2023-2024 GAME 1 - Nov 7 at North Texas 7:00 PM

[UNIpanther99]

I mean, there is a reason this was the game that held up our schedule release until the very end... Jake knew this particular game on the road wasn't the best way to start the season -- and likely spent a considerable amount of time trying to find ANYONE who would play us at home this year, and ultimately came up empty. Yet it was a winnable game and we nearly (could have, should have) pulled it off.

[BCPanther]

I mean, there is a reason this was the game that held up our schedule release until the very end... Jake knew this particular game on the road wasn't the best way to start the season -- and likely spent a considerable amount of time trying to find ANYONE who would play us at home this year, and ultimately came up empty. Yet it was a winnable game and we nearly (could have, should have) pulled it off.

He literally call this game 'stupid' at media day.

He didn't want this one just like he didn't want the Vermont game a couple years ago but when all the big guys buy the low majors for the first couple weeks you don't have access to your Alcorns and Prairie Views until December. It's just another symptom of the broken system. Hell, North Texas ended up taking 3 non-DIs because they couldn't find anybody to play them.

[UNIpanther99]

We should quite literally play Western Illinois to open both the MBB and Football seasons every year. Home and home. I get why they might not want to do it, but seriously... just make it happen.

[BrockLesnar]

So, now, we can't win and are afraid of NIT champions? Nice...

[BrockLesnar]

Why don't we give Dordt College a ring?! Faith Baptist Bible College of Ankeny seems ready.

[clenz]

We should quite literally play Western Illinois to open both the MBB and Football seasons every year. Home and home. I get why they might not want to do it, but seriously... just make it happen.

WIU would legitimately hurt our program from a numbers standpoint.

[UNIpanther99]

WIU would legitimately hurt our program from a numbers standpoint.

I guess, but we're always going to play some low majors anyway. Why not WIU, and every other year on the road it counts a little more with easy travel.

[nadf]

I'm in favor of a whole thread where Brock can yell at clouds...

www.brockthoughts.gov.www\brockthoughts

It's a word doc with that written at the top

[clenz]

www.brockthoughts.gov.www\brockthoughts

It's a word doc with that written at the top

I love this far more than anyone should.

[Moose39]

BTW, I wish we had more pissed off fans. Maybe, we could have more of a home court/field advantage in basketball and football. I have been to enough wrestling meets though. We should all be more like them!

Do you mean pissed off fans who vent their frustration on a public forum to support the narrative that we are a pissed off fan base?

[BrockLesnar]

Do you mean pissed off fans who vent their frustration on a public forum to support the narrative that we are a pissed off fan base?

No, we're dead just like our school.

[orangetennis]

Lol. Let's move on and get the Loras game thread up. That'll give us some fun conversation!

[sivert]

Ok BC - will this be exhib or Game 2?

[BCPanther]

Ok BC - will this be exhib or Game 2?

This one is Game 2.

One of those awesome ones that's a regular season game for us but an exhibition for them because NCAA rules always make total sense.

[Wxcpanther]

We have a miniscule chance to be an at-large but the task is beyond our capability. We would have to win almost all if not all the remaining non-conference, win almost every league regular season game, and go two out three in St. Louis. So yeah, out of thirty four we need to be 30-4/29-5. In other words comparable to 2015 I believe we went 31-5 give or take. So, we're not getting it.

That 2015 team, a couple months into the season, lost a weeknight road game against Evansville. They lost against a better team than that Evansville team on the first game of the season in overtime. Maybe, just maybe, you are over reacting.