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2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - Hank 91 - 11-23-2015

I don't remember a year when we haven't had the upcoming schedule by this point. Last year it was released in September. Anyone know what's going on?

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - 82lsju - 11-23-2015

not sure why it has not been released, the ones announced so far

- Fri Sept 2 vs Kansas State
- Sat Oct 15 @ND
- Sat Nov 26 vs Rice

I would guess Big Game is Sat Nov 19

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - amartinsu13 - 11-23-2015

Late season game vs Rice isn't very exciting. 

Would've rather played Rice on Sept 2 as an easy opener (since apparently we play terrible on opening games), and Kansas St late (maybe they'll be good).

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - fullmetal - 11-23-2015

Aw, not an away game at Rice (which would have been 3 hrs from me). 

But hey, maybe we're emulating the $EC and their late-season tune-up games...this also means that the second game of the season is immediately a conference game (U$C, please).

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - 82lsju - 11-23-2015

Rice was originally the season home opener labor day weekend.  To find a 12th game we apparently had to sign up KSU that weekend and move Rice to the Sat after Thanksgiving......

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 11-23-2015

I don't mind playing Rice late.  Alabama, the #2 team in the nation, just played Charleston Southern.  Might be a nice late-season stat padder.

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - winflop - 11-24-2015

Except that Rice will be the LAST game of the regular season, not the second to last.  If the team is contending for a CFP spot this isn't going to help.

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - Papa John - 11-24-2015

(11-24-2015, 12:09 PM)winflop link Wrote:Except that Rice will be the LAST game of the regular season, not the second to last.  If the team is contending for a CFP spot this isn't going to help.

Well, if Stanford is contending for a CFP spot, Rice will not be the last game of the regular season. That would be the Pac-12 championship game.

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - Spiny_Norman - 11-24-2015

(11-23-2015, 03:15 PM)82lsju link Wrote:not sure why it has not been released, the ones announced so far

- Fri Sept 2 vs Kansas State
- Sat Oct 15 @ND
- Sat Nov 26 vs Rice

I would guess Big Game is Sat Nov 19

The Rice game on the Saturday after Thanksgiving ensures that the Pac 12 will not be able to pull the same shenanigan it did in 2012 and 2014 when Stanford had to play UCLA the final weekend of the regular season with the prospect of a repeat game the following weekend in the conference championship game. 

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - terry - 11-24-2015

(11-23-2015, 03:07 PM)Hank 91 link Wrote:I don't remember a year when we haven't had the upcoming schedule by this point. Last year it was released in September. Anyone know what's going on?


The Pac-12 football schedules for 2012, 2013, and 2014 were announced in early January. Maybe they've gone back to that timing?

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - CrazedZooChimp - 11-24-2015

(11-23-2015, 04:26 PM)amartinsu13 link Wrote:Late season game vs Rice isn't very exciting. 

Would've rather played Rice on Sept 2 as an easy opener (since apparently we play terrible on opening games), and Kansas St late (maybe they'll be good).

Unfortunately, like 80-90% of college football teams, KState plays their rivalry game Thanksgiving weekend.  Most power 5 (maybe non-power 5 too) teams can't play Thanksgiving weekend since they have their conference rivalry game then.

(11-24-2015, 01:17 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:The Rice game on the Saturday after Thanksgiving ensures that the Pac 12 will not be able to pull the same shenanigan it did in 2012 and 2014 when Stanford had to play UCLA the final weekend of the regular season with the prospect of a repeat game the following weekend in the conference championship game. 

Pac-12 Shenanigan?  I'm pretty sure it's our fault Stanford and Cal refuse to play that weekend, can't blame the Pac-12 for that.  We're pretty much forced to play UCLA that weekend if we don't find a non-conference game (which as I noted above is hard, as most have their rivalry game), thanks to U$C playing ND on Thanksgiving in even years (leaving UCLA without their rivalry game that weekend).

I suppose we could have a bye to end the season, but then it would be the Pac-12's fault for not scheduling the UCLA game on Thanksgiving weekend and giving us a fake bye, right?

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - 82lsju - 11-24-2015

(11-24-2015, 02:48 PM)terry link Wrote:[quote author=Hank 91 link=topic=13732.msg143287#msg143287 date=1448316471]
I don't remember a year when we haven't had the upcoming schedule by this point. Last year it was released in September. Anyone know what's going on?


The Pac-12 football schedules for 2012, 2013, and 2014 were announced in early January. Maybe they've gone back to that timing?
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didn't they have a promo at Big Game that 2016 season renewals would start Feb 1?  If so a schedule announcement in Jan seems like a good bet.

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - Spiny_Norman - 11-24-2015

(11-24-2015, 03:01 PM)CrazedZooChimp link Wrote:[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=13732.msg143521#msg143521 date=1448396270]
The Rice game on the Saturday after Thanksgiving ensures that the Pac 12 will not be able to pull the same shenanigan it did in 2012 and 2014 when Stanford had to play UCLA the final weekend of the regular season with the prospect of a repeat game the following weekend in the conference championship game. 

Pac-12 Shenanigan?  I'm pretty sure it's our fault Stanford and Low APR U refuse to play that weekend, can't blame the Pac-12 for that.  We're pretty much forced to play UCLA that weekend if we don't find a non-conference game (which as I noted above is hard, as most have their rivalry game), thanks to U$C playing ND on Thanksgiving in even years (leaving UCLA without their rivalry game that weekend).

I suppose we could have a bye to end the season, but then it would be the Pac-12's fault for not scheduling the UCLA game on Thanksgiving weekend and giving us a fake bye, right?
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The situation in 2012 was awkward for Stanford, awkward for UCLA and not favorable for the conference.  It seemed tough to interest many casual fans in a championship that paired the same teams that had played 6 days prior.  The Pac 12 said they would work to avoid similar situations in the future.  But in 2014, there we were again.  Now it may be the case that no other schools will play rivalry games the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  In this case, you are correct that there are limited options - Stanford vs. UCLA, Stanford vs. a non-conference opponent or an open date. 

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - Rally - 11-24-2015

Doesn't this conspiracy theory assume that Pac12 knows months in advance who is going to win the South, and also assumes that Stanford is going to win the north?  I'll let you know after I talk to that guy over there, on the grassy knoll.

Re: 2016 Pac-12 Football Schedules? - BostonCard - 11-24-2015

The logical thing would be to try to pair Pac-12 North teams with each other and Pac-12 South teams with each other.  So, you might have rivalry week the week before Thanksgiving and then the following Thanksgiving matchups in the North:

Washington-Oregon
Oregon-Cal
Washington St-Stanford

And in the South:
UCLA - Utah
Colorado - Arizona
ASU - USC

The problem, of course, is Notre Dame, who plays Stanford on odd years and USC on even years.  This forces the conference to leave one team unpaired each year, so that team will either have a bye (Arizona this year) or finding an out of conference opponent (Cal played BYU last year).  One could have an annual game against BYU (or another independent) that rotates for those teams not playing Notre Dame.  In this case, when Stanford plays ND, Washington State would play BYU, and if USC played Notre Dame, then ASU would play BYU.

The key is this set-up avoids 1) Rivalry games during Thanksgiving week end, 2) a North-South matchup the last week of the season that would be re-played the next week.  It also maximizes the chances that a head-to-head matchup between the leading teams in a division will happen in the last two weeks of the year; imagine if Stanford - Oregon were being played this week.

BC