Two FBS opponents in 2013???

[Neighbor]

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I'd still love to see a Big 10 / MVFC "challenge". Play a different team every year on a rotation. It would be fun to play in the big house and horse shoe every decade.

How would Indiana State fair against Indiana and Purdue?

[Panther-Sheik]

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Like they fair against everyone. They are Indiana State.

[BandDirectorTab]

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I'm all for a game against Louisville. BCS conference opponent, deep pockets, rebuilding program. I think it could be winnable. Mapquest lists it as a nine hour drive from CF, but I've done it in much less.

[CincyPanther88]

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For selfish reasons.... I agree (less LSU). Especially since we will likely be at both YSU and IN State in 2013. With minimal driving we could see 3 games!

I know. I have a friend in New Orleans so it wouldn't suck to go down there.

[UNI83]

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I'm all for a game against Louisville. BCS conference opponent, deep pockets, rebuilding program. I think it could be winnable. Mapquest lists it as a nine hour drive from CF, but I've done it in much less.

How fast are you driving that you can get there in 9 hours? I have family down there, and it takes more than 9 hours to get there.

[JayJ79]

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How fast are you driving that you can get there in 9 hours? I have family down there, and it takes more than 9 hours to get there.

566 miles, so to make it in 9, you'd have to average 63 mph. Certainly doable, since the whole way is interstate (okay, technically the first 10 miles until you get onto 380 isn't interstate. but still)

[bobsboy84]

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Changing my list; Ball State and Ohio University. And, NDSU when they go FBS.

[BandDirectorTab]

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How fast are you driving that you can get there in 9 hours? I have family down there, and it takes more than 9 hours to get there.

Usually just a few miles over what I'm supposed to. It also helps that I can usually get the car cranked to near 40 mpg, so less stopping saves time too.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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If I had a preference, I'd pick Minnesota first. Would be a great weekend to catch a couple of my Twins' games and the Cats in one trip.

Obviously, I think we should take whatever we can get, wherever it is. I thought someone had mentioned that the package for BYU included flight or hotel? I've got to imagine this is common... Maybe I'm wrong but that would greatly cut down on travel costs. In the end, we can pick and choose who we'd like to see, but it's still up to the athletic department to take what they can get.

[panther2317]

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I heard that Missouri State will be playing Iowa in 2013, so the Hawks are probably out. I think it would be fun to play an SEC team (Western Illinois played at LSU the year they won the BCS Championship) and perhaps one team closer to home like a Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin type team.

[UNI83]

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Usually just a few miles over what I'm supposed to. It also helps that I can usually get the car cranked to near 40 mpg, so less stopping saves time too.

It probably helps that my family is about an hour east of Louisville yet, but I just call it Louisville as it is easier to say that and have people know where it is than it is to say the town name.

[SteinPizza]

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While playing Utah would be cool, and I would try like hell to go to the game, I don't like to think what the result would be like.

Utah isn't exactly Florida. We'd most likely lose, but they aren't the same caliber program as Iowa or BYU, two teams we've played in the recent past. The last two years, Iowa would kick the snot out of Utah. Most years that would be true as well.

Jeg has it right. Go for the payday.

[06panther10]

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Utah isn't exactly Florida. We'd most likely lose, but they aren't the same caliber program as Iowa or BYU, two teams we've played in the recent past. The last two years, Iowa would kick the snot out of Utah. Most years that would be true as well.

Jeg has it right. Go for the payday.

Idk about the comments comparing Utah to Iowa and BYU. BYU hasn't been to a single BCS game, and Utah has won two BCS games, including two undefeated seasons. And I'm not sure I'd say Iowa would have crushed Utah in the last few years, at all. Utah destroyed a really good Alabama team in the Sugar bowl two years ago.

[Chitown Panther]

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These are very tough comparisons, because teams like Utah, BYU and Boise State pass soo much and run a wide open offense. Thus the high opportunity of blowing a team out.

Iowa tries to run slightly more than pass. UNI essentially having a Big 10 Oline and Dline the past few years has made it difficult for Iowa State, BYU and Iowa to run it down our throats, but weak against the pass....

I agree with Al, that Utah would probably put up more points on UNI than Iowa....

[Panther789]

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Utah isn't exactly Florida. We'd most likely lose, but they aren't the same caliber program as Iowa or BYU, two teams we've played in the recent past. The last two years, Iowa would kick the snot out of Utah. Most years that would be true as well.

Jeg has it right. Go for the payday.

Much of this post is fiction.

Utah isn't the same caliber program as BYU? Really? This isn't 1990, and Utah has played in 2 BCS Bowls, and over the last 10 years has a better overall record than BYU.

Iowa would kick the snot out of Utah the last 2 years? That's a pretty strong statement considering Utah crushed Alabama 2 years ago in the Sugar Bowl. I'm not saying Utah would have gone undefeated in the Big Ten, but to suggest they wouldn't belong on the same field as Iowa is silly and completely uneducated.

EDIT: I see others beat me to this.