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Seeing as how we’re in 2022 does everybody still think OU and Texas still start SEC play this year?  It’s been awfully quiet lately.  Lots of schedule changes coming up and that will ripple across CFB. 

Seeing as how we’re in 2022 does everybody still think OU and Texas still start SEC play this year?  It’s been awfully quiet lately.  Lots of schedule changes coming up and that will ripple across CFB.

No, at this point I think if it were going to happen for 2022 it would be announced.

Seems like the attorneys hit some snags they just couldn't work through, so 2023 it is.

Probably not the worst thing in the world for Texas to attempt to fix some of the terribleness before heading into SEC play.  Hope springs eternal, as they say.

yep If I had to put money on it Id go for 2023

cause they dont want to mess around with OU and UT when setting up divisions

Somebody about 3 weeks ago floated a plan where OU and Texas are in different divisions but would be scheduled as interdivisional opponents.
That way, whenever the departure is, it wouldn't require realigning the divisions.
But I too think that 2023 is probably the year.

I'd guess 2024.  I will be sorry to lose some great OOC games UGA had schedule further out with both teams.  Maybe they can replace them with someone else, though if the league goes to nine game conference slates, I doubt the Dawgs will want to have three P5 OOC opponents as well.

I'd like 2024.  Georgia @ OU in 2023 is the marquee game for the Centennial of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.  Getting that game in would be a nice consolation for another year in the Angry Eight.
We've got @ Tennessee scheduled for 2024, the "return" game for the Tennessee @ OU game that didn't happen in 2020.
LSU is scheduled for 2027-28, @ Georgia is scheduled for 2031, and Bama is scheduled for 2032-33.

Selfishly, I hope that the SEC goes to a 9-game schedule.  Every good (for OU) scheduling scheme I came up with after the announcement was made involved 9 conference games.

Seems like Georgia and Bama, have led the way in the SEC in making strong OOC schedules.

Still too many Citadels and College of Charlestons being played, IMO, but the frequency of those games seems to be headed in the right direction--toward "never."

For the most part, OU has only been scheduling 1 P5 OOC opponent over the last couple of decades.  Worse, we've scheduled FCS programs.  I've been hoping to see that improve.

P.S. I would only want more OOC games if they were against good opponents.  I don't care about games vs. Missouri State, Western Carolina, UTEP, Kent State, Arkansas State, et. al.

Yup, for the most part, an elite team is going to pound FCS or P5 [G5, right?] teams about the same.  UGA played UAB last year, a credible G5 team (9-4, beat BYU), and Charleston Southern,  the result being about the same. . . .

I'm going to disagree with your point.
No matter whether your team is elite or not, playing an FCS team is not about the same as playing a credible G5 team, even though the final scores may be similar.  The difference is in the increased wear and tear your team endures to beat the credible G5 team compared to beating the FCS team.  You may have to have your starters still playing in the 4th quarter against the credible G5 team, whereas they would be resting after halftime against the FCS team.
The score is not the proper metric.  The amount of effort your team had to expend is, IMO.
Playing an FCS team in November is not as restful as having a bye, but it is a chance to give starters a rest and to get injured players healthy.
All that notwithstanding, in my experience, the scores are seldom similar.
To use OU as an example, playing credible G5 Houston is not the same as playing FCS South Dakota. Houston beat OU 33-23 in 2016.  OU beat South Dakota 70-14 in 2019.