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I've been wondering this since the '09 schedule came out, but I have never seen a season where we have played so many home games. I've been looking back at past seasons and noticed we seem to have a lot of 7 home / 5 away seasons (with 12 game schedules) and even when everyone was playing 11 games, we were doing 6/5 and 7/4 pretty often.

In trying to figure it out, I suppose it's mostly just how the pieces fall.

* We obviously have a home & home with UCLA and played there last year
* Every SEC opponent we usually play has been flipped with what we did last year, it's not like there are any back-to-back oddities.
* I suppose when WKU, Ohio, Memphis are on the schedule there's basically no chance we play those games away.

I just was curious on if there were any NCAA/SEC regulations about scheduling that could've stepped in and said if you want to schedule WKU, Ohio, or Memphis in non-conference play you have to pick one of those to play there and at least keep it at 7 home / 5 away, but I suppose not.

Just random rambling.
 
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A lot of bigger schools have 8 home games now with the 12 game schedule. Unless they have a home and home, they play all their games at home. Florida has 8 every other year when FSU visits them, their other three FCS teams all play in Florida. Hell, they basically have 9 with the "neutral" Georgia game. Anyway, its not uncommon. They play 4 home in the SEC, then whatever the nonconference is.
 
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Schedule next year for us isnt that bad either, open up with 4 straight home games. But we do play @ LSU & Georgia on back to back weekends.
 
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People call the Georgia game in Jacksonville a "home" game which is crap. The fact is, UF only gets 3 SEC home games every other year. Same with UGA. It is a double edged sword.
 
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I think it has to do with not getting 2 weeks off. This year we only have 1 week off. I noticed this when the schedule first came out. The furthest we have to travel is to Florida, unlike previous years where we had to go to Cali two years.
 
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'06 was the last. We also played there in 2000. Then there was the game that the upset us, '96 maybe.
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AFL2008 said:
People call the Georgia game in Jacksonville a "home" game which is crap. The fact is, UF only gets 3 SEC home games every other year. Same with UGA. It is a double edged sword.
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A.) What are you smoking?

B.) Can I have some?
 
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AFL2008 said:
People call the Georgia game in Jacksonville a "home" game which is crap. The fact is, UF only gets 3 SEC home games every other year. Same with UGA. It is a double edged sword.
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That 70 miles between Gainesville and Jacksonville must be longer than I thought.....:unsure:

On the bright side the 365 miles to Athens must be a quick trip.:whistling:
 
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allvol17 said:
That 70 miles between Gainesville and Jacksonville must be longer than I thought.....:unsure:

On the bright side the 365 miles to Athens must be a quick trip.:whistling:
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Having just lived in Jacksonville for the past three years, I can tell you with confidence that there's pretty much a 50/50 split of fandom at the FL/GA game. Jacksonville is so close to the Ga border that there are a ton of Bulldog fans there.
 
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