC. Edited February 22, 2022 by Jon Joseph 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Author No. 6 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 8:36 AM, woundedknees said: Las Vegas wouldn't be an equitable comparison for Duck fans, distance wise. the problem is, there are no major stadiums available in similar driving distance. Exactly. But I'll bet lots of Duck fans would drive/fly to Vegas. Not sure about Georgia fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 8:36 AM, woundedknees said: the problem is, there are no major stadiums available in similar driving distance. Yep. The only option 70 miles from Eugene is a baseball stadium, the home of the Keizer Volcanoes, seats 4,254. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckFan93 No. 8 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) On 2/22/2022 at 8:36 AM, woundedknees said: the problem is, there are no major stadiums available in similar driving distance. How about the Reser Stadium? Back on the topic - Looks like all SEC schools finally play one OOC game at their level at least... Kudos. Edited February 22, 2022 by DuckFan93 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 9 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Arkansas looks to be braver than the other SEC teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 10 Share Posted February 22, 2022 You would think there would SOME shame in playing Sam Houston, Appalachian State, and UMass! Good thing Texas A&M got all those recruits! 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioDuck No. 11 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 11:00 AM, Tandaian said: Well, Mercedes Benz stadium is 71 miles from Sanford Stadium, so they are technically correct as the game isn't played at UGA home field. And Mercedes Benz Stadium is 2600 miles from Eugene. Hmmm... seems fair to call that a neutral game to me. Actually no, it may not be a home game for Georgia, but it's no where close to neutral! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 12 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 12:27 PM, 1Ducker1 said: Arkansas looks to be braver than the other SEC teams Only because when that Cincinnati game was schedule was at a time when they were a safe win. Times change and teams eb and flow. That is what makes so many of these non conference games such an annoyance from a fan perspective. Are we scheduling instant classics or a one sided beat down? It's a coin toss when it is a decade or more away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 13 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 4:37 PM, Charles Fischer said: You would think there would SOME shame in playing Sam Houston, Appalachian State, and UMass! Good thing Texas A&M got all those recruits! No shame. That's the SEC and smart playoff scheduling. BTW, because of the Michigan cancellation of the H+H with UCLA, no team has an easier OOC schedule in 2022 than has the Bruins. Meanwhile, Oregon plays 'at' UGA an also plays BYU at home, Playoff? How can you have a so-called Playoff with this kind of difference in scheduling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Author No. 14 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) On 2/22/2022 at 7:25 PM, Jon Joseph said: No shame. That's the SEC and smart playoff scheduling... When the SEC schedules easy ooc games, it's great. But if PAC-12 schedules such teams, suddenly it counts against them for strength of schedule. Edited February 23, 2022 by Annie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck 1972 No. 15 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I believe they don't play any away ooc games unless it's a marquee game. The PAC should and can do the same. No more playing games with BYU, Boise State, Fresno State etc unless they're in Autzen or other PAC stadiums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandaian No. 16 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Teams should stop scheduling out 10 years. They should only be allowed to schedule out 5 years. SEC and ACC have their schedules set, so they have most of their teams have a chance to be bowl eligible. They also game the system to make the playoffs. Pac 12 did an extremely poor job of being the 1st conference to go to 9 conference games. The next round of playoff talk should include all conferences be on the same page for scheduling in conference and out of conference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 17 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 10:09 AM, Annie said: But I'll bet lots of Duck fans would drive/fly to Vegas. Not sure about Georgia fans Give the LV promotion machine a crack at them, and they’ll have those puppies believing the slots will come up triple peaches every time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 18 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 11:36 AM, woundedknees said: Las Vegas wouldn't be an equitable comparison for Duck fans, distance wise. the problem is, there are no major stadiums available in similar driving distance. Which is one reason why one-off games should not be scheduled. UGA home + home, perfectly fine with me. But playing UGA in Atlanta is NOT playing the Dawgs at a neutral site. Also, the Dawgs have often played in Mercedes Benz Stadium (MB) including playing Bama in MB in 2021. Interestingly, the Dawgs record in MB is not good. Georgia does have a Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati played in MB, but UGA has never defeated Bama in MB. Of course, when the usual opponent in MB is Bama in the SEC Champ game you are not likely to have a sterling record. Florida is one of the many SEC schools with upcoming H+H series agreements with Pac-12 teams. And UF will not be tripping to one of the LA schools in 2023, it will be visiting Salt Lake City and Utah. Washington State? It plays the 1st game of a H+H series at Wisconsin this season. Arizona has a H+H series scheduled with Alabama. No more excuses about SEC teams only agreeing to play away games in LA vs the Pac-12. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
