NiceArticle on South Alabama Scheduling

[Harry]

MOBILE, Ala. – Once the University of South Alabama’s Board of Trustees voted to add a football program as the school’s 17th sport on Dec. 6, 2007, many of the pieces have fallen into place without much difficulty moving from the start-up phase to actual competition.

Hiring the first-ever head coach wasn’t an issue, as former Director of Athletics Joe Gottfried and the university’s search committee had plenty of qualified candidates to choose from before selecting Joey Jones for the position.  And since the day of Jones’ introduction two months later, the Mobile native rarely if ever encountered any difficulties in putting together his staff or finding over hundreds of student-athletes who wanted to represent the school on the field.

Scheduling for the fledgling program, however, is a story unto itself.  With the aggressive approach taken by the administration in moving to the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly NCAA I-A) level within five years, there have been two different phases in determining who the Jaguars have since played and who they will compete against in the future.

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