Future Schedules

[JayJ79]

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Any chance they are trying to line up one more home game before NDSU?

Only if one of the 3 non-conference games listed isn't actualized yet.

[BCPanther]

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Only if one of the 3 non-conference games listed isn't actualized yet.

They have all been announced by the respective schools. This schedule is a done deal.

Hawaii already has a game at home against USC that first weekend, so we literally CAN'T add another game.

5 home games, No game week one, Open with the Bison.

BTW, we will open the 2011 season 9/3 @ Illinois State, so apparently this early league game thing is here to stay...

[06panther10]

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They have all been announced by the respective schools. This schedule is a done deal.

Hawaii already has a game at home against USC that first weekend, so we literally CAN'T add another game.

5 home games, No game week one, Open with the Bison.

BTW, we will open the 2011 season 9/3 @ Illinois State, so apparently this early league game thing is here to stay...

Thats terrible.

Bye week in week 1? That is completely pointless. And having to open with a tough conference game is a bad deal for our young team next year.

[Felis P. C. Schorgeri]

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Thats terrible.

Bye week in week 1? That is completely poinless. And having to open with a tough conference game is a bad deal for our young team next year.

Start 10 in the same place 09 ended...basically back to back games in Normal. Wow, I wouldn't have saw that coming.

[BCPanther]

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2011 starts in Normal. Not 2010.

[JayJ79]

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And having to open with a tough conference game is a bad deal for our young team next year.

tough?
I thought we were playing NDSU

[Felis P. C. Schorgeri]

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2011 starts in Normal. Not 2010.

Missed the 11 part.

[NorthernIowaBacker]

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http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/niwa-m-footbl-sched.html

Schedule is posted.

There's a short article too on the front page, but the formatting seems messed up a bit. http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/m-...012610aaa.html

[alleycat]

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Good to see we are staying with the 4:05 pm start times. Seeing the start of the schedule should be a great motivation for the off season for this team.

[Newt99]

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Only five home games, not unexpected but still a bummer. Most of them are early in the year, three home games by October 2nd.

Let's see if we can buy about 30,000 tickets to the Iowa State game and turn that into our sixth home game!

[UNI Fight]

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Only five home games, not unexpected but still a bummer. Most of them are early in the year, three home games by October 2nd.

Let's see if we can buy about 30,000 tickets to the Iowa State game and turn that into our sixth home game!

I like the 3 home games early, good for tailgating, warmer. I also like ISU the 3rd game, gives us a chance to get some experience with some new starters. I also like starting the season off with a conference game, no time to waste!

[JayJ79]

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I'd still really like to know why we're opening up the season with a conference game.

Is it something that the conference set up? Or did UNI and/or NDSU propose to move the matchup up in order to facilitate a particular non-conference game later in the season?

[06panther10]

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Or why we are having our open week, on the first week of the season. I swear, we have had some of the worst schedules in all of football in the last several years.

Whether it is only having 5 home games, not having a home game for 5 weeks, or playing our first game in week 2 and it being a conference game...We have all the bases covered.

[JayJ79]

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If all the talk of two "money" games comes to pass, then 5 (or even 4) home games will be the norm.

It is impossible to play two "money" games (which are obviously on the road), plus our 8 game conference schedule (4 home, 4 road), and have any more than 5 home games (except in those rare 12-game years).

And it doesn't allow for any home-and-home arrangements with non-conference teams, without dropping us down to only 4 home games for the year.

[Kyle]

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Not the best schedule, but it could be worse. I actually like having NDSU as our first home game. We always have a big crowd for the 1st game, which should keep the buffallo chips away, and we always seem to play well right out of the gate.

The open date to start the season is bogus, but I'm guessing the "bi-week" is rotated each year and we are the odd team out this year.

If we do manage to be in a playoff position after the the first five game gauntlet, it will be nice to have our easier games at the end of the schedule in preparation for playoffs. I also really like having Illinois State for homecoming. Time to get a little revenge after what they did to us last year.