2016 Football Schedule

[BGSU33]

Not sure what could have been done to really make the home schedule fun if all of our key MAC matchups (OU, UT, NIU) are slated for road games. Especially when you know a couple of your conference games will be November weeknights....

I think you hit the nail right on the head. All of our "bigger" MAC games are on the road his year with as you mentioned: OU, UT, NIU and I will even toss in Akron. The only MAC home game I'm excited about is Miami, simply because it's Miami and we haven't played them in a few years. We're going to have all kind of question marks this year, but one thing we're going to have to be if we want to get back to Detroit is a good team on the road.

[MarkL]

As I repeatedly said last year, our four most important conference games happened to be our four home conference games. As it happened, OU and Akron were indeed #2 and #3 in the East, UMass did not take a step forward as I projected, and the UT game has been purged from my memory.
A year later it is flipped. The Akron, Ohio, and UT games are on the road and UMass is trying to justify FBS status. However it is nice to get Buffalo at home. Count me as saying Buffalo if not this year then very soon will be a major player in the conference race. And besides, that is always a fun game.

[MarkL]

Additionally October 22, prepare your parkas, snow shovels, wind resistant coats, mud shoes, contact FEMA to be ready for tornadoes, earthquakes, raining fire, animal infestations, etc. We haven't played those guys in a few years and you never know what mother nature has in store for us this time around.

[mscarn]

If we are going to play a FCS schools, I do like the fact that we are scheduling North Dakota and South Dakota. These feel closer to peer schools than some of the other programs we've brought in over the years.

I'd rather have easier FCS schools rather than those that have a chance to beat us if that's going to be our sole "breather" game as it looks to be yet again. The people we play beat a Mountain West team last year.

4 teams, 4 teams with winning records and all 3 FBS opponents went to bowl games. We continue to play the toughest non-conference schedule in the MAC and one of the toughest in the nation.

[gmartin]

Does BGSU post future schedules anymore?

I've seen it reported that Bowling Green will host South Dakota in 2017 and play at Illinois in 2020. Odd that the university hasn't actually announced these things.

http://www.fbschedules.com/2016/02/bowl ... th-dakota/" target="_blank

In 2017 BG plays at Michigan State

2018 as of now looks solid OOC schedule. @ Oregon (YUP!!), @ LA Tech, Maryland and Georgia Southern at the Doyt. Georgia Southern embarrassed us in the bowl game and DJ Durbin making a return to the Doyt in his 3rd season.

[BGSU33]

Does BGSU post future schedules anymore?

I've seen it reported that Bowling Green will host South Dakota in 2017 and play at Illinois in 2020. Odd that the university hasn't actually announced these things.

http://www.fbschedules.com/2016/02/bowl ... th-dakota/" target="_blank

In 2017 BG plays at Michigan State

2018 as of now looks solid OOC schedule. @ Oregon (YUP!!), @ LA Tech, Maryland and Georgia Southern at the Doyt. Georgia Southern embarrassed us in the bowl game and DJ Durbin making a return to the Doyt in his 3rd season.

Where did you see GSU is coming to BG? Frankly I have no interest in ever seeing that team or offense ever again.

[gmartin]

I remember last year when we went to Mobile there was an article that BG would start a home and home series with them starting in 2018. Since we already playing @ Oregon and @ LA Tech we would be playing Georgia Southern home that year. Can't see us playing 7 road games that year. So I think layer this year it will be confirmed that we will be playing Maryland and GSU at home.

[bgsufalcon24]

My $.02

This might be the weakest home schedule we've had since I started following the program, outside of maybe 2006 when it was the same MAC basically but with just 5 home games. If our program wasn't winning as much as it has the last few years I'd be really concerned about our attendance numbers, especially given that the last 2 games are a November weeknight and the dreaded day after Thanksgiving against 2 opponents that don't draw casual fans at all. That being said, 6-0 at home is not just a realistic goal, I think BG really ought to do it. UB is arguably the one team that is somewhat on our level among the home opponents. Miami, Kent State, and Eastern Michigan are all horrendous, North Dakota is a I-AA so how good can they really be (better than Wyoming I guess but that's not saying much), and though Middle Tennessee isn't that bad relatively speaking I would think BG would be solidly favored in that game too.

The road games though...wow, much tougher. Obviously OSU will be a massive challenge, one that we'll likely fail badly at. Memphis will be another very difficult opponent even though they've lost a bunch of talent in the offseason (honestly we have too). Ohio and Toledo are our two biggest MAC games and they come in back to back weeks. And then after that you have Northern Illinois, who is going to have some serious revenge on their minds after the beatdown we gave them in Detroit.

The reality might be that our easiest road game on paper (Akron) might be just as easy as our hardest home game (Buffalo). If there was ever a year BG goes 6-6 by going 6-0 at home and 0-6 on the road this is it. Not that I expect that, but you get the point. 8-4 is probably more realistic, with us beating Ohio and Akron away. I can't rule out getting stung by MTSU or UB at home, but picking off Memphis, Toledo, or NIU away isn't unrealistic either, so there is some definite range of possibility, but not a lot. We won't be going undefeated with this schedule, but we're not going 4-8 either.

[slashba33]

The good news facing OSU is they won't have any film on our new offense (both scheme and personnel)...that should get us through the first half!!

[Falconfreak90]

The good news facing OSU is they won't have any film on our new offense (both scheme and personnel)...that should get us through the first half!!

We don't even have any film yet! lol. And osu only returns 5 or 6 total starters. 1st game, ANYTHING can happen.

[BGSU33]

The good news facing OSU is they won't have any film on our new offense (both scheme and personnel)...that should get us through the first half!!

We don't even have any film yet! lol. And osu only returns 5 or 6 total starters. 1st game, ANYTHING can happen.

True, but they return a QB who can run the read option, which spells trouble for BG. Plus, they simple reload at positions they lose guys. OSU is loaded across the board. Who are we kidding, it's not gonna happen. But we can at least dream that Johnson got his medical redshirt and that Lewis and Dieter didn't leave and we have a chance to make it interesting though...

[Schadenfreude]

Neither Northern Illinois nor Western Michigan were blown out that badly by Ohio State last season. This is a very good program, but nothing is impossible.

A MAC school is eventually going to beat Ohio State.

Why not us? Why not now?

[BGSU33]

Neither Northern Illinois nor Western Michigan were blown out that badly by Ohio State last season. This is a very good program, but nothing is impossible.

A MAC school is eventually going to beat Ohio State.

Why not us? Why not now?

I'd love to see us do it. Toledo "should" have beaten OSU a few years ago.

[Flipper]

We almost had them in 1992 and 2003....we got homered in both games at key points.

[BGSU33]

We almost had them in 1992 and 2003....we got homered in both games at key points.

The INT in 1992 and the dropped TD by Craig Jarrett (hit him right in the hands!!!, then an INT right after that if I remember correctly) in 2003 were killers. We also recovered a fumble at midfield late in 2003 (before replay) that they gave back to OSU near midfield. But I can't even start to think about beating Ohio State when we can't even beat Toledo.