I know the schedule has been out for a while but I think this is a major issue with C-USA. Here are all the final match ups of the season. Its a joke how C-USA cant understand this concept and refuses to create rivalries. They claim to be on the forefront of basketball scheduling but continue to fail during one of the best weeks of college football.

Charlotte at FAU (no rivalry)
Marshall at FIU (no rivalry)
MTSU vs UAB (not much)
ODU at Rice (no rivalry)
WKU at La Tech (not much)
NT at UTSA (probably some texas rivalry)
Southern Miss at UTEP (not much rivalry)

No brainer match ups should be

FAU vs FIU
Marshall vs WKU
or
MTSU vs WKU
ODU vs Charlotte (could be a rivalry but charlotte sucks and C-USA wont schedule it)
USM vs UAB or USM vs La Tech
Any texas matchup

Do CUSA rivalry weekend the first weekend in November that way our “rivalry” games aren’t in competition with other big college football games at the end of the season.

Yeah, playing Western on Thanksgiving weekend makes no sense.

If we play Western early they're going to be one of our bigger crowds, if we play them Thanksgiving weekend, it'll just mean a paltry crowd rather than an abysmal one.

Best case scenario, we both have nine or ten wins, are playing to decide the division and catch perfect weather, maybe we get a real crowd, but it probably still would have been bigger a month earlier.

The fact of the matter is, G5 grads/families do not include their big rivalry games into their holiday weekend even remotely close to the way P5 grads/families do.

(07-17-2018 03:47 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Yeah, playing Western on Thanksgiving weekend makes no sense.

If we play Western early they're going to be one of our bigger crowds, if we play them Thanksgiving weekend, it'll just mean a paltry crowd rather than an abysmal one.

Best case scenario, we both have nine or ten wins, are playing to decide the division and catch perfect weather, maybe we get a real crowd, but it probably still would have been bigger a month earlier.

The fact of the matter is, G5 grads/families do not include their big rivalry games into their holiday weekend even remotely close to the way P5 grads/families do.

MTSU will have crap attendance either way.

I thought they moved the rivalry games to a different week when students will be able to attend.

Rivalry Week is overrated. Even if we did have solid rivalries on display that particular week, with P5 rivalry games going on, the ratings for our games wouldn't be any different than they are for any other normal week anyway. And rivalries aside, it seems there are some good matchups with Marshall/FIU, MTSU/UAB, WKU/LATech, and UNT/UTSA. There might be some very interesting implications at stake among those 8 teams for not only conference standings but bowls as well. Besides, we really only have 2 or 3 "rivalries" so far in this conference. We even debate each other in threads about whether some of them even are rivalries. LOL

And do we really wanna see the same teams playing each other that week every single year? For that matter, with the difficulty there is of juggling schedules so that we don't see the same interdivisional games every year among our 14 teams, is it really even feasible for us to essentially chisel in the same slate of "rivalry" games for this week every year? Seems that might handcuff us a bit too much.

So I don't know about all the rest of you, but as long as we have some interesting matchups for that last week, I don't really give a ****.

clt doesn’t like any other schools in this league, so every week is rivalry week.

On the same day (probably about the same time) we play UAB; Vandy will be hosting Rocky Top University 35 miles away. If either or both of them are playing for Bowl eligibilty, MT will be lucky to draw 9,000 fans. 6,000 or less if the weather is bad. Hate to be cynical but a whole lot of our fans are as hot for UT or Vandy as Trump is for Putin. Probably draw a few more thousand if we were playin' Western.

(07-17-2018 05:49 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Rivalry Week is overrated. Even if we did have solid rivalries on display that particular week, with P5 rivalry games going on, the ratings for our games wouldn't be any different than they are for any other normal week anyway. And rivalries aside, it seems there are some good matchups with Marshall/FIU, MTSU/UAB, WKU/LATech, and UNT/UTSA. There might be some very interesting implications at stake among those 8 teams for not only conference standings but bowls as well. Besides, we really only have 2 or 3 "rivalries" so far in this conference. We even debate each other in threads about whether some of them even are rivalries. LOL

And do we really wanna see the same teams playing each other that week every single year? For that matter, with the difficulty there is of juggling schedules so that we don't see the same interdivisional games every year among our 14 teams, is it really even feasible for us to essentially chisel in the same slate of "rivalry" games for this week every year? Seems that might handcuff us a bit too much.

So I don't know about all the rest of you, but as long as we have some interesting matchups for that last week, I don't really give a ****.

Agreed. Still relatively new league. They don't need to force anything because other leagues do it. We're still at a point where one year team X is a rival and the next year team Y is. I care more about beating FAU this year than I do about WKU. FAU is the team to beat on top of the hill. If WKU or FIU win the league then next year one of those will be my biggest rival. We don't have enough history and/or geography with anyone here except maybe USM (still weak as rivalries go) to make them a permanent rivalry.

As far as conference opponents go, I think most North Texas fans would consider UTSA our rival (We def hate SMUg more). So our game fits the theme, but I think it would be better much earlier in the season when the students are on campus and both teams are theoretically still in the division race.

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(07-17-2018 05:54 PM)ghostofclt Wrote:  clt doesn’t like any other schools in this league, so every week is rivalry week.

mturn says don’t listen to clt. he’s delirious from playing tennis in 95 degree temps all summer. clt’s inferior tennis facilities have no indoor courts. sad.

Speaking of rivals, ODU is 2-1 against UTEP since joining the league, but we haven't played for 2 years now. Come on Judy, let the rivalry blossom

(07-17-2018 08:39 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 05:54 PM)ghostofclt Wrote:  clt doesn’t like any other schools in this league, so every week is rivalry week.

mturn says don’t listen to clt. he’s delirious from playing tennis in 95 degree temps all summer. clt’s inferior tennis facilities have no indoor courts. sad.

clt plays pickle ball indoors during the summer days.

(07-17-2018 08:04 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  As far as conference opponents go, I think most North Texas fans would consider UTSA our rival (We def hate SMUg more). So our game fits the theme, but I think it would be better much earlier in the season when the students are on campus and both teams are theoretically still in the division race.

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You guys have a rivalry with SMU? The record is 5-31 for you UNT.

Our biggest (and only) rivalry is FIU. I do not care if it occurs during the rivalry week. In fact, I'd rather it would be in a totally different week, so it may get a better audience.

(07-18-2018 07:06 AM)Limebull Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 08:04 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  As far as conference opponents go, I think most North Texas fans would consider UTSA our rival (We def hate SMUg more). So our game fits the theme, but I think it would be better much earlier in the season when the students are on campus and both teams are theoretically still in the division race.

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You guys have a rivalry with SMU? The record is 5-31 for you UNT.

Well, I didnt say it was a good rivalry. But both schools hate each other.

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(07-18-2018 07:30 AM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  

(07-18-2018 07:06 AM)Limebull Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 08:04 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  As far as conference opponents go, I think most North Texas fans would consider UTSA our rival (We def hate SMUg more). So our game fits the theme, but I think it would be better much earlier in the season when the students are on campus and both teams are theoretically still in the division race.

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You guys have a rivalry with SMU? The record is 5-31 for you UNT.

Well, I didnt say it was a good rivalry. But both schools hate each other.

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One side hates the other.

(07-18-2018 07:34 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(07-18-2018 07:30 AM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  

(07-18-2018 07:06 AM)Limebull Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 08:04 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  As far as conference opponents go, I think most North Texas fans would consider UTSA our rival (We def hate SMUg more). So our game fits the theme, but I think it would be better much earlier in the season when the students are on campus and both teams are theoretically still in the division race.

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You guys have a rivalry with SMU? The record is 5-31 for you UNT.

Well, I didnt say it was a good rivalry. But both schools hate each other.

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One side hates the other.

Ive been to Ponyfans. There is plenty of hate over there as well. Admittedly, more of the hate is directed at you guys.

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(07-18-2018 07:51 AM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  

(07-18-2018 07:34 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(07-18-2018 07:30 AM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  

(07-18-2018 07:06 AM)Limebull Wrote:  

(07-17-2018 08:04 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  As far as conference opponents go, I think most North Texas fans would consider UTSA our rival (We def hate SMUg more). So our game fits the theme, but I think it would be better much earlier in the season when the students are on campus and both teams are theoretically still in the division race.

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You guys have a rivalry with SMU? The record is 5-31 for you UNT.

Well, I didnt say it was a good rivalry. But both schools hate each other.

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One side hates the other.

Ive been to Ponyfans. There is plenty of hate over there as well. Admittedly, more of the hate is directed at you guys.

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So it’s like the TCU vs SMU rivalry? If TCU fans even recognize it anymore

(07-17-2018 03:12 PM)cmett003 Wrote:  I know the schedule has been out for a while but I think this is a major issue with C-USA. Here are all the final match ups of the season. Its a joke how C-USA cant understand this concept and refuses to create rivalries. They claim to be on the forefront of basketball scheduling but continue to fail during one of the best weeks of college football.

Charlotte at FAU (no rivalry)
Marshall at FIU (no rivalry)
MTSU vs UAB (not much)
ODU at Rice (no rivalry)
WKU at La Tech (not much)
NT at UTSA (probably some texas rivalry)
Southern Miss at UTEP (not much rivalry)

No brainer match ups should be

FAU vs FIU
Marshall vs WKU
or
MTSU vs WKU
ODU vs Charlotte (could be a rivalry but charlotte sucks and C-USA wont schedule it)
USM vs UAB or USM vs La Tech
Any texas matchup

So does ODU.