Future scheduling opportunities???

[uconntailgater]

BYU has extra inventory from their existing 2024 & 2026 schedules. With their impending move to the Big 12 this may present opportunity for us to pick up some P5 opponents?

 

[PNolanFan]

Any opponents on those schedules that peak your interest?

 

[Waquoit]

I would think someone on the staff is on it.

 

[Exit 4]

I feel like other programs want to see what Mora delivers this fall before signing up… just my hunch.

And the first four games might be a big enough sample size.

 

[uconntailgater]

Any opponents on those schedules that peak your interest?

NC State-VT-Nevada. 2-1 with Miami?

 

[DoctorWho85]

I'd really like to see one of the Washington teams on the schedule and either California or UCLA. I know those are long shots, but I would love to make those road trips. Especially UCLA, I miss LA so much.

 

[Exit 4]

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In 2024 seems like we would pick up either the Nevada game or the East Carolina game. We already have action with Wyoming and NC State and I don't see BYU wanting to drop that game with Utah. With Nevada, I would try to make it a November game as part of our shotgun wedding. November games are hard for us to find.

In 2026, UConn shouldn't be choosy, any of these opponents would be fine....preference towards VT, then Miami, then USF

• 09/05 - at Troy
• 09/12 - Arizona
• 09/19 - at Miami (FL)
• 09/26 - at Virginia Tech
• 10/17 - USF
• 11/28 - at Stanford
• TBA - at Utah

 

[Waquoit]

In 2026, UConn shouldn't be choosy, any of these opponents would be fine....preference towards VT, then Miami, then USF

• 09/05 - at Troy
• 09/12 - Arizona
• 09/19 - at Miami (FL)
• 09/26 - at Virginia Tech
• 10/17 - USF
• 11/28 - at Stanford
• TBA - at Utah

That is not exactly scheduling for success.

 

[Exit 4]

Furthermore on scheduling I would love to see something with:
H&Hs
1) UVA
2) Rutty
3) Pitt
4) Northwestern
5) UCF (the ConFLiCT continues!)
6) Kansas

I'd tolerate one off games with
7) Penn St
8) South Carolina (for recruiting)
9) Florida St.
10) UCLA or USC
11) Stanford

Dont love it, but if we have too
12) Texas
13) Texas A&M


Not interested:
Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma

 

[Exit 4]

That is not exactly scheduling for success.

Explain

 

[Sportsman5]

Explain

Tough schedule. Might not make a bowl game if have so many good teams and there's almost no way that the team goes undefeated, which is the only chance of UConn even coming close to making a college football playoff with the current number of teams invited.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Furthermore on scheduling I would love to see something with:
H&Hs
1) UVA
2) Rutty
3) Pitt
4) Northwestern
5) UCF (the ConFLiCT continues!)
6) Kansas

I'd tolerate one off games with
7) Penn St
8) South Carolina (for recruiting)
9) Florida St.
10) UCLA or USC
11) Stanford

Dont love it, but if we have too
12) Texas
13) Texas A&M


Not interested:
Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma

I would add Florida to your tolerate list. Along with FSU.

 

[Hoophound]

I'd love to see us play at FSU, Florida or Miami with a capable squad. I'd be ok if we play one of them every year with no return game just for the exposure in those recruiting grounds.

 

[Exit 4]

Tough schedule. Might not make a bowl game if have so many good teams and there's almost no way that the team goes undefeated, which is the only chance of UConn even coming close to making a college football playoff with the current number of teams invited.

I'd rather Waquot explain. I didn't say take all of them. Should this program limit its P5 games to 4 and never more? I dont think so. Take one of VT or Miami if you can...a year with 5 P5 games would be a blessing, not a curse. You can also try sliding one of the existing games back or forth a year.

Here are our already scheduled P5 opponents by year:
2022:
Syracuse
Michigan
NC State
Boston College

2023
NC State
Duke
Boston College
Tennessee

2024
Maryland
Duke
Wake Forest

2025
Syracuse
Purdue
Ohio State

2026
Maryland
North Carolina
Indiana
Syracuse

2027
Ole Miss
North Carolina
Syracuse

2028
Wake Forest
Ole Miss

 

[Waquoit]

Explain

"Scheduling for success" is a euphemism for an easy OOC schedule. All the schools you listed can kick our ass.

 

[Exit 4]

"Scheduling for success" is a euphemism for an easy OOC schedule. All the schools you listed can kick our ass.

Oh, and what conference are we in?

Yeah, look at who we have been scheduling, highs and middles and low games.... You must have issue with entire approach taken so far because in case you didn't notice we have been scheduling some heavy hitters already. Adding a game vs VT or Miami would hardly be out of line with what AD David Benedict has already set on the table.

 

[Sportsman5]

I'd rather Waquot explain. I didn't say take all of them. Should this program limit its P5 games to 4 and never more? I dont think so. Take one of VT or Miami if you can...a year with 5 P5 games would be a blessing, not a curse. You can also try sliding one of the existing games back or forth a year.

Here are our already scheduled P5 opponents by year:
2022:
Syracuse
Michigan
NC State
Boston College

2023
NC State
Duke
Boston College
Tennessee

2024
Maryland
Duke
Wake Forest

2025
Syracuse
Purdue
Ohio State

2026
Maryland
North Carolina
Indiana
Syracuse

2027
Ole Miss
North Carolina
Syracuse

2028
Wake Forest
Ole Miss

I wasn't saying playing a tough schedule was bad, but just that there are downsides to it. I like playing more than four P5 games per year especially if there are 1-2 regional rivalries as part of the schedule because they are fun games and the regional rivals are almost never top 10 teams that are unbeatable for us in a decent year.

 

[SubbaBub]

P5 teams play 8-9 P5 games per year. We should want to build up to that, but we are nowhere close to being ready to actually schedule that many assuming we could find them.

 

[businesslawyer]

I'd really like to see one of the Washington teams on the schedule and either California or UCLA. I know those are long shots, but I would love to make those road trips. Especially UCLA, I miss LA so much.

The Pudge bowl.

 

[Waquoit]

The Pudge bowl.

That works on multiple levels! Well done.

 

[CTMike]

The Pudge bowl.

When Pal inevitably complains about it he will officially be the Turd in the Pudge Bowl

 

[shizzle787]

Furthermore on scheduling I would love to see something with:
H&Hs
1) UVA
2) Rutty
3) Pitt
4) Northwestern
5) UCF (the ConFLiCT continues!)
6) Kansas

I'd tolerate one off games with
7) Penn St
8) South Carolina (for recruiting)
9) Florida St.
10) UCLA or USC
11) Stanford

Dont love it, but if we have too
12) Texas
13) Texas A&M


Not interested:
Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma

South Carolina should be a home/home. They don't deserve a body bag game from us. If we can get Ole Miss home and home, we can get SC home and home.

 

[shizzle787]

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In 2024 seems like we would pick up either the Nevada game or the East Carolina game. We already have action with Wyoming and NC State and I don't see BYU wanting to drop that game with Utah. With Nevada, I would try to make it a November game as part of our shotgun wedding. November games are hard for us to find.

In 2026, UConn shouldn't be choosy, any of these opponents would be fine....preference towards VT, then Miami, then USF

• 09/05 - at Troy
• 09/12 - Arizona
• 09/19 - at Miami (FL)
• 09/26 - at Virginia Tech
• 10/17 - USF
• 11/28 - at Stanford
• TBA - at Utah

No to Troy.

 

[shizzle787]

I'd rather Waquot explain. I didn't say take all of them. Should this program limit its P5 games to 4 and never more? I dont think so. Take one of VT or Miami if you can...a year with 5 P5 games would be a blessing, not a curse. You can also try sliding one of the existing games back or forth a year.

Here are our already scheduled P5 opponents by year:
2022:
Syracuse
Michigan
NC State
Boston College

2023
NC State
Duke
Boston College
Tennessee

2024
Maryland
Duke
Wake Forest

2025
Syracuse
Purdue
Ohio State

2026
Maryland
North Carolina
Indiana
Syracuse

2027
Ole Miss
North Carolina
Syracuse

2028
Wake Forest
Ole Miss

We need to try to get 6 P5 games a year. At least 5 of them home and homes with one body bag game against a top 10 program. We can fill out the other six games with Army, UMass, FCS, 2 MW, and Temple/USF.

 

[KingLurk]

Right now the biggest scheduling concerns for me are getting a marquee home game for 2024 and any non-FCS home game for 2025 - especially a home and home that was in East Hartford in 2024 and away 2027 ideally (or 2026) . The problem with the 2026 BYU opponents is that none of them would take the 2026 game at home to play UConn in East Hartford 2024 - they all have P5 OOC road games already. Stanford already has at Hawaii in 2025 which is a very long trip already, too.