The Yellow Jackets announced their non-conference foes through the 2022 season. Tech apparently longs for a return to their Southeastern Conference roots as the Jackets have scheduled 16 games against current and prior members of the SEC in addition to the yearly tear jerker against Georgia.
They have two game deals booked with Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. They also have a four game deal with former SEC member Tulane. The Green Wave left the SEC in 1966 while the Jackets ran scared in 1964. (source: Football Data Warehouse). Given that they've also booked games with Elon and Wofford, the old school SEC fan in me was hoping to see the Jackets book Sewanee.
"The new schedule is really an old schedule. It's a trip down memory lane for our fans. It's a journey back to a time when Tech was relevant within our own state," said Tech Athletic Director Dan Radakovich. "With these games, we can reminisce about life before indoor plumbing, face masks and games scheduled at the Georgia Dome that up stage our own program and force us to play on Thursdays. This schedule is an homage to Bobby Dodd, tossing fish at Catholics and pretending to be manly."
The Tech schedule is below. I didn't bother listing the Div I-AA or ACC games. Otherwise....
| Year | Home | Away |
| 2008 | Miss State | UGA |
| 2009 | UGA | Miss State, Vandy |
| 2010 | Ole Miss, MTSU | UGA |
| 2011 | UGA | Ole Miss, MTSU |
| 2012 | ???, MTSU | UGA |
| 2013 | UGA, Vandy | Alabama |
| 2014 | Alabama | UGA, Tulane |
| 2015 | UGA, Tulane | Syracuse |
| 2016 | Syracuse | UGA |
| 2017 | UGA, Auburn | |
| 2018 | Tulane | UGA, Auburn |
| 2019 | UGA | Tulane |
| 2020 | ??? | UGA |
| 2021 | UGA | South Carolina |
| 2022 | South Carolina | UGA |
Personally, I think it's a bit unfair of Tech to schedule games that far out. All of those SEC teams are booking these match-ups, and they are expecting to play an ACC team. By 2020, the Jackets will likely be a MAC or CUSA team at best with the way recruiting is going.
Note: They still owe Louisville a series that has to be squeezed in there somewhere.
PWD
3 comments:
Tech just acquired the easiest schedule in the South for the next quarter century. Because, you know, schedule strength can be measured by miles traveled, right?
Why does anyone schedule that far in advance? I would not be too concerned more than about 5 years out. A lot changes. Teams back out of contracts regularly now (and seemingly pretty late as well).
Wow, Tech is playing all these tough SEC teams. Hopefully they won't have all their players in prison for the first few games each season.
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