2007 opener

[UNI MadCat]

Any update on the ASU on 10/6 talk??

It seems to me that neither team would want to finalize their schedule with only 5 home games, especially because the road team is going to be in for a pretty tough atmosphere. Plus, according to PTTB's thread, it appears that we are looking for a 9/22 game, not 10/6.

[BCPanther]

App State still has two open dates, but no DII game.

My prediction is that App State adds a DII game for one of their other open dates and then they come to the Dome on October 6. I can understand why we want to schedule a game on 9/22 but its getting to the point for both schools where they are going to have to make something happen.

I would think a game of this magnitude could be sold to ESPN in some way, even if its on Thursday night....

[jegbomb52]

Well, as long as it is fun. These guys don't have a hopes of winning a national title or anything. Lets set them up to play at ISU and at App State for a sure 2-2 start to the year (hope for the best, assume the worst). As long as its fun though. Come on people, schedule five non-conference cupcakes, go 5-1 in the Gateway and ride a number 2 seed all the way to Chattanooga!!!!!! I just don't understand why our freaking athletic department can't figure this out!!!!1

[ubuntuCAT]

Well, as long as it is fun. These guys don't have a hopes of winning a national title or anything. Lets set them up to play at ISU and at App State for a sure 2-2 start to the year (hope for the best, assume the worst). As long as its fun though. Come on people, schedule five non-conference cupcakes, go 5-1 in the Gateway and ride a number 2 seed all the way to Chattanooga!!!!!! I just don't understand why our freaking athletic department can't figure this out!!!!1

Isn't that exactly the stuff we complain about other schools doing in basketball?
And as a fan I would rather see us play top competion than "cupcakes". If we went to ISU and App State both would be very tough games but both are winable.
Maybe tough competition all year would make the team better come playoff time.

[williebat]

Isn't that exactly the stuff we complain about other schools doing in basketball?
And as a fan I would rather see us play top competion than "cupcakes". If we went to ISU and App State both would be very tough games but both are winable.
Maybe tough competition all year would make the team better come playoff time.

I agree The hawkeye model for sports scheduling is nothing to strive to.

so many times in college sports, fans and teams try to figure out the "easiest path to a championship". I believe that to be the best you need to play the best. If you lose? So what If you win? nothing better

Winners don't shy away from tough competition they welcome it with enthusiasm and excitment.

[BCPanther]

The other side of that is that those teams want to have success too. They aren't exactly waiting by the phone for programs like ours to call...

[UNI MadCat]

App State still has two open dates, but no DII game.

My prediction is that App State adds a DII game for one of their other open dates and then they come to the Dome on October 6. I can understand why we want to schedule a game on 9/22 but its getting to the point for both schools where they are going to have to make something happen.

I would think a game of this magnitude could be sold to ESPN in some way, even if its on Thursday night....

ESPNU might be interested in it but ESPN/2 wouldn't be.

I realize that they have 2 spots to fill but that still only gives them 5 home games in your scenario. They have 2 openings and only 4 home games to date. I don't understand what makes anyone think that ASU would come up here before we would go down there? They are 2-time defending champs, they average more fans than us and they are flat out the marquee name in FCS. Neither school really wants to play eachother but the cards seem to be stacked in their favor -- in the eyes of many, it would appear that the defending champs should not be going on the road in 6 out of 11. Doesn't anyone remember the couple of years in the last decade where we've gone on the road 6 of 11?? Sometimes you are "forced" into it but financially it makes zero cents (mispelling intended) if you can avoid it. If you can schedule a creampuff and get even 8,000 to show up at home, you come out much better off unless you happen to schedule two BCS (or whatever the heck "they" are called now) teams. On the actual football side of it, from ASU's perspective they've already got an all but guaranteed loss @ Michigan, and coming up here would be tough and that's before they even get into SoCon play. Whereas UNI is expected to be quite competitive and frankly wouldn't shock anyone if they won at ISU. So, again, my question is... why would they come up here? If they really couldn't find anyone, I'd probably look to a non-schollie FCS before making a deal with us if I were ASU.

My prediction, which is worth nothing more than Bcrawfs, is that this has a .03% chance of ever happening.

What's Drake doing on 9/22?? Somebody call them up and see if they want to come up to the Dome.

[UNI MadCat]

I need a broader perspective on this, I'm going to see what they think on AGS.

[Chitown Panther]

Well, as long as it is fun. These guys don't have a hopes of winning a national title or anything. Lets set them up to play at ISU and at App State for a sure 2-2 start to the year (hope for the best, assume the worst). As long as its fun though. Come on people, schedule five non-conference cupcakes, go 5-1 in the Gateway and ride a number 2 seed all the way to Chattanooga!!!!!! I just don't understand why our freaking athletic department can't figure this out!!!!1

I agree with this.....There is no need to pressure one loss gateway seasons.

The conf is too tough to demand this......we need a non-conf schedule that allows for 2 GFC losses.

[UNI MadCat]

According to some smarta$$ on AGS, its ASU's homecoming on October 6th. I can't find anything to confirm nor disconfirm this but if it is true, then I guess we know who isn't coming up here.

[General_Panther]

Why would you ever schedule a Homecoming game for a weekend that you don't have a game yet. With that being the case I bet they bring in a CUP CAKE to pound on homecoming so everyone can go party. We'll see what happens though, it's all speculatiosn until an announcement is made.

Anyone know when the ISU tickets go on sale, I want to get my hands on a a few of those.

[Mountain Panther]

I agree with this.....There is no need to pressure one loss gateway seasons.

The conf is too tough to demand this......we need a non-conf schedule that allows for 2 GFC losses.

Exactly....keep in mind we MISSED the playoffs last year.

[Newsbreaker]

Considering we've NEVER gotten an at-large bid, let's be smart about how we schedule.

[01PantherFan]

Well, as long as it is fun. These guys don't have a hopes of winning a national title or anything. Lets set them up to play at ISU and at App State for a sure 2-2 start to the year (hope for the best, assume the worst). As long as its fun though. Come on people, schedule five non-conference cupcakes, go 5-1 in the Gateway and ride a number 2 seed all the way to Chattanooga!!!!!! I just don't understand why our freaking athletic department can't figure this out!!!!1

I agree Jeg, the Gateway is way to tough to go into it with a couple of losses and have our backs against the wall the entire time.

Hey is slippery rock available or any of the other teams that YSU beats up to start the season 5-0

[BCPanther]

You can say "Lets play low level FCS" all you want but if those teams aren't willing to play us, its a moot point...