Conference change & OOC scheduling

[ntmeangreen11]

I'm not trying to get ahead of ourselves, but if we're changing conferences, we'll have to address the OOC schedule and do it quickly. We have a home & home with Tulsa in 2014/2015 that will need to be replaced, I am sure it would be easy for us to replace them with one of ASU or UL. But I am more concerned with the fact that it looks like 3 away games for the next 4 or 5 years, unless we bring in an FCS team. It is going to be difficult to find a school to get a home and home with quickly to replace Tulsa, I hope it is a SBC school. It's going to take some money, or we're going to have an FCS team on the schedule at home until 2016. The change presents huge challenges, but also gives us a chance to salvage our future schedules and get two home games, and two away, instead of 3. I just hope it's not an FCS school every year to bridge that gap.

2013

1.09/21 - at Georgia

2.TBA - Ball State

3.TBA - at Ohio

4.? *Need a home game here

2014

1.08/30 - at Texas

2.09/06 - SMU

3.09/13 - at Tulsa *Needs to be replaced by a home game

4.10/04 - at Indiana

2015

1.09/05 - Tulsa *Needs to be replaced by a home game

2.09/12 - at SMU

3.TBA - at Iowa

4.? *Need a home game here

As you can see, we'll need to find 4 home opponents for 4 years. I think it's very likely we get an FCS in two of the years at home, and sign a home and home that way we would only have 3 away games in OOC one time from 2013-2015. Either way we've signed one too many away games for the future, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. We've complained about OOC schedule forever, well now we get the schools we wanted to play in conference, and will have complainers about the OOC when conference slate is better. I wonder how RV will do with all this, it looks like a big mess to me personally.

Edited April 14, 2012 by ntmeangreen11

[NT03]

I just might make all those road trips

[shaft]

I like how your answer to @Tulsa is "needs to be replaced with a home game"

[UNTcrazy727]

Might our new conference only allow 3 OOC games?

[ntmeangreen11]

I like how your answer to @Tulsa is "needs to be replaced with a home game"

The point I was trying to get across is that we shouldn't be surprised when we have FCS opponents on the schedule every year for the next 4 years. Finding home and homes for 2014/2015, even at this stage will be difficult.

[shaft]

I bet we can fill those slots with D1/FBS opponents.

There are now 125 FBS teams. Plus we won't be the only team who's schedule changes because of conference realignment. SBC and WAC teams will also have holes to fill.

[Mean Green Matt]

The point I was trying to get across is that we shouldn't be surprised when we have FCS opponents on the schedule every year for the next 4 years. Finding home and homes for 2014/2015, even at this stage will be difficult.

I don't see that is a problem...it just cant be our ONLY OOC home game.

[SHOSS]

I'm not trying to get ahead of ourselves, but if we're changing conferences, we'll have to address the OOC schedule and do it quickly. We have a home & home with Tulsa in 2014/2015 that will need to be replaced, I am sure it would be easy for us to replace them with one of ASU or UL. But I am more concerned with the fact that it looks like 3 away games for the next 4 or 5 years, unless we bring in an FCS team. It is going to be difficult to find a school to get a home and home with quickly to replace Tulsa, I hope it is a SBC school. It's going to take some money, or we're going to have an FCS team on the schedule at home until 2016. The change presents huge challenges, but also gives us a chance to salvage our future schedules and get two home games, and two away, instead of 3. I just hope it's not an FCS school every year to bridge that gap.

2013

1.09/21 - at Georgia

2.TBA - Ball State

3.TBA - at Ohio

4.? *Need a home game here

2014

1.08/30 - at Texas

2.09/06 - SMU

3.09/13 - at Tulsa *Needs to be replaced by a home game

4.10/04 - at Indiana

2015

1.09/05 - Tulsa *Needs to be replaced by a home game

2.09/12 - at SMU

3.TBA - at Iowa

4.? *Need a home game here

As you can see, we'll need to find 4 home opponents for 4 years. I think it's very likely we get an FCS in two of the years at home, and sign a home and home that way we would only have 3 away games in OOC one time from 2013-2015. Either way we've signed one too many away games for the future, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. We've complained about OOC schedule forever, well now we get the schools we wanted to play in conference, and will have complainers about the OOC when conference slate is better. I wonder how RV will do with all this, it looks like a big mess to me personally.

Bump, Soooo.... now that we really do need to replace Tulsa games with OOC games....

Come on Rick V! Who's it gonna be?

[cdizzle86]

Bump, Soooo.... now that we really do need to replace Tulsa games with OOC games....

Come on Rick V! Who's it gonna be?

I would love another chance to kick the teeth in of Texas Tech or Baylor!

[UNTFan23]

Texas State anyone? We could use an extra win to try to make sure we get bowl eligible.

[Eastwood Eagle]

Might our new conference only allow 3 OOC games?

Good question.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Schedule up. We owe nothing to anyone who would be considerred down. '

We are not a Top 25 school that can afford to schedule those who will not help us become Top 25.

In CUSA, we will have like schools of which many years we will beat up on each other preventing

one of our own from getting in the Top 25.

Not saying we schedule LSU, Alabama and Texas every year, either, but schools ranked from #15 thru #25 or

those football programs who annually get many top 25 votes would IMO be the best place for us to start with OOC scheduling.

Just sayin'...

GMG!

[Daddy Dumpsalot]

I vote no to scheduling SBC schools for 2013 on. We need a clean break. I think we should be able to fill our OOC schedule just fine with MWC schools.

[NorthTexan95]

We're not the only school changing conferences. There will be other teams changing schedules so I'm sure something will open up. We do need to make sure we have six home games a year.

[findingbennyanders]

UH fan here who would like to build off our 1:1. Easy enough trip for both fanbases.

[PlummMeanGreen]

UH fan here who would like to build off our 1:1. Easy enough trip for both fanbases.

You will find few who will disagree with you on that, findingbennyanders.

GMG!

PS: Any links on your new stadium and where it will be located?

[UNT90]

UH fan here who would like to build off our 1:1. Easy enough trip for both fanbases.

I don't know. Since Keenam didn't get drafted, is he coming back for his 13th year?

If so, no!

[Harry]

UH fan here who would like to build off our 1:1. Easy enough trip for both fanbases.

Amen to that brother! Let's make this happen. Good series even though you guys have gotten the best of it and it helps both teams who have alumni in both cities.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

We're not the only school changing conferences. There will be other teams changing schedules so I'm sure something will open up. We do need to make sure we have six home games a year.

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it appears that NMSU is going to have a lot of dates open ... their conf has just about folded. As for SunBelt... no more than one.... we don't need to be like SMU with our nose in the air.

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[findingbennyanders]

Any links on your new stadium and where it will be located?

The architecture firm is selected tomorrow, I believe. Site should come up shortly after. Demo of Robertson is set for 12/12/12. New stadium will go on same site.

Will play at Reliant Stadium in 2013 as they build it.

[Rudy]

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it appears that NMSU is going to have a lot of dates open ... their conf has just about folded. As for SunBelt... no more than one.... we don't need to be like SMU with our nose in the air.

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Only one team in the Belt that I want to play and knock down...Texass-San Marcos.

[Baby Arm!]

From a purely selfish stand point I wouldn't mind 1:1 agreements with Texas State.

[Texas Stranger]

I would be leery of scheduling some SBC teams for the next few years that might view us as a proving grounds of sorts ("we should have been picked instead of them" etc) and take the game far more serious than we would them. ASU, ULL, MTSU, Troy could very easily be Trap Games.

[untjim1995]

I think that a home game against a local FCS or close SBC opponent (ULL, Arky State, Texas State) would now be acceptable because the conference schedule has been upgraded very nicely. Obviously, I want better games than that for OOC, but as long as the games are at home, then I am fine with it. What I fear is an added bodybag game on the road, maybe just a little lower than what has already been scheduled. I don't want to see us play @ SEC power and at a Kansas State anymore...

[PlummMeanGreen]

Schedule up--not lateral (CUSA is as lateral as we need to schedule) and--never schedule down. I defer to what Mr. Einstein said in the signature below.

GMG!

Edited May 4, 2012 by PlummMeanGreen