Conference Foes future OOC home schedules

UNT90 · February 15, 2016

Let's start with ODU:

2016: Hampton, UMass

2017: UNC, Open

2018: VMI, Virginia Tech

2019: Buffalo, East Carolina

2020: Wake Forest (1 and 1), Virginia (1 and 1 plus whore game)

2021: open

2022: Va. Tech (2 and 2), open

2023: open

2024: Va. Tech, open

Now La. Tech:

2016: S. Carolina St.

2017: Miss. St., Northwestern (La.) St., S. Alabama

2018: Bowling Green (3 road games)

2019: UMass, open

2020: Open

2021: Baylor (2 for 1)

Now UTEP:

2016: New Mexico, Army, Houston Baptist

2017: Arizona (3 road games)

2018: open

2019: open

2020: Texas Tech (1 and 1)

2021: open

2022: Boise St. (1 and 1)

Now UTSA:

2016: Arizona St., Alabama St.

2017: Southern, open

2018: Baylor (2 for 1), Texas St.

2019: open

2020: open

2021: Texas St., Memphis (1 and 1).

Now Rice:

2016: Baylor (1 abd 1?), Prairie View A&M

2017: Army, Stanford (1 and 1)

2018: Houston, (3 road games)

2019: Wake Forest, UT at NRG, Baylor listed as TBD

2020: Army

2024: Boise St (1 and 1)

2025: Northwestern (1 and 1)

Now Southern Miss:

2016: Savannah St, Troy

2017: Kentucky (1 and 1), open

2018; Troy, open

2019: Navy, open

2020: S. Alabama, open

And a TBA date for a 1 and 1 with BYU

Now UAB:

2017: Costal Carolina

No future years scheduled

Now FAU:

2016: S. Illinois, Ball St.

2017: Navy, Butt Cookman

2018: Butt Cookman, open

2019: UCF, Central Michigan

2020: USF

Now FIU:

2016: Indiana (2 for 2), Maryland (?), UCF

2017: open

2018: Indiana, UMass

2019: UMass, Miami (site TBD)

Now Charolette:

2016: E. Michigan, Elon

2017: Ga. St., North Carolina A&T

2018: Fordam, Appy St.

2019: UMass, open

2020: Georgia St, open

2021: open, Duke (1 and 1)

2022: open, Maryland (1 and 1)

2023: open, Ga. St.

2024: open

2025: open, North Carolina (1 and 1)

Now Western Kentucky

2016: Vanderbuilt (2 and 2), Houston Baptist

2017: Ball St, E. Kentucky

2018-2020: open

2021: Army, Indiana (2 for 1)

Now Marshall:

2016: Akron, Morgan St., Louisville (?)

2017: Miami OH, Kent St.

2018: open, NC St. (1 and 1)

2019: Ohio, Cincy (1 and 1)

2020: Pitt (1 abd 1), Boise St. (1 and 1)

2021: E. Carolina, open

2022: Navy, Appy St.

Now Middle TN St:

2016: Alabama A&M, 3 away games

2017: Bowling Green, Vanderbuilt (2 and 2)

2018: open

2019: open, Duke (1 and 1)

2020: open

2021: open

2022: open, Missouri (1 and 1)

So UNT joins a just stating back UAB and FAU as THE ONLY CONFERENCE TEAMS WITHOUT A HOME GAME WITH A P5 in future schedule.

But, of course, FAU did host the U of Miami in 2015...

THE WORST THING THIS AD DOES. HANDS DOWN!

Edited February 15, 2016 by UNT90

flyonthewall · February 15, 2016

At least spell Vanderbilt correctly clown

Lather....rinse....repeat

UNT90 · February 15, 2016

8 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

At least spell Vanderbilt correctly clown

Lather....rinse....repeat

Always there for your little buddy, sheep.

See how the comma goes between buddy and sheep? Lol.

Edited February 15, 2016 by UNT90

NT93 · February 15, 2016

Honestly, while I prefer lower level P5, I'd take some upper level G5. I'd be okay with a home/home with most schools from the AAC, MAC, or Mountain West.

Out of the schedules listed above, give me Marshall's. Followed by ODU, then FIU. Rice's is good too, but maybe a little too good. A few others look promising, but too many OPEN dates for me to make a determination at this point.

Edited February 15, 2016 by NT93

Side Show Joe · February 15, 2016

I'm sure if we knew a team was going to come to Denton and kick our rear 66-7, we'd prefer it had been any one of the FBS opponents listed above.... not Portland State. The simple truth is we need to schedule better. Much better.

UNT90 · February 16, 2016

4 hours ago, Side Show Joe said:

I'm sure if we knew a team was going to come to Denton and kick our rear 66-7, we'd prefer it had been any one of the FBS opponents listed above.... not Portland State. The simple truth is we need to schedule better. Much better.

Yep. Many have used an excuse for RV of "I don't want a P5 to come in and beat us by 50 on our home field."

Well, an FCS came in and beat UNT by 59. On homecoming.

Is that what these people prefer?

GrandGreen · February 16, 2016

Being NT is scheduled through 2020, I am not sure what this and other threads about the same thing serves. Whatever you think of RV's scheduling ability, there are no easy non-expensive means to change it.

Mike Jackson · February 16, 2016

50 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Being NT is scheduled through 2020, I am not sure what this and other threads about the same thing serves. Whatever you think of RV's scheduling ability, there are no easy non-expensive means to change it.

Excuses, wow. If this team is struggling in the second year of Seth's tenure I hope you are just as easy on the Seth and the players

4 hours ago, UNT90 said:

Yep. Many have used an excuse for RV of "I don't want a P5 to come in and beat us by 50 on our home field."

Well, an FCS came in and beat UNT by 59. On homecoming.

Is that what these people prefer?

Yep, UNT90 the most uninspiring attitude is displayed here. We shouldn't schedule tough opponents to come to Apogee cause we will be underdogs? WTH is that and why as a recruit would I want to come play for fans and a student body that doesn't believe in their team?

UNT90 · February 16, 2016

2 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Being NT is scheduled through 2020, I am not sure what this and other threads about the same thing serves. Whatever you think of RV's scheduling ability, there are no easy non-expensive means to change it.

Clayton Williams, eh?

VideoEagle · February 16, 2016

7 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Being NT is scheduled through 2020, I am not sure what this and other threads about the same thing serves. Whatever you think of RV's scheduling ability, there are no easy non-expensive means to change it.

Correct. Firing RV will do absolutely nothing to change the schedule next year or the year after. I think the first chance for a change is around 2020. I wonder if there is a way to block entire threads from view? Now, every one of the contracts does have a clause to get out of the game, but that requires paying a substantial fee and I haven't seen anything suggested that will negate that fee.

Parroting "it's all RV's fault" and "RV caused the problem" does nothing at all toward fixing the problem.

NT93 · February 16, 2016

7 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Being NT is scheduled through 2020, I am not sure what this and other threads about the same thing serves. Whatever you think of RV's scheduling ability, there are no easy non-expensive means to change it.

Have you considered the fact that if the person in charge of scheduling is allowed to stay the problem continues into 2021, 2022, etc., etc.?

28 minutes ago, VideoEagle said:

Parroting "it's all RV's fault" and "RV caused the problem" does nothing at all toward fixing the problem.

Not making a change doesn't fix the problem either.

NorthTexan95 · February 16, 2016

15 hours ago, Side Show Joe said:

I'm sure if we knew a team was going to come to Denton and kick our rear 66-7, we'd prefer it had been any one of the FBS opponents listed above.... not Portland State. The simple truth is we need to schedule better. Much better.

You're mixing two problems into one. Scheduling lower division schools (especially good ones) is one thing. Getting beat by them is an entirely different problem.

Aldo · February 16, 2016

7 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Being NT is scheduled through 2020, I am not sure what this and other threads about the same thing serves. Whatever you think of RV's scheduling ability, there are no easy non-expensive means to change it.

42 minutes ago, VideoEagle said:

Correct. Firing RV will do absolutely nothing to change the schedule next year or the year after. I think the first chance for a change is around 2020. I wonder if there is a way to block entire threads from view? Now, every one of the contracts does have a clause to get out of the game, but that requires paying a substantial fee and I haven't seen anything suggested that will negate that fee.

Parroting "it's all RV's fault" and "RV caused the problem" does nothing at all toward fixing the problem.

It's not about, hey let's change this schedule.

It's, hey look at our uninspiring schedule we've negotiated for.

If I could give Northern Arizona a piece of my mind....

GrandGreen · February 16, 2016

7 hours ago, Mike Jackson said:

Excuses, wow. If this team is struggling in the second year of Seth's tenure I hope you are just as easy on the Seth and the players

Yep, UNT90 the most uninspiring attitude is displayed here. We shouldn't schedule tough opponents to come to Apogee cause we will be underdogs? WTH is that and why as a recruit would I want to come play for fans and a student body that doesn't believe in their team?

I am not sure how stating the truth is an excuse,

5 hours ago, UNT90 said:

Clayton Williams, eh?

Another truly idiotic reference.

23 minutes ago, NT93 said:

Have you considered the fact that if the person in charge of scheduling is allowed to stay the problem continues into 2021, 2022, etc., etc.?

Not making a change doesn't fix the problem either.

Yes, I do realize that, however I am a lot more concerned about a lot of issues inside the athletic department than I am about the 2021 schedule.

I guess any post on any thread has to have a reference to how bad RV has done his job to satisfy some.

Ben Gooding · February 16, 2016

46 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

I am not sure how stating the truth is an excuse,

Another truly idiotic reference.

Yes, I do realize that, however I am a lot more concerned about a lot of issues inside the athletic department than I am about the 2021 schedule.

I guess any post on any thread has to have a reference to how bad RV has done his job to satisfy some.

I mean, any post revolving around athletics has to have some mentioning of RV. We are pretty awful from a performance standpoint, attendance, and fundraising and we have been for most of his tenure at UNT. Most every position in the AD over the last 15 years has had turnover except for one. The one that matters most. The common denominator...Rick V. I had said it now numerous times, how he is still employed by this great university is well beyond me. There needs to be a gold standard set for the University top to bottom in every facet and it is disappointing that our standard in athletics at North Texas is RV. Damn shame, really.

Edited February 16, 2016 by Ben Gooding

flyonthewall · February 16, 2016

2 minutes ago, Ben Gooding said:

I mean, any post revolving around athletics has to have some mentioning of RV. We are pretty awful from a performance standpoint, attendance, and fundraising and we have been for most of his tenure at UNT. Most every position in the AD over the last 15 years has had turnover except for one. The one that matters most. The common denominator...Rick V. I had said it now numerous times, how he is still employed by this great university is well beyond me. There needs to be a gold standard set for the University top to bottom in every facet and it is disappointing that our standard in athletics at North Texas is RV. Damn shame, really.

Hank Dickenson, Matt Phillips, Paul Batchelder, Mike Ashbaugh, Troy Taylor, Cinnamon Sheffield would all disagree about this turnover thing, bad argument.

Fundraising, not a good argument either, otherwise we wouldn't have a center hung scoreboard in the pit, a dedicated basketball practice facility, a dedicated golf practice facility, the center court finally being finished at the tennis center..... I could go on and on, but fundraising does not suck.,

It really all comes down to wins and losses, because everything else is in place. There are no excuses left. Coaches have facilities to use and recruit to, kids have nice facilities, time to win

MeanGreenTexan · February 16, 2016

6 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

Hank Dickenson, Matt Phillips, Paul Batchelder, Mike Ashbaugh, Troy Taylor, Cinnamon Sheffield would all disagree about this turnover thing, bad argument.

Fundraising, not a good argument either, otherwise we wouldn't have a center hung scoreboard in the pit, a dedicated basketball practice facility, a dedicated golf practice facility, the center court finally being finished at the tennis center..... I could go on and on, but fundraising does not suck.,

It really all comes down to wins and losses, because everything else is in place. There are no excuses left. Coaches have facilities to use and recruit to, kids have nice facilities, time to win

Wait, what? I must have missed this...

MGNation92 · February 16, 2016

7 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

Hank Dickenson, Matt Phillips, Paul Batchelder, Mike Ashbaugh, Troy Taylor, Cinnamon Sheffield would all disagree about this turnover thing, bad argument.

Fundraising, not a good argument either, otherwise we wouldn't have a center hung scoreboard in the pit, a dedicated basketball practice facility, a dedicated golf practice facility, the center court finally being finished at the tennis center..... I could go on and on, but fundraising does not suck.,

It really all comes down to wins and losses, because everything else is in place. There are no excuses left. Coaches have facilities to use and recruit to, kids have nice facilities, time to win

The question is, if this is what you and the other "large donors" believe. Will there be financial action if RV continues to lose? I'm curious to know

flyonthewall · February 16, 2016

If RV continues to lose? To my knowledge, Rick Villarreal has not coached a game in his career at North Texas. Which large donor have you talked to that likes to lose?

SilverEagle · February 16, 2016

4 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

Hank Dickenson, Matt Phillips, Paul Batchelder, Mike Ashbaugh, Troy Taylor, Cinnamon Sheffield would all disagree about this turnover thing, bad argument.

Fundraising, not a good argument either, otherwise we wouldn't have a center hung scoreboard in the pit, a dedicated basketball practice facility, a dedicated golf practice facility, the center court finally being finished at the tennis center..... I could go on and on, but fundraising does not suck.,

It really all comes down to wins and losses, because everything else is in place. There are no excuses left. Coaches have facilities to use and recruit to, kids have nice facilities, time to win

It's been "time to win" since the day RV got here 15 years ago. We've been getting our butts beat by programs with MUCH lower funding and MUCH worse facilities than North Texas......for years. The most successful football coach we've had (and admittedly not my favorite at the time) in the last 15 years WASN'T HIRED BY RV.

A center hung scoreboard? Did the Super Pit immediately get sold out the next day, or week, or even a month after it was installed? How many sell outs since it's been up there?

Apogee? Were it not the SGA we would probably not have it. And how many sell-outs have we had there since it opened in 2011? And WHO IS IT that is in charge of getting it filled up? Coming up on 5 years for Apogee, but no signs from anywhere at the University that RV is going to be held responsible for no sell outs.

As that old Gershwin tune goes...."Nice work if you can get it".

GrandGreen · February 16, 2016

54 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

Hank Dickenson, Matt Phillips, Paul Batchelder, Mike Ashbaugh, Troy Taylor, Cinnamon Sheffield would all disagree about this turnover thing, bad argument.

Fundraising, not a good argument either, otherwise we wouldn't have a center hung scoreboard in the pit, a dedicated basketball practice facility, a dedicated golf practice facility, the center court finally being finished at the tennis center..... I could go on and on, but fundraising does not suck.,

It really all comes down to wins and losses, because everything else is in place. There are no excuses left. Coaches have facilities to use and recruit to, kids have nice facilities, time to win

Overall fundraising by RV has been abysmal. Yes, he has after a long tenure developed some strong core donors and I applaud him on that. However, even with required membership in the MGC for prime tickets, the total number of donors and support is far below peer numbers.

Too many RV supporters compare his accomplishments with historical NT and frankly about anyone could excel on that basis. The assumption that any competent AD couldn't have done the same or better in RV's timeframe is very questionable.

Yes, I do agree it all comes down to wins and loses, and RV's record there is indisputably bad.

Edited February 16, 2016 by GrandGreen

UNTLifer · February 16, 2016

1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:

I am not sure how stating the truth is an excuse,

Another truly idiotic reference.

Yes, I do realize that, however I am a lot more concerned about a lot of issues inside the athletic department than I am about the 2021 schedule.

I guess any post on any thread has to have a reference to how bad RV has done his job to satisfy some.

You are quickly learning that if you don't go along with their way of thinking, then you are just spouting excuses. Lesson #2 is UNT90 will throw out obscure references and turn every post in to a "see, I told you so" or "I was right all along" themed response to continue with his tired old act. I have even stated that I thought it was time for RV to go, but he still refers to me as a sympathizer because I don't go along with his childish antics. You will learn to ignore most of it over time.

NT93 · February 16, 2016

1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:

I guess any post on any thread has to have a reference to how bad RV has done his job to satisfy some.

While I get what you're saying, I think that was the whole point of this thread.

MGNation92 · February 16, 2016

22 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

If RV continues to lose? To my knowledge, Rick Villarreal has not coached a game in his career at North Texas. Which large donor have you talked to that likes to lose?

He does like to refer to himself as coach last time I checked, but that's besides the point. And this is a serious question, but is it some sort of 10 year plan that he has ya'll sold on or something? Because what he's been doing as far as coaching hires hasn't exactly worked for 15 years. I mean I tend to look at 5 and 10 year trends for stocks before I invest to see what I'm going to get out of it. UNT Athletics has been trending down for 15 years now, kinda seems like a bad investment to me

flyonthewall · February 16, 2016

It has been discussed here ad nauseum, but here is my reasoning.

Football: Todd Dodge. There were two other finalist, but the president at that time would not allow him to spend the money, so the default was dodge. You can spin it, bitch about it, say I am lying, whatever, but this is the honest to gods truth.

Dan McCarney: Hired a consulting service to get the best possible candidate based on budget and other parameters. This hire looked golden on January 1, 2014, then twisted into the toilet bowl rapidly. Was given contract extension at this time, in hindsight, ill advised.

Seth Littrell: For the first time, budget was removed as a parameter, was told "Go bring us the guy that you want". From the beginning Littrell was in the top 3. It should be noted that we did not pay close to what we were willing to spend for Littrell, which leaves more money for assisants.

Basketball: Hired two coaches. Johnny Jones walked out on his two feet, Benford...........reserving comment. see previous thought "praise in public, criticize in private"

Women's Basketball: Shanice Stevens. Again, Dr. Bataille controlled the parameters of this hire, that is all I will say

Karen Aston: Great hire or bad hire? On one hand, there is no telling what she would have accomplished here, because she has the lady longhorns ranked 8th in the country at 22-2

Mike Peterson: Mind blowing how bad he was here

Shanice: jury is out, But she is the only coach in recent program hell maybe forever, that can say she is 1-0 this season against the top 25

So here is your big donor logic. Hands were tied with Dodge, not enough money given when McCarney was hired, love Littrell

Womens basketball, Aston took one of the few jobs she was going to take, and if Texas had not come calling when they did, Womens basketball would look a whole lot different now.

Mens Basketball: 50/50 on hiring, however, I think Jones underachieved.

Business leaders hire and fire people all of the time, so the above does not bother people who are used to doing this. Only recently have we had the infrastructure to justify being successful in anything, ie basketball facility upgrades, practice facility, etc. Apogee, etc. Smart people know to be patient and that continuity helps breed success.

I can not argue about wins and losses. Bill Parcells said once "You are what your record says you are". But a few people have invested millions in this thing, and they want to see it through with the guy that sold them on it.

Can't wait for the backlash this open and honest post is going to bring. There is not satire or kidding here. This is the first straight up post I have written in a while.

Edited February 16, 2016 by flyonthewall