(10-31-2018 11:29 AM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Assume that Colgate is away, not home. Always tough to have the week off early in the season, rather than getting that recharge for the closing run. If UVA holds up this season, expect they'll be top 20 next year.

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(10-31-2018 11:48 AM)tribe_pride Wrote:  Are we playing 11 games in a 12 game season? Think we did that before.

(10-31-2018 12:21 PM)billymac Wrote:  All ACC teams will be starting their season with League contests, starting next year.

(10-31-2018 12:14 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  We open at UVA again in 2021 and 2023. At Lafayette in 2020 and they return in 2021. If Lafayette doesn't excite you, wait till Campbell in 2022. I can understand Patriot League matchups, but not middle Big South, with no school association.

(10-31-2018 12:04 PM)zablenoise Wrote:  Ok I'll be the outlier I guess. That's a terrible schedule. Look I'm as happy as anyone else that we have 6 home games and that our schedule is "winnable" but Lafayette, Colgate, Towson, and Rhode Island do absolutely nothing to move the (my) fan meter. We should be playing Delaware every season. Full stop. Also if we're gonna schedule Patsy League teams to come to Zable why not Georgetown? Yes they're terrible but so is Lafayette and people actually know Georgetown because of their basketball program. Look the die hards on these boards will be there no matter what but we have got to schedule more interesting teams if we want to increase attendance.

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(10-31-2018 11:50 AM)Tribeheart Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 11:48 AM)tribe_pride Wrote:  Are we playing 11 games in a 12 game season? Think we did that before.

Yep...so, may hurt come playoff selection time.

(10-31-2018 12:46 PM)Sitting bull Wrote:  Like the schedule and 6 home games. Would rather JMU not be HC as that will sellout anyway. Would have preferred URI.

(10-31-2018 01:17 PM)Zorch Wrote:  Some comments on others' comments:

If not Campbell then why not Davidson? Well, then why not VMI? If you are only talking about butts in the seats then VMI might bring more than either of those others (or Lafayette or Colgate). NOTE: I am NOT advocating this. I hate playing VMI! We beat them by an average score of 38-7 (or so) and lose 3 players to cheap shot injuries. My preferred method of scheduling would be to schedule home-and-homes against good, somewhat local FCS teams like Furman, Wofford, Colgate, etc and to eliminate the FBS game and use it to schedule home-and-homes against top caliber teams from further away. That way we could play top Missouri Valley, Southland, or Big Sky teams (including at home every other year) and we would play 6 home games at least every other year.

(10-31-2018 11:50 AM)Tribeheart Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 11:48 AM)tribe_pride Wrote:  Are we playing 11 games in a 12 game season? Think we did that before.

Yep...so, may hurt come playoff selection time.

Yes, we made that mistake once before and it cost us, IIRC. We don't want to ever make that mistake again of being one win behind all the other teams vying for the playoffs. There is plenty of time to schedule one more game (see comment above for pointers on whom to schedule).

(10-31-2018 12:46 PM)Sitting bull Wrote:  Like the schedule and 6 home games. Would rather JMU not be HC as that will sellout anyway. Would have preferred URI.

+1 on the comment above and also agree with your observations on Colgate, Lafayette, and Campbell.

Lastly, and Billymac will appreciate this because I have been bugging Tribe Athletic Directors about this for more than 25 years, but if we truly wind up with an 11 game schedule in which 6 are home games, then that is finally a move by the athletic department that I can get behind 100%. However, I really think that it is a 12-game schedule in which we haven't announced the 12th game yet. Maybe they are doing this to cut the new coach some slack in his first season. If so, that is not the coach that I am looking for.