šŸˆ I'm tired of the SEC scheduling FCS opponents...especially in November

Iā€™m not for getting rid of playing the smaller schools. As has been said these schools live off these games and college football is much more than tv and polls.

I would be good with teams like Bama not playing 3-4 games a year, but to get rid of them completely Iā€™m against
 
It's effectively buying a meaningless win and a way of buffering harder opponents with a much lesser opponent (look at the scholarship limits). There are plenty of smaller schools in the FBS ranks that FBS teams should be playing. If you insist on throwing University money out the window, which frankly I'm not sure why you want to, throw it at a smaller FBS programs.

I believe the NCAA allows 1 FCS win to count towards bowl eligibility, removing this would be the first step. Most FBS schools can't afford to throw money at an FCS program for that single meaningless victory.

And frankly, I don't give a shit about Western Carolina surviving. If they can't figure out how to cover their expenses playing other FCS teams, then so be it.

FBS shouldn't be playing FCS teams.
 
JoseyWalesTheOutlaw said:
I remember (at the game) when Coach Mudra and the Noles came to T-town with a 33 game losing streak in 74 (I think) and played well only to lose to Bama 8-7 on a last second FG from Bucky Berry (Sidney Lanier Poet...school of Bart Starr). Bama played like shit.
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I have an ash tray, I think from the defunct Community National Bank, that shows 1966 results and the 1967 schedule. It's at the lake and I'm in DC right now, but I'll take a pic and share it. I might be off a bit, but it's a nice bit of history.

RTR,

Tim
 
Terry and I have attempted to explain this many times. The problem is with the timing, namely the next to last weekend in the season. There are 130 FBS teams, 14 of which are in the SEC. Of the 116 left, 100 of them are playing mandated conference games on this weekend. That leaves 16 available for OOC scheduling. The chances of getting 14 of those 16 to play SEC teams on that weekend are slim to none, and slim lives in Tuscaloosa and he just left town. Simply put, there is no way in hell one of those 16 teams is coming to Tuscaloosa on that weekend to play the University of Alabama!
 
252BAMA said:
Terry and I have attempted to explain this many times. The problem is with the timing, namely the next to last weekend in the season. There are 130 FBS teams, 14 of which are in the SEC. Of the 116 left, 100 of them are playing mandated conference games on this weekend. That leaves 16 available for OOC scheduling. The chances of getting 14 of those 16 to play SEC teams on that weekend are slim to none, and slim lives in Tuscaloosa and he just left town. Simply put, there is no way in hell one of those 16 teams is coming to Tuscaloosa on that weekend to play the University of Alabama!
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Which conferences mandate conference games that weekend, or better yet, who are the 16 teams that don't?

Bottom line, I'm still of the opinion that FBS teams shouldn't be playing FCS teams. These scheduling issues are self created, seems to me the SEC could just mandate conference games the 2nd to last weekend.
 
planomateo said:
Which conferences mandate conference games that weekend, or better yet, who are the 16 teams that don't?
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Up until this morning I haven't gone as far as @252BAMA in looking at FBS schedules. I've only looked at P5 teams for the weekend before Auburn and the last time I did it was last season. At that time, the only team with an off date was UNC among the P5 schools. Again, that was 2018 with one P5 team.

2019, this season is a little different BUT only goes to show how only a part of the story is being told about the SEC schedule and November. Within the last week or so I posted a tweet from Mark Packer (ACCN) where he was interviewing the committee chair and made a comment along the lines of "can't say why Bama is scheduling WCU this week." It rang hollow considering Clemson had the week off and Packer is a big Clemson guy. Off week vs WCU. One criticized, the other ... have you even heard about?

This season ... with regard to the past week and P5 schools. There were four P5 teams available for Bama this past weekend.

Four ACC schools didn't have a conference game scheduled: Clemson and FSU had off weeks, Miami picked up FIU (we saw how that went) and UNC had Mercer. (Notice, UNC with Mercer and no attention and Bama with Mercer in 2017 which was widely criticized. No big deal here other than it's another example of Bama being held to a different standard; a standard no one else is held to, right?)

Every team from the B1G, Big 12, and Pac 12 had conference games.

The AAC all had conference games.
CUSA all had conference games.
The Sun Belt teams all had conference games.
The Mountain West had two teams with off weeks: Air Force and New Mexico.
The MAC had two teams with off weeks: Central Michigan and Western Michigan.
There was one Independent with a weekend off: Army (the one Goodman called a month or so ago when Saban mentioned scheduling in the presser.)

Now, I'm glancing through helmet schedules here and this is what I've found for this season. I may have missed one or two.

1- Independent
2- MAC teams
2- Mountain West teams.
4- ACC teams.

By my math, there were nine options available for this past weekend all of whom had off weeks. Four of these nine, those from the ACC, wouldn't have brought the criticism we've heard about scheduling. Coincidentally, those four were teams available when the SEC/ACC matchup was set for Bama to open this season. The Tide ended up with Duke because Clemson, FSU, UNC, and Miami didn't want a part of the opener (Miami was the last target before Duke ended up filling the role.)

I think the 12 number @252BAMA mentioned covers 2018 (unless I've missed three teams which is a strong possibility) and I've found nine this morning for 2019.

The SEC can't do anything about other conference schedules. We'll all agree on that point. The possibility of scheduling a team like Western Michigan existed (if they were willing to change another game on their schedule.) It's limited "pickings," so to speak.

Fans are left with this hypothetical choice. Do you want all the OOC games in September and finish the season with a minimum on eight conference games in a row or leave it be? If a team like Clemson is going to get an off weekā€”and let's not forget the SEC used to have off weeks in November which was also complained aboutā€”and at the same time all these people are crying for schedule equality I don't see an issue with playing an FCS team before Auburn.
 
One thing to add here. The additional off week for 2019 throws a bit of a wrench in this whole discussion. If that week is removed, and I believe there's only one in 2020 but can't say for sure, it's reasonable to assume that nine number is going to be smaller next season.
 

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