TitanTiger 20,499 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I'm not getting the "we have no room to talk about OOC opponents" point. What's not to get? We don't have an OOC schedule the last few years that's really any different or better than Alabama's. Let's look at our OOC opponents from 1999 (CTT's first season) to 2006: AUBURN 1999 Appalachian St. (I-AA) Ball St. Western Ky. (I-AA) 2000 Wyoming N. Illinois La. Tech 2001 Ball St. Syracuse La. Tech 2002 Southern Cal Western Carolina (I-AA) Syracuse La.-Monroe 2003 Southern Cal Georgia Tech Western Ky. (I-AA) La.-Monroe 2004 La.-Monroe Citadel (I-AA) La. Tech 2005 Georgia Tech Ball St. Western Ky. (I-AA) 2006 Washington St. Buffalo Tulane Arkansas St. ALABAMA 1999 Houston Southern Miss La. Tech 2000 UCLA Southern Miss Central Fla. 2001 UCLA UTEP Southern Miss 2002 Middle Tenn. St. Oklahoma North Texas Southern Miss Hawaii 2003 South Fla. Oklahoma N. Illinois Southern Miss Hawaii 2004 Utah St. Western Carolina (I-AA) Southern Miss 2005 Middle Tenn. St. Southern Miss Utah St. 2006 Hawaii La.-Monroe Duke Fla. International Now, by my estimation, the breakdown goes like this: Auburn Good/reputable teams: Southern Cal (twice), Georgia Tech (twice), Syracuse (twice), Washington St. Decent teams: La. Tech (three times), Wyoming, Central Fla. Bad teams: Ball State (twice), La. Monroe (three times), N. Illinois, Idaho, Buffalo, Arkansas St., Tulane I-AA teams: Western Ky. (twice), Citadel, Western Carolina, Appalachian St. Alabama Good/reputable teams: Oklahoma (twice), UCLA (twice), Southern Miss (seven times) Decent teams: Hawaii (three times), Central Fla., La. Tech, North Texas Bad teams: Middle Tenn St. (twice), Utah St. (twice), South Florida, N. Illinois, UTEP, Houston I-AA teams: Western Carolina This is far from scientific. Some of the above teams could be shifted up or down. I tried to recollect how they were the season each team played them while also taking into account the conference they are from and how they've done on average. Syracuse hasn't been that good in recent years, but have done decently and are in a BCS conference so I kept them in good/reputable. Southern Miss has actually been better the last several years but plays in a weaker conference so they also got the nod. Both could be bumped down for instance. I know some of the "bad" teams have had a good season or two but in general, they aren't very good programs. Bottom line for me is there isn't really a hair's worth of difference in those OOC slates. We've played more "good" (subjectively) teams, but Bama has played so-called good teams more times. On the other hand, we've played five games against I-AA opponents to their one. Granted, Western Ky. was the I-AA national champs at least one of those years and could probably have knocked off teams like La. Monroe, Middle Tenn St. or Buffalo, but it's still I-AA. I'd love to see us schedule better OOC opponents like we used to. But I understand with an eight-game SEC slate (9 if you make the title game), it's hard to pack the rest of the schedule with tough OOC games...particularly this year with no off week. But that's a story for a different thread. The point is, the difference in AU and UAT's OOC schedule is negligible lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I love reading ya'lls arguments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I love reading ya'lls arguments That's because you pups don't have a decent board to argue with each other on. Keep trying to tell you to start one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Tried out DawgRant.com the other day but their format stinks, imo. So, I am stuck with you all for a bit longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Well, we don't want to run you off. Just weird that a rabid fan base like UGA's doesn't have a better message board out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 If you find one, let me know. For the love of god, I am still searching. DawgPost.com is better but I can't stand UGASports.com sometimes. Unless you are down on your knees for Mark Richt, you better just not post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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