Big East releases schedules

[Falcon137]

Here's Temple's...I thought they were required to play a MAC school. Guess not.

TEMPLE
Fri., Aug. 31 Villanova
Sat., Sept. 8 Maryland
Sat., Sept. 22 at Penn State
Sat., Oct. 6 USF
Sat., Oct. 13 at CONNECTICUT
Sat., Oct. 20 RUTGERS
Sat., Oct. 27 at PITTSBURGH
Sat., Nov. 3 at LOUISVILLE
Sat., Nov. 10 CINCINNATI
Sat., Nov. 17 at Army (CBS SN)
Fri., Nov. 23 SYRACUSE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

[footballguy51]

Here's Temple's...I thought they were required to play a MAC school. Guess not.

TEMPLE
Fri., Aug. 31 Villanova
Sat., Sept. 8 Maryland
Sat., Sept. 22 at Penn State
Sat., Oct. 6 USF
Sat., Oct. 13 at CONNECTICUT
Sat., Oct. 20 RUTGERS
Sat., Oct. 27 at PITTSBURGH
Sat., Nov. 3 at LOUISVILLE
Sat., Nov. 10 CINCINNATI
Sat., Nov. 17 at Army (CBS SN)
Fri., Nov. 23 SYRACUSE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

They probably got out of it since all of their non-conference games were pre-scheduled. I think the MAC should have forced them to drop a NC game and pick-up a MAC game, but perhaps none of the MAC teams needed NC either.

[h2oville rocket]

Here's Temple's...I thought they were required to play a MAC school. Guess not.

TEMPLE
Fri., Aug. 31 Villanova
Sat., Sept. 8 Maryland
Sat., Sept. 22 at Penn State
Sat., Oct. 6 USF
Sat., Oct. 13 at CONNECTICUT
Sat., Oct. 20 RUTGERS
Sat., Oct. 27 at PITTSBURGH
Sat., Nov. 3 at LOUISVILLE
Sat., Nov. 10 CINCINNATI
Sat., Nov. 17 at Army (CBS SN)
Fri., Nov. 23 SYRACUSE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

They probably got out of it since all of their non-conference games were pre-scheduled. I think the MAC should have forced them to drop a NC game and pick-up a MAC game, but perhaps none of the MAC teams needed NC either.

Not many wins in there that I see. Apart from Akron and a couple other MAC teams they didn't have many winnable games there either.

[gmartin]

C'Mon guys you are smarter than this. Don't they play a 12 game season. There is only 11 games listed plus 2 off weeks. I am guessing one of those off weeks would turn into their 4th OOC game, probably against that required MAC school. Just my opinion.

[BGFalconfromCincy]

C'Mon guys you are smarter than this. Don't they play a 12 game season. There is only 11 games listed plus 2 off weeks. I am guessing one of those off weeks would turn into their 4th OOC game, probably against that required MAC school. Just my opinion.

While a great idea, like someone else said it looks like all the MAC schools are set for OOC games. Nationalchamps.net might not be the best source out there, but they have all the MAC schools with 4 OOC games, so a school from the MAC would need to drop a game OOC for this to fit. Maybe a school will and this will happen, but as of now it appears none of the MAC schools have OOC openings

[gmartin]

Thanks Cincy, I didn't go look through every MAC schedule. All I know is Temple only has 3 OOC games, and 11 games total so they at least have to fill one more game. Maybe it will be against UMass, the newest MAC member.

[FalconTurf]

Since the MAC is again at 13 football schools all 13 schools cannot possibly play exactly 8 conference games thus 1 team needs another game or someone will need to drop an OCC unless I remember previous discussions on the scheduling headache an odd number of schools presents. So therefore Temple fits in for one game.

[FalconTurf]

Or is that just not an even number or divisional games...........can't the MAC just find one more team and keept this thing simple.

[Falcon137]

This is from ESPN-

Temple only has 11 games on the released schedule. The Owls were put into a bind when they joined the Big East because they are now playing seven league games as opposed to eight in the MAC. They could very well stay with only 11 games for the season.

My guess is no MAC school wanted to drop an FCS game or one of their buy games against a BCS school. Probably not worth getting out of a contract just to play Temple.

[Class of 61]

If I were the MAC, I'd tell them to go pound salt! (At least until they PAY UP the 6 Mill. they're supposed to owe the League. I have absolutely NO sympathy for the "poor lil owls".

[footballguy51]

Technically, a team only needs to play 11 games, IIRC.

[Lord_Byron]

C'Mon guys you are smarter than this. . .

You must be new here.

[It's the Journey...]

I hope the MAC tells them to shove off! That school has darkened our doorstep for far to long. They brought nothing to us and took like a common parasite. As they say at hockey games, "AAhhhh seeeya...bye bye!!"

[Falcon137]

Thanks Cincy, I didn't go look through every MAC schedule. All I know is Temple only has 3 OOC games, and 11 games total so they at least have to fill one more game. Maybe it will be against UMass, the newest MAC member.

UMass has a full schedule. @ UConn, Indiana, @ Michigan, @ Vandy.

This late in the year they are going to be really hard pressed to even find a 1AA school to fit their schedule.

With the way their bye weeks fall, they should at least be rested for the conference season.