New Pac-12 scheduling released
(Written by jsnell)
The 2011 schedule is out, as well as the scheduling system for the first eight years of the new Pac-12 conference.
Here’s how Cal’s schedule stacks up:
9/3/11: TBD
9/10/11: TBD
9/17/11: TBD
9/24/11: Cal @ Washington
10/6/11: Cal @ Oregon (Thursday night)
10/13/11: USC @ Cal (Thursday night) (AT&T Park)
10/22/11: Utah @ Cal (AT&T Park)
10/29/11: Cal @ UCLA
11/5/11: WSU @ Cal (AT&T Park)
11/12/11: OSU @ Cal (AT&T Park)
11/19/11: Cal @ Stanford
11/26/11: Cal @ ASU
12/3/11: Pac-10 Championship Game
Of note: Cal’s got two “bye weeks” but they’re on either end of the two Thursday games, which are played in successive weeks. Cal plays its first Thursday home game ever. And the post-Big Game game on Thanksgiving weekend that we’re probably going to be getting most years is a road game, thankfully.
Also note that the Colorado game previously scheduled doesn’t appear on the schedule, and is listed as an open date for both teams. So now Cal has all three of its nonconference games to fill. That’ll be interesting.
November 5th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Among the 3 TBD dates in September, the first dates (9/3 & 9/10) must be away games as the Giants are scheduled to play home games at AT&T. Only 9/17 is a possible home game day.
This would be unusual because Cal will only have 5 home games for the 2011 season. Sandy must be scrambling to get some of the conference games re-scheduled so that Cal can have a total of 6 games, but it will be more complicated as Pac-12 teams only have 1 bye week each to play with.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
What does this mean for our previously scheduled 2011 game in Boulder against Colorado? Conference? Non-Conference? Non-Existent?
November 9th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I assume it will not be played unless Cal and Colorado have a very hard time finding new opponents.
November 10th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
gomarinos, when a team plays a lot of home-and-home series, they’re inevitably going to have a season where they only play 5 home games. I suspect Sandy is thinking that the displaced year is as good as year as any to bite that bullet. She’d rather have the home games when they’re back in Memorial stadium.