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mbenecke wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:43 am We only had 3 games scheduled so far, so we had an open slot already.

Schadenfreude wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:45 am

mbenecke wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:43 am We only had 3 games scheduled so far, so we had an open slot already.

We seem to have had a trip to Minnesota planned in 2025 at one point. Fbsschedules.com was listing it as of last August, but the site removed the game in November.

BGFalconfromCincy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:25 pm

Schadenfreude wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:45 am

mbenecke wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:43 am We only had 3 games scheduled so far, so we had an open slot already.

We seem to have had a trip to Minnesota planned in 2025 at one point. Fbsschedules.com was listing it as of last August, but the site removed the game in November.

Game was rescheduled for 2028

https://fbschedules.com/minnesota-bowli ... ball-game/

Beaker wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:35 pm I love next year's non-conference schedule. I know there are reasonable arguments to be made in favor of it, but I personally have never been a fan of playing FCS/1-AA teams. I like that we have a couple of G5 teams coming in that should make for good, competitive games. The road games against P4 schools are within reasonable driving distance and they are not against top 10 national programs where we would run the risk of losing by laughable scores. Sure, we're not likely to win them but it's not impossible if the stars align, we play nearly perfectly, catch them on a bad day and all the breaks go our way. We also weren't favored to beat Pitt, Purdue (twice), Minnesota (twice), Maryland or GA Tech to list some notable non conference wins over the last 20+ years. I would put next year's opponents more toward the category of those teams, rather than teams like O$U, Notre Dame or top tier SEC schools where the only possible outcome of playing those teams is that we get our brains beat in.

We all know the landscape has changed and is continuing to tilt things more and more in favor of the haves and away from the have nots and making wins less and less likely against the power conferences, but as long as we are still a member of the FBS/1-A realm, then 2025 is the kind of non-league schedule that I'd like to see us play.

BillyLP wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:54 pm

Beaker wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:35 pm I love next year's non-conference schedule. I know there are reasonable arguments to be made in favor of it, but I personally have never been a fan of playing FCS/1-AA teams. I like that we have a couple of G5 teams coming in that should make for good, competitive games. The road games against P4 schools are within reasonable driving distance and they are not against top 10 national programs where we would run the risk of losing by laughable scores. Sure, we're not likely to win them but it's not impossible if the stars align, we play nearly perfectly, catch them on a bad day and all the breaks go our way. We also weren't favored to beat Pitt, Purdue (twice), Minnesota (twice), Maryland or GA Tech to list some notable non conference wins over the last 20+ years. I would put next year's opponents more toward the category of those teams, rather than teams like O$U, Notre Dame or top tier SEC schools where the only possible outcome of playing those teams is that we get our brains beat in.

We all know the landscape has changed and is continuing to tilt things more and more in favor of the haves and away from the have nots and making wins less and less likely against the power conferences, but as long as we are still a member of the FBS/1-A realm, then 2025 is the kind of non-league schedule that I'd like to see us play.

Lafayette is an FCS program. It's Lafayette (PA), not Louisiana.