Future Schedules

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Future Schedules

If Farley was serious and the goal is just to make the playoffs, I think we should look foranother money game. Lets get a big payday and hope we can win the Valley and get in at 6-5. If you're playing just to get in, home games don't matter.

Did he say that?

[BCPanther]

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Right after the debacle that was the last two weeks. He said something to the effect of how they deviated from the system so that they could get into the playoffs. The goal has always been to win titles and when you betray that once it sets a bad precedent, IMO...

[pantherfansince92]

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Did he say that?

Nope, he said....

"I mean, it's one thing to get in (the playoffs). At UNI, you want to win when you're in. That's what we have to do and work toward right now and not be satisfied to get there, even though it is a great feeling right now."

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college...cc4c03286.html

[Panther-Sheik]

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Hopefully the AD's will stop asking for money on new buildings, and rather build endowments for the Athletic Departments operating expenses. That is the only way I can see this be mitigated over the longer term.

People tend to open their wallets more readily and also a little wider for tangible things like buildings. Endowments and general fundraising (i.e. PSC) is much more difficult it seems. Of course pretty much all of our "building money" in the past few years since McLeod has come from Black Hawk Gaming, and tangible things are the only things they can / will give money for.

[BCPanther]

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People tend to open their wallets more readily and also a little wider for tangible things like buildings. Endowments and general fundraising (i.e. PSC) is much more difficult it seems. Of course pretty much all of our "building money" in the past few years since McLeod has come from Black Hawk Gaming, and tangible things are the only things they can / will give money for.

This x100.

It's really tough to convince someone to give generously when they can't 'see' it.

[Panther-Sheik]

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This x100.

It's really tough to convince someone to give generously when they can't 'see' it.

With that said, I would like to make a pitch for the PSC as we enter our 2011 fund drive. It is very easy to become a member of the PSC and it doesn't have to cost you your food money for the year. You can join for as little as $10 a year. For those willing and able to step up a little more, you can arrange for a monthly credit card payment, too. For about $20 a month you will be a Loyalty level member. And the tangible thing that you will get to see is top quality student athletes taking home conference (and hopefully national) titles! Contact any of us here on PN if you are interested in joining or know of someone interested. For those that are already members, THANK YOU, but also "Just Get 1". Please get at least one other person to join the PSC this year. This grass roots campaign will yield incredible results in the coming years and will be our legacy when it comes to Panther athletics! Go Panthers!!

[JayJ79]

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with the financial realities for most FCS programs leading schools to schedule two "money" FBS games, I'm thinking that we will start to see even less FCS inter-conference matchups during the regular season. With the two FBS (road) games, and the conference schedule, for most schools that only leaves 1 game left to schedule. Since the meaningful nonconference matchups are usually set up as home-and-homes, that means that teams will be stuck with only 4 home games every other year.

I'm guessing that instead of that, many programs will go back to buying home games vs. D2 or D1 limited/non-scholly teams. (of course, higher demand for that will likely increase the asking price that those programs ask for in order to play such games, especially the D1 schools).

Alternatively, I could see programs that don't need 2 FBS games EVERY year doing an alternating schedule, with one year having 2 FBS games and the home part of a home-and-home (with an FCS program), and the next year having 1 FBS, the return game of the previous year's h&h, and buying a home game.

Or there will be more programs going to 4 home-game seasons.

[achrist70]

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Personally I think you will see FCS teams go to a 12 game schedule in the near future, so that they are guaranteed at least 5 home games, even if the have two FBS games. I have a question though, when South Dakota comes into the league will we be playing 9 conference games?

[JayJ79]

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Personally I think you will see FCS teams go to a 12 game schedule in the near future, so that they are guaranteed at least 5 home games, even if the have two FBS games.

do you really think the NCAA is going to allow FCS teams to play potentially 17 football games in a season?

[ubuntuCAT]

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do you really think the NCAA is going to allow FCS teams to play potentially 17 football games in a season?

Why not? They currently let it happen like once every 5 years or something like that.

and only 2 teams would play that many.

[MeOW!]

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SDSU's 2011 schedule is finalized; UNI plays there Oct. 15 at 6 p.m.:

http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/02/15/sports/doc4d5b0916b3175070280915.txt

[MeOW!]

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SFA's 2011 schedule is finalized; UNI plays there Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.:

http://www.digtriad.com/sports/article.aspx?storyid=158142&catid=339

[lakesbison]

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lets pump it up for that NDSU game, its payback time baby!!!!

[Panther-Sheik]

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lets pump it up for that NDSU game, its payback time baby!!!!

It has been for how many years??....Yawn...

[Mountain Panther]

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It has been for how many years??....Yawn...

Haven't you heard? They actually won some playoff games, so they're better than us now.