2018 Football schedule

[BTG_Fan1]

 

[oldguystudent]

Four of six games before the fall tax deadline.  Brutal for me.  I'd better get indignant and say I'm not renewing or something like that. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

Disappointed in the Eastern Division flip-flop.   We've still not played Charlotte since they joined.  We've played FAU 3 times.

Make or break game of the season: 10/20 @ Legion field.

[Cerebus]

Hey they finally broke us from having all 3 Texas teams home or away every year. 

[oldguystudent]

Just now, Cerebus said:

Hey they finally broke us from having all 3 Texas teams home or away every year. 

Didn't that happen this year? UTSA and UTEP were home, Rice was away, right? 

[GMG_Dallas]

5 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Disappointed in the Eastern Division flip-flop.   We've still not played Charlotte since they joined.  We've played FAU 3 times.

Make or break game of the season: 10/20 @ Legion field.

I get Charlotte but just a few years ago we were complaining about not getting FAU and FIU. Now that FAU is good, we don't want them. Can't always have it our way. 

Other than Charlotte and ODU (depending on how their QB develops), the East is tough. I'm just happy we also didn't get FIU or Marshall.

Edited January 23, 2018 by GMG_Dallas

[Cerebus]

4 minutes ago, oldguystudent said:

Didn't that happen this year? UTSA and UTEP were home, Rice was away, right? 

[oldguystudent]

How does this schedule compare in difficulty to 2017? 

[Christopher Walker]

Save for Arkansas, I like that our Away slate looks to be our easier match-ups at first blush. Hopefully, we can further cultivate and lean upon home-field advantage for those games.

[Ben Gooding]

10 minutes ago, oldguystudent said:

How does this schedule compare in difficulty to 2017? 

I would say easier. Army is replaced with Liberty. Last years Iowa team is better than 2018 Arkansas, but I think we'll be 10 point of less dogs in this one. We get FAU at home as well as the traditional good teams in SoMiss and LaTech at home. UTSA lost their experienced QB I believe and will breaking in a new offensive system. 

[southsideguy]

if we are going to get better we have to play tough teams in our conference.  Let hope we  have some breaks next year.

[TreeFiddy]

That is on the better home slates that we have had.

ETA: plus we are on the road for TX/OU and Thanksgiving weekend.  Should be a solid attendance year.

Edited January 23, 2018 by TreeFiddy

[James]

I'm relatively pleased with the schedule. Glad we get UTSA as the last game. Hopefully another exciting one. 

[Pavlovs Eagle]

Its already impossible to find a hotel room in Fayetteville for the Arkansas game.  Closest rooms are 17 miles away in Bentonville.

[letsgiveacheer]

Two games, Liberty and ODU, within driving distance. Hot dog!!

[bstnsportsfan3]

54 minutes ago, Pavlovs Eagle said:

Its already impossible to find a hotel room in Fayetteville for the Arkansas game.  Closest rooms are 17 miles away in Bentonville.

glad my family still lives in northwest arkansas! free lodging!

[southsideguy]

What is the hotel in Bentonville, the Walmart INN or Sam's castle.

[Pavlovs Eagle]

2 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

What is the hotel in Bentonville, the Walmart INN or Sam's castle.

Hampton Inn is $103 through hilton.com for Saturday night.  Hopefully the game is late enough I can just drive up Sat morning.

[SilverEagle]

6 hours ago, Ben Gooding said:

I would say easier. Army is replaced with Liberty. Last years Iowa team is better than 2018 Arkansas, but I think we'll be 10 point of less dogs in this one. We get FAU at home as well as the traditional good teams in SoMiss and LaTech at home. UTSA lost their experienced QB I believe and will breaking in a new offensive system. 

Most teams have that accomplished by the third game of the year. By the last game of the year, it'll either be a force to deal with or it would have fallen apart.

[Matt from A700]

The nonconference schedule was already set but I'll reiterated how excited I am to start off the season with two straight home games, which should be wins. A 2-0 start gives the team a lot of confidence, and gets the freshmen students excited.

For the second straight year, our BYE is in between a home and an away game, so we won't go more than three weeks without a home game.

Home conference schedule is pretty tough but I still like us to win the division.

[BTG_Fan1]

7 minutes ago, SilverEagle said:

Most teams have that accomplished by the third game of the year. By the last game of the year, it'll either be a force to deal with or it would have fallen apart.

UTSA fired this OC and Wilson had talked about shifting to the spread from the the traditional power I they had been using, but I’m not sure how it ended up with the new OC hire.

[BTG_Fan1]

3 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

The nonconference schedule was already set but I'll reiterated how excited I am to start off the season with two straight home games, which should be wins. A 2-0 start gives the team a lot of confidence, and gets the freshmen students excited.

For the second straight year, our BYE is in between a home and an away game, so we won't go more than three weeks without a home game.

Home conference schedule is pretty tough but I still like us to win the division.

What is good, SMU should be a packed house because it’s game #1 and it’s SMU.. if we can win that it should be a good sign for when we play I-Word (which hopefully we dominate and impress the fans for them to come back.) 

I’m assuming Rice will be HOmecoming, and hopefully Parents weekend is either LT or USM (I would assume)

[THOR]

1 hour ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

glad my family still lives in northwest arkansas! free lodging!

HOUSEPARTY!!!!!!!!   your family better hid the liquor!!!!

[bstnsportsfan3]

7 minutes ago, THOR said:

HOUSEPARTY!!!!!!!!   your family better hid the liquor!!!!

oh god, do i wanna know what a THOR house party is like haha.

[KingDL1]

6 hours ago, TreeFiddy said:

That is on the better home slates that we have had.

ETA: plus we are on the road for TX/OU and Thanksgiving weekend.  Should be a solid attendance year.

The TX/OU is a first in a while, thankfully.  Hopefully we are in for a magical season where everything works out.