# What are the Must See OOC College Football Games of 2011? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735 "2011-07-12T13:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/1 "2011-07-12T13:12:26Z")
It’s about time to be making a list of the important Out-Of-Conference games to be played this coming season. Have any lists already been posted by the media? If so, please link to them. Otherwise, name your own. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/2 "2011-07-12T13:47:10Z")
For an overview of the upcoming season, check out [this article](http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1209758) from April 11, 2011 by Mike Huguenin, [Rivals.com](http://Rivals.com) College Football Editor ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/3 "2011-07-12T13:55:34Z")
The National Championship (aka SEC Championship) Game. (someone had to say it) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/4 "2011-07-12T14:01:32Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The National Championship (aka SEC Championship) Game. (someone had to say it) 10-4, Bubba! Check out [The Best of Recruiting and High School Sports](http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-1210668) for > [@](#): > > TOP 12 NON-CONFERENCE GAMES OF 2011 > > 1. San Diego State at Michigan > When: Sept. 24 > > 2. Pittsburgh at Iowa > When: Sept. 17 > > 3. Arizona at Oklahoma State > When: Sept. 10 > > 4. Arizona State at Illinois > When: Sept. 17 > > 5. LSU at West Virginia > When: Sept. 24 > > 6. Alabama at Penn State > When: Sept. 10 > > 7. BYU at Texas > When: Sept. 10 > > 8. Missouri at Arizona State > When: Sept. 10 > > 9. Ohio State at Miami > When: Sept. 17 > > 10. Boise State vs. Georgia in Atlanta > When: Sept. 3 > > 11. Oklahoma at Florida State > When: Sept. 17 > > 12. LSU vs. Oregon in Arlington, Texas > When: Sept. 3 > Mike Huguenin is the college sports editor for [Rivals.com](http://Rivals.com). He can be reached at [mhuguenin@rivals.com](mailto:mhuguenin@rivals.com). Huguenin’s got the important games coming early in the season. That can’t be right, can it? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/5 "2011-07-12T14:02:10Z")
Not an OOC, but the inaugural Big Ten title game will be historic. Not thrilled with Indy for a venue, Detroit would have been a better choice. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/6 "2011-07-12T14:21:57Z")
Here are a couple of places for the entire season’s schedule: [http://www.mattsarzsports.com/football2011.aspx](http://www.mattsarzsports.com/football2011.aspx) > **[College Football TV Schedule](http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm)** > > This College Football TV Schedule is manually compiled from media sources, college websites, and a satellite program guide. > Last updated: 07/29/2023 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/7 "2011-07-12T14:27:40Z")
Notre Dame vs Michigan and Michigan State should be great games. ND should be better being one more year removed from Charlie W. Michigan is going to be much better this year with RichRod gone. Brady Hoke seems to have the players bought into him already from what I hear. MSU and ND always seem to put on a good show, though it will be hard to top last year’s fake FG win for MSU. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/8 "2011-07-12T14:37:54Z")
Why is LSU playing Oregon in Texas? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/9 "2011-07-12T14:41:46Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Why is LSU playing Oregon in Texas? It seems that the success of the big opener in Atlanta has prompted other big venues to go for a competitive slice of that pie. That’s all I can figure: MONEY! FWIW, Auburn’s only significant OOC game is an 11:00 AM dofunny with Clemson. Could be a good game, but early games have been a thorn in AU’s side for years. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/10 "2011-07-12T15:08:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Huguenin’s got the important games coming early in the season. That can’t be right, can it? These were OOC games. The SEC/ACC are typically the only conferences that play many of their OOC games after Oct 1. And those games are against each other. And the ACC usually sucks. There is FSU/UF, GT/UGA and Clemson/USC on the last regular season weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/11 "2011-07-12T16:10:53Z")
Here’s the [2011 SEC Schedule](http://www.secfootball.itgo.com/2011schedule.html). Ole Miss opens at home against BYU. That may be a long afternoon for the Hoddy Toddy crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/12 "2011-07-12T16:11:46Z")
Penn State could have sold 250,000 tickets to the Alabama game. At least. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/13 "2011-07-12T16:35:15Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Penn State could have sold 250,000 tickets to the Alabama game. At least. were you counting Bama fans? if not, then it would have likely been 400,000. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/14 "2011-07-12T16:49:45Z")
I can’t access the sites while at work, but surely the Pac12 teams have some really good games. Every year, they’re playing good teams outside their region. The Pac10 (now 12) teams generally aren’t anywhere near good enough for a MNC, but it’s by far my favorite conference to watch for pure entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/15 "2011-07-12T16:50:48Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Here’s the [2011 SEC Schedule](http://www.secfootball.itgo.com/2011schedule.html). > > Ole Miss opens at home against BYU. That may be a long afternoon for the Hoddy Toddy crowd. I really think a contributing reason why the SEC does so well is there scheduling. And I am not talking about Cupcakes, ALL conferences schedule cupcakes. The SEC starts with 2 conference games in the 2nd week, 3 conference games in the third week, and 4 conference games in the 4th week. the SEC can schedule their cupcake homecoming games in October/November as a breather week, a week to heal and gives their 2nd and 3rd strings a chance to play in mid-season. Florida has a brutal 3 week stretch in October, Bama at home, @LSU and @AUB although I don’t expect Auburn to be very good this year. But that is one recent Nat’l Champ playing three recent Nat’l champs in a row. I am looking for UGA to have two games in a row in Atlanta. One at Grant Field and then the Ga Dome in the SEC Championship. I think they might be getting the three weakest sisters of the Western Division. @OleMiss, and home against Auburn, and MSU (Sorry Oak). If they beat Spurrier in week 2 (at Home) , they should have it relatively easy until Florida and then Auburn. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/16 "2011-07-12T18:03:08Z")
I dunno that MSU counts as a weak sister anymore. They beat the snot out of Michigan in the Gator Bowl last year, 52-14. Bulldog Nation is more optimistic than they’ve been in a long time… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/17 "2011-07-12T18:21:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I dunno that MSU counts as a weak sister anymore. They beat the snot out of Michigan in the Gator Bowl last year, 52-14. Bulldog Nation is more optimistic than they’ve been in a long time… Michigan wasn’t Michigan last year. The players quit on RichRod and he quit on them. Everybody knew that he was on the way out and nobody busted a nut for him in the last several games. I do see some merit in the SEC scheduling model- get some conference games out of the way early, sprinkle in the patsies later. The Big Ten doesn’t do itself any favors by putting all the OOC games at the start of the year, after playing Wisconsin and Nebraska back to back it might be a good thing to take a week off, rest your starters, and beat the snot out of Eastern Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/18 "2011-07-12T18:34:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I dunno that MSU counts as a weak sister anymore. They beat the snot out of Michigan in the Gator Bowl last year, 52-14. Bulldog Nation is more optimistic than they’ve been in a long time… Sorry Oak, but one season does not make a trend. “Bulldog Nation” won 4 and 5 games in 2008 and 2009. I am not saying that they won’t do well this season, but as former resident of Mississippi, I have seen the Rebel and Bulldog Bandwagon lose a wheel too many times in the last 30 yrs. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/19 "2011-07-12T18:44:42Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Why is LSU playing Oregon in Texas? I’m not sure who gets it as the “home” game, but it allows one of the teams to schedule one more home game on their schedule, and has the added bonus of recruiting in a huge football state without having to play a team from that state. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/20 "2011-07-12T18:45:32Z")
So have I, but this is July, and we’re still a contender. Maybe not so much in Mid-October. We’ll see. But I love my Bully-dogs, win, lose, or draw. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735.md?page=2)