The unofficial online home for fans of the Western Michigan University Broncos. Part of Collegiate Sports Nation (CSN).

No mid-week games (other than Black Friday to end the year)

Cross-overs are back-to-back-to-back:

@BG, vs Ohio, @ Miami

http://www.mac-sports.com/News/tabid/969...edule.aspx

(02-28-2014 11:56 AM)Brown and Gold Wrote:  No mid-week games (other than Black Friday to end the year)

Finally - a reward for our 1-11 season. ESPN has no interest in including the Broncos for a weekday telecast. Yeah for small victories

We didn't have one last year either, well except NIU to end the year, but by then it really didn't matter.

As a matter of fact, I can't remember a meaningful mid-week game since Toledo in 2011, and the last home mid-week game was Ball State in 2009.

I'm not seeing the schedule on the MAC website.

They took it down I guess. I'm not sure why

In order, starting with Week 1 IIRC:

@ Purdue
BYE
@ Idaho
vs Murray State
@ VaTech
vs Toledo
@ Ball State
@ BGSU
vs Ohio
@ Miami
BYE
vs EMU
@CMU
vs NIU (Black Friday)

Toledo and Ball State could be flipped, but I don't remember honestly. I want to say I'm about 75% sure this is correct. All games are on Saturday with the NIU exception. Season starts August 30th

UPDATE: I am right

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/se...edule.aspx

Thank goodness for being a nerd and knowing how to search cache's

Hey, we might get 2 wins next year: FCS and Miami

EMU CMU Miami on the back end of the schedule does not bode well for a strong start. 2-6 is plausible.

(02-28-2014 03:20 PM)fbgab Wrote:  EMU CMU Miami on the back end of the schedule does not bode well for a strong start. 2-6 is plausible.

Yep, but a 5-7 overall record isn't that hard to conceive. Not great, but progress.....I guess

Nothing to make me want to run out and buy season tickets

^I'll buy them because I always do, but not excited about the season.

Our most winnable home games:

Murray State
EMU
Ohio (yes, they lose a LOT this year)
NIU
Toledo

(02-28-2014 05:42 PM)Brown and Gold Wrote:  Our most winnable home games:

Murray State
EMU
Ohio (yes, they lose a LOT this year)
NIU
Toledo

And last year we all thought Nicholls was a winnable game.

(02-28-2014 06:56 PM)Broncobelt Wrote:  And last year we all thought Nicholls was a winnable game.

"winnable" he11 - that was supposed to be a "gimme."

Actually, I'd rather not think about football. Having too much fun with basketball. It's something you can believe in.

I'm pretty sure 2014 is 100% success regardless. So I am happy already.

Dumb having a BYE 2nd week. Nice having CMU late in the season. Seemed to keep some interest in a game that if we played Ohio would have had 2k show up for.

(02-28-2014 06:56 PM)Broncobelt Wrote:  

(02-28-2014 05:42 PM)Brown and Gold Wrote:  Our most winnable home games:

Murray State
EMU
Ohio (yes, they lose a LOT this year)
NIU
Toledo

And last year we all thought Nicholls was a winnable game.

Last year is over, can't nothing be done about it. Live in the now.

(02-28-2014 08:15 PM)Broncobelt Wrote:  Actually, I'd rather not think about football. Having too much fun with basketball. It's something you can believe in.

I thought we were a Hockey school.

Looks like our first 2 opponents understand what we went through last year.