2021 Home Football Schedule

[atl-cock]

I imagine this was covered in threads several weeks ago. If so, apologies for (re)asking:

Why are we playing Clemron at home instead of the upstate? Now I know that ever since Big Thursday was killed, we've played the Taters in Cola in odd numbered years, and in the upstate in even numbered years. But since we didn't play anybody outside of the SEC last season (thank you SEC - Signed, the Universities of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky), I would have thought we would be playing up there so that there would not be consecutive meetings in Columbia (for the first time since 1958-1959).

Odd to be playing Allbarn in Columbia in consecutive years as well, but I'll chalk that up to the anomaly of the 2020 schedule.

 

[lowcountry_cock13]

I imagine this was covered in threads several weeks ago. If so, apologies for (re)asking:

Why are we playing Clemron at home instead of the upstate? Now I know that ever since Big Thursday was killed, we've played the Taters in Cola in odd numbered years, and in the upstate in even numbered years. But since we didn't play anybody outside of the SEC last season (thank you SEC - Signed, the Universities of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky), I would have thought we would be playing up there so that there would not be consecutive meetings in Columbia (for the first time since 1958-1959).

Odd to be playing Allbarn in Columbia in consecutive years as well, but I'll chalk that up to the anomaly of the 2020 schedule.

My thoughts is that that stuff is planned years in advance. Contract for paying the away team and might as well keep it on schedule instead of changing it. Cause if you change one you have to change them all.

 

[OzWizard]

Both teams have 3 home OOC games and 1 away OOC game per year. Since schedules are made years in advance, it would have required both to cancel a HOME OOC game every other year.

In other words if SC played at Clemson this year, they would have 2 home / 2 away OOC games. CU would have 4 home OOC games. Next year SC would have 4 home OOC games and CU would have 2H/2A, unless they changed all future schedules.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

The rotation did not change simply because we did not play them last year. it's an odd year; therefore, a home game for us.

 

[atl-cock]

Both teams have 3 home OOC games and 1 away OOC game per year. Since schedules are made years in advance, it would have required both to cancel a HOME OOC game every other year.

In other words if SC played at Clemson this year, they would have 2 home / 2 away OOC games. CU would have 4 home OOC games. Next year SC would have 4 home OOC games and CU would have 2H/2A, unless they changed all future schedules.

In other words, it would be more complicated for both USC & Clemron (among other institutions) to redo everything because of the 2020 anomaly. Maybe Clemron will get more than the normal 10k ticket allocation this year as a result; if so, that's something the schools will work out.

And yes, the away non-Clemron non-SEC game has traditionally happened in odd-numbered years. Which is why we've travelled to Charlotte, Chapel Hell, Raleigh, Orlando (UCF) and Greenville (NC) in odd-numbered years. Which is why we turned down an invite to play F$U in Orlando (I think the team/location is correct) a few years ago because it was in an even-numbered year.

 

[atl-cock]

The rotation did not change simply because we did not play them last year. it's an odd year; therefore, a home game for us.

My question was why didn't it change. Thank you OzWizard for answering it.

 

[atl-cock]

My thoughts is that that stuff is planned years in advance. Contract for paying the away team and might as well keep it on schedule instead of changing it. Cause if you change one you have to change them all.

Had to change everything last year. I guess better to change it for just one year than a dozen down the road.

 

[section907]

I look at it as nothing has changed . Due to covid the Clemson game last year was cancelled. - league rules- and this years games are back on regular schedule.

I am guessing there will be many taters that cry fowl this year. Taters had every right to cancel this year if they wanted to get the next game in Pickens (2022).