Late start to season cutting down on number of bye weeks

[Harry]

North Texas has one of the nation's quirkier schedules.

The Mean Green begin the season with a bye, so they'll be at home watching while everyone else is playing after a nine-month wait. Then, after opening the season at Southern Methodist on Sept. 12, North Texas will play 12 straight games after adding a nonconference game at Tennessee on Nov. 12.

"This is the first time I've gone 12 in a row; there's always been a break," North Texas coach Don McCarney said. "That won't happen again, but that's what we've got this season and we've got to play it out, hopefully find a way to be successful."

Rich Rodriguez has a similar outlook.

"We didn't choose 12 in a row," he said. "But as I said, I'm not going to complain about it after today unless we're not winning, and then I'm going to complain about it quite a bit."

read more:  http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2015-08-19/college-football-late-start-season-cutting-down-number-bye-weeks

Edited August 20, 2015 by Harry

[VideoEagle]

I thought we were the only one's with 12 straight weeks of games. Guess even the Pac12 isn't immune to bad scheduling. 

Joining Arizona with 12 straight weeks of games will be Massachusetts, Florida International and North Texas.

[southsideguy]

have we won a game after a bye week.  We also seem to play poorly after a week off.

[MeanGreenTexan]

have we won a game after a bye week.  We also seem to play poorly after a week off.

Southsideguy comes through with the positive.   No bye week means no laying an egg the next week!

[southsideguy]

last season and the season before

[DallasGreen]

last season and the season before

In'13 season Tulane was after a bye if I recall correctly.

[greenit]

There were posts specifically lamenting our  lackluster performances after byes.  Problem fixed.

[outoftown]

While I was one of those lamenting this the loudest, I have to say, this was not the solution I had in mind