(07-16-2016 07:56 AM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 06:16 PM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 12:55 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  How many of you have 7 home games? Heck, how many of you have 6 home games every year?

Rice will have six home games (Baylor and Wake Forest out of conference) plus the Texas game at Reliant (NRG) Stadium in 2019.

FIU has 7 home games (Indiana, Maryland and UCF out of conference). We have had as much as 8 home games.

Yes I have always been impressed with FIU's schedule and ability to get P5 home games. No one can deny that from you guys.

(07-16-2016 03:40 PM)banker Wrote:  I'm not bitchin about wku, middle, odu, la tech or the other legacy schools. Those 4 were good adds, have fans and have been competitive. I was addressing the fiu fan, whose addition has been worthless. I can understand that this comment will upset the fiu posters since the 8 of them represent the entirety of the fan base.

Yeah. I'm not really sure why those fans get so upset when we bash this conference. Heck, I figured they would be bashing it with us. For some reason, all of them think CUSA is awesome.

WKU, La Tech, ODU, and MTSU all deserve better than this current situation the same as Marshall does.

I believe majority of Marshall fans have supported all of them joining.

(07-16-2016 03:40 PM)banker Wrote:  I'm not bitchin about wku, middle, odu, la tech or the other legacy schools. Those 4 were good adds, have fans and have been competitive. I was addressing the fiu fan, whose addition has been worthless. I can understand that this comment will upset the fiu posters since the 8 of them represent the entirety of the fan base.

# of fans on messageboard smack! i would be upset if this post wasn't a result of you getting smacked around by hilltoppers and 'raider fans

But carry on being a bit¢h

(07-16-2016 03:40 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  

(07-16-2016 07:56 AM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 06:16 PM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 12:55 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  How many of you have 7 home games? Heck, how many of you have 6 home games every year?

Rice will have six home games (Baylor and Wake Forest out of conference) plus the Texas game at Reliant (NRG) Stadium in 2019.

FIU has 7 home games (Indiana, Maryland and UCF out of conference). We have had as much as 8 home games.

Yes I have always been impressed with FIU's schedule and ability to get P5 home games. No one can deny that from you guys.

Yeah, but we need to start turning those home games into wins.

FIU gets P5 home games because coaches want to recruit south Florida, and the guys they do sign are probably told that mama and papa will get to see them play in Florida a few times before he graduates.

If FIU was in lightly recruited rural areas like Huntington, Hattisburg, Ruston, etc. they would get no P5 home games.

Hattiesburg is a highly recruited area.

(07-15-2016 10:55 PM)MU ATO Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 11:43 AM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Yes, this is unusual for us, but even with this one buy game, we will have a 6 game home schedule every year through 2022 and already have another P5 team (NC State) coming to Huntington in 2018, so that was an opportunity to do a buy game.

Here is Marshall's OOC schedule through 2022. We have 2 home games and 3 roads games left to fill over that time. I think Marshall could fit one more money game in 2019 or 2022, and then still have 2 home-and-home dealss to fill. (though I think 2018 probably gets filled with an FCS, which means we could have buy games for both 19 and 22, and one remaining home-and-home to sign for the next 7 years.

2017: MIAMI (OH), KENT STATE, at NC State, at Cincinnati
2018: NC STATE, (home TBD), at Miami (OH), at South Carolina
2019: CINCINNATI, OHIO, at Boise, (road TBD)
2020: PITT, BOISE, at ECU, at Ohio
2021: ECU, (home TBD), at Navy, at App State
2022: NAVY, APP STATE, (road TBD), (road TBD)

Need to extend the Ohio series to a lifetime deal.

Solid upcoming OCC. Play anyone, anywhere.

(07-15-2016 09:53 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I thought the all mighty Marsha didn't do this?

You do when the conference you belong to just negotiated a ****** TV deal...

(07-17-2016 09:18 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:53 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I thought the all mighty Marsha didn't do this?

You do when the conference you belong to just negotiated a ****** TV deal...

Little late to the party?

This is a Marshall thread. The party never ends

(07-17-2016 09:52 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:18 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:53 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I thought the all mighty Marsha didn't do this?

You do when the conference you belong to just negotiated a ****** TV deal...

Little late to the party?

I was hiking the Appalachian Trail this past week 90+ plus miles, so I wasn't even in the vicinity of the party...

(07-17-2016 10:07 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:52 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:18 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:53 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I thought the all mighty Marsha didn't do this?

You do when the conference you belong to just negotiated a ****** TV deal...

Little late to the party?

I was hiking the Appalachian Trail this past week 90+ plus miles, so I wasn't even in the vicinity of the party...

That sounds awesome. Where did you put in at?

(07-17-2016 12:01 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 10:07 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:52 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:18 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:53 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I thought the all mighty Marsha didn't do this?

You do when the conference you belong to just negotiated a ****** TV deal...

Little late to the party?

I was hiking the Appalachian Trail this past week 90+ plus miles, so I wasn't even in the vicinity of the party...

That sounds awesome. Where did you put in at?

We did the Great Smoky National Park last year ending at Davenport Gap (I-40) So that's where we picked up this time going northbound to Sam's Gap (I-26). I try to hike on the AT in the early summer or fall, but I had to get away from the repressive heat here in Atlanta. Have you ever hiked on the AT? it's really an incredible experience.

Parts of it. I really want to take my son when he grows up. My dad did the whole thing one year back when he was in college. Sent packages to himself to resupply food etc.

(07-17-2016 01:19 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  Parts of it. I really want to take my son when he grows up. My dad did the whole thing one year back when he was in college. Sent packages to himself to resupply food etc.

I actually hike with my youngest son and a few of his friends. This was my 4th time out.. It has been such a great experience, however my 54 year old knees were a little cranky this time out especially the multi mile downhill sections..

(07-16-2016 03:40 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  

(07-16-2016 07:56 AM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 06:16 PM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 12:55 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  How many of you have 7 home games? Heck, how many of you have 6 home games every year?

Rice will have six home games (Baylor and Wake Forest out of conference) plus the Texas game at Reliant (NRG) Stadium in 2019.

FIU has 7 home games (Indiana, Maryland and UCF out of conference). We have had as much as 8 home games.

Yes I have always been impressed with FIU's schedule and ability to get P5 home games. No one can deny that from you guys.

Well, its easier to get them when schools want to play their for recruits, and its an automatic win.

(07-17-2016 10:07 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:52 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(07-17-2016 09:18 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:53 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  I thought the all mighty Marsha didn't do this?

You do when the conference you belong to just negotiated a ****** TV deal...

Little late to the party?

I was hiking the Appalachian Trail this past week 90+ plus miles, so I wasn't even in the vicinity of the party...

Gov. Sanford, that you?

(07-16-2016 08:00 PM)MU42 Wrote:  FIU gets P5 home games because coaches want to recruit south Florida, and the guys they do sign are probably told that mama and papa will get to see them play in Florida a few times before he graduates.

If FIU was in lightly recruited rural areas like Huntington, Hattisburg, Ruston, etc. they would get no P5 home games.

If FIU was located in an area like Huntington, they'd still be FCS.

(07-17-2016 05:59 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-16-2016 08:00 PM)MU42 Wrote:  FIU gets P5 home games because coaches want to recruit south Florida, and the guys they do sign are probably told that mama and papa will get to see them play in Florida a few times before he graduates.

If FIU was in lightly recruited rural areas like Huntington, Hattisburg, Ruston, etc. they would get no P5 home games.

If FIU was located in an area like Huntington, they'd still be FCS.

If FIU was located in an area like Huntington I would be on here bitching about folks not respecting our 1 CUSA championship in ..., in ..., in forever.

Well, Marshall doesn't have a losing all time record against any team in this current group of CUSA, so we can talk about the likelihood of our competiveness for championships going forward instead of talking about a conference make up that you had nothing to do with. The only thing you should worry about is can FIU get off the goose egg against the Herd. Currently standing at 0-4 and out scored 165-33. For the math impaired, that's an average score of 41-8 over the first 4 games.