(09-13-2020 07:25 AM)quo vadis Wrote: (09-12-2020 09:53 PM)HatterFan Wrote: NEW GAME: Houston at Baylor 9/19 (12 ET/11 CT on Fox)
This is awesome. Baylor and Houston haven't played in 25 years, since the last season of the SWC, the year Baylor moved on to the Big 12 and Houston was left behind.
Amazing how during normal times ADs will say it takes months or even years to schedule games but they were able to do this like in 10 minutes?
Hopefully, we will see more of these last-minute games to fill in gaps created by covid.
Most of the time scheduling is held back by the following:
1. Need for home games.
2. Need for appropriate games that can be used as tune-up, not as a potential loss, or if you are a G5 needed for creating a stronger schedule and getting national attention to the program.
3. Need to honor existing agreements. Many schedules are filled out nearly a decade in advance. Some call for multiple games, be it a 2-for-1 set-up or ongoing series (SMU-TCU/FSU-Florida, etc.) This can rapidly fill the schedule out.
4. TV dollars. This can result in games getting moved to a neutral site or added to the schedule at the expense of an existing matchup.
5. FOMO. Fear of missing out causes programs to rush out and grab the most desirable matchup possible, as soon as possible, and creates a rush to get schedules filled.
I think it is dumb that so many games get scheduled so far in advance. Particularly when SOS is so emphasized in this day and age and there is no guarantee the team you scheduled 7-10 years ago is going to remain a strong team, or a weak team. It makes more sense IMO to limit scheduling to three years out if it isn't an ongoing non-con series. Houston, along with the other former SWC teams, is a team that should be a permanent rotating schedule for Baylor's non-con. I'm glad to see them on the schedule this year, and I hope the Bears are competitive in their first game under Aranda.