Future Schedules

[Trapped in California]

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Honestly, I don't understand the Drake hate. If we get a 2-1 home to away setup with Drake, we have a 90% chance of winning three games. 2 at home, and 1 at the city with the largest number of UNI alumni, and a key recruiting base for our team. On top of that, minuscule travel costs.

What's not to like. Especially when we start playing two FBS games (on the road) each year?

[Panther-Sheik]

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Honestly, I don't understand the Drake hate. If we get a 2-1 home to away setup with Drake, we have a 90% chance of winning three games. 2 at home, and 1 at the city with the largest number of UNI alumni, and a key recruiting base for our team. On top of that, minuscule travel costs.

What's not to like. Especially when we start playing two FBS games (on the road) each year?

This is it 100%. And, no, it isn't easy for UNI to schedule non-conference DI games that are reasonable wins or it would be happening I bet. And, if you do get them to come to the table, you have to pay a lot of $$ to get them in the Dome. Take the Drake any chance you get IMO.

[Mountain Panther]

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Honestly, I don't understand the Drake hate. If we get a 2-1 home to away setup with Drake, we have a 90% chance of winning three games. 2 at home, and 1 at the city with the largest number of UNI alumni, and a key recruiting base for our team. On top of that, minuscule travel costs.

What's not to like. Especially when we start playing two FBS games (on the road) each year?

Love the Drake!

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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I agree. Drake is a great opponent for us. Cheap travel, chance to play in front of the Des Moines fanbase that feels like it is growing, D-I, likely win. I don't see any problem with playing the Bulldogs.

[jegbomb52]

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I agree. Drake is a great opponent for us. Cheap travel, chance to play in front of the Des Moines fanbase that feels like it is growing, D-I, likely win. I don't see any problem with playing the Bulldogs.

I don't care what you have to pay Drake to play at UNI (it can't be that much) but we cannot afford to go play at Drake. It just looks too freaking bad. We are so head and shoulders above them in football (they are closer to Central) that if we go there we show too many that we are on their level when we are not. We are so much closer to ISU than Drake is to us and you won't see the Cyclones come to the UNI Dome any time soon. I bet you could call and offer the Clones a Million Dollars and they wouldn't take us up on it, it would be devastating to the public perception of the Cyclones place in this state. We just can't do it.

[UNIAlum95]

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I don't care what you have to pay Drake to play at UNI (it can't be that much) but we cannot afford to go play at Drake. It just looks too freaking bad. We are so head and shoulders above them in football (they are closer to Central) that if we go there we show too many that we are on their level when we are not. We are so much closer to ISU than Drake is to us and you won't see the Cyclones come to the UNI Dome any time soon. I bet you could call and offer the Clones a Million Dollars and they wouldn't take us up on it, it would be devastating to the public perception of the Cyclones place in this state. We just can't do it.

I agree with you on where our program sits relative to Drake. But the fact is that everyone in the state knows we don't play football at the Iowa and Iowa State level. Playing in Des Moines does nothing but allow us to reach out to alumni in Des Moines and give those who will never travel to CF to watch a game a chance to come and see their alma mater play. And maybe, just maybe, we'll find a few new supporters of Panther athletics. We can't afford to NOT play a game once in a while in Des Moines.

[Trapped in California]

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I don't care what you have to pay Drake to play at UNI (it can't be that much) but we cannot afford to go play at Drake. It just looks too freaking bad. We are so head and shoulders above them in football (they are closer to Central) that if we go there we show too many that we are on their level when we are not. We are so much closer to ISU than Drake is to us and you won't see the Cyclones come to the UNI Dome any time soon. I bet you could call and offer the Clones a Million Dollars and they wouldn't take us up on it, it would be devastating to the public perception of the Cyclones place in this state. We just can't do it.

Big 12 rules (and most FBS conference rules) prohibit members from playing games at non-FBS locations. There may be specific exceptions, but I believe this is the norm.


Jeg - I am usually supporting your views, but unless UNI has found a oil field under the campus that hasn't made news, we have to deal in the financial realities that are in place.

[ubuntuCAT]

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I don't care what you have to pay Drake to play at UNI (it can't be that much) but we cannot afford to go play at Drake. It just looks too freaking bad. We are so head and shoulders above them in football (they are closer to Central) that if we go there we show too many that we are on their level when we are not. We are so much closer to ISU than Drake is to us and you won't see the Cyclones come to the UNI Dome any time soon. I bet you could call and offer the Clones a Million Dollars and they wouldn't take us up on it, it would be devastating to the public perception of the Cyclones place in this state. We just can't do it.

Fully agree. I would even rather buy a D2 school in the dome rather than play at Drake.

Would the basketball team ever play at Coe?

[OrangeChicken]

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Fully agree. I would even rather buy a D2 school in the dome rather than play at Drake.

Would the basketball team ever play at Coe?

Agree.

Boom.

[Trapped in California]

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Except a DII school is non-counted for playoffs. Important when you are going to lose 2/3+ of games against 2 FBS teams each year.

[Big_Al]

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UNI playing at Drake Stadium is no different than Iowa's women's BB team playing at SDSU, which just happened last week.

In addition, when UNI played at Drake in 2007 & 2006, they more than tripled Drake's average home attendance. I would think that Drake would be inclined to give UNI very favorable terms to play in Des Moines. 2 for 1 or even a 3 for 1 deal? Cut of the gate?

[Cat80]

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This topic again? The Iowa women at SDSU and UNI football at Drake are two different comparisons. SDSU is not FwhateverS non-scholarship in basketball. DI in basketball is DI in basketball. BCS, FBS, FCS-Scholarship and FCS non-Scholarship are all football terms. UNI should never ever ever play football at Drake. It is too damaging from a perception standpoint to play in Des Moines. It gives the impression we are closer to Drake as an athletic department than we really are. Love the Drake for many reasons, hate the Drake for a road football game.

[JayJ79]

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Thank God. They basically are a DIII team. Can find many more DI schools to get easy wins people.

like Lehigh?

oh wait....

[Panther789]

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We should do whatever makes the most sense financially, whether people's feelings get hurt or not.

[JayJ79]

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This topic again? The Iowa women at SDSU and UNI football at Drake are two different comparisons. SDSU is not FwhateverS non-scholarship in basketball. DI in basketball is DI in basketball. BCS, FBS, FCS-Scholarship and FCS non-Scholarship are all football terms. UNI should never ever ever play football at Drake. It is too damaging from a perception standpoint to play in Des Moines. It gives the impression we are closer to Drake as an athletic department than we really are. Love the Drake for many reasons, hate the Drake for a road football game.

whose perception are you concerned about?