2012 Georgia Football Schedule won’t be released before Christmas

By Kevin Kelley - Thu, Dec 22, 2011

The 2012 Georgia Bulldogs football schedule will not be officially released this week, the SEC announced this morning.

According to the SEC release on Twitter, the conference is still “working through final stages of 2012 SEC football schedule. We’ll release once it’s complete, but not before Christmas.”

UGA athletics director Greg McGarity indicated last week that he thought the schedule would be released this week (Monday or Tuesday). Obviously, that didn’t happen.

Despite the delayed release, several tidbits about Georgia’s 2012 schedule are starting to emerge. Last week, Eric Blumberg of KOMU8-TV in Columbia, MO tweeted that the Bulldogs would travel to face Missouri and would be the Tigers’ first SEC opponent.

Today, SportsTalkGoLive.com reported that “…the Bulldogs will play at Missouri in their SEC opener in the second week of the season. And the annual showdown with the Gamecocks, this season set for Columbia, will be played the first week in October.”

That won’t sit well with Gamecock fans, as they are used to facing a lightweight season-opener followed by Georgia. South Carolina loves to get the Dawgs early in the season. And five of the past seven seasons, the Gamecocks have played their opener on a Thursday night which gives them an extra two days of preparation and rest.

Other SEC games for the Dawgs in 2012 will include home games vs. Tennessee and Vanderbilt and road games vs. Auburn and Kentucky. Georgia will also play Florida in Jacksonville.

The eighth and final SEC game remains up in the air. Georgia was slated to host Ole Miss and travel to Alabama, but that was before Missouri and Texas A&M were added to the conference. The most plausible scenario would be to drop Alabama and host Ole Miss since the Dawgs played in Oxford in 2011.

Georgia’s non-conference slate includes Buffalo (Sept. 1), Florida Atlantic (Sept. 15), Georgia Southern (Nov. 17) and Georgia Tech (Nov. 24).

Based on the rumors mentioned above, here is what I think the 2012 Georgia football schedule will look like:

09/01 – Buffalo
09/08 – at Missouri
09/15 – Florida Atlantic
09/22 – Vanderbilt
09/29 – Tennessee
10/06 – at South Carolina
10/13 – at Kentucky
10/20 – Open Date
10/27 – Florida (at Jacksonville, FL)
11/03 – Ole Miss
11/10 – at Auburn
11/17 – Georgia Southern
11/24 – Georgia Tech

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teddybulldawg said...

I think we will play Alabama in Athens instead of Ole Miss. I think that game will be played on 9/29. Look for Tenn or Vandy to move into that November spot.

12/22/2011 12:53 pm Reply

JaxDawg05 said...

Nice to see the Dawgs adopting the SEC way of scheduling early. Good riddance to the Top 5 match-up for the first game of the season in my opinion.

12/22/2011 1:00 pm Reply

1aaaronmurrayfan said...

i want BAMA

12/22/2011 2:12 pm Reply

C-Low said...

Nice to see Ga Southern the week before Tech. Basically gives as 2 weeks with a practice game to prepare for the triple-option.

12/22/2011 2:17 pm Reply

bostondawg said...

If the SEC doesn’t go to a 9-game conference schedule, you UGA season ticket holders will get to see the likes of Bama, LSU, and A&M in Athens only once every 12 years! I’d be pissed, especially with a home slate loaded with the likes of Buffalo and FAU.

12/22/2011 4:17 pm Reply

wrightsville dog said...
we have to go 2 a 9 game schedule once all 12 teams play all their scheduled non-conference games thats full? ugas is full for 12, 3, 14…i say 9 games in 2015.

12/25/2011 10:39 pm

Jim Watkins said...

So we get to hand the Tigers their first SEC Loss!

12/22/2011 8:22 pm Reply

Thomas Brown said...

60-72 record of opponents this season, we play next season, by this schedule guess.

Sakerlina 10-2 beat UGA didn’t play SECCG
Auburn 7-5 beat Sakerlina lost to UGA
Mizzou 7-5 beat no 1 (39 win% vs all SEC)
Georgia tek 8-4 lost 4 of last 6 & UGA
12/1/12 SEC Champ Game

12/23/2011 5:38 am Reply

Nick said...

This is how I’d like it
9/1- vs. Buffalo
9/8- at South Carolina
9/15- vs. Florida Atlantic
9/22- vs. Vanderbilt
9/29- vs. Tennessee
10/6- at Alabama
10/13- at Missouri
10/20- BYE
10/27- vs. Florida(at Jacksonville, FL)
11/3- vs. Ole Miss
11/10- at Auburn
11/17- vs. Georgia Southern
11/24- vs. Georgia Tech
In this scenario, Texas A&M and Mizzou go to the West division and Auburn moves to the East. Auburn would replace Kentucky as one of our East games, and Mizzou would take the Kentucky date.

12/23/2011 6:03 pm Reply

Kevin said...
Even if Auburn goes East, we would still have to play Kentucky. You would have to replace Alabama or Ole Miss with the Wildcats.

12/24/2011 12:10 pm