Georgia Tech is planning to cancel future football games against BYU in 2014 and 2017, the AJC reported earlier this week.
The Yellow Jackets are currently slated to host the Cougars on Oct. 11, 2014 and travel to Provo on Oct. 14, 2017. The two games are part of a four-game, home-and-home series that was scheduled in October 2010.
With Pittsburgh and Syracuse set to join the ACC, likely in 2013, the ACC will move to a nine-game conference schedule. That means each ACC team will only play three non-conference games per season.
Georgia Tech currently has four games scheduled for 2014: BYU, Wofford, at Georgia, at Tulane. In 2017 they have games scheduled at BYU, at Ole Miss and home against Georgia.
Canceling the 2014 game against BYU lightens the difficulty of their non-conference slate. The 2017 game will likely be replaced with an FCS or lower-level FBS game at home for revenue purposes.
Clemson is in a similar situation as they appear to be on the verge of canceling a 2013-14 home-and-home series against Georgia.
BYU and Georgia Tech will meet for only the 3rd time ever on Oct. 27 in Atlanta. The two schools split a home-and-home series in 2002-03.
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This is the major problem with independence. The "big boys" don't want to schedule us as a non-conference game because they already have a tough schedule. Teams from lightweight conferences love to schedule us to beef up their SoS. So that leaves BYU with only lightweights that will play them.
As a BYU fan and season ticket holder, I would really prefer not to see all the Bo Diddley Techs playing in Provo every other week. We simply need to be in a conference.
Its not they don't want to play you, its the crappy ACC having to schedule 9 conference games. This is coming from a Clemson fan. How do you think I feel that the Georgia game is in jeopardy.
Why BYU?
The rambling wreck is in a bind when you schedule a team like byu. If you win you are supposed to win and if you lose, it's how did you lose to those guys. Add to it, they go to provo have to play with the corrupt mormon referees calling the game. deal with the racial taunts by the mormon players and fans, why go thru all the drama?
pa once again publicly showcases his complete and utter cluelessness.
You are so clueless about BYU. You just show your bigotry, and hatred.
pa IS right
Go pa!
Ca blue sucks
Now there's a load of good, solid reasoning. You should be a lawyer.
Nick D is also rigt. Go Nick D!
Thank you gentleman!
Oh pa. Interesting pa and Uofan love BYU. They come back to this site frequently and post. Ca blue, I'm actually enjoying independance and playing teams like Notre Dame, Texas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, etc. Ca blue, you don't want to over schedule and take on an impossible schedule. The schedule will get better and better.