The Big 10, SEC, ACC and MWC all have perfect schedules, with each school playing its closest rival on the last weekend of the season ( Nov 29). The Pac 12 needs two weekends because of the Notre Dame@ USC game. The Big 12 struggles a bit and needs 12/6 as well.

In marked contrast, the dysfunctional Aresco Athletic Conference features few rivals, and its games are all over the place at season's end.

Its in its second year. There are few rivalries.

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Obviously the older leagues have more established rivalries.

I wouldn't say it's "perfect" to have rivalry games on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. A lot of people have family commitments that week. Students are not on campus that weekend, at most schools. It's only perfect for TV.

I would almost prefer the rival games the week before thanksgiving which was the big ten tradition for years, and have the best game for tv on thanksgiving weekend.

Personally I always thought it was perfect for rivalry weekend to be the weekend before Thanksgiving. It gave you a non-holiday week to prepare with all the traditions (moving The Game back a week hurt a lot of "Beat Michigan Week" activities) and then gives players Thanksgiving off. The Big Game (Stanford-Cal) remains that weekend for precisely that reason even though it's no longer season ending.

(07-12-2014 08:39 PM)ohio1317 Wrote:  Personally I always thought it was perfect for rivalry weekend to be the weekend before Thanksgiving. It gave you a non-holiday week to prepare with all the traditions (moving The Game back a week hurt a lot of "Beat Michigan Week" activities) and then gives players Thanksgiving off. The Big Game (Stanford-Cal) remains that weekend for precisely that reason even though it's no longer season ending.

The Pac-12 office was none too happy with Cal and Stanford for insisting on that, either. The suits probably wouldn't have allowed it at all if they hadn't already cleared ND-Stanford for Thanksgiving weekend every other year.

Nobody will be watching the AAC anyhow, doesn't matter what slop they throw out there.

It can't be that hard to set up rival games if they want except for Tulsa and Navy.

USF-UCF
Cincy-UConn
ECU-Temple
Houston-SMU
Memphis-Tulane
Tulsa-Navy

having a game outside in late November, during a holiday weekend when no students are on campus, is not what I would call a "perfect schedule" if I'm a fan of a team from the Midwest or New England.

(07-13-2014 04:01 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  having a game outside in late November, during a holiday weekend when no students are on campus, is not what I would call a "perfect schedule" if I'm a fan of a team from the Midwest or New England.

Then your really not a fan.

The American is short on rivalries, but the scheduling is clever and designed to get the league into the headlines in the final week.

The top four teams according to most preseason rags are Cincinnati, ECU, Houston and UCF. Cincinnati and UCF do not face each other. Neither do ECU and Houston.

Cincinnati faces Houston in their season finale, and ECU faces UCF. One or both of these games could decide the access bowl team. It should make for an exciting finish in the league's last season without a title game.


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(07-13-2014 04:47 PM)mufootballfan Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 04:01 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  having a game outside in late November, during a holiday weekend when no students are on campus, is not what I would call a "perfect schedule" if I'm a fan of a team from the Midwest or New England.

Then your really not a fan.

says the guy in Georgia.

I was at the UMass-Ohio game last year and if there were 12K people there that was a lot. Atmosphere was down too.

(07-13-2014 10:22 PM)sctvman Wrote:  I was at the UMass-Ohio game last year and if there were 12K people there that was a lot. Atmosphere was down too.

a game against a 1-10 opponent on Black Friday, on a campus with no students, in a county with only 65K residents, with a game time temperature of 35 degrees, wasn't a sellout?

Slowknight your name truly describes you. Lol. What a jack hole you are. Guess what if not for geography where would that dump hole of an athletic program you all have be? Rutgers was an afterthoght in the American last year so what do you expect going foward in the big.

Wedge why do you care? I've never wasted time worrying about things that I am obviously too good for. That's the sign of a real loser, but it is ok the world needs your kind also. Lol

(07-12-2014 11:45 PM)slowknight Wrote:  Nobody will be watching the AAC anyhow, doesn't matter what slop they throw out there.

Nobody will be watching your garbage football either.

Rutgers has a football team ?

(07-14-2014 06:49 AM)templefootballfan Wrote:  Rutgers has a football team ?

I had to search the Internet but it looks like they support a club team.

(07-13-2014 02:09 AM)goofus Wrote:  It can't be that hard to set up rival games if they want except for Tulsa and Navy.

USF-UCF
Cincy-UConn
ECU-Temple
Houston-SMU
Memphis-Tulane
Tulsa-Navy

UConn isn't a rival of Cincy's. Memphis is. I would use the rivalries that exist and then go to some geographic pairings that could develop into rivalries.

Existing rivalries:
USF - UCF
Houston - SMU
Cincy - Memphis

Geographic pairings:
UConn - Temple (They had a very tight series before Temple joined the Big East / AAC)
ECU - Navy
Tulane - Tulsa



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