2024 Schedule

[mbenecke]

Schedule will be announced tomorrow.

Bringing up the rear, both on the field and off. Gotta love MACtion, baby!

[footballguy51]

I still can't believe they went through the entire hassle of figuring out the pod concept just to throw it out the window after one season. I mean, can you add a 13th team and maintain these pods? Was adding UMass worth getting rid of this schedule? I doubt it, but what do I know?

I think they should look to add two additional teams to have 15 and keep the pod concept. They could do 5 pods of 3 and work out a very similar schedule concept. I would propose we add WKU and either Temple or UConn (why not add in another former football only member or another independent). Or, we could go full-in and offer up that Notre Dame join us instead of being independent .

[mbenecke]

BOWLING GREEN FOOTBALL 2024

Thu 8/31 vs. Fordham
Sat 9/7 @ Penn State
Sat 9/21 @ Texas A&M
Sat 9/28 vs. Old Dominion
Sat 10/5 @ Akron
Sat 10/12 vs. Northern Illinois
Sat 10/19 vs. Kent State
Sat 10/26 @ Toledo
Tue 11/5 @ Central Michigan
Tue 11/12 vs. Western Michigan
Sat 11/23 @ Ball State
Fri 11/29 vs. Miami
Sat 12/7 MAC Championship Game

[jpfalcon09]

No reason why 8-9 wins can't happen this year. Very favorable schedule.

[mbenecke]

No reason why 8-9 wins can't happen this year. Very favorable schedule.

Lose to Penn State and A&M, and probably split with Miami/Toledo. That's gotta be the goal, and it should be good enough to get us back to Detroit.

[Flipper]

Pod spelled backwards is almost dope...I think that says something

[fanatic13]

No back to back road games without an extended break, Miami last, Akron first, and only two maction games. Absolutely no excuses with this schedule.

As a fan I wish we had more than 3 home Saturday games. I remember we had a pretty good crowd in 13 with tulsa on an opening Friday so hopefully that holds true with Fordham. Miami is at least a holiday even if there are no students and it's better than Tuesday Wednesday that week

[Warthog]

I would propose we add WKU and either Temple or UConn (why not add in another former football only member or another independent). Or, we could go full-in and offer up that Notre Dame join us instead of being independent .

Add Marshall and Temple in all sports.

[Falconwriter]

[quote=BGSU33 post_id=459565 time=<a href="tel:1706231483">1706231483</a> user_id=45]
Ohio, WMU and EMU are the only schools that will face all three of the Akron, Kent State and Buffalo pod (probably the weakest of the four pods). WMU also avoids Toledo, Ohio and Miami. I’d say WMU has the easiest MAC schedule on paper based on all of that.

Really good draw for ohio

And they still won’t win the MAC. Nobody long term will be affected more by getting rid of the divisions than Ohio. The team that never wins the MAC even in its’ best years.

For sure. Last year they had a tailor made sked and still didn't win the MAC. They didn't even win the East. 1968 and counting....
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Who wins it first: BG a title in basketball and a trip to the NCAA...or Ohio winning a MAC title in football? 1968 is an anchor on both programs.

[Falconfreak90]

[quote=BGSU33 post_id=459565 time=<a href="tel:1706231483">1706231483</a> user_id=45]
Ohio, WMU and EMU are the only schools that will face all three of the Akron, Kent State and Buffalo pod (probably the weakest of the four pods). WMU also avoids Toledo, Ohio and Miami. I’d say WMU has the easiest MAC schedule on paper based on all of that.

Really good draw for ohio

And they still won’t win the MAC. Nobody long term will be affected more by getting rid of the divisions than Ohio. The team that never wins the MAC even in its’ best years.

For sure. Last year they had a tailor made sked and still didn't win the MAC. They didn't even win the East. 1968 and counting....

Who wins it first: BG a title in basketball and a trip to the NCAA...or Ohio winning a MAC title in football? 1968 is an anchor on both programs.
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That is a great question...lol.

[mbenecke]

Homecoming kickoff time on 9/28 vs. Old Dominion is 5:00pm.

[Falconfreak90]

Homecoming kickoff time on 9/28 vs. Old Dominion is 5:00pm.

Awesome....

However, "Starting for the 2024 season, Doyt Perry Stadium will be a CASHLESS venue, including parking, concessions, and tickets". That sucks. Cash is king....

[Beaker]

That would make the 50/50 a little awkward to have to take out your card and swipe it to buy a $1 ticket. No, thanks.

I understand where they are going with the whole cashless thing and I don't like it one bit but it's inevitable. I pay cash for everything possible. It's sad how often 20 somethings can't make change. If they can actually count the money you hand them, then they can punch it into the register and it'll tell them how much to give back, but the problem I've witnessed first hand a number of times is that they are unable to count how much money you gave them or count out the change to the correct total. Just recently I was at a department store making some purchases. My total came up to $44.57. I handed the kid 3 $20 bills. He literally looked at me and asked me how much I had handed him. I provided him the answer, which he entered into the register, then I had to tell him what to pull out to make correct change. That wasn't an isolated event.

[pdt1081]

That would make the 50/50 a little awkward to have to take out your card and swipe it to buy a $1 ticket. No, thanks.

Do they still do the 50/50? They stopped at the hockey games, despite a majority of the pots going over $1,000. They were doing it digitally, still accepting cash though. Tickets were graduated up to $20 worth. They accepted cash or card. It was geared towards getting you still spend the $20.

[footballguy51]

That would make the 50/50 a little awkward to have to take out your card and swipe it to buy a $1 ticket. No, thanks.

Do they still do the 50/50? They stopped at the hockey games, despite a majority of the pots going over $1,000. They were doing it digitally, still accepting cash though. Tickets were graduated up to $20 worth. They accepted cash or card. It was geared towards getting you still spend the $20.

They stopped doing this at basketball a few years ago.