(10-08-2019 06:21 PM)SMUfan Wrote:  First posted about a month ago. Still works.
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They will probably announce it all at once. Make it a big media announcement. My guess it will be an acceptable heavy G5 schedule. My prediction.

There are a limited amount of schools that still have an opening that would play an away game at UConn. Most leftover openings at this point are held for a home game against an FCS school. The only schools that I found that have an opening and would play an away game are: ODU, Nevada and UNLV.
Nevada, UNLV, NMSU and Boise State are still allowed to schedule a 13th game since they play at Hawaii. Therefore:

Wk 0:..... @ Boise State..... (playing UConn is better than FCS)
Wk 1:..... UMass ........ (since playing week 0, move the game from Thursday back to Friday or Sat)
9/12:..... @Illinois
9/19:..... ODU............ (works for ODU, move Maine back 4 weeks)
9/26:..... Indiana
10/03:... Bye
10/10:... @UAB ............
10/17:... Maine.............. (instead of 9/19)
10/24:... @ Virginia Tech .... (could be VT's homecoming game)
10/31:... Bye
11/07:... Nevada or UNLV.... (both get a 13th game)
11/14:... @ Liberty.............. (Liberty would like this and move Western Carolina to 2023)
11/21:... Nevada or UNLV .... (both get a 13th game)
11/28:... @NMSU................ (NMSU is allowed a 13th game)

6 Home and 6 Away. Not bad.

Schools that might take a home game with UConn: Air Force, Southern Miss. But the dates don't work as well as with Boise St, UAB, VT, Liberty and NMSU.

Problem is that UConn doesn't have a contractual right to those weeks. Every OOC game is scheduled through a negotiation.

And everyone on that schedule know that UConn is desperate in 2020. That's not a lot of negotiating leverage. That schedule relies on almost all of those schools doing a favor for UConn.

For example, Nevada could schedule @UConn on 11/7. But why would they schedule a 3rd Eastern Time Zone away game (they already play @Penn State and @USF)? It's not going to be because UConn said, "pretty please." What will UConn give Nevada to entice Nevada to do a big favor for UConn?