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Honestly, if you ask me to name all the opponents in the MVFC, that's basically who I'd name before I would have to start really thinking about it.
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It's been a while since I've had to think about them.Originally posted by vbfan19 View PostComment
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When I'm listing Valley teams - football and basketball - I almost always forget Bradley, ISUb (football), and a lot of times YSU and Evansville are 50/50 until I go "Who the **** am I missing" and think about it or a minute or two going over the list again.Originally posted by sevelev711 View PostComment
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So, any idea on the 4th non-conference opponent? Home game, correct?Comment
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With Harris, you never know. He may sell them out to Georgia for $250,000 plus travel. Or schedule a three game series with Montana or Montana St where they get two home games and UNI gets one.Originally posted by BrockLesnar View PostComment
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LOL yeah, I'm down for home and home with Montana just schedule them in week zero to get two bye weeks instead of one. Gotta chalk up the home and home with St Thomas into the brilliant column though!Originally posted by havok58 View PostLast edited by BrockLesnar; 09-06-2023, 09:28 PM.Comment
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Western Illinois is no longer a Valley school starting next year.
They should be David's first call to set up a permanent H-H for an OOC game. Both of us were founding members of the GFC, have played every single year since 1978, and going back to our first match-up in 1967 we have played every single year except 71, 72, 75, 76, and 77.
It's literally the easiest possible OOC game for both schools. It's 3.5 hours by bus. Schedule the game for a late afternoon or early evening kick and neither team requires hotel or extra travel accommodations.
No, the games haven't been super competitive the last few years, and probably wouldn't be for the next few. However, WIU getting to a league where they are able to start to compete and win more regularly should help their recruiting and get them back largely competitive.
They had 3 OOC games scheduled for next year already with 2 of them on the road, however, one of the 3 will now be a conference game and I'm guessing the OVC/Big South will redo their schedules, similar to the MVFC redoing it with UND and then the Murray/WIU additions/departures. This means they are then down to 2 OOC games and 2 September dates open.
The date that would open by UT-Martin flexing to a conference game we already have St Thomas scheduled. But....creatively we could work to get St. Thomas flexed to August 31st week 0, drop WIU on Sept 7th, and then have Nebraska and Hawaii back-to-back weeks. At least that way we don't go to St Paul, Lincoln, Honolulu in 3 straight weeks. We'd have home time between Sept 1st and Sept 13th going to Lincoln.
But also, it's not out of the realm that Nebraska doesn't happen next year with what the B10 is going to have to figure out. That would be ideal for everyone, IMHO.
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What would be the buyout if Nebraska wants out of the contract?Comment
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It should be at least enough to buy a home game. Typically it's a percentage of the contract, based on how close in time we are to the game, minus travel expenses if that was a separate part of the contract.Originally posted by BrockLesnar View Post__________________
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I can’t find a copy of the contract but it’s a 600k payout. Given the path the B10 is taking that is cup holder change and the conference may just make it go away full cost.Comment
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I would think getting Western Illinois in the dome on 8/24 or later in September if necessary would be a good move. Maybe not the best move but it would be a legit FCS non-conference game that should get the season started with a good win.Last edited by BrockLesnar; 12-06-2023, 04:14 AM.Comment
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The schedule is officially released. Woof. I can’t say a good thing about it.
- 4 home games
- At St. Thomas
- First home game is Oct 7th
- Could play 13 (12 game season + Hawaii bonus), playing 11
- The “tough” games are front loaded (other than St. Thomas)
It’s gonna be rough. No purple shades or purple kool-aid to drink this fall.
EDIT: Never mind. The FB/X posts have been deleted. Nothing “officially official”.
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They took them down to not get a ton of (well deserved) negativity on signing day. It's official and it's disappointing.Originally posted by FOTY View PostComment
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And they just re-posted it again. Nothing's changed. Still awful.Originally posted by BCPanther View Post"...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."Comment
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