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Are they even going to schedule anybody this year?why is Rice not have to reschedule us?
why is Rice not have to reschedule us?
Not a Rice replacement. That possibility is still brewing for 12/5.Well looks like a Rice replacement, I'd say they both suck the same amount lol regardless we needed a game and got one. I'd say BYU doesn't want us right now, can't blame em.
They absolutely should have to... Or if they decide halfway through the year to not play at all, after jerking everybody around, that game should count as a 'W' for us as a forfeit.
I actually thought UMASS wasn't playing this year, but noticed they did play at Georgia Southern a while back, and lost 41-0. Herd is the only other game on their schedule (so far), or at leas that I could find.
Chris got me all excited bringing up BYU, so I blame him.
Rice begins play on the 31st, I expect to see them here Dec 5 or 12I agree...also the conference should fine Rice a high dollar amount for doing this to the rest of the teams. MU has a shot at getting NY6 Bowl consideration and they aren't helping by sitting on their asses NOT playing teams.
You'd think an intellectual school such as Rice, would have figured out a reliable protocol or at the very least, followed CUSA's...yet here they are not doing a damn thing it seems. If they could communicate to Hamrick (whom, I believe does well with that) that they absolutely will play the game, then I'd be fine with their situation. But we haven't heard anything about it, and you know the hype machine Hamrick would have said something by now.
EKU is probably betterY'all really complaining about UMass when 2 weeks ago you were begging for even another EKU game?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but we started the year with a 12 game schedule. We lost ECU, Boise, Pitt, Ohio, Rice, ODU. We were down 6 games before the first kickoff. MH managed to pick up EKU, App, Mass, after Sept. 1, giving us 9 games so far. With open dates on 11/28, 12/5, and possibly 12/12, we may get a couple more. Remarkable job by the AD.Garbage pickup imo and will taint undefeated season if it happens, especially adding Rice if that’s the case. I never really believed even with a strong schedule we would have a legit shot at a New Year’s Eve bowl, but with this weak of a schedule I personally don’t think we’d be deserving (I understand covid and Boise and Pitt) but it’s hard for me to believe we can’t find someone more competitive. (It seems lots of teams are going to need to schedule more games if trying to bowl this year) Part of me thinks we’re avoiding teams who could knock us out of the top 25 as much as no one want to play us.
Of course there is no stated number of games or wins to go bowling this year. Everyone is eligible.Garbage pickup imo and will taint a undefeated season if it happens, especially adding Rice if that’s the case. I never really believed even with a strong schedule we would have a legit shot at a New Year’s Eve bowl, but with this weak of a schedule I personally don’t think we’d be deserving (I understand covid and Boise and Pitt) but it’s hard for me to believe we can’t find someone more competitive. (It seems lots of teams are going to need to schedule more games if trying to bowl this year) Part of me thinks we’re avoiding teams who could knock us out of the top 25 as much as no one want to play us.
Funny...I’m with you all the wayFellas, I don't expect the idiots at the CUSA office in Dallas to help us with anything. Rice will whine that they have to make the dreaded trip to WV and CUSA will relent and say, "no worries, we won't make you go to that nasty place - Huntington, VA." lol!
It’s tough to schedule anyone during a season. Just because we want to play someone doesn’t mean that someone else doesn’t want to play them or they don’t have some sort of gentleman’s agreement in place with someone else. We aren’t getting anyone with any sort of football credibility in Huntington this late in the game. Any kind of a game/opponent trumps none at this point.Garbage pickup imo and will taint a undefeated season if it happens, especially adding Rice if that’s the case. I never really believed even with a strong schedule we would have a legit shot at a New Year’s Eve bowl, but with this weak of a schedule I personally don’t think we’d be deserving (I understand covid and Boise and Pitt) but it’s hard for me to believe we can’t find someone more competitive. (It seems lots of teams are going to need to schedule more games if trying to bowl this year) Part of me thinks we’re avoiding teams who could knock us out of the top 25 as much as no one want to play us.
Nah, they want big name teams because they believe MU has the same scheduling power as ohio state or Bama.Correct me if I'm wrong, but we started the year with a 12 game schedule. We lost ECU, Boise, Pitt, Ohio, Rice, ODU. We were down 6 games before the first kickoff. MH managed to pick up EKU, App, Mass, after Sept. 1, giving us 9 games so far. With open dates on 11/28, 12/5, and possibly 12/12, we may get a couple more. Remarkable job by the AD.
It’s tough to schedule anyone during a season. Just because we want to play someone doesn’t mean that someone else doesn’t want to play them or they don’t have some sort of gentleman’s agreement in place with someone else. We aren’t getting anyone with any sort of football credibility in Huntington this late in the game. Any kind of a game/opponent trumps none at this point.
Fellas, I don't expect the idiots at the CUSA office in Dallas to help us with anything. Rice will whine that they have to make the dreaded trip to WV and CUSA will relent and say, "no worries, we won't make you go to that nasty place - Huntington, VA." lol!
Scheduling that game with those Flaming Idiots from Liberty is looking better than ever, so help me God.Its pretty easy to be myopic, especially when we are good, but you have to look at scheduling us from other teams perspective... Why would BYU take a game against us halfway through the season? They are trying to go undefeated and make a New Years Day game too, and they are already ranked ahead of us. There is no incentive for them to play us, none.
No P5 team is even on the table – Since they are playing conference only schedules (same for the MAC and Mountain West).
So basically MH and staff had to sift through the AAC, Sun Belt, Independents and a small pool of FCS teams to find any non-conference games. He got us an easy buy game with EKU at home, a ranked App State team in Huntington, and now UMass in Huntington. Is it perfect? – No... Is it better than playing six games? - Absolutely.
The New Years Bowl game is fun to think about, but its not going to happen. CUSA is so shitty that unless MH somehow scheduled three ranked opponents in the non-conference, and we beat them all, a one-loss AAC team would still finish ahead of us, and I don't see anybody in the AAC beating CIncy more than once. Realistically, even if we go undefeated I don't think we can crack the top 15 in the rankings being in CUSA. There will be enough 0 or 1-loss teams from P5 leagues and the AAC to keep us that far down the list.
We are having our best season in years and have a defined path to win the East, win CUSA, and choose our bowl destination. Enjoy it, at the end of the year we can look back at how COVID screwed us.
Twolf, are you daring to suggest that our "exalted" Commish and her minions out in Frisco flunked bonehead geography?
With this being their second game, Herd certainly will be facing a well prepared, if not formidable, opponent on November 7th!
Keep in mind that BYU and Marshall are NOT competing for the same NY6 spot. BYU is not eligible for the G5 spot. They would have to beat out a P5 team and go as an at large entry. Those are are REALLY bigIts pretty easy to be myopic, especially when we are good, but you have to look at scheduling us from other teams perspective... Why would BYU take a game against us halfway through the season? They are trying to go undefeated and make a New Years Day game too, and they are already ranked ahead of us. There is no incentive for them to play us, none.