Question: How do we get in on one of Kickoff games to start the season?
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Win the SEC East first, then I will have no problem playing in one. With Oklahoma and Texas coming into the league, we are probably looking at 9 SEC games. That will make it even MORE difficult to rationalize one of these game for UK. Drop the Cards and I'd be for it.
Also schedules are set years in advance.
Also schedules are set years in advance.
As long as we play UL every year, it’s not going to happen. I hate that our annual rival is out of conference. It kills us when it comes to being creative with the schedule. Some schools will schedule 2 Power 5 OOC games, but UK never will imo.
Was just looking at future games....a grand total of 6 SEC teams have played this event. Louisville is in it once again. Doesn't make sense to me. Georgia DC starts his Oregon gig off next year...incredible.
| Season | Date | Matchup | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | September 3, 2022 | Oregon Ducks | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 2023 | September 2, 2023 | Louisville Cardinals | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| 2024 | August 31, 2024 | Clemson Tigers | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 2025 | August 30, 2025 | Tennessee Volunteers | Syracuse Orange |
| August 31, 2025 | South Carolina Gamecocks | Virginia Tech Hokies |
Louisville is playing 2 neutral site games in 2023. Georgia Tech in Atlanta and Indiana in Indianapolis. Interesting that Georgia Tech would schedule a conference game to be played there instead of on campus.
Egad. Whoever scheduled that Tennessee-Syracuse game…… wooof.
If we stay on our progression level, l don't see any need to any longer fret U6. Nobody's saying play in one every year, but to do it would be a nice change of pace and would give us some great attention to kick off the season, especially a win over a quality team.
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Been my desire too. How the eff does U6, TN, Ga Tech, etc get those games and not UK?
Yeah that sort of kills it. Bama gets those as their end of year rival is Auburn and SEC game. The SEC teams stuck in these non conference rival games sort of hamstring things for season opener kickoff games.
The UL GT game probably worse. They'll be lucky to have half the stadium filled.
UL can't draw more then 40K to their home games. At least UT could fill it by themselves.
Sometimes they have conference matchups in these games. We could move up one of our games. It would be fun to open with Florida sometime, which would move the needle enough for ESPN.
I will never understand the Louisville interest.
My vote is to quit wasting our time on Louisville and shoot for bigger ratings. There is nothing to prove vs. Louisville.
My vote is to quit wasting our time on Louisville and shoot for bigger ratings. There is nothing to prove vs. Louisville.
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