Schedule released

The SEC schedule is (almost) official:

Tue. Jan. 6 Arkansas
Sat. Jan. 10 at LSU
Wed. Jan. 14 at Vanderbilt
Sat. Jan. 17 Florida
Wed. Jan. 21 Ole Miss
Sat. Jan. 24 at Mississippi State
Wed. Jan. 28 Vanderbilt
Sat. Jan. 31 at South Carolina
Wed. Feb. 4 at Kentucky
Sat. Feb. 7 Tennessee
Wed. Feb. 11 at Texas A&M
Sat. Feb. 14 Auburn
Wed. Feb. 18 South Carolina
Sat. Feb. 21 at Alabama
Wed. Feb. 25 at Ole Miss
Sat. Feb. 28 Missouri
Tue March 3 Kentucky
Sat. March 7 at Auburn

The Dawgs play Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Auburn twice each.  Not a bad draw at all.  Also, both Florida and Kentucky make trips to Stegeman, so attendance should get a nice shot in the arm.

A 3-0 start in conference would certainly be sweet before the showdown with Florida.

Every road game aside from Kentucky looks very winnable.  In light of the fact that Georgia won every conference home game last season (aside from the head-scratcher against Vanderbilt that still has me shuddering), all of those should be winnable as well, including Kentucky.

It's certainly a schedule that can get a team to the tournament, so scratch that from the list of potential excuses.

h/t Marc Weiszer