Future Schedules

[joshwil3]

If CFP expansion happens...we have to look at future schedules. 21 and 22 seasons are set. 22 offers a better route with NotreDame and Appy.

As of now, 2023 has an away (or home) slot open, with VT and Navy at home. Who would be a great addition to this schedule, seemingly away, that would help with CFP potential.

Also, what are the chances of an Alabama matchup in the near future?

3, 2, 1, Go.

 

[MichiganHerd]

Based on the lack of responses, I'm assuming your 3, 2, 1 was measured in hours, but maybe even days.

Herd scheduling philosophy seems to be more to my liking. Getting home/home matchups with P5 programs within a reasonable distance away, with Virginia Tech and Pitt being great examples. Home/home matchups with the bigger names in G5 are also solid. Boise State, Navy, and Army just to name some on the future schedules. I still like the idea of playing road only games against the upper echelon of P5, and expect that to continue. You cannot expect one of the programs to give up a home game to travel to a 38,000 seat stadium to play in Huntington, although it's possible. I would expect Marshall to fill a couple of the future dates with bigger named programs down South, i.e., a Georgia, Tennessee, or maybe even Florida State.

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

I'm not sure loading up on Power 5 teams is the easiest path for us to make the CFP. Look at 2014. If we had beaten WKU we would have been right there with Boise for the NY6 bowl (no need to argue. I understand Boise likely still would have gotten in over us). That year we played Miami (OH), Akron, Ohio and Rhode Island OOC.

That said, I’m with @MichiganHerd. Let’s play the big boys and see where the chips fall.

 

[Marshall-21]

I hope we schedule the Miami Hurricanes a game up here. We went there .like to see them at MU.

 

[oldeherd]

Anything on when Pitt returns the game to Huntington? More than likely is that they will NEVER show up at the JOAN (buys out the return match, if they haven't already).

 

[Herdmeister]

Anything on when Pitt returns the game to Huntington? More than likely is that they will NEVER show up at the JOAN (buys out the return match, if they haven't already).

If the football schedule contract is like basketball, they have no legal reason to return the game. I know that in basketball we do not have to play at EKU this year and UNI does not have to come here. In both cases they are being honored however. The contracts are worded as such that in case of shutdowns etc like last year, the contract at that time has been honored

 

[RhinoD]

OOC scheduling for football in a perfect world, with or without playoff expansion, would be...

1 - Top 25 team (higher ranked the better)
1 - Regional P5 (IE Pitt, VT, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest, etc)
1 - Above average G5 team with some name recognition (Army, Navy, Boise, etc)
1 - Bad G5/FCS at home as a week 1 tuneup (any sisters of the poor we can hang 50 on)

If you are Marshall, or any G5 eyeing the playoff invite, the goal has to be to run the table. With the scheduling formula above, you would be almost guaranteed that spot at 13-0 and would still have an outside chance at 12-1 (assuming the loss is to the ranked team or regional P5).

 

[ohio herd]

here is my take. One fcs yearly to work out the wrinkles and get some playing time for the guys. Then one P5 we have a legit chance to beat. ( wake forest, Purdue, Kansas). Then play Penn State or ND. I also like playing at least 1 G5.

 

[caliherd]

If the 12 team playoff is approved with the top 6 ranked conference champs getting an automatic bid.

I would go with 2 P5s and 2 G5’s preferably one of the G5’s would be one we could open up with that we could get our feet wet to the season ie a terrible G5 rather than a terrible FCS.

 

[MU ATO]

If CFP expansion happens...we have to look at future schedules. 21 and 22 seasons are set. 22 offers a better route with NotreDame and Appy.

As of now, 2023 has an away (or home) slot open, with VT and Navy at home. Who would be a great addition to this schedule, seemingly away, that would help with CFP potential.

Also, what are the chances of an Alabama matchup in the near future?

3, 2, 1, Go.

If we play Alabama it would be the typical late season SEC game when they are all playing 1-AA teams or other G5 teams. This has been their policy for decades now. While the rest of the country is beating up on each other in conf games and taking a Top 25 hit the SEC gets the auto jump from the “easy” wins.

 

[joshwil3]

I fully understand that to Alabama, we would be in the "easy win" category. lol. I just didn't know if our ties to them now could produce a game there.

IMHO, I'd love to see us schedule with UK, either a 1-1 or even a 2-1. Both fans would travel.

We just have to play more than MAC teams to get a nod as a top ranked conference champ.

 

[HerdFan73]

I'm not sure loading up on Power 5 teams is the easiest path for us to make the CFP. Look at 2014. If we had beaten WKU we would have been right there with Boise for the NY6 bowl (no need to argue. I understand Boise likely still would have gotten in over us). That year we played Miami (OH), Akron, Ohio and Rhode Island OOC.

That said, I’m with @MichiganHerd. Let’s play the big boys and see where the chips fall.

Dont forget that Boise team had two losses , only one of which was to a P5 (Bama crushed them). And we were still a long shot AT BEST to pass them up had we won out. We were killing people basically every game and didn’t even get into the CFP rankings until the week of WKU. And the constant refrain was (no P5s on schedule. No P5s on schedule.)

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

Dont forget that Boise team had two losses , only one of which was to a P5 (Bama crushed them). And we were still a long shot AT BEST to pass them up had we won out. We were killing people basically every game and didn’t even get into the CFP rankings until the week of WKU. And the constant refrain was (no P5s on schedule. No P5s on schedule.)

Not that it matters but Boise lost a close game to a top 20 Ole Miss team and then to Air Force (who won 10 games).

Both Boise and us entered the CFP rankings the week of the WKU game. We were 24 and they were 23. I’ll go to my grave believing there was a solid chance we would have jumped them by the end of the season had we blown out WKU and La Tech.

 

[Bayou Boiler]

OOC scheduling for football in a perfect world, with or without playoff expansion, would be...

1 - Top 25 team (higher ranked the better)
1 - Regional P5 (IE Pitt, VT, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest, etc)
1 - Above average G5 team with some name recognition (Army, Navy, Boise, etc)
1 - Bad G5/FCS at home as a week 1 tuneup (any sisters of the poor we can hang 50 on)

If you are Marshall, or any G5 eyeing the playoff invite, the goal has to be to run the table. With the scheduling formula above, you would be almost guaranteed that spot at 13-0 and would still have an outside chance at 12-1 (assuming the loss is to the ranked team or regional P5).

I agree with your breakdown. I'm a fan of scheduling opponents in regions that you plan to recruit fairly heavily. To that end, for another G5 opponent, Cincinnati would be a strong option. I would also consider Kentucky, Louisville an Vandy as potential P5 opponents, also with recruiting implications from increased exposure in those areas. And Vandy wouldn't be losing any ticket revenue by playing at the Joan.

 

[19MU88]

Not that it matters but Boise lost a close game to a top 20 Ole Miss team and then to Air Force (who won 10 games).

Both Boise and us entered the CFP rankings the week of the WKU game. We were 24 and they were 23. I’ll go to my grave believing there was a solid chance we would have jumped them by the end of the season had we blown out WKU and La Tech.

Me too. We had would have had our best wins of the year at the end of the season. Also, the committee showed that it would make moves without necessarily requiring a team to lose to drop.

I get it, a one loss Boise trumps us that year with that schedule...2 loss, I'm not buying it but we will never know. How in the hell did we blow that wku game...all we had to do was run the ball.

 

[MU ATO]

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