(11-05-2014 02:21 PM)Arrowhead Wrote:  ULM's. Nothing to really get excited about, especially at home. I do think we will finally be competitive again though.

Sat, Nov 15 UAB at Birmingham, Ala. 7:00 PM
Mon, Nov 17 Champion Baptist Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Fri, Nov 21 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. 7:00 PM SEC Network
Wed, Nov 26 Coastal Carolina at Chattanooga, Tenn. 1:30 PM
Thu, Nov 27 TBA (UT-Chattanooga OR Robert Morris) at Chattanooga, Tenn. TBA
Sat, Dec 06 Louisiana College Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Tue, Dec 09 Northwestern State Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Sat, Dec 13 New Mexico at Albuquerque, N.M. 7:00 PM
Tue, Dec 16 Central Baptist Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Fri, Dec 19 LSU-Alexandria Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Sun, Dec 21 Samford at Birmingham, Ala. 2:00 PM
Tue, Dec 30 Georgia State * at Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM
Mon, Jan 05 Arkansas State * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Thu, Jan 08 UT Arlington * at Arlington, Texas 7:15 PM
Sat, Jan 10 Texas State * at San Marcos, Texas 4:30 PM
Thu, Jan 15 Troy * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Sat, Jan 17 UALR * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 4:00 PM
Mon, Jan 19 UL-Lafayette * at Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM
Thu, Jan 22 UT Arlington * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Sat, Jan 24 Georgia Southern * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 4:00 PM
Thu, Jan 29 Troy * at Troy, Ala. 7:30 PM ESPN3
Sat, Jan 31 South Alabama * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 4:00 PM
Thu, Feb 05 UALR * at Little Rock, Ark. 7:30 PM
Sat, Feb 07 Georgia Southern * at Statesboro, Ga. 6:30 PM
Thu, Feb 12 UL-Lafayette * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Sat, Feb 14 Appalachian State * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 2:00 PM
Sat, Feb 21 Arkansas State * at Jonesboro, Ark. 7:05 PM
Thu, Feb 26 South Alabama * at Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM
Sat, Feb 28 Appalachian State * at Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM
Thu, Mar 05 Georgia State * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 7:00 PM
Sat, Mar 07 Texas State * Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, La.) 4:00 PM
Sun Belt Championships
Thu, Mar 12 TBA at New Orleans, La. TBA

I have to give you guys credit, Champions Baptist might be the weakest opponent I have ever seen on an SBC Schedule...didn't they lose to a SWAC School by 100 points last year?

Edit...they did 116-12 to Southern.

That's a crazy home schedule"

Champions Baptist
Central Baptist
Louisiana College
LSU Alexandria

(11-05-2014 11:36 AM)CatMom Wrote:  Personally, I'm waiting on baseball.

This! Kasper's gonna need another year or two, though I will say based on what I've seen of the schedule, we should be better . . ..

(11-05-2014 07:48 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 11:36 AM)CatMom Wrote:  Personally, I'm waiting on baseball.

This! Kasper's gonna need another year or two, though I will say based on what I've seen of the schedule, we should be better . . ..

The Stash said, in the presser, that he purposely made a crappy OOC (my interjection) to hopefully get some W's and confidence for the team going into conference.

(11-05-2014 08:07 PM)CatMom Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 07:48 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 11:36 AM)CatMom Wrote:  Personally, I'm waiting on baseball.

This! Kasper's gonna need another year or two, though I will say based on what I've seen of the schedule, we should be better . . ..

The Stash said, in the presser, that he purposely made a crappy OOC (my interjection) to hopefully get some W's and confidence for the team going into conference.

It might be more to help the coach W/L record. I have always believed some coaches schedule weak, to pad their personal records. not saying he is doing this, just a opportune possibility.

You schedule tough to prepare for conference

You folks don't really get how far our BB program fell. Kasper came in last year and a lot of the players left (or were sent packing) and we lost a couple to graduation. Nutt destroyed any semblance of a college BB program

This is not going to be an easy turnaround so, yeah, building some confidence in a, basically, new team is a must. Don't buy the padding the coaches resume for a second. I also think we need OOC wins to get the team going.

(11-05-2014 08:07 PM)CatMom Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 07:48 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 11:36 AM)CatMom Wrote:  Personally, I'm waiting on baseball.

This! Kasper's gonna need another year or two, though I will say based on what I've seen of the schedule, we should be better . . ..

The Stash said, in the presser, that he purposely made a crappy OOC (my interjection) to hopefully get some W's and confidence for the team going into conference.

I can see that, and it's probably smart of him. I think he's all about building the program. If the strategy works, it's a win/win. So far, I like him, and wish him and the program well.

(11-05-2014 08:24 PM)balanced_view Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 08:07 PM)CatMom Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 07:48 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 11:36 AM)CatMom Wrote:  Personally, I'm waiting on baseball.

This! Kasper's gonna need another year or two, though I will say based on what I've seen of the schedule, we should be better . . ..

The Stash said, in the presser, that he purposely made a crappy OOC (my interjection) to hopefully get some W's and confidence for the team going into conference.

It might be more to help the coach W/L record. I have always believed some coaches schedule weak, to pad their personal records. not saying he is doing this, just a opportune possibility.

Kasper's not about padding his record. Look at what he did at SFA. He's about building and maintaining a program.

I'm excited to watch the team grow but it's baby steps. Easy schedule to boost team and fan morale with a better record. He scheduled well at SFA, so he's not padding, just trying to give an inexperienced team a chance instead of getting throat punched.

I dont want you guys to think i was accusing him of padding his personal record. i was just stating a belief i have that some may do that. and after rereading my prior post, it sounds like im talking from both sides of my mouth. it was a attempt to make a general statement, but could have been done better.

I thought the SBC only allowed one non D1 game. We need to change these scheduling rules if not.

(11-05-2014 09:18 PM)balanced_view Wrote:  I dont want you guys to think i was accusing him of padding his personal record. i was just stating a belief i have that some may do that. and after rereading my prior post, it sounds like im talking from both sides of my mouth. it was a attempt to make a general statement, but could have been done better.

. . . No problem, and certainly no offense taken . .. I can see your point of view, just don't think Kasper is that kind of guy, lucky for us!

It's our first D1-only schedule in history so I'm happy, especially after FOUR sub-D1 games last year.

We got a unique schedule. Hampton and Hofstra at home, Ohio, Jacksonville, Charlotte, VT, Furman, GT and Bama on the road. Every non-conf game is winnable in a sense.

Damn. Not only is App. seemingly doing a better job scheduling football non-conference games but they are doing better than us in basketball also.

Here are our non-conference basketball games this year:
at Illinois
Home vs. Trinity College (Who is this?)
Home vs. Johnson University of Florida (Another world beater I am sure)
Home vs. Florida International
Home vs. South Carolina St.
At Central Florida
At South Florida
At Stetson
Home vs. Truitt-McConnell (Well we should beat that guy I guess)

So our home non-conference schedule has 3 non D1 schools on it


Are there any questions why we supported the 20 game conference schedule with 10 home conference games this year?

Georgia College Georgia College * Nov. 3, 7:00 PM Atlanta, GA -TBA
Shorter Shorter * Nov. 10, 7:00 PM Atlanta, GA -TBA
Tennessee Temple Tennessee Temple * Nov. 14, 7:00 PM Atlanta, GA -TBA
Iowa State @Iowa State Nov. 17, 8:00 PM Ames, IA -TBA
Colorado State @Colorado State Nov. 21, 8:00 PM Fort Collins, CO -TBA
Chicago State Chicago State * Nov. 24, 4:30 PM Rochester, MI -TBA
Western Carolina Western Carolina * Nov. 25, 4:30 PM Rochester, MI -TBA
Oakland @Oakland Nov. 26, 6:00 PM Rochester, MI -TBA
IUPUI @IUPUI Nov. 29, 12:00 PM Indianapolis, IN -TBA
Wisconsin-Green Bay Wisconsin-Green Bay Dec. 4, 7:00 PM Atlanta, GA -TBA
BYE WEEK
Old Dominion @Old Dominion Dec. 17, 7:00 PM Norfolk, VA -TBA
Southern Miss Southern Miss Dec. 21, 2:00 PM Atlanta, GA -TBA
Wisconsin-Green Bay @Wisconsin-Green Bay Dec. 27, 1:00 PM Green Bay, WI

Some decent teams but the first three are head scratchers. But I do lie stage games after. Gonna be a very road weary team. The twenty conference games I don't mind cause it has to be taxing trying to fill out a schedule.

(11-05-2014 10:58 AM)CC Eagle Wrote:  I would comment, but I'm pretty sure that only Arkansas State and Louisiana fans get to have an opinion about Georgia Southern's schedule.

Why, is there a petition for that as well?

(11-05-2014 09:28 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  I thought the SBC only allowed one non D1 game. We need to change these scheduling rules if not.

There was talk of it and it didn't get the votes.

(11-06-2014 09:25 AM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:28 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  I thought the SBC only allowed one non D1 game. We need to change these scheduling rules if not.

There was talk of it and it didn't get the votes.

If we're playing a 20 game conference schedule there is no need for more than 1 D2 game. Sign home and homes with CUSA, MW, CAA, Big South, SoCon, OVC, Southland members if you're concerned about home games.

(11-06-2014 10:42 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  

(11-06-2014 09:25 AM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:28 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  I thought the SBC only allowed one non D1 game. We need to change these scheduling rules if not.

There was talk of it and it didn't get the votes.

If we're playing a 20 game conference schedule there is no need for more than 1 D2 game. Sign home and homes with CUSA, MW, CAA, Big South, SoCon, OVC, Southland members if you're concerned about home games.

heck you have a ton more options for D1 basketball, but everyone wants a home game. GS is in a tough spot. We are historically not great and are arena is sub standard (and falling apart). It is very hard to get home games against D1 opponents. I like the 20 game conference schedule. helps build unity and rivalries.

(11-06-2014 11:01 AM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  

(11-06-2014 10:42 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  

(11-06-2014 09:25 AM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:28 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  I thought the SBC only allowed one non D1 game. We need to change these scheduling rules if not.

There was talk of it and it didn't get the votes.

If we're playing a 20 game conference schedule there is no need for more than 1 D2 game. Sign home and homes with CUSA, MW, CAA, Big South, SoCon, OVC, Southland members if you're concerned about home games.

heck you have a ton more options for D1 basketball, but everyone wants a home game. GS is in a tough spot. We are historically not great and are arena is sub standard (and falling apart). It is very hard to get home games against D1 opponents. I like the 20 game conference schedule. helps build unity and rivalries.

we are at bradley-kentucky-ut-austin..all tough.