Photo by Amy Smotherman Burgess, ©KNS/2011 //
Photo by Amy Smotherman Burgess, ©KNS/2011
Arkansas wide receiver Joe Adams runs back a punt for a touchdown against Tennessee at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on Nov. 12, 2011. (AMY SMOTHERMAN BURGESS/NEWS SENTINEL)
Photo by Amy Smotherman Burgess, ©KNS/2011
Arkansas wide receiver Joe Adams breaks tackles to return a punt for a touchdown against Tennessee at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on Nov. 12, 2011. UT lost the game 49-7. (AMY SMOTHERMAN BURGESS/NEWS SENTINEL)
Photo by Amy Smotherman Burgess, ©KNS/2011
Arkansas wide receiver Joe Adams breaks past Tennessee defensive back Brian Randolph to return a punt for a touchdown at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on Nov. 12, 2011. UT lost the game 49-7. (AMY SMOTHERMAN BURGESS/NEWS
In the Knoxville News Paper today I read:
SEC unveils 2012 schedule; Vols avoid Arkansas
- By Andrew Gribble
- govolsxtra.com
- Posted December 28, 2011 at 10:10 a.m., updated December 28, 2011 at 10:16 a.m.
Given a choice, Tennessee would have likely swapped its game against highly-ranked Arkansas for a shorter drive to Mississippi State in a heartbeat last season.
In theory, that’s exactly what the Vols will do in 2012, according to its revised schedule, which was released today by the SEC.
The Vols won’t have to worry about a rematch with the Razorbacks, who, after routing the Vols, 49-7, in November, were originally scheduled to play atNeyland Stadium next year. Instead, that spot was filled with the SEC’s newest member, Missouri, which will begin its annual series with UT in Knoxville on Nov. 10.
The Vols’ originally scheduled road trip to take on the Bulldogs remained in place. UT, after a bye week, will gun for its first October win against an SEC foe since 2009 when it travels to Starkville on Oct. 13. The Bulldogs will join Alabama (Oct. 20) as UT’s only two SEC West foes on the schedule.
Considering the lengthy delay, hand-wringing by SEC athletic directors and added complexity because of the addition of two new teams, the release of UT’s new schedule was relatively anti-climactic. The Vols’ four non-conference games remained in tact and unmoved, they will continue to face their annual rivals around the same time of year that they always do and the SEC’s other new team, Texas A&M, is nowhere to be found.
Thanks to consecutive road games with Georgia and Mississippi State and an open date sandwiched in between the two, the Vols will go four weeks without a game at Neyland Stadium from Sept. 22 (Akron) to Oct. 20 (Alabama). That quirk is compensated by the presence of just one road game (at Vanderbilt, Nov. 17) in the entire month of November.
Eight of UT’s 12 opponents next season won at least six games in 2011. Of the five SEC teams UT won’t face in 2012 — LSU, Arkansas, Auburn, Texas A&M and Ole Miss — all but one (Ole Miss) qualified for a postseason bowl.
2012 schedule
Sept. 1 – NC State (Atlanta)
Sept. 8 – Georgia State
Sept. 15 – Florida
Sept. 22 – Akron
Sept. 29 – at Georgia
Oct. 6 – Open
Oct. 13 – at Mississippi State
Oct. 20 – Alabama
Oct. 27 – at South Carolina
Nov. 3 – Troy
Nov. 10 – Missouri
Nov. 17 – at Vanderbilt
Nov. 24 – Kentucky
I got this from www.knoxnews.com:
A team-by-team look at the 2012 football schedules for teams in the SEC.
ALABAMA
Sept. 15: at Arkansas
Sept. 29: Ole Miss
Oct. 13: at Missouri
Oct. 20: at Tennessee
Oct. 27: Mississippi State
Nov. 3: at LSU
Nov. 10: Texas A&M
Nov. 24: Auburn
ARKANSAS
Sept. 15: Alabama
Sept. 29: Texas A&M
Oct. 6: at Auburn
Oct. 13: Kentucky
Oct. 27: Ole Miss
Nov. 10: at South Carolina
Nov. 17: at Mississippi State
Nov. 24: LSU
AUBURN
Sept. 8: at Mississippi State
Sept. 22: LSU
Oct. 6: Arkansas
Oct. 13: at Ole Miss
Oct. 20: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 27: Texas A&M
Nov. 10: Georgia
Nov. 24: at Alabama
FLORIDA
Sept. 8: at Texas A&M
Sept. 15: at Tennessee
Sept. 22: Kentucky
Oct. 6: LSU
Oct. 13: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 20: South Carolina
Oct. 27: Vs. Georgia (Jacksonville)
Nov. 3: Missouri
GEORGIA
Sept. 8: at Missouri
Sept. 22: Vanderbilt
Sept. 29: Tennessee
Oct. 6: at South Carolina
Oct. 20: at Kentucky
Oct. 27: Vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
Nov. 3: Ole Miss
Nov. 10: at Auburn
KENTUCKY
Sept. 22: at Florida
Sept. 29: South Carolina
Oct. 6: Mississippi State
Oct. 13: at Arkansas
Oct. 20: Georgia
Oct. 27: at Missouri
Nov. 3: Vanderbilt
Nov. 24: at Tennessee
LSU
Sept. 22: at Auburn
Oct. 6: at Florida
Oct. 13: South Carolina
Oct. 20: at Texas A&M
Nov. 3: Alabama
Nov. 10: Mississippi State
Nov. 17: Ole Miss
Nov. 24: at Arkansas
OLE MISS
Sept. 29: at Alabama
Oct. 6: Texas A&M
Oct. 13: Auburn
Oct. 27: at Arkansas
Nov. 3: at Georgia
Nov. 10: Vanderbilt
Nov. 17: at LSU
Nov. 24: Mississippi State
MISSISSIPPI STATE
Sept. 8: Auburn
Oct. 6: at Kentucky
Oct. 13: Tennessee
Oct. 27: at Alabama
Nov. 3: Texas A&M
Nov. 10: at LSU
Nov. 17: Arkansas
Nov. 24: at Ole Miss
MISSOURI
Sept. 8: Georgia
Sept. 22: at South Carolina
Oct. 6: Vanderbilt
Oct. 13: Alabama
Oct. 27: Kentucky
Nov. 3: at Florida
Nov. 10: at Tennessee
Nov. 24: at Texas A&M
SOUTH CAROLINA
Aug. 30: at Vanderbilt
Sept. 22: Missouri
Sept. 29: at Kentucky
Oct. 6: Georgia
Oct. 13: at LSU
Oct. 20: at Florida
Oct. 27: Tennessee
Nov. 10: Arkansas
TEXAS A&M
Sept. 8: Florida
Sept. 29: Vs. Arkansas
Oct. 6: at Ole Miss
Oct. 20: LSU
Oct. 27: at Auburn
Nov. 3: at Mississippi State
Nov. 10: at Alabama
Nov. 24: Missouri
VANDERBILT
Aug. 30: South Carolina
Sept. 22: at Georgia
Oct. 6: at Missouri
Oct. 13: Florida
Oct. 20: Auburn
Nov. 3: at Kentucky
Nov. 10: at Ole Miss
Nov. 17: Tennessee
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