Care For A Little Last Minute Speculation On The 2012 SEC Football Schedule?

It's funny how people criticize UGA about having an "easy" schedule for 2011 & possibly 2012. Georgia has NO input as to who their conference schedule opponents are NOR do they have any control as to them having a good/poor season.

Let's play devil's advocate - had the Bulldogs finished with an "average" season in the SEC, would you STILL say they had an easy schedule? I doubt it because all we would read is how much better the other teams were.

Hello Mike!

Having been a St. Louisan from the mid- 1960's to 1970's (my Dad, having been conferred his EE at Bama, worked for McDonnell's aerospace division, on both of Gus Grissom's flights, and then xfrd back to the STL to work on F-4's and F-15's), I was taken by surprise--!!!but delighted!!!-- that Mizzou joined the SEC this year. (I was focused more on the development of our football team through the season, as well as the successes in recruiting.) Anyway, YES!!! I watched the game, too, and was ecstatic to see such a romping by the Tigers over the Tarheels!!!

As you can see from my previous entries, there are some rivalries that are, well, embarrassing, and the Bama-Auburn rivalry is one I've never really cared about. How many times, I can recall, like 1972, for example, when we are undefeated going into the Thanksgiving break, and play Aubren with the mindset of 'not to lose' and lose anyway, because they have NOTHING to lose at that point! 2009 was like that, but we got lucky, and then went on to play the Gators, and then beat your former rival, the Steers for the NC. I'm glad Mizzou is in the SEC... a big Southern WELCOME! Now, if we can get y'all re-aligned in the West where you belong--if only for the benefit of giving some parity to the teams and athletes--I'll be happy for you. Send the War Eagles/Tigers/Plainsmen/Cow College to the East, where they really belong!!!

Every day that goes by I am more impressed by the class that you'll have in the SEC. Ever since the Big 12 formed it always felt like we were the red headed step child, but since the move was announced I have read nothing but welcome to the league! Proud to be the newest member of the finest conference in the NCAA and proud to bleed black and gold, go Mizzou, showed the ACC we can play today LOL.

In addition, the Barnturds are turning to playing smaller, playing in-state small schools like Alabama A&M, on 11/17 (right after playing smallish McNeese State on 11/3). And then, in 2013, they're going to "take on" Jacksonville State (from Jacksonville, Alabama--ever heard of those Gamecocks?!) A big bruhaha this year was made of AU playing in-state schools, versus Alabama refraining from doing so. The Barn's argument was "why not, Bammers?", with no real rationale for going out and beating up on smaller schools--smaller LOCAL schools, to do what--make some point about how good a football team you have--inside the state lines? Yep, we played Kent State, Satan's alma mater. Yep, we played Georgia Southern, a school in Statesboro, Georgia, that has a terrific legacy of awesome football teams each year. (And we learned a lot about how to defend against the option in that game as well--something I hope comes in handy against LSU week-after-next!) Then, the Barners extend their argument to telling the Bama crowd, "Y'all should play Troy!" Why not put your OWN money where your flat-footed, double-recessive, narrow-offset-eyed, shallow gene pooled, uneducated mouths are, and YOU play Troy, instead of Alabama A&M!

I say, ship those bitter Barners to the East! Be done with them.

pardon my 50wpm typos!

Being a Bama grad, I wouldn't mind if the Barn went over to the East Division. Missouri, rightfully so, should be in the West. It's a logistical nightmare for our new friends, their teams and for their fan base and students, to go to Gainesville, Athens and Columbia. Right now, if virtually guarantees that their teams, in football (and in all other sports especially) will be playing with no fan support in the stands. As for my AU comment, I really could care LESS about ever having to deal with those people, both on the field, as wellas in life relations. We play to win championships, and look forward to playing folks like Michigan, USC, Notre Dame, Miami, etc. Those corn dog eating mullets only play to beat us. What a miserable life they have.

For years the SEC West has been overloaded with nationally ranked teams. During this time of adding A&M and Mizzou, would be a great time to move Alabama and Auburn to the

SEC East, putting A&M and Mizzou in the West conference. With all of the reshuffling of Team Schedules, now is the time to do this. It would even out the playing field and retain

the Rivialies. This would also lesson the head butting between so many top teams in one Conference. It would also liven up the competiveeness between the East and West

Conferences.

someone wants UGA to win the east, year 2 of west pansies.

What does "33 people listening" mean?

Unless they go to 9 games in a few years, they will have to re-set the permanent rivalries so every team in a division plays its permanent rival at home in the same year.

If, in the same year, you have:

Alabama@Tennessee

Georgia@Auburn

Then Alabama and Georgia each need to host a team from the other division to get a 1-1 home/away schedule. They could never play each other as a rotating team! Similarly, Auburn could never play Tennessee.

This year or next I expect half the permanent rivalries to be played at the same site 2 years in a row to allow all teams to be able to rotate. Otherwise they can add a 9th game to make it unnecessary.

It looks like UGA gets to avoid the big three from the West (LSU, Alabama, Arkansas) yet again. All that praying Richt does must be paying off.

with that SEC schedule, Vandy could be heading to back to back bowl games -- this, of course assuming they upset a couple teams and UK/UT/Ole Miss/ Mizzou stay relatively the same or become more incompetent...

If A&M switches the Bama game to a road game, then does that force Mizzou and A&M to switch their game to College Station. If so this would be the 3rd year in a row that Mizzou has played at A&M due to the Big12 schedule adjustment this year. Now Mizzou has won both games and they were not in the SEC, but let's hope the league takes this into consideration, (although Pinkel & the Texas recruits would not mind). Also why have Vandy & UK on the same home road series? Switch Bama and Vandy in home vs. road games.

Finally, why is Bama on both newcomer's schedule? I understand the west but East also?

When can we expect to see "Texas A&M" and "Missouri" tabs at the top of this website? Glad to have both in the SEC. And Roll Tide