Future Schedules

[Anne Frank]

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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.

We also could complacent with easier games at the end of the year.

[06panther10]

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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.

Yeah, but the problem this year is that the NDSU game is the same weekend as the ISU/Iowa game.

[TravelingPanther]

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The bye week is our problem and would not rotate.

[UNIAlum95]

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Yeah, but the problem this year is that the NDSU game is the same weekend as the ISU/Iowa game.

Yep. It will be a good showing if there are 10K UNI fans there. NDSU could easily overrun the dome for this one.

[06panther10]

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More bad news regarding our first game against NDSU.

Apparently the ISU/Iowa game in Kinnick will not be at their normal 11 AM time slot. It is kicking off at 2:30 for ESPN or an ABC game, which can potentially hurt our attendance even more...

[jegbomb52]

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7,000 strong at the dome that day.

One of these days this will all get sorted out.

Schedule a 12 year home and home with Drake to be played the Thursday night before Labor day, 3 at the dome, 1 in DSM. Rotate this 3 times. You are garanteed 5 home games a year for 9 of the next 12 years.

Three open weeks after that. DO NOT SCHEDULE A GAME UNTIL JANUARY, schedule 2 open FBS teams and a bye. Hold someone hostage for $700K, someone for $500K. The other week is your bye. 4 home, 4 away. This will assure the Football program runs in the black yearly.

4 home Conf, 4 road Conf.

If I can figure this out from a computer screen in Des Moines, why can't people whose job it is to figure this out do so?

[achrist70]

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7,000 strong at the dome that day.

One of these days this will all get sorted out.

Schedule a 12 year home and home with Drake to be played the Thursday night before Labor day, 3 at the dome, 1 in DSM. Rotate this 3 times. You are garanteed 5 home games a year for 9 of the next 12 years.

Three open weeks after that. DO NOT SCHEDULE A GAME UNTIL JANUARY, schedule 2 open FBS teams and a bye. Hold someone hostage for $700K, someone for $500K. The other week is your bye. 4 home, 4 away. This will assure the Football program runs in the black yearly.

4 home Conf, 4 road Conf.

If I can figure this out from a computer screen in Des Moines, why can't people whose job it is to figure this out do so?

Drake would never go for this, the last 3 game series we had two on the road, I don't think Drake wants a commitment like that anyways they know they can't beat us.

[jegbomb52]

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Drake would never go for this, the last 3 game series we had two on the road, I don't think Drake wants a commitment like that anyways they know they can't beat us.

Then book it with some po dunk that thinks they can beat us like Dayton or something. Remember, even though schools like Drake or Dayton play Division III football they count as D-I wins.

Or, schedule a two for one with Drake, the one year we play at Drake schedule MNKTO State at home or something instead of a second BCS game. That way we are making our money and playing 5 a year at home.

[BCPanther]

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We won't get to 7,000 in the Dome that day. Iowa/ISU combined with a down year and coming off the disasters that have ended our last three seasons has given us exactly what we deserve right now...

We will have 3/4 of the season ticket holders, about 500 students, 1000-1500 single game buyers (ie Free Ticket Giveaways) and 500 Bison.

Announced attendance of around 9000 and about 5000 butts in seats.

Jeg is right, its absolutely no secret what date this game is going to be played, why do we continue to schedule home games on those dates??

[UNIpanther99]

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Is this game league mandated this year? (MVFC-TV game) That could be the reason.

[BCPanther]

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MVFC-TV doesn't begin broadcasts until Week 5 (October 2)...

This is just plain and simply poor planning.

[UNIpanther99]

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Would it be too late to move this game to Thursday?

[BCPanther]

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NDSU plays Kansas the Saturday before. There is no way they would move that game.

We have cost ourselves literally hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Panther-Sheik]

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NDSU will bring many more than 500... Don't be surprised to see 2,500 to 3,000. As long as we find a way to win I guess.

[BCPanther]

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NDSU fan is blowing their trip the weekend before in Lawrence. Though their are rumors that they are bringing their band...