Some comments on others' comments:
If not Campbell then why not Davidson? Well, then why not VMI? If you are only talking about butts in the seats then VMI might bring more than either of those others (or Lafayette or Colgate). NOTE: I am NOT advocating this. I hate playing VMI! We beat them by an average score of 38-7 (or so) and lose 3 players to cheap shot injuries. My preferred method of scheduling would be to schedule home-and-homes against good, somewhat local FCS teams like Furman, Wofford, Colgate, etc and to eliminate the FBS game and use it to schedule home-and-homes against top caliber teams from further away. That way we could play top Missouri Valley, Southland, or Big Sky teams (including at home every other year) and we would play 6 home games at least every other year.
(10-31-2018 11:50 AM)Tribeheart Wrote: (10-31-2018 11:48 AM)tribe_pride Wrote: Are we playing 11 games in a 12 game season? Think we did that before.
Yep...so, may hurt come playoff selection time.
Yes, we made that mistake once before and it cost us, IIRC. We don't want to ever make that mistake again of being one win behind all the other teams vying for the playoffs. There is plenty of time to schedule one more game (see comment above for pointers on whom to schedule).
(10-31-2018 12:46 PM)Sitting bull Wrote: Like the schedule and 6 home games. Would rather JMU not be HC as that will sellout anyway. Would have preferred URI.
+1 on the comment above and also agree with your observations on Colgate, Lafayette, and Campbell.
Lastly, and Billymac will appreciate this because I have been bugging Tribe Athletic Directors about this for more than 25 years, but if we truly wind up with an 11 game schedule in which 6 are home games, then that is finally a move by the athletic department that I can get behind 100%. However, I really think that it is a 12-game schedule in which we haven't announced the 12th game yet. Maybe they are doing this to cut the new coach some slack in his first season. If so, that is not the coach that I am looking for.