PAC 12 Publishes 2012 Football Schedule
by DC Trojan on Jan 4, 2012 1:10 PM PST
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PrintThe Pac 12 released the fall football schedule; here's how it shapes up for SC (all dates on Saturday unless otherwise noted):
- September 1: Hawaii
- September 8: Syracuse (@ the Meadowlands)
- September 15: @ Stanford
- September 22: Cal
- October 4 (Thursday): @ Utah
- October 13: @ Washington (Century Link Field)
- October 20: Colorado
- October 27: @ Arizona
- November 3: Oregon
- November 10: Arizona State
- November 17: @ UCLA
- November 24: Notre Dame
Overall, that seems like a pretty good balance of road games and home games, and there aren't any obvious stretches of hot death. Catching Stanford early will probably work to our advantage, although with Cal I guess it depends on whether they are having a strong start / collapse later season, or the reverse. Arizona as a lead in to Oregon could either be a good tune-up against a spread or a total trap game.
Thoughts? Comments?
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Big Time Program playing in Big Time Stadiums
The #1 Team in the Nation goes into the Meadowlands, it should be a huge payday for Syracuse. The Washington game at Century Link Field should provide a great atmosphere, I love the idea at playing at these Venues……. pro-like mystique!
2012 should be a great run!
Ahemm correction....
now called, “Metlife Stadium” lol
Niners,Nets,Reds & USC!!!
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by Kidd2Petrovic on Jan 4, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Living in Seattle
and can’t wait to see that game! I love that stadium too, it gets loudddd. FIGHT ON!
MB7 Heisman Campaign
I say USC does Joey Harrington like Billboards in NYC for MB7 as USC rolls into the Meadowlands……..
No other way to usher in this ERA of USC Dominance!
We’re Baaaccckkk!
thanks.....
I noticed the UW athletic site also has a similarity to ucla — in the motto "where champions are made" under the Facilities Banner…..
but then so does the Pac-12 in the conference promos….
by trojanarchitect on Jan 4, 2012 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Its a fairly easy schedule over all
My biggest gripe is having ND after ucla. Not as bad as Cal and Stanford playing in OCTOBER though.
The Arizona game has trap potential all over it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
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The ND game is always Thanksgiving weekend. And until the 12th game was added we played ucla the weekend before ND in even years. So before the 12th game and having a game in Dec, we always had our final game at home.
It really sucks that Stanford & Cal play in October. I sure no one at either school is thrilled with that.It was always better when ALL the rivalry games are at the end of the season which had traditionally been the case in PAC scheduling….. weird — obviously the schedulers don’t get it.
by trojanarchitect on Jan 4, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
The schools refused to play on Thanksgiving weekend.
You reap what you sow in this case.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
Cal refuses to play Thanksgiving weekend? Wow – I had no idea. It is not Stanford as they alternate playing Notre Dame on Thanksgiving weekend with USC. It must suck a bit for ND to always have their last season game as an away game.
by trojanarchitect on Jan 5, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Well they refuse to play this specific game on Thanksgiving weekend
Because there are too many ‘week-long traditions’ or whatever.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
That, and the stadium would be empty
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Playing ND after UCLA seems normal to me.
It’s how it always used to work, and ND is the bigger game of the two.
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by Brad Otton Is My Homeboy on Jan 4, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
Ah fair enough
My memory doesn’t stretch back far enough I guess.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Couple of observations....
USC does not leave Los Angeles in the month of November.
9 Pac-12 teams that have an FCS team on their schedule. USC, Stanford & UCLA are the only ones who did not schedule FCS teams.
The Trojans play four out of five games on the road after the season opener at the Coliseum.
Oregon’s Pac-12 schedule backloaded: at USC Nov. 3, Stanford at Oregon Nov. 17.
USC will face eight teams in 2012 that went to a bowl game this season. Four at home and four on the road.
USC’s game at Washington on Oct. 13 is not at Husky Stadium but at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. That means Matt Barkley will actually play in at least two NFL stadiums next year: MetLife Stadium (Giants/Jets), CenturyLink Field (Seahawks). Think PC might show up?
As for the Meadowlands…I am already planning my tailgate
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Speaking of the other Pac 12 OOC games
Arizona with some brutal games for the second year in a row. They get Ok. State and SCAR as their second and third games. DickRod gonna get tested early.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Cal plays Southern Utah....
Never heard of the school before — I checked their website. Small school – FB stadium holds 8K. HS stadium in Texas are bigger.
Was this done because they needed to get Utah out of the scheduling which Cal had before the PAC 12?
by trojanarchitect on Jan 5, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
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HS stadium in Texas are bigger.
My HS stadium sat 8,200.
Then, there’s this…
This is a $60 million stadium being built in Allen, Texas. Seats 18,000.
by DFWTrojanTuba on Jan 5, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Just hope Allen School give as much consideration to the school
That seems a bit over the top for HS…. but then Allen is next to Plano, where one of my cousins teaches.
by trojanarchitect on Jan 5, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Ah but I thinks Arlen HS has a bigger stadium----and they serve Alamo beer to---in Cans of course.
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Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 5, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
Boo, hiss.
Always found that show annoying.
Bethany: Were they sent to Hell?
Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.
by kurthy on Jan 5, 2012 9:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
To bad I find it funny in A weird way
Like will Bobby ever grow out of his Cotton body and what happen to connie.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 5, 2012 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
It's put up, or shut up time
We’ve got “trap” game all over the place next year. The target has never come off our backs, even throughout these bogus bowl-ineligible seasons. Our first game, Hawaii- we go against Norm Chow. Syracuse in the Meadowlands is a game I plan on attending, as I have pre-existing plans to be visiting with my mentor (Daniel Liebskind) throughout the ensuing week. Game atmosphere should be electric!
Easy schedule? Far from it- we’ll be going against new defensive coordinators and new head coaches next year. Only our opponents W-L record will allow us a glimpse of what we should expect on our Saturdays next year.
Fight On! I can’t wait.
The games I find most worrisome...
…are Syracuse, Washington, and Arizona. You know Oregon will be a big game, but so many other games are really unpredictable. Arizona has 8 home games this year (granted, one is against Oklahoma State), so they should be set up for a decent run. Washington may have some energy, and Syracuse looked much improved.
Who knows about Cal, Stanford, UCLA, ASU… the rest of the schedule is really hard to guess at.
Rodney Sermons is my #5
by Brad Otton Is My Homeboy on Jan 4, 2012 11:47 PM PST reply actions
Utah sticks out to me
Seeing as its in a new environment and everything, though I honestly don’t have a projection for how good the Utes are going to be.
And since I don’t know where else to ask: is there a way to view old game threads in the archive? Looking through the timeline it seems to skip right to the post game threads for each match.
Come on guys Trap Game ----Did You Say TRAP GAME
Trap games were for PC not Lane Kiffin he will not let the guys not be ready and there is a guy about 6-2 220 that will lead them to play at their best. Lets face it Monte has the defense on the right track for a low scoring opponents year, I will bet they keep Oregon under average.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 5, 2012 1:53 AM PST reply actions
the real trap game
will be how we are affected by strength of schedule when the final BCS computer ranking come out. We have Oregon at home and rebuilding Stanford team on the road
Outside of Oregon, if you are a team from the SEC then you would be thinking that schedule looks pretty easy.
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