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Get The Picture · Bloviation for the Dawgnation
Get The Picture 
Look at these upcoming Power 5 non conference opponents. Well done.
2020: Virginia (in Atlanta), Georgia Tech
2021: at Georgia Tech
2022: Oregon (in Atlanta), Georgia Tech
2023: at Oklahoma, at Georgia Tech
2024: Clemson (in Atlanta), Georgia Tech
2025: at UCLA, at Georgia Tech
2026: UCLA, Georgia Tech
2027: at Florida State, at Georgia Tech
2028: Florida State, at Texas, Georgia Tech
2029: Texas, at Clemson, at Georgia Tech
2030: Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia Tech
2031: Oklahoma, at Ohio State, at Georgia Tech
2032: Clemson, Georgia Tech
2033: at Clemson, at Georgia Tech
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Damn, look at those schedules in 2030 and 2031. Looks like I’m having a salad for lunch today and maybe going for a jog.
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Odds on McDiggity having us go there first?
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Just saw Mary Kate’s post above. OK then
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Why do they schedule games like this so far out? You can’t tell me it isn’t possible to set this up 3 or 4 years from now. Fields will have graduated from tOSU by 2031. Maybe.
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Hell, Fields will probably be retired from the NFL by then. 😉
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Not only that, whatever NFL team he played for will have retired his number and renamed their field in his honor – e.g. Soldier Field will become Fields Field.
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I lol’d at Fields field. Thank you.
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But Fromm will still be playing.
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2031 will be a fun year (assuming we haven’t cycled back to an era like the 90s).
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Hoooweeeee!! 2030 is going to be a fun season – Ohio State AND Clemson at Sanford.
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Awesome! Now can we please get some SEC West teams on the schedule?
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You’ll get two a year and like it.
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Three 😉
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One of the perks of kicking ass.
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Yes, let’s not forget that sleeping giant on North Avenue that will emerge as the dominant force in not only “The 404” but at Waffle Houses everywhere!
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Wasn’t OSU on the schedule before and one school or the other cancelled it?
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Urban Meyer canceled it after he became the corch there. Petty bastard.
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“Ohio State cancels series with Georgia set for 2020-2021
Ohio State and Georgia had agreed to a home-and-home to kick off the next decade. But with both teams’ conferences going through major changes in scheduling, the Buckeyes backed out of that agreement Thursday with Georgia’s blessing.” — May 2012
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With the way the way things are going now, watching a football game at that time will likely be the last thing on anyone’s mind.
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Good to see them on the schedule but not at all a fan of having multiple P5 conf. championship and playoff contenders on the schedule during the same year.
1 per year should be the model. Titles is the goal.
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I get the strategy as far as setting up for championships. But I’d rather guarantee awesome football every year and accept a tougher path to the playoff, than schedule for an easier shot at the playoff while accepting that the schedule will always be garbage.
And remember that the “scheduling for championships” mentality is a huge part of why CFB is staring down the crisis of declining interest. It isn’t a novel strategy; it has proliferated across the sport over the last decade or so. Which also means that very few teams are seeing any real benefit from it. As in, if everyone brings guns to the knife fight, it’s just a gun fight. Nobody gained an advantage.
My hope is that if several of the most powerful schools will walk the walk on this issue, then they can push for a nationwide rule on scheduling better across the board.
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LSU 2011 wins over the PAC and Big East champs lost to Bama for the title. If they didn’t give Oregon a loss maybe they play them in place of Bama.
Scheduling for championship is a false narrative. CFB still has interesting games every weekend. The real story is football is fading in popularity and fantasy leagues are propping up the NFL. Lowering CFB to 1-2 loss chaos will only further the decline.
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Who’s to say that any of those teams will be any good by the time we play them? Who’s to say UGA will… ?
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Kirby is convinced the playoff is going to 8. To get a wild card spot, winning with a tough schedule makes winning the SECCG less important in a field of 8.
The AD just likes the $$$$$ benefit.
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Should be awesome assuming the lawsuits from CTE don’t put football out of business first.
Otherwise, they’ll play NCAA Football on the big screen in Sanford.
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This announcement dovetails nicely with your “Butts in the Seats” post this morning.
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I’ll be 72 when we play the Butteyes. Will I still be here? Hope so. Will I still care? Hell yes! I got my masters from Ohio University. I doubly hate those bastards.
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I won’t admit how old I will be but it is questionable that I’ll be around.
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Job security for one Kirby Smart
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Here are the out-of-conference and western division rotating games that will be played in Sanford Stadium for the next 5 years:
2020
East Tennessee State
Louisiana-Monroe
Georgia Tech
2021
San Jose State
UAB
Charleston Southern
Arkansas
2022
Samford
Kent State
Georgia Tech
2023
{open slot}
UAB
Ole Miss
2024
Tennessee Tech
UMass
Georgia Tech
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I’m guessing you meant Auburn (AUB) instead of The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
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No, I didn’t.
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Crap…will football be played the way it is now by then?
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I am sure I’ll able to turn the TV on by then, maybe the nurse in the senior citizen facility will be a fan and change the channel for me. Hope it’s a 12:00 game I’ll need a nap. Looks like I can sleep most Saturdays till 2024.
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