UConn 2021 scheduling - when are we filling out the rest of the card?

[bc puckett]

Very true, especially when adding in the 5 more TX kids this week. It seems like getting a TX home and home is one thing missing from a recruiting standpoint with the future scheduling. Don't know how accurate the FBS schedules website is, but 2 teams that seem to have an opening for 2021 would be Houston ( could be part of the exit games deal with the AAC ? add a hoop series too ?) and TCU.

Next year Uconn goes from five P5 games in 2020 to just three. But with all the OOC missed games in general from covid by everyone in CBF, I'm sure some programs will be shuffling around missed OOC games too. Which could make DB's job that much tougher. Besides the no show Uconn turned out to be this year, as you mentioned.

TCU's open date in 2021 will be with an FCS team. That's what their schedule is every year as that's what Patterson wants and that's what he gets

 

[Blades]

TCU's open date in 2021 will be with an FCS team. That's what their schedule is every year as that's what Patterson wants and that's what he gets

Good call and the B12 only plays 3 OOC games, so yup, looks like there's not much left on any of the TX teams schedules.

 

[Drew]

Alright I did some digging:

I think it would make sense for UConn to break up the currently scheduled in-season home and home that New Mexico State and Hawaii have for the 2021 season to get their last two games. UConn is currently slated to go to Fresno 8/28 and then come back on a short week to play Holy Cross on 9/2. That isn't going to happen. Here's what I propose:

Currently, NMSU is scheduled to host Hawaii on 9/25 and travel to HNL on 10/23. Hawaii is scheduled to host Portland State on 9/4.

UConn breaks (amends?) the in-season home and home with Hawaii and NMSU and goes straight from Fresno on 8/28 to Hawaii over Labor Day weekend to play on 9/4. The kids virtually attend their syllabus week classes on the road and there's no classes on Labor Day giving them extra time to recover upon returning to CT.

As a result, Hawaii moves their game with Portland State from 9/4 to 10/23

New Mexico State no longer goes to Honolulu on 10/23, and instead comes to East Hartford on a date that both teams currently have open: 10/30

UConn moves their home game against Holy Cross to 11/27 and frankly likely replaces them on the schedule with a FBS team if at all possible or finds another FCS scholarship team to play on 11/27 to end the season at home.

New schedule would look like:

UConn:

8/28 @ Fresno State
9/4 @ Hawaii
9/11 Purdue
9/18 @ Army
9/25 Wyoming
10/2 @ Vanderbilt
10/9 @ UMass
10/16 Yale
10/23 MTSU
10/30 NMSU
11/13 @ Clemson
11/20 @ UCF
11/27 Holy Cross (New FBS team if possible)

You're allowed to play 13 games if you play one of them @ Hawaii- this gives UConn 6 home games and allows the Huskies to fill out their season over Thanksgiving break at home. We'd also play at home 3 weeks in October and still keep the Idle week on 11/6 before the last 3 games of the season. Also gives us a winnable home game and fills a date on the schedule that with a fellow Independent during a time that's pretty difficult to find non-conference games.

 

[Drew]

We're almost assuredly going to break up an existing contract between two teams. I looked at who still has availability on their 2021 schedules for a road game- the pickings are slim:

TCU (Needs FCS home game)
Houston (Needs FCS home game)

That's it. That's the list.

 

[Exit 4]

Alright I did some digging:

I think it would make sense for UConn to break up the currently scheduled in-season home and home that New Mexico State and Hawaii have for the 2021 season to get their last two games. UConn is currently slated to go to Fresno 8/28 and then come back on a short week to play Holy Cross on 9/2. That isn't going to happen. Here's what I propose:

Currently, NMSU is scheduled to host Hawaii on 9/25 and travel to HNL on 10/23. Hawaii is scheduled to host Portland State on 9/4.

UConn breaks (amends?) the in-season home and home with Hawaii and NMSU and goes straight from Fresno on 8/28 to Hawaii over Labor Day weekend to play on 9/4. The kids virtually attend their syllabus week classes on the road and there's no classes on Labor Day giving them extra time to recover upon returning to CT.

I have thought about this exact concept before - but opted not to write about it because I just dont see this budget conscience program signing up for Hawaii....especially during COVid (we will be deal with strains of COVid for years).

I think if its a choice between adding NM State home/Hawaii road or just adding a third FCS game, I think they go with that third FCS game....citing the fact its a one year thing that will never happen again.

Other simpler idea, convince a school like Maryland to play them rather than an FCS program. Maryland is one program that hasn't always played an FCS program with their OOC schedule and as far as I know Maryland hasn't announced a team for that open date on their 2021 calendar.

There are a few other FBS programs (but not many) that haven't announced their FCS opponent as well - we could try begging those schools as well.

Tis true, my simpler plan would result in a schedule with just 5 home dates and 7 road dates...oh well.

 

[Drew]

I have thought about this exact concept before - but opted not to write about it because I just dont see this budget conscience program signing up for Hawaii....especially during COVid (we will be deal with strains of COVid for years).

I think if its a choice between adding NM State home/Hawaii road or just adding a third FCS game, I think they go with that third FCS game....citing the fact its a one year thing that will never happen again.

Other simpler idea, convince a school like Maryland to play them rather than an FCS program. Maryland is one program that hasn't always played an FCS program with their OOC schedule and as far as I know Maryland hasn't announced a team for that open date on their 2021 calendar.

There are a few other FBS programs (but not many) that haven't announced their FCS opponent as well - we could try begging those schools as well.

Tis true, my simpler plan would result in a schedule with just 5 home dates and 7 road dates...oh well.

Maryland just announced today they're playing Howard:



I just don't see any way possible you can sell 3 FCS games to your home fan base. The game @ Hawaii as I noted earlier could be part of a negotiated H/H series with the Warriors coming to CT in a future season- include some offsetting contract language like $300k per team per visit to assist with expenses and the $ is no longer an issue. I cannot fathom the messaging the AD would have to do to convince people they aren't giving up on football after leaving the AAC to go Independent, canceling 2020, and then playing 3 FCS teams in 2021. And I can't imagine CBSSN being too happy with that being the first two years of the agreed upon TV deal either. Just don't see that being realistic.

 

[Exit 4]

Maryland just announced today they're playing Howard:



I just don't see any way possible you can sell 3 FCS games to your home fan base. The game @ Hawaii as I noted earlier could be part of a negotiated H/H series with the Warriors coming to CT in a future season- include some offsetting contract language like $300k per team per visit to assist with expenses and the $ is no longer an issue. I cannot fathom the messaging the AD would have to do to convince people they aren't giving up on football after leaving the AAC to go Independent, canceling 2020, and then playing 3 FCS teams in 2021. And I can't imagine CBSSN being too happy with that being the first two years of the agreed upon TV deal either. Just don't see that being realistic.

Whelp there goes Maryland.

Selling three FCS games? I dont think its a big deal. Its one season. People want wins. Of course Edsall will have to deliver some wins...three to be exact.

 

[Drew]

Whelp there goes Maryland.

Selling three FCS games? I dont think its a big deal. Its one season. People want wins. Of course Edsall will have to deliver some wins...three to be exact.

it would be so UConn to go 3-9 against 3 FCS teams and have Edsall get an extension for getting for 3 wins

 

[Waquoit]

it would be so UConn to go 3-9 against 3 FCS teams and have Edsall get an extension for getting for 3 wins

He won't be back at 3-9.

 

[Blades]

We're almost assuredly going to break up an existing contract between two teams. I looked at who still has availability on their 2021 schedules for a road game- the pickings are slim:

TCU (Needs FCS home game)
Houston (Needs FCS home game)

That's it. That's the list.

Correct -As I posted in the other thread below .... Uconn already broke up a contract last July ( Vandy -Houston). Since then Houston added a FCS game back in NOV. (Grambling St )but the Cougs are the only FBS team still short an FBS game. A bunch of conferences just announced their full schedules last week ( SEC, ACC.... and B1G today)

So there is one simple move out there ( Houston vs. Uconn on Oct 30th or Nov 6th) since the AAC is one of the few conferences who haven't announced full schedules yet.

A change in scheduling philosophy-​

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[Exit 4]

Correct -As I posted in the other thread below .... Uconn already broke up a contract last July ( Vandy -Houston). Since then Houston added a FCS game back in NOV.. (Grambling St )but the Cougs are the only FBS team still short an FBS game. A bunch of conferences just announced their full schedules last week ( SEC, ACC).

So there is one simple move out there ( Houston vs. Uconn on Oct 30th or Nov 6th) since the AAC is one of the few conferences who haven't announced full schedules yet.

A change in scheduling philosophy-​

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Right, I keep forgetting Houston has an open date in 2021. Now can we get them to come north???

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[Blades]

Right, I keep forgetting Houston has an open date in 2021. Now can we get them to come north???

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Good question, I'd like to see a home and home for the TEX guys on the Huskies. But Uconn did take their Vandy away game. Cash considerations ? A home and home for the hoops teams too, as part of the AAC separation deal ? Could be alot in play if the Cougs are #12.

 

[Exit 4]

Good question, I'd like to see a home and home for the TEX guys on the Huskies. But Uconn did take their Vandy away game. Cash considerations ? A home and home for the hoops teams too, as part of the AAC separation deal ? Could be alot in play if the Cougs are #12.

Yes you have to figure all of those elements are in play. Clock is running out, time to just make a deal. We can't be choosy.

 

[Nextmanup]

Alright I did some digging:

I think it would make sense for UConn to break up the currently scheduled in-season home and home that New Mexico State and Hawaii have for the 2021 season to get their last two games. UConn is currently slated to go to Fresno 8/28 and then come back on a short week to play Holy Cross on 9/2. That isn't going to happen. Here's what I propose:

Currently, NMSU is scheduled to host Hawaii on 9/25 and travel to HNL on 10/23. Hawaii is scheduled to host Portland State on 9/4.

UConn breaks (amends?) the in-season home and home with Hawaii and NMSU and goes straight from Fresno on 8/28 to Hawaii over Labor Day weekend to play on 9/4. The kids virtually attend their syllabus week classes on the road and there's no classes on Labor Day giving them extra time to recover upon returning to CT.

As a result, Hawaii moves their game with Portland State from 9/4 to 10/23

New Mexico State no longer goes to Honolulu on 10/23, and instead comes to East Hartford on a date that both teams currently have open: 10/30

UConn moves their home game against Holy Cross to 11/27 and frankly likely replaces them on the schedule with a FBS team if at all possible or finds another FCS scholarship team to play on 11/27 to end the season at home.

New schedule would look like:

UConn:

8/28 @ Fresno State
9/4 @ Hawaii
9/11 Purdue
9/18 @ Army
9/25 Wyoming
10/2 @ Vanderbilt
10/9 @ UMass
10/16 Yale
10/23 MTSU
10/30 NMSU
11/13 @ Clemson
11/20 @ UCF
11/27 Holy Cross (New FBS team if possible)

You're allowed to play 13 games if you play one of them @ Hawaii- this gives UConn 6 home games and allows the Huskies to fill out their season over Thanksgiving break at home. We'd also play at home 3 weeks in October and still keep the Idle week on 11/6 before the last 3 games of the season. Also gives us a winnable home game and fills a date on the schedule that with a fellow Independent during a time that's pretty difficult to find non-conference games.

Ok I like this. Someone needs to pass this on to ADDave.

 

[UCFBfan]

I have thought about this exact concept before - but opted not to write about it because I just dont see this budget conscience program signing up for Hawaii....especially during COVid (we will be deal with strains of COVid for years).

I think if its a choice between adding NM State home/Hawaii road or just adding a third FCS game, I think they go with that third FCS game....citing the fact its a one year thing that will never happen again.

Other simpler idea, convince a school like Maryland to play them rather than an FCS program. Maryland is one program that hasn't always played an FCS program with their OOC schedule and as far as I know Maryland hasn't announced a team for that open date on their 2021 calendar.

There are a few other FBS programs (but not many) that haven't announced their FCS opponent as well - we could try begging those schools as well.

Tis true, my simpler plan would result in a schedule with just 5 home dates and 7 road dates...oh well.

I'm not sure it's still in effect but hasn't Hawaii shut off all travel to the islands because of COVID? I'm not sure that's still in effect. I know that the state just allotted $6 million to renovate on campus stadium facilities since Aloha Stadium is unsafe. So maybe they have or will be lifting those restrictions at some point. I doubt we travel out there.

 

[freescooter]

I think Holy Cross is a placeholder at this point. Doesn’t make any sense to play on Thursday after a trip to Fresno. That makes a game with high win potential and makes it competitive. And it can easily be moved or even pushed to a later year without too much trouble. So we could break up another game and put something together.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I'm not sure it's still in effect but hasn't Hawaii shut off all travel to the islands because of COVID?.

Scheduling Hawaii may not be workable, but US domestic visitors can visit with pre-certified, negative nucleic acid amplification test results within 3 days of travel. Unsure about Oahu, but some islands require negative follow up tests within a few days after arrival.

 

[Griggs]

Maryland just announced today they're playing Howard:



I just don't see any way possible you can sell 3 FCS games to your home fan base. The game @ Hawaii as I noted earlier could be part of a negotiated H/H series with the Warriors coming to CT in a future season- include some offsetting contract language like $300k per team per visit to assist with expenses and the $ is no longer an issue. I cannot fathom the messaging the AD would have to do to convince people they aren't giving up on football after leaving the AAC to go Independent, canceling 2020, and then playing 3 FCS teams in 2021. And I can't imagine CBSSN being too happy with that being the first two years of the agreed upon TV deal either. Just don't see that being realistic.

As a season ticket holder from day one, I just want to put myself in a seat and watch Uconn football. If it happens to be 3 FCS games, so be it. 21' will hopefully be a one off season. I do believe that Uconn football has a change to be successful as an Independent. Recruiting seems to be improving. Hopefully all the pieces will fall into place.

I NEED TO TAILGATE!!!

 

[Drew]

We're almost assuredly going to break up an existing contract between two teams. I looked at who still has availability on their 2021 schedules for a road game- the pickings are slim:

TCU (Needs FCS home game)
Houston (Needs FCS home game)

That's it. That's the list.

It's either Houston or FCS

 

[ktuck911]

Schedule below still at 10 games which is two short. When are we rounding out this schedule? I'm bored.

Btw, the UConn website doesn't show Holy Cross (that 9/2 date doesnt work, too close to the 8/28 game in CA) or the Wyoming game.

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Saturday Aug. 28		at Fresno State BulldogsBulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Thursday Sep. 2		Holy Cross CrusadersRentschler Field, East Hartford, CT	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 11		Purdue BoilermakersRentschler Field, East Hartford, CT	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 18		at Army Black KnightsMichie Stadium, West Point, NY	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 25		Wyoming CowboysRentschler Field, East Hartford, CT	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 2		at Vanderbilt CommodoresVanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 9		at UMass MinutemenMcGuirk Alumni Stadium, Amherst, MA	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 23		Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersRentschler Field, East Hartford, CT	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 13		at Clemson TigersMemorial Stadium, Clemson, SC	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 20		at UCF KnightsBounce House, Orlando, FL	Time TBA ETTV TBA	Buy Tickets

• • 2021 College Football Team Schedules | FBSchedules.com

I think the Holy Cross game actually works... we just do a short week (a la the NFL) early, against a lessor opponent...
Then, we somehow find a game to fit in between 10/23 and 11/13 game... That's a looong time off (3 weeks????)... get a game for 10/30 at home (even go FCS at this point if you can... gain a little confidence to go up against the mighty Clemson team)

 

[SU1968]

This isn't a snarky comment, but isn't going independent in a world where P-5 conferences seem to be going to fewer non P-5 games going to mean that you will probably have 2 FCS home games every year or have an unbalanced schedule with 7 road games?

 

[Drew]

We're going to play Holy Cross on Saturday 9/4. So there goes my idea of breaking up NMSU/Hawaii. But at least we have a home game Labor Day weekend.

 

[Exit 4]

We're going to play Holy Cross on Saturday 9/4. So there goes my idea of breaking up NMSU/Hawaii. But at least we have a home game Labor Day weekend.

Source?

 

[Drew]

Source?

We amended the game contract last month to change the date from 9/2 to 9/4. Now obviously as its a FCS game we could move it again if we wanted to, but as it stands today we're playing the Crusaders on 9/4.

 

[Exit 4]

Filed your own FOIA?

 

[Blades]

We amended the game contract last month to change the date from 9/2 to 9/4. Now obviously as its a FCS game we could move it again if we wanted to, but as it stands today we're playing the Crusaders on 9/4.

Yeah Uconn did change that date on the last press release, but for some reason not in the drop down menu:

UConn press release on future games + - Football Adds Future Contests Against Yale and FIU

 

[freescooter]

This isn't a snarky comment, but isn't going independent in a world where P-5 conferences seem to be going to fewer non P-5 games going to mean that you will probably have 2 FCS home games every year or have an unbalanced schedule with 7 road games?

Interesting question but I think we have a pretty solid slate of games through 2025 at least. When this was announced, the AD actually stated that 2021 would be the toughest year for scheduling so I guess I’m not that worried. It actually seems that with a number of new FBS teams and the interest in going Indy it might work out. For example USC is studying whether the PAC still makes sense or if a ND/ACC style deal might not allow them to get more traction nationally.

 

[Hogoff]

This isn't a snarky comment, but isn't going independent in a world where P-5 conferences seem to be going to fewer non P-5 games going to mean that you will probably have 2 FCS home games every year or have an unbalanced schedule with 7 road games?

Idk, I think that actually makes us more attractive on the schedule. UConn is still a name brand, and a nice tune up game. It might be a problem when we start winning some of those games.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

After TCU's scheduled Duquesne, the Horned Toads are out of consideration for 2021. Houston, challenging sell for late Oct or late Nov at the Rent. Toss in a hoop game for a double header?

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

This isn't a snarky comment, but isn't going independent in a world where P-5 conferences seem to be going to fewer non P-5 games going to mean that you will probably have 2 FCS home games every year or have an unbalanced schedule with 7 road games?

2022 and subsequent schedules are populating with P5 schools including Clemson, Ohio State, UCF, Michigan, Maryland, NC State, Purdue, Tennessee, UNC Chapel Hill, Vandy, and Dook, recent NY state bowl teams Army and Buffalo, other recent bowl schools including Temple, Fresno St, Wyoming, Utah St, San Jose St, other opponents from recruiting rich target states (FL, GA, VA, PA), a coupla BCS schools off of the Mass Pike, and no evidence of more than 1 BCS opponent/season (post 2021). In 2022, UConn even enabled some school near Ontario to play 100% closer to the City.