shizzle787
King Shizzle DCCLXXXVII of the Cesspool
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We all know that a P5 invite may or may not come in the near future. BE + football independence has been discussed but thrown out the window a few times for logistical reasons. I have a solution to a major logistical problem: scheduling. It was an idea I came up with a few months ago but didn't think it would be well received due to being so far outside the box. Well, times have changed. My idea is that we schedule 5 P5 home and home series the first five weeks of the seasons, and FCS game and then BYU, UMass, and Army 2x every year.
Yes, that is right, playing three opponents twice in the same year. Liberty and NMSU are going to do it in 2018. Why don't we?
By playing BYU, UMass, and Army (who all sometime struggle to fill out their schedules) twice, we kill two birds with one stone (they fill out their schedules and so do we).
A schedule like this is very possible:
Missouri (A)
Indiana (H)
Illinois (A)
NCSU (H)
BC (A)
FCS (H)
Army (H)
BYU (A)
UMass (A)
Army (A)
BYU (H)
UMass (H)
We can still play 5 power schools and four more games against well known opponents (BYU and Army). As far as TV, SNY would get the home BYU, UMass, and Army games. ESPN would get the BYU road game, SNY the road UMass game, and CBS Sports the road Army game. The FCS game would be on SNY, the road P5 on ESPN networks, and the home P5 games on FS1 (they would give us 2-3 games a year in exchange for getting our basketball to come on board to the BE). We would then just join the Big East for everything else and play a 20-game conference schedule.
Yes, that is right, playing three opponents twice in the same year. Liberty and NMSU are going to do it in 2018. Why don't we?
By playing BYU, UMass, and Army (who all sometime struggle to fill out their schedules) twice, we kill two birds with one stone (they fill out their schedules and so do we).
A schedule like this is very possible:
Missouri (A)
Indiana (H)
Illinois (A)
NCSU (H)
BC (A)
FCS (H)
Army (H)
BYU (A)
UMass (A)
Army (A)
BYU (H)
UMass (H)
We can still play 5 power schools and four more games against well known opponents (BYU and Army). As far as TV, SNY would get the home BYU, UMass, and Army games. ESPN would get the BYU road game, SNY the road UMass game, and CBS Sports the road Army game. The FCS game would be on SNY, the road P5 on ESPN networks, and the home P5 games on FS1 (they would give us 2-3 games a year in exchange for getting our basketball to come on board to the BE). We would then just join the Big East for everything else and play a 20-game conference schedule.