When we posted “The Second Time Around” last week, little did we realize that we would again need the title this week.
One of the unique aspects of college football is that in the vast majority of circumstances, you only get one shot at a team this year. To this, the Odyssey says “hooray!!” Imagine the dilution of the intensity if Auburn-Alabama or Army-Navy played more than once a year.
Due to weird luck and questionable scheduling, the American Athletic Conference championship game is in store for its 3rd almost immediate do-over since 2012.
This Saturday’s Cincinnati game at Tulsa was rescheduled due to COVID. Which is unfortunate since next week’s AAC championship game is Cincinnati vs Tulsa.
If you believe this is Deja Vu all over again for the AAC championship, you are so correct! Last year, Memphis played Cincinnati in consecutive weeks.
In 2012, Central Florida had an interdivision game scheduled against Tulsa on November 17th. Two weeks later, they were at it again.
A modest proposal for every conference with 2 divisions: Have as many conference games as feasible, later in the conference schedule, be intradivision games so that the immediate redo becomes a remote possibility.