2006 schedule

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:08 pm

OK, enough Rocket distraction, let's keep our collective eyes on the subject at hand ...

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:10 pm

San Diego Falcon wrote:
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Originally posted by San Diego Falcon:
If misery loves company, so far these other schools also only have 5 home games: Kent State, Miami, CMU, Buffalo, WMU. NIU and Toledo have 6 home games, with one of those being against a I-AA team.
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Temple has just 4 home games.
EMU just released their schedule. Again, only 5 home games. It never even crossed my mind that 5-home, 7-away was going to become the standard formula for the MAC when they added a 12th game to the schedule. This increases an already-existing competitive disadvantage we had with the power conferences and will it make it harder for the BCS-buster for the new 5th BCS game to come from the MAC.

I'm afraid this could very well be true.

The part that sux is only 4 games at the Doyt...yes, Wisky in Cleveland counts as a home game. I'm just tired of seeing BG get screwed to "help" the MAC and ESPN. It is tiring. At this rate, why not just schedule a 1-AA team at home? Hell, some of the BCS programs play a 1-AA almost every year...

I'll stop at this point cuz the sked has been released and I'll make the best of the situation. I apologize if I ranted a bit too much. Attending 9 games outta 12 for the regular season is still pretty good.

GO FALCONS!!!

rocketfootball · Post by **rocketfootball** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:17 pm

You guys are so funny with your replies to my post. For the ones cracking on my grammar, are you saying you never messed something up when typing it quickly.....or never mis-spelled anything on a message board before or anything? If so, then you are a GOD and can continue to bash my grammar.

Anyway, for those of you that can't think without hurting yourselves, the point was that someone said that the MAC is hitting a trend of just 5 home games with the 12 game schedules and I was pointing out that Toledo has 6 home games. I am sure other MAC schools have 6 home games as well.

OK, now you can really bash away since you will really not like my attitude in this post. Maybe some of you will even get upset enough to delete this post.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:23 pm

rocketfootball wrote:the point was that someone said that the MAC is hitting a trend of just 5 home games with the 12 game schedules and I was pointing out that Toledo has 6 home games. I am sure other MAC schools have 6 home games as well.

Trend does not mean all. I think someone noted earlier in the thread that there were exceptions to the emerging trend. Still, it's hard to fathom the fact that Toledo has six home games can be considered consolation.

Me, as long as I can work out a roadie to BG in September, I'll be a happy fan. I'll get to see the Falcons a few times on TV (assuming ESPN doesn't cut the games short like they have in the past), I'll have great seats at The Linc for the Temple game and I'll get to see some AZZ folks at The Doyt. I can think of a lot worse scenarios for this fall.

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:25 pm

Anyway, for those of you that can't think without hurting yourselves, the point was that someone said that the MAC is hitting a trend of just 5 home games with the 12 game schedules and I was pointing out that Toledo has 6 home games. I am sure other MAC schools have 6 home games as well.

Try reading the original post for that discussion within this thread. It explicitly states that Toledo and NIU each have 6 homes games.

Does that require too much thinking without hurting yourself?

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:33 pm

I'll get to see the Falcons a few times on TV (assuming ESPN doesn't cut the games short like they have in the past

Is the pre-season NIT schedule listed yet? They'll probably have to cut away for that important Cal Poly/Eastern Washington BB game on 11/15.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:34 pm

1987alum wrote:
rocketfootball wrote:the point was that someone said that the MAC is hitting a trend of just 5 home games with the 12 game schedules and I was pointing out that Toledo has 6 home games. I am sure other MAC schools have 6 home games as well.
Me, as long as I can work out a roadie to BG in September, I'll be a happy fan. I'll get to see the Falcons a few times on TV (assuming ESPN doesn't cut the games short like they have in the past), I'll have great seats at The Linc for the Temple game and I'll get to see some AZZ folks at The Doyt. I can think of a lot worse scenarios for this fall.

'87,
I soon as I read your post, I thought of our friend Mitch...MajorFalcon92. Since he is serving in Iraq, he missed every game last year. And he is probably going to miss most of this season. God bless the man.
In light of that, I am happy I can attend no less than 9 regular season games.

Thank you, Mitch, for your service!

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:41 pm

I'd assume the local establishments such at B-Dubs and Uptown/Downtown will be able to pick up ESPNU for the CMU game? Anyone have any info on this? I wouldn't feel up to getting home late from Mt. Unpleasant for any Friday classes I'll so surely have fall semester.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:44 pm

Like many of you, there are certainly things I dislike about our schedule too, such as not playing a non-conference game at the Doyt, only having four of our 12 games at the Doyt, and playing six of our last eight games on the road. The most frustrating thing about our schedule to me though is that we helped out Ohio (who backed out of multiple agreements this year because it “wasn’t in the best interest of Ohio University”) by moving our home game with Boise State to next season, then were told we’d have another home game against a I-A team as a replacement only to eventually get a road game at Temple.

But on the flip side, one of the things I do like about our schedule is it presents our young team a great opportunity to compete right out of the gate early on and grow and improve as the season goes on. We also have a winnable MAC game in our second contest of the season which puts a very meaningful contest up front for us in the MAC race. Our first two MAC games are at home against UB and Kent State before facing a likely much improved Ohio team on the road before hosting EMU. This schedule “could” set up a great start for BG. And opposite of last year when we didn’t have a home game until October, we’ll have two home games in September and also our “home” but neutral game with Wisconsin. So if the weather cooperates and we can experience some early success, we should get decent crowds. Our home schedule this year is UB, KSU, EMU and Miami. Last year we went 2-3 at home with all that talent we lost. We “should” do better at home this season and I see no reason why we shouldn’t go 4-0 at the Doyt. I think this year it’s also going to be opposite from last season in that our ultimate success is probably going to boil down to how we do on the road. We’ll see.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:02 pm

RF, I don't recall ever deleting one of your posts....I do recall a mod on the Toledo board being candy assed enough to delete one of my "Amstutz is fat" posts though...

BGSU Crazy Fan 58 · Post by **BGSU Crazy Fan 58** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:24 pm

I'm upset, very upset. All last summer I was looking forward to Boise St. comiing to the Doyt and having a big out of conference game at BGSU finally. So then that game gets pushed back, so I was mad. And now they replace that with a road game against a team that is really a 1-AA team and a team we have put 70 points on the last 2 years!!! Why the hell are we playing them again? We've proved it will not be a competitive game. There is no point in us playing them. Tomorrow I am going right over to the athletic department and asking for an explanation as to why a guranteed home game turned into a road game against one of the worst teams in college football just to help out Ohio and and the MAC. When are they gonna help us out???
Other than that, I like having home games early in the year and I'm excited to have an ESPN game at the Doyt against Miami.

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:31 pm

While I do see the Temple game as a joke...keep in mind that a 7-5 record will make a team bowl eligible, and as sad as it may sound, a win over Temple could indeed be the difference between 6-6 and 7-5. The MAC schedule is pretty easy this year, I'm glad Western isn't there as they'll probably be 1 or 2 in the MAC this year. Let's see how things play out during the first couple weeks of the season before we rush to conclusions. No Boise does hurt, but they're here in 2007, and that game could've either been a great home victory or another national TV embarrassment.

TJRocket · Post by **TJRocket** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:07 pm

Okay, help me out here. Why isn't Boise St on the schedule?

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:10 pm

I think BGSU33 makes some good points.

The fact that our home schedule is front loaded with weak teams ought to help attendance and get us looking good out of the gate.

That's good.

I like playing Miami late in the season on ESPN2 for what could be all the marbles in the East.

That's good.

I like the fact that we will, for the foresseable future, have a late season home game with either Miami or Toledo.

That's good.

Also, I'd trade a home game at the Doyt for a game in Cleveland with a Wisconsin-caliber opponent every season if need be. This remains a brilliant move by Krebs.

Think about it: One game at Wisconsin for one game with them in Cleveland?

We got a steal fellas. It is perhaps the best contract any MAC team has ever gotten with a team of Wisconsin's caliber.

And it's a real opportunity to build our program by building new interest in Cleveland.

Sure, four games at the Doyt isn't great.

But two other things to think about:

1. From Brandon's perspective, holding off on the Boise State game for a year makes sense. He clearly felt like our noncon schedule was too challenging. Why not wait until next year for this game, when our team may be stronger? When the opportunity to do so came up, I can't blame BGSU for going along with it.

2. I think it's tough to assume we are just bending over and taking it from the league office without knowing exactly what we might get in return. Grant, though one of his sources, has intimated that we might be getting very little. But we don't know that.

For instance, it seems some of these Big Ten/MAC games might be getting managed through the MAC. Does sucking it up and playing at Temple and solving a league problem now mean we might get a better scheduling opportunity down the line that brings a Big Ten team to the Doyt? I don't know. But if that were the case, I'd take it.

All in all, this could have been a lot worse. Try to imagine how angry we'd be if we had four home games at the Doyt and were playing a one and done at Madison.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:10 pm

TJRocket wrote:Okay, help me out here. Why isn't Boise St on the schedule?

Because OU's administration was too busy licking the bus windows when they made their schedule.