9 Game Conference Schedule - Neutral Game Option

I wouldn't mind seeing LSU-TAMU played at Jerry's World more often.

negative ghostrider

Although a decent option, the answer is NO... There are not enough sites..

UGA-UF are taken care of and Arkie and TAMU...

So are Auburn and LSU going to play a neutral site game in Jackson, Shreveport, Lezion Field(Mecedes Superdome is not neutral).

Arky can go to a neutral site game at STL against Mizzou while LSU plays TAMU in Dallas.

UT-Vandy at Titans' stadium Nashville
OM-MSU in Memphis (Jackson's stadium is a dump)
UF-UGA stays same
Bama-AU in Birmingham (wait for the crying)
USC-UK in Charlotte

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What if it was mandated that the 9th conference game for every team was played at a neutral site, which would give every team 4 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral?

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don't think that would work, mainly because you couldn't have each team play just one neutral game because there are 13 teams...someone would need to play 2 neutral site games.

But the another issue with 9 conference games is that is takes away from an OOC game, which is usually a home game and brings in a lot of money to the school and the city.

Further, OOC games are usually wins...a 9th conference game means a guaranteed loss for half the teams...

I believe 8 games is the only way to go.

Conference games have historically been a huge deal at neutral sites and tend to be an EXTREMELY unfair advantage for the teams that have them. I would be in favor for it because having to deal with OU/tu doing it shows how obnoxious they can be.

Not sure of what I mean? A&M had to play a game in Austin or Norman every single year, OU/tu only had to deal with playing at Kyle Field every other, as the schedule makers decided that those were the three power houses in the South, and they should balance.

Mathematically, if you have 3 identical teams, with three identical records against each other, but two of those teams play at a neutral site, the neutral site teams will have astronomically higher chance of going undefeated against the two. I argued this endlessly with a Sooner once, then showed him the math, and he shut up. I can do that for y'all if you want.

But as far as recent history(I'm reciting this from memory, bare with me), in the 5 years from 2000-2004, OU beat tu, they went to 3 BCS Title games. tu was undefeated at home during that time frame, was a 10+ win team, and OU has a losing record on the road against ranked opponents.

So the thinking would be, in that 5 year period, OU definitely wouldn't have won 3 in Austin if it was a neutral site.

Better yet, over the course of the next 5, tu won 4 of which I believe, the numbers switch. OU only lost 1 game in Norman, tu was terrible on the road against ranked opponents, and goes to 2 National Title games.

I am stealing this from a texags.com poster. It's his rant about Jerryworld, and it made me LOL.

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I'll go ahead and say it, cowboys stadium is one of the worst places to watch a live sporting event period. Its for people who dont give a crap about the game on the field and care more about being noticed or distracted by shiny things.

Its the equivalent of dangling keys in front of a baby. If you really care about watching a game(of any kind) there are far better places to do it than the deathstar.


I want to go to a football game to watch football. I dont give a crap about

1. Artwork diplayed in the place
2. expensive finishes
3. gimicky entrances(player walk out through a bar)
4. sub field level suites
5. a ridiculous scoreboard that detracts from the play on the field.


Face it, cowboys stadium is basically a physical representation of the movie Idiocracy. Im just waiting for them to start serving brawndo

Personally I think it is a really cool thing, but I honestly hope that a magic about the Arkansas/A&M game develops where there is some sort of relevance for it. If people know it has national implications, know that the city is about to be invaded by Ags and Pigs, I think that can be a powerful thing.

I hope the Jerry World game stays forever just so kids can grow up thinking, "A&M Arky is next weekend". Growing up in Dallas, I know how huge that can be with the RRS, and I would like some of that magic.

The SEC in Dallas. A&M/Arky. Wouldn't you like feeling that your football game was the center of attention of one Saturday for a metroplex with 7 million football crazed people? Because OU/tu will tell you how it feels if you're curious.

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Again, I recognize I'm a bit biased. Ags should admit the same.

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Of course. ESPN and the National media loves to rip our record against SEC teams in the last 7 games, and 4 of the games were there. If you take the games before that where we played an SEC team(LSU). We absolutely butt fricked y'all like we are about to start doing again, and a lot of that had to do with Kyle Field.

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Further, OOC games are usually wins...a 9th conference game means a guaranteed loss for half the teams...

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Not to mention that OCC games give SEC teams a chance to regroup and get a little healthy. As we all know, conference games cause a lot of "walking wounded".

At some point, SEC teams will lose their cross division permanent team. When, not if, the conference expands to 16, you'll play 8 conference games and they'll be in your division...period.