OU Football - Full 2012 Schedule Set (With A Twist)
by Jordan Esco on Feb 15, 2012 10:08 AM CST
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UPDATE (10:08 am CST) - It's official
So the folks over at OU decided to get a little clever this morning and release the tweet above with the attached picture as a "teaser" to the official release later this morning revealing the Sooners full 2012 football schedule. With the release of the conference schedule on Tuesday, the only OU games in question were the two remaining vacant non-con slots that had yet to be filled.
Well, as you can tell (or as we're about to tell you) from the picture it would appear the rumors of recents days will be proven true.
While it's somewhat difficult to make out, the helmet of the player in the first picture appears to end in 'EP' which would make sense given the talk that the Sooners were working on a deal with UTEP for the season opener.
The second picture is pretty easily identifiable as Florida A&M which would take all of about five seconds to determine thanks to the magic of a Google image search.
The rest are all obvious as well as already known.
So there you have it. The suspense was pretty much removed several days ago, but when the schedule is officially released in the coming hours this will all very likely be confirmed.
So now that it's (almost) official, what are your thoughts? Is it a possible national championship like schedule? Is this even a national championship type team? Is this a schedule OU can run through undefeated?
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Just for the record
It is officially in El Paso, though apparently Joe C. was able to convince FAMU to come to Norman.
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Undefeated ...... Yeah
Beyond that no
by OU JJ on Feb 15, 2012 10:27 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Saw one tweet
From LandThieves that per a UTEP press release it’s a two for one deal (meaning UTEP is coming to Norman twice). So, if true, I take back my rip of you Joe C.
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I kind of like having the 2 weak sisters to start the season so some of our guys can get their legs under them before the tough games.
This team could go undefeated if the D line is solid. But there are at least 6 teams on the schedule who could beat them if they are off a bit.
@WVU will be tough
Their fans will be ROCKIN
I have us going 10-2 and winning the big 12
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by AllenOU on Feb 15, 2012 10:40 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Who do you have as the losses?
"The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am. I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes." - Ron Swanson
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by Jordan Esco on Feb 15, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
@ WVU and one other we shouldn't lose
Could be TCU, UT. Not sure.
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by AllenOU on Feb 15, 2012 12:22 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Terrible, horrible, no-good non-con schedule
awful.
Barf.
In accordance with the prophecy
I am the 1%
Im excited about Notre Dame
But realignment has screwed our schudule up
by theres only one ou on Feb 15, 2012 11:34 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Way to represent the 1%!!!
It’s definitely not exciting! Other than its here!
by OU JJ on Feb 15, 2012 11:48 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I hope I covered all our opinions
I mean, really, how NON-sexy of a schedule can a school crank out?
In accordance with the prophecy
I am the 1%
Lol.... All i am seeing is that mountain man
And the bell ringer. Throw in a leprechaun & it’s definitely not the definition of sexy….
by OU JJ on Feb 15, 2012 12:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Hey we got Notre Dame!!!
and thy own us! 8-1 all time, and ending not one famous streak in the 50’s but 2 of em.
Our OOC would have included Notre Dame and TCU but…
OSU scheduled 1-10 FCS savannah state
Im OK with ours considering the situation
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by AllenOU on Feb 15, 2012 12:24 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm never okay with an FCS school
might as well have another bye week.
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I am the 1%
Chattanooga, Idaho State…..we’ve done it before.
The reason so many schools schedule them is they will do the one off on the road for the money.
If a conference only has 3 OOC games, many schools want 2 of those to be home, which of course doesn’t add up. Every school has to have home games. They have to sell tickets to their fans too.
Even many of the mid-major FBS schools are asking for 2-1’s. Colorado State for example did that with Cal and Minnesota, and Wyoming did it with Texas, Tulsa did it with OU. You just run out of schools available, with out throwing in an FCS school from time to time.
Those games are tough sells for tickets though
They always are the cheapest and no one really wants to go.
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I am the 1%
BUT they use to make a ton
on Pay-per-View (which this one I assume will be on the “Sooner Network”)
and they are still part of the season ticket plan. Almost all of the game are sold this way. It still sales out. OU doesn’t care about resale value one bit. They do worry about attendance..they don’t want a “sell out” but with 1/3 of the fans not showing up to buy sodas and popcorn.
Absolutely agree
That OOC schedule is positively vomit inducing. It looks like a typical schedule for the whorns – what a horrible thought; I need a shower.
"Gentlemen we must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin
by leatherneck1061 on Feb 15, 2012 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
LMAO
I didn’t mean to plant ideas like that in anyones mind now….sigh, some people….just can’t say anything without it becoming something else
"Gentlemen we must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately."
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by leatherneck1061 on Feb 15, 2012 12:39 PM CST up reply actions
I hope we use the off week
to actually prepare to play Texas Tech in Lubbock. It’s been 9 years since we beat them there (2003)
UTEP is better then it looks
from an Athletic Director’s point of view. Fox is kicking in extra money to us for this game, AND UTEP will be making a return game to Norman in 2014, and OU needed a home game return for that year.
No one else was willing to give us the return game, as many we were talking to are having conference upheavals and scheduling uncertainties of their own in the future (UCF, Rutgers, USF)
Kind of like pronouncing "Target"
as “Tar-zhay” to make it sound fancier.
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I am the 1%
UTEP press release confirms this will be a 2 for 1
UTEP, has agreed to play two games in Norman, Okla., at unspecified future dates, one in a few years and one further down the road.
OU’s future OOC schedule as of now (not including UTEP)
2013: At Notre Dame, Tulsa
2014: Tennessee, at Tulsa
2015: at Tennessee, Tulsa
2016: Ohio State
2017: at Ohio State
2018: LSU, Army
2019: at LSU
2020: at Army
With OU having played Florida State, Alabama, and Oregon in the Recent past, I think we are safe to say OU doesn’t avoid trying to schedule big name programs.
At tOSU would be pretty cool as well
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yeah we (even the whorn) had already decided on going to Army.
But 2017 is a ways out :) 2015 not so much!
We are going to South Bend.
Glad OU got a 2-for-1, at least
Non-con looks better in coming years…if only they stay away from FCS schools.
In accordance with the prophecy
I am the 1%
+1
"The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am. I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes." - Ron Swanson
Crimson and Cream Machine - There's only one Oklahoma!
Listen to Sooner Nation, the #1 podcast for OU fans
OU under Joe C
has tried in theory to schedule One Power Name School/Program, One mid to lower BCS program or upper Mid-Major Team (like a UCLA, BYU, formally TCU or lucky for OU….a Tulsa who has finished high in CUSA most years), and then one cupcake that will come to OU for the money.
For that last group, it’s either FCS or 2-1’s
I expect that scheduling to continue in the future if possible. All the conference realignment stuff though will make long term planning hard.
Think we got it bad
Florida State is demanding a home game this year, and won’t schedule a return game, and can’t get anyone. They thought they had FAMU lined up, and we out bid them for the game (if you believe the internet rumors).
FSU needs a home game so bad, they would play Boise St who also needs a home game, but since they both want/need the game at home, they couldn’t work anything out.
Beat me to it
Not that I’m a fan of this series, but it does make me feel better about what Joe C. was thinking
"The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am. I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes." - Ron Swanson
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Rumor on the interwebs...
that I can’t confirm, but it makes total sense…..
is this deal was brokered by FOX. They will get this TV game this year as they have the first 10 picks of games from CUSA, and they will most likely get the return games as well as Fox has the Big 12’s cable, and OU’s Sooner Network.
The part of this, is FOX would need the first game at UTEP this year, as CUSA will merge with the Mountain West, and it’s unknown who will get the TV rights for the new conference in the future.
Heard similar stuff
That OU is going to get extra $$$ from Fox for taking this game
"The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am. I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes." - Ron Swanson
Crimson and Cream Machine - There's only one Oklahoma!
Listen to Sooner Nation, the #1 podcast for OU fans
something interesting maybe happening here
and that is a Fox vs ESPN product fight. OU being a Fox team, and Texass being an ESPN team.
I wonder how that will affect future conference teams/alignment, future OOC games, media coverage, public perception as molded by the media………
I think
the OOC schedule just seems bad cuz the big 12 isnt as strong as usual
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