UGAy beefs up next year's schedule

[bbradley]

Well, it appears Mark(Saint)Richt got his wish with the schedule. Next year the Doggies will play this trecherous non-conference schedule.
Georgia has filled the last opening on its 2010 football schedule by booking a home game against Idaho State.

• Located in Pocatello, Idaho, and a member of the Big Sky Conference, Idaho State will play in Athens on Nov. 6, 2010. The school is a member of the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-AA.

Georgia's other non-conference opponents next year are Louisiana Lafayette (in Athens), Colorado (in Boulder) and Georgia Tech (in Athens).

I guess they are learning what all the other SEC schools are doing...:laugher:

 

[gsu_paintballer]

The point is to go undefeated. That will help.

 

[bbradley]

The point is to go undefeated. That will help.

I got to somewhat disagree, because at the end of this year and many others ask Boise, ask Auburn even ask Texas what it's like to be undefeated or one loss and at home watching the dance because the computers say your schedule sucks!

 

[gsu_paintballer]

Are you telling me that an undefeated UGA team wouldn't get to the NC with that schedule? It's pretty normal.

FCS team
FBS cupcakes
Legitimate FBS opponent - this is something most don't have.

 

[The Champ]

roughly the same as our ooc schedule

 

[gtfan088]

The only way this can backfire is if it came down to UGA and another BCS conference team to determine who goes to the MNC, and the other team gets the nod due to a tougher schedule. It would almost have to be a Big 12 or another SEC team though.

 

[cyptomcat]

roughly the same as our ooc schedule

I agree:
2010
Nonconference Home: South Carolina State, Middle Tennessee State
Nonconference Away: Kansas, Georgia

Probably it would have been difficult to guess if Kansas or Colorado would be good in 2010 back when these were scheduled.

 

[cyptomcat]

The only way this can backfire is if it came down to UGA and another BCS conference team to determine who goes to the MNC, and the other team gets the nod due to a tougher schedule. It would almost have to be a Big 12 or another SEC team though.

If you want to be in the BCS championship game from SEC, you need to win the SEC title game (ask jawja couple of years ago). I don't think we will see another Auburn case as long as SEC stays popular and prestigious (opinion of voters and talking heads). I don't see the SEC champion jumping over an unbeaten BCS team mainly because of the way the polls works (they rarely bring down a team without a loss, and whoever loses already gets shoved down at least couple of spots).

Since 2001 season, SEC is 9-2 in BCS bowls.

gotta love that jawja is the only sec champion to be punked in a bcs bowl in that period!

 

[gtfan1147]

I agree:
2010
Nonconference Home: South Carolina State, Middle Tennessee State
Nonconference Away: Kansas, Georgia

Probably it would have been difficult to guess if Kansas or Colorado would be good in 2010 back when these were scheduled.

Georgia Tech just finalized the deal with Kansas over the summer.

 

[gtfan088]

If you want to be in the BCS championship game from SEC, you need to win the SEC title game (ask jawja couple of years ago). I don't think we will see another Auburn case as long as SEC stays popular and prestigious (opinion of voters and talking heads). I don't see the SEC champion jumping over an unbeaten BCS team mainly because of the way the polls works (they rarely bring down a team without a loss, and whoever loses already gets shoved down at least couple of spots).

Since 2001 season, SEC is 9-2 in BCS bowls.

gotta love that jawja is the only sec champion to be punked in a bcs bowl in that period!

If two SEC teams are competing for an MNC berth and one wins the SEC while the other isn't even in the title game (like the LSU/UGA scenario you're talking about) then it will almost certainly go to the SEC champ.

But, suppose that LSU and Alabama were to both go 11-1 (7-1) this year with one going to the SECCG to play Florida who is 10-2. Florida beats this team. I'd say there would be a good chance that whichever team from the West that didn't play in this game would play for the MNC. I don't actually see this scenario playing out this year, but it could definitely happen at some point so long as the rules don't stipulate that a conference championship is a prerequisite to the BCS Championship.

As for no SEC team being left out if undefeated, I agree, though it's probably a good idea not to underestimate the respect USC gets from the media...even when they drop a game or two.

 

[coldbeer]

Georgia Tech just finalized the deal with Kansas over the summer.

Not only that.... but we had to scramble to get Kansas on the schedule because Ole Miss (a prestigious SEC school) wanted to delay our home & home series.

 

[WracerX]

As for no SEC team being left out if undefeated, I agree, though it's probably a good idea not to underestimate the respect USC gets from the media...even when they drop a game or two.

It all depends on who is undefeated. In the 3 undefeated team scenerio, I could see quite a few SEC teams getting left out.

If any two of the following teams are undefeated at the end of the season:

ND
Michigan
USC
Texas
Oklahoma

They will trump an undefeated:

Vandy, SC, KY, MSU, Ark, Ole Miss, Auburn, and UGa

Where the SEC gets respect isn't in the "undefeated" camp. They get respect in the "1 loss" camp. If USC loses a game, their done. The PAC-10 doesn't get enough respect for being a deep league. Same for the Big 10.

A one loss Auburn will trump a 1 loss ND, but an undefeated ND will trump an undefeated Auburn. It has nothing to do with who you beat, but who you are and who you lost to.

 

[hiveredtech]

The reality is that in only one year in the history of the BCS has more than two BCS teams gone undefeated....this was the year Auburn was left out in 2003. That is 9% of the time and will likely drop again this year.

So..if you are in a BCS conference and go undefeated...you are in.

 

[JacketDan]

So..if you are in a BCS conference and go undefeated...you are in.

Yep, and on top of that I have not noticed the talking heads calling out say Florida for an OOC schedule of Charleston Southern, Troy, and Florida International (beyond the FSU rivalry game). Or the fact that they play 7 home games and 1 neutral site game, meaning that that only have 4 true road games this season.

Nobody is mentioning that they are also now clearly in patsy half of the SEC with really only UGAg being a threat in the East. Then again ESPN did pay the GNP of a medium sized African nation for the rights to show SEC games for the foreseeable future.

 

[Allen Koholic]

I think Georgia's scheduling has just as much, if not more, to do with money as it does scheduling a season in which UGA can compete in the race for the mythical national title. If the pups play a BCS team, they'll most likely need to give up a home-and-home to them. If they play directional state polytechnical academy, they can get them to come in and play in Athens, without having to give up a home game the next season. The Cesspool to the East will cram rednecks spending their hard-earned welfare checks in there, regardless of who is playing. It's SEC football, it's all about the money.

 

[Nashville Jacket]

roughly the same as our ooc schedule

I agree. We can't say a whole lot because our schedule is very similar.

 

[ContactBuzz]

I got to somewhat disagree, because at the end of this year and many others ask Boise, ask Auburn even ask Texas what it's like to be undefeated or one loss and at home watching the dance because the computers say your schedule sucks!

The computers have minimal effect - they've all but been eliminated from the formula.

Records are rewarded, not schedules. Schedules only come into play when there are multiple teams with the same record (which has only cost Auburn so far and that was when SOS did factor in). If it were up to me, I'd take the easy OOC schedule.

GT has been effed out of better bowls too many times because we did play UGA+ (Auburn, ND, BYU, etc) and UVA, NC State, Maryland were playing all patsies. We finished better in the ACC most years but had same (or worse) overall records and they ended up in the better bowls.

 

[coldbeer]

GT has been effed out of better bowls too many times because we did play UGA+ (Auburn, ND, BYU, etc) and UVA, NC State, Maryland were playing all patsies. We finished better in the ACC most years but had same (or worse) overall records and they ended up in the better bowls.

excellent point.

But it's very problematic for the GTAA to sell/promote season ticket sales when your home schedule has 3 1-AA or bottom feeder 1-A games plus ACC schedule plus Georgia every other year.

Wish more of our fans would want to be at BDS to support the Jackets 6/7 times each and every season REGARDLESS of the opponent, but that isn't the reality of the situation.

 

[The Champ]

The computers have minimal effect - they've all but been eliminated from the formula.

Records are rewarded, not schedules. Schedules only come into play when there are multiple teams with the same record (which has only cost Auburn so far and that was when SOS did factor in). If it were up to me, I'd take the easy OOC schedule.

GT has been effed out of better bowls too many times because we did play UGA+ (Auburn, ND, BYU, etc) and UVA, NC State, Maryland were playing all patsies. We finished better in the ACC most years but had same (or worse) overall records and they ended up in the better bowls.

Never did playing those teams hurt us. We beat Auburn twice, the year we lost to ND we went to the Gator. The year we lost to BYU we weren't very good anyway.

 

[cajunjacket]

The computers have minimal effect - they've all but been eliminated from the formula.

Records are rewarded, not schedules. Schedules only come into play when there are multiple teams with the same record (which has only cost Auburn so far and that was when SOS did factor in). If it were up to me, I'd take the easy OOC schedule.

Yep. It's all about opinion. A win against Random FCS State University is better than a loss to the #1 team in the country. Teams are starting to realize this now that computers are all but gone from the equation.