re: ESPN - Alabama not happy with start times - UPDATE - Gus takes shots at Alabama

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And before you take the copout about our perfect setup with GT... we will have played 3 OOC home and homes in the same season multiple times before you ever get to 2.

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2002 - Clemson, Georgia Tech
2003 - Clemson, Georgia Tech
2004 - Georgia Tech
2005 - Georgia Tech
2006 - Colorado, Georgia Tech
2007 - Oklahoma St, Georgia Tech
2008 - Arizona St, Georgia Tech
2009 - Oklahoma St, Arizona St, Georgia Tech
2010 - Colorado, Georgia Tech
2011 - Georgia Tech
2012 - Georgia Tech
2013 - Clemson, Georgia Tech
2014 - Clemson, Georgia Tech
2015 - Georgia Tech
2016 - North Carolina, Georgia Tech
2017 - Notre Dame, Georgia Tech
2018 - Georgia Tech
2019 - Notre Dame, Georgia Tech


You did it 1 time since the schedule went to 12 games (18 seasons).

So, again, Georgia has a perfect #2 OOC H/H game in Georgia Tech. It's basically exactly what any big program would want in a #2 OOC game, but it's incredibly hard to get because those teams are generally unsure what kind of season they will have and they have ZERO desire to schedule an elite team and get an automatic loss that screws up their chance at 7-8 wins.

Scheduling H/Hs with Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas, etc at this point is not difficult - we all see the same future in terms of fans wanting those matchups and the way it will play in the playoffs. It's the 2nd tier games that are difficult to get.

And like I said, that's how you end up having to do things like play South Florida in a 2 for 1.