Scheduling going forward

[shizzle787]

I am very excited by the news that we are likely renovating the Rent, which means we are full steam ahead with FBS football. In addition to our television contract our best attribute as an independent is our schedule. Here is what I would like to be our scheduling philosophy going forward:

Keep in mind we need to come up with a schedule that does three things:

1. Get all of our games on national TV (no streaming)
2. Play recognizable opponents
3. Allows us a realistic chance to win 6 games

That is what I believe will accomplish all three.

1. 6 P5 home and home series a year (B1G, SEC, ACC schools predominantly)
2. Army, UMass, and one FCS school yearly
3. 2 Mountain West home and home series a year
4. 1 AAC home and home series a year
5. No MAC, C-USA, or Sun Belt schools

Example schedule:

1. @Duke
2. Illinois
3. @Syracuse
4. Maryland
5. @UNC
6. @Temple
7. Wyoming
8. @Fresno State
9. Army
10. Boston College
11. Yale
12. @UMass

 

[Alum86]

Get #2 and eventually you will not need to worry about #3. Recruits will come.
RE: #1. CBSSN considered national TV? I Suppose.

 

[BapeKidd88]

I am very excited by the news that we are likely renovating the Rent, which means we are full steam ahead with FBS football. In addition to our television contract our best attribute as an independent is our schedule. Here is what I would like to be our scheduling philosophy going forward:

Keep in mind we need to come up with a schedule that does three things:

1. Get all of our games on national TV (no streaming)
2. Play recognizable opponents
3. Allows us a realistic chance to win 6 games

That is what I believe will accomplish all three.

1. 6 P5 home and home series a year (B1G, SEC, ACC schools predominantly)
2. Army, UMass, and one FCS school yearly
3. 2 Mountain West home and home series a year
4. 1 AAC home and home series a year
5. No MAC, C-USA, or Sun Belt schools

Example schedule:

1. @Duke
2. Illinois
3. @Syracuse
4. Maryland
5. @UNC
6. @Temple
7. Wyoming
8. @Fresno State
9. Army
10. Boston College
11. Yale
12. @UMass

UConn needs to try to get some OBE teams to play OOC, which will be tough with many of the P5 leagues thinking about adding another league game.

 

[Robo03]

Yale doesn’t count towards bowl eligibility because they are non scholarship.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

I am very excited by the news that we are likely renovating the Rent, which means we are full steam ahead with FBS football. In addition to our television contract our best attribute as an independent is our schedule. Here is what I would like to be our scheduling philosophy going forward:

Keep in mind we need to come up with a schedule that does three things:

1. Get all of our games on national TV (no streaming)
2. Play recognizable opponents
3. Allows us a realistic chance to win 6 games

That is what I believe will accomplish all three.

1. 6 P5 home and home series a year (B1G, SEC, ACC schools predominantly)
2. Army, UMass, and one FCS school yearly
3. 2 Mountain West home and home series a year
4. 1 AAC home and home series a year
5. No MAC, C-USA, or Sun Belt schools

Example schedule:

1. @Duke
2. Illinois
3. @Syracuse
4. Maryland
5. @UNC
6. @Temple
7. Wyoming
8. @Fresno State
9. Army
10. Boston College
11. Yale
12. @UMass

I'd love to see Yale/CCSU/URI as the FCS teams we should play...1 per year (Yale one year, CCSU second year, URI third year...). Comments?

 

[shizzle787]

I'd love to see Yale/CCSU/URI as the FCS teams we should play...1 per year (Yale one year, CCSU second year, URI third year...). Comments?

As long as we rotate local teams I’m fine with that.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I'd love to see Yale/CCSU/URI as the FCS teams we should play...1 per year (Yale one year, CCSU second year, URI third year...). Comments?

I'd rather play against teams in fertile recruiting areas.

 

[Alum86]

As long as we rotate local teams I’m fine with that.

Agree

 

[Slasher]

P5 home games are going to become harder and harder to find assuming the alliance is really a thing. The SEC is talking about 10 home games as well; it's going to be impossible to ever get a home game with one of them.

 

[Hoophound]

P5 home games are going to become harder and harder to find assuming the alliance is really a thing. The SEC is talking about 10 home games as well; it's going to be impossible to ever get a home game with one of them.

We have a known name in a big market. Hopefully, we can continue to get the better academic schools to continue to come play us occasionally. I’m thinking Virginia, Duke, Purdue etc. New England has a lot of good students that these schools want to attract. We also have a lot of prep schools that we tend to forget about. Prep school kids scatter all over the country for college.

 

[CL82]

Get #2 and eventually you will not need to worry about #3. Recruits will come.
RE: #1. CBSSN considered national TV? I Suppose.

There was a time when we’d have mocked its lower viewership numbers. Now we are grateful for it.

 

[ScottVib]

Yale is fine this year as a one-off, but if we're going to play a FCS team, it can't consistently be Yale, with no scholarships any win there doesn't count towards bowl eligibility. Being able to claim bowl eligibility even if the school can't find a place to land (which unless the bowl system dies, I'd be surprised by, as there typically aren't enough 6 win teams to fill; to the point where they have to allow 5 win teams now) would be huge. Until the program can consistently expect 6 FBS wins, that FCS game has to be a "countable" game.

 

[mymustang]

I might be wrong, but I thought one FCS win a year counted

 

[ScottVib]

I might be wrong, but I thought one FCS win a year counted

If they offer an average of 90% of the FCS maximum grants in aid for football. Yale offers 0 football scholarships and are not countable.

 

[BlueandOG]

UConn needs to try to get some OBE teams to play OOC, which will be tough with many of the P5 leagues thinking about adding another league game.

Love your creativity, but I'm going to pushback on some labels. Ace is definitely ND and Eyeball is Cuse. We are 100% Gordy.

 

[McLovin]

There was a time when we’d have mocked its lower viewership numbers. Now we are grateful for it.

Agreed, but I also think the landscape of sports TV has changed in the past decade. CBSsports has far superior production than the low end ESPN channels (U & News).

I wouldn’t watch Bama Auburn if it was on ESPN U with a ESPN U coverage crew, it’s that bad haha.

Plus, having a “dedicated” channel will mean getting familiar crews who are going to really know the program and increase the broadcast quality. Those idiots calling the Vanderbilt game on ESPN U last week were intolerable.

 

[SubbaBub]

Getting 3 P5 teams to come here every year will be tough. Especially, if they go to 9 conference games.

Winning 6 without some lower level conference games will not happen for quite a while.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

As long as we rotate local teams I’m fine with that.

That's what I'm suggesting...Yale, traditional in State game, URI our oldest rival, and CCSU a new FCS team.

I've seen somewhere URI and UConn played more games than UConn UMass.

 

[BapeKidd88]

Yale is fine this year as a one-off, but if we're going to play a FCS team, it can't consistently be Yale, with no scholarships any win there doesn't count towards bowl eligibility. Being able to claim bowl eligibility even if the school can't find a place to land (which unless the bowl system dies, I'd be surprised by, as there typically aren't enough 6 win teams to fill; to the point where they have to allow 5 win teams now) would be huge. Until the program can consistently expect 6 FBS wins, that FCS game has to be a "countable" game.

Correct.

AND, Playing YALE couldn't come at a worse time this year.

IF UConn wins, the press will be making jokes all day long... (basically saying Yale plays in the Division UConn should be playing)

If UConn loses, the press will still be making jokes all day long...

UConn is in an unfortunate position next week.

It's no win.

 

[ASweet3781]

"UConn is in an unfortunate position next week. It's a no win"

lol

 

[BapeKidd88]

From what Ive seen, Yale is a physical, smashmouth football team. Don't let their academic standards or no scholarships fool you.


UConn is in for a beatdown imo.

 

[ScottVib]

From what Ive seen, Yale is a physical, smashmouth football team. Don't let their academic standards or no scholarships fool you.


UConn is in for a beatdown imo.

This looks familiar... thanks for your interest in UConn athletics:

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[shizzle787]

We need to fill in Army for 23 and 26. They get home in 23, we get home in 26.

 

[shizzle787]

P5 schools we can realistically schedule home and home:
ACC: Virginia, Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake Forest, Syracuse, BC
B1G: Purdue, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana
SEC: Vandy, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Miss State, Missouri
Big 12: Kansas, Iowa State
Pac 12: None (not because of lack of brand but due to travel)

P5 schools we may be able to schedule home and home:
ACC: Louisville, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
B1G: Rutgers, Northwestern, Minnesota, Michigan State
SEC: Kentucky
Big 12: WVU, BYU, Kansas State, Baylor, Houston, Cincy

 

[UCFBfan]

P5 schools we can realistically schedule home and home:
ACC: Virginia, Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake Forest, Syracuse, BC
B1G: Purdue, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana
SEC: Vandy, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Miss State, Missouri
Big 12: Kansas, Iowa State
Pac 12: None (not because of lack of brand but due to travel)

P5 schools we may be able to schedule home and home:
ACC: Louisville, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
B1G: Rutgers, Northwestern, Minnesota, Michigan State
SEC: Kentucky
Big 12: WVU, BYU, Kansas State, Baylor, Houston, Cincy

Asking this honestly, what do you base this on? Actual schedule openings or just your thoughts? I'm wondering how Ole Miss and Miss St are in the realistic H&H SEC group, yet Kentucky is a maybe?? I don't see how we ever get any of those SEC schools besides Vandy or Kentucky, to come to us. Also, why is Rutgers in the maybe group??

Like I said, if this is based on current schedule openings then that's a different conversation. But if it's not based on that, I think you have some wishful thoughts.