In the wake of the SEC's announcement that the conference will be requiring all member schools to schedule at least one football opponent from the other power conferences on an annual basis came news this past week that Notre Dame and Georgia had agreed to play a home-and-home series in 2017 and 2019. Lost in this news was the announcement by the Stanford Cardinal that they had come to an agreement with - wait for it - Rice for 2016 and 2017.
Does it surprise you to hear that the 2017 game between the Bulldogs and the Irish will be only second time these two historic teams have met? The first and last time was in the 1981 Sugar Bowl when Herschel Walker became the running back that every UGA back would be compared to for the next 33 years and counting. But let's get back to Stanford.
This made me think about who the Trees have played and I was astonished to learn that they have NEVER played a regular season game against an SEC team and have played SEC teams only four times in their entire history, the last instance being in 1978.
Stanford versus the SEC:
12/31/1978 vs. Georgia @ Bluebonnet Bowl, Houston, TX
12/31/1977 vs. LSU @ Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX
1/1/1935 vs. Alabama @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
1/1/1927 vs. Alabama @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
The Cardinal have never faced Tennessee, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Florida,Auburn, South Carolina, Kentucky, or Vanderbilt.
RollBamaRoll opines.
Does it surprise you to hear that the 2017 game between the Bulldogs and the Irish will be only second time these two historic teams have met? The first and last time was in the 1981 Sugar Bowl when Herschel Walker became the running back that every UGA back would be compared to for the next 33 years and counting. But let's get back to Stanford.
This made me think about who the Trees have played and I was astonished to learn that they have NEVER played a regular season game against an SEC team and have played SEC teams only four times in their entire history, the last instance being in 1978.
Stanford versus the SEC:
12/31/1978 vs. Georgia @ Bluebonnet Bowl, Houston, TX
12/31/1977 vs. LSU @ Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX
1/1/1935 vs. Alabama @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
1/1/1927 vs. Alabama @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
The Cardinal have never faced Tennessee, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Florida,Auburn, South Carolina, Kentucky, or Vanderbilt.
RollBamaRoll opines.
