(07-30-2020 03:28 PM)Potomac Wrote:  John Talty
@JTalty

BREAKING: The SEC is moving to a 10-game conference schedule and will move back the season start to Sept. 26

More G5 and FCS schedule openings likely as this shakes out. What does App St schedule look like now?

(07-30-2020 03:28 PM)Potomac Wrote:  John Talty
@JTalty

BREAKING: The SEC is moving to a 10-game conference schedule and will move back the season start to Sept. 26

Now that all the P5 body-bag buy-in games have been completely eliminated this year---The picture of the state of play for the 2020 season will become clearer.

What do the FCS teams do? Do the conferences/teams start cancelling out? Do they go to conference only?
What does the G5 do? Do they go conference only? Do these spread out G5 conferences schedule a more regional slate?

The ambiguity of it all is very sad for the poorer teams/conferences of college football---All these open dates---but are they really open dates???

If there is a season, for the sake of the brand---JMU should play. But if all these conferences go conference only----How much of an opportunity is there to play??
Hopefully JMU can cobble something together

(07-30-2020 03:58 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  Now that all the P5 body-bag buy-in games have been completely eliminated this year---The picture of the state of play for the 2020 season will become clearer.

The Big 12 still has yet to make a decision and the ACC can schedule one OOC game. So not all body bag games are cancelled.... yet.

The conference only thing is such a sham.

I can't believe the number of posters who are seeing the light. Just the possibility of playing real competition throughout the season is invigorating.

(07-30-2020 04:19 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  I can't believe the number of posters who are seeing the light. Just the possibility of playing real competition throughout the season is invigorating.

Has JMU self limited to two FBS games this season assuming we play at all?

(07-30-2020 04:10 PM)Potomac Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 03:58 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  Now that all the P5 body-bag buy-in games have been completely eliminated this year---The picture of the state of play for the 2020 season will become clearer.

The Big 12 still has yet to make a decision and the ACC can schedule one OOC game. So not all body bag games are cancelled.... yet.

Yes...it seems the Big 12 wants to play a full 12 game schedule. I'd hope Bourne is not adverse to putting the team on a plane to pick up a few body-bag games from the Big 12---But from what he said it doesn't seem like he is---Too bad

(07-30-2020 05:10 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 04:10 PM)Potomac Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 03:58 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  Now that all the P5 body-bag buy-in games have been completely eliminated this year---The picture of the state of play for the 2020 season will become clearer.

The Big 12 still has yet to make a decision and the ACC can schedule one OOC game. So not all body bag games are cancelled.... yet.

Yes...it seems the Big 12 wants to play a full 12 game schedule. I'd hope Bourne is not adverse to putting the team on a plane to pick up a few body-bag games from the Big 12---But from what he said it doesn't seem like he is---Too bad

I myself am guilty of saying earlier in this thread that Bourne said bus was preference but I looked back at what exactly was written by Madia and I'm more optimistic now.

Quote:Bourne said JMU is more open minded than ever when it comes to securing opponents for this fall, and that he’d prefer to schedule road games accessible by bus instead of airplane to keep costs down. Both Bourne and Cignetti said multiple dates with FBS foes are on the table.

That costs comes into play when finding an FCS opponent, but it shouldn't really come into play with a FBS payday game. You jump on a plane for a Big 12 payday versus a bus down to Campbell if you care about the bottom line.

It will be interesting to see if the ACC now pivots. They primarily did the "plus 1" non-conference game with the in-state rivalries (UF-FSU, CLEM-USCe, etc.) being the priority to save. It won't surprise me at all if the ACC changes tune now and says they are going 10 ACC-only games since those 4 games are off (as well as officially now UNCheat vs Auburn).

If I'm thinking about this correctly, the SEC going conference only is great news for JMU (when not further projecting their decision to impact other conferences decisions). By going to conference only (vs. full schedule or conference + 1), 56 games are now definitely cancelled. Now some of those games were already cancelled due to other conferences going conference/in state only (such as UNC vs Auburn) or due to conferences cancelling (2 SWAC associated games), so I'm not totally sure the net amount of opponents that are now looking for an opponent.

However, I do see that Big Sky (1 game), Big South (1), FBS Indys (3), Southland (3), OVC (3), AAC (3), Mountain West (4), MAC (4), Southern (4), Big 12 (4), CUSA (6), and Sun Belt (8) just lost a lot of games (44 total) and those conferences haven't gone conference only yet.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...7ba68.html

UVA hasn't gotten the notice that Richmond and W&M aren't playing football. Haha.

https://www.streakingthelawn.com/authors...ine-darney

Quote:Who will be the non-conference opponent?
Virginia has all-but officially lost Georgia from the schedule with this announcement as the Hoos will have to play a non-conference opponent in the commonwealth of Virginia for their plus-one game.

Per the ACC release, non-conference opponents will be, “...selected by the respective school, must be played in the home state of the ACC institution, and all non-conference opponents must meet the medical protocol requirements as agreed upon by the ACC.”

Virginia had a trip to ODU on the schedule already, and that’s a good game to keep. It’s unlikely to get a non-conference Power 5 school to travel to Virginia for the 11th game, so likely opponents include ODU, Richmond, or William & Mary.

(07-30-2020 06:22 PM)DoubleDogDare Wrote:  UVA hasn't gotten the notice that Richmond and W&M aren't playing football. Haha.

Well, a case can be made that even when they are playing football, they aren't playing football.

(07-30-2020 04:10 PM)Potomac Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 03:58 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  Now that all the P5 body-bag buy-in games have been completely eliminated this year---The picture of the state of play for the 2020 season will become clearer.

The Big 12 still has yet to make a decision and the ACC can schedule one OOC game. So not all body bag games are cancelled.... yet.

KU , Kstate, Wvu, TX, Oklahoma all looking...

I would think this would be very good news for JMU

per Brett McMurphy
Conference USA will keep 8-game league schedule & allow schools to play as many nonconference games as they want
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/statu...8402263041

Now JMU can realistically schedule their own Regional-Dream-Bus-Conference Season---
ODU, Marshal, Charlotte. These teams are looking for games after the ACC and SEC announcement of going conference only. (Conference only +1 for the ACC)
If the Sun Belt will do the same, then we could add App State and Coastal. Throw in a few buy-in $$ Big 12 games---Maybe including a bus ride to West Virginia. Hopefully we can keep the UNC game---then maybe Liberty---and JMU has itself an FBS schedule.

JMU has gone ALL-IN with bringing it's athletes back to campus. They gone ALL-IN with covid-19 testing. Madia has regular updates on the success of the testing so far. That's alot of $$$$ JMU has invested in this so far. IMHO, they can't back out now, because, all that planning and money will have been a complete waste, they would have been better off just burning the money invested if they back off now.

JMU seems to have proven they can meet the proper covid-19 protocols---And meeting those covid-19 protocols is a big reason conferences are going with conference-only schedules

conference-only schedules could save fall college football
Easier implementation of universal testing protocols
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Wh...49058765_1

Let’s just defacto join the big 12 this year...

(07-30-2020 09:01 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  I would think this would be very good news for JMU

per Brett McMurphy
Conference USA will keep 8-game league schedule & allow schools to play as many nonconference games as they want
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/statu...8402263041

Now JMU can realistically schedule their own Regional-Dream-Bus-Conference Season---
ODU, Marshal, Charlotte. These teams are looking for games after the ACC and SEC announcement of going conference only. (Conference only +1 for the ACC)
If the Sun Belt will do the same, then we could add App State and Coastal. Throw in a few buy-in $$ Big 12 games---Maybe including a bus ride to West Virginia. Hopefully we can keep the UNC game---then maybe Liberty---and JMU has itself an FBS schedule.

JMU has gone ALL-IN with bringing it's athletes back to campus. They gone ALL-IN with covid-19 testing. Madia has regular updates on the success of the testing so far. That's alot of $$$$ JMU has invested in this so far. IMHO, they can't back out now, because, all that planning and money will have been a complete waste, they would have been better off just burning the money invested if they back off now.

JMU seems to have proven they can meet the proper covid-19 protocols---And meeting those covid-19 protocols is a big reason conferences are going with conference-only schedules

conference-only schedules could save fall college football
Easier implementation of universal testing protocols
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Wh...49058765_1

I think you're exactly right that this is a best news we've gotten in combination with the P5 conference decisions. I'll hold my breath but things are really aligning in favor of JMU. Even if we do the 2 FBS game limit this is great news to hear.

(07-30-2020 09:01 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  I would think this would be very good news for JMU

per Brett McMurphy
Conference USA will keep 8-game league schedule & allow schools to play as many nonconference games as they want
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/statu...8402263041

Now JMU can realistically schedule their own Regional-Dream-Bus-Conference Season---
ODU, Marshal, Charlotte. These teams are looking for games after the ACC and SEC announcement of going conference only. (Conference only +1 for the ACC)
If the Sun Belt will do the same, then we could add App State and Coastal. Throw in a few buy-in $$ Big 12 games---Maybe including a bus ride to West Virginia. Hopefully we can keep the UNC game---then maybe Liberty---and JMU has itself an FBS schedule.



JMU has gone ALL-IN with bringing it's athletes back to campus. They gone ALL-IN with covid-19 testing. Madia has regular updates on the success of the testing so far. That's alot of $$$$ JMU has invested in this so far. IMHO, they can't back out now, because, all that planning and money will have been a complete waste, they would have been better off just burning the money invested if they back off now.

JMU seems to have proven they can meet the proper covid-19 protocols---And meeting those covid-19 protocols is a big reason conferences are going with conference-only schedules

conference-only schedules could save fall college football
Easier implementation of universal testing protocols
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Wh...49058765_1

So what if argument's sake we schedule an FBS heavy schedule (6-8 FBS games) and go 8-3 or something crazy like that. What do we do now?

(07-30-2020 10:03 PM)JMaddy Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 09:01 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  I would think this would be very good news for JMU

per Brett McMurphy
Conference USA will keep 8-game league schedule & allow schools to play as many nonconference games as they want
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/statu...8402263041

Now JMU can realistically schedule their own Regional-Dream-Bus-Conference Season---
ODU, Marshal, Charlotte. These teams are looking for games after the ACC and SEC announcement of going conference only. (Conference only +1 for the ACC)
If the Sun Belt will do the same, then we could add App State and Coastal. Throw in a few buy-in $$ Big 12 games---Maybe including a bus ride to West Virginia. Hopefully we can keep the UNC game---then maybe Liberty---and JMU has itself an FBS schedule.



JMU has gone ALL-IN with bringing it's athletes back to campus. They gone ALL-IN with covid-19 testing. Madia has regular updates on the success of the testing so far. That's alot of $$$$ JMU has invested in this so far. IMHO, they can't back out now, because, all that planning and money will have been a complete waste, they would have been better off just burning the money invested if they back off now.

JMU seems to have proven they can meet the proper covid-19 protocols---And meeting those covid-19 protocols is a big reason conferences are going with conference-only schedules

conference-only schedules could save fall college football
Easier implementation of universal testing protocols
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Wh...49058765_1

So what if argument's sake we schedule an FBS heavy schedule (6-8 FBS games) and go 8-3 or something crazy like that. What do we do now?

We continue to monitor the situation.

(07-30-2020 10:21 PM)Purple Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 10:03 PM)JMaddy Wrote:  

(07-30-2020 09:01 PM)DukeThaDawg Wrote:  I would think this would be very good news for JMU

per Brett McMurphy
Conference USA will keep 8-game league schedule & allow schools to play as many nonconference games as they want
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/statu...8402263041

Now JMU can realistically schedule their own Regional-Dream-Bus-Conference Season---
ODU, Marshal, Charlotte. These teams are looking for games after the ACC and SEC announcement of going conference only. (Conference only +1 for the ACC)
If the Sun Belt will do the same, then we could add App State and Coastal. Throw in a few buy-in $$ Big 12 games---Maybe including a bus ride to West Virginia. Hopefully we can keep the UNC game---then maybe Liberty---and JMU has itself an FBS schedule.



JMU has gone ALL-IN with bringing it's athletes back to campus. They gone ALL-IN with covid-19 testing. Madia has regular updates on the success of the testing so far. That's alot of $$$$ JMU has invested in this so far. IMHO, they can't back out now, because, all that planning and money will have been a complete waste, they would have been better off just burning the money invested if they back off now.

JMU seems to have proven they can meet the proper covid-19 protocols---And meeting those covid-19 protocols is a big reason conferences are going with conference-only schedules

conference-only schedules could save fall college football
Easier implementation of universal testing protocols
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Wh...49058765_1

So what if argument's sake we schedule an FBS heavy schedule (6-8 FBS games) and go 8-3 or something crazy like that. What do we do now?

We continue to monitor the situation.

Play in the Orange Bowl!

Another tidbit from the SEC's announcement yesterday that may have gone unnoticed...

...the start of their season will not take place until Sep. 26. That means: 1) the rest of CFB will get a significant headstart on them as some are talking about moving their schedules up to Aug. 29 (aka Week Zero) in order to spread out their season with more bye weeks and 2) there will be a lot of TV slots opened up for the first 4 or so weeks that normally would be dominated by SEC games.