(11-15-2020 03:52 PM)Volkmar Wrote: 19th? What purpose would it serve to reschedule other games for the day after the C-USA championship is being played? MTSU is the only team in C-USA who has played more conference games than UTSA has, and no one has played more games in total. There are teams who could stand to play another game, but we're not one of them. You guys have played a grand total of 5 games this year. Start a thread about games you could maybe reschedule.
i feel like someone really can't be this dense...but if so I'll attempt to lay it out
first off, the 19th! umm, because the B1G, Pac 12, Big 12, SEC, ACC, MWC, MAC have all expressed a willingness to play any postponed/canceled games on the 19th, provided that the team isn't playing in their league's championship game that weekend. So the purpose of playing a game that weekend is so the athletes can get as many chances to compete as possible if they want. I mean honestly, it seems like that was fairly easy to guess why it was thrown in as a possible option (even though it was in no way the main point of the original question as it was thrown in as an extra aside). However, I suppose if "Volkmar" is in charge in the UTSA athletic department then they should definitely not play any more games once the Roadrunners are mathematically eliminated from contention because they "serve no purpose"
I didn't use MTSU as an example because I assumed their game against Charlotte was getting rescheduled for Dec. 12th. They would now have no normal regular season openings (again, the 19th was not part of my original question, but I suppose I can add here that MTSU could maybe an extra non-con game on the 19th if they wanted/were allowed?)
WKU and UTSA were the original focus because they are the two teams that have already played 9 games, are scheduled to end their seasons on the weekend of Nov. 28th (while many schools don't end until Dec 10-19), and are currently slated to only play 7 conference games.
This thread was not about teams that could "stand to add another game"; there are certainly a lot of schools that fit that bill, and guess what? I'd definitely love to see my alma maters play the maximum number of allowable games. However, North Texas isn't a part of this because, as of right now, the schedule is currently full. The next four, normal regular season weeks are all booked up and the lone conference game that could be rescheduled (UAB) is most likely going to be playing a CUSA championship game the weekend of Dec. 19th and won't be available to play that week.
I mean, honestly, this thread was started out because I'm impressed with WKU and UTSA for making it through the season relatively unscathed and in almost "normal" fashion in a completely non-"normal" 2020 year. I would think it would be a point of pride or a badge of honor to be a team that actually managed to play a normal 12-game regular season schedule in 2020 - not many teams have a chance of doing that.
My undergrad alma mater plays in a conference that kicked off the season with zero non-conference games and has no chance of playing 12 games. North Texas, obviously, has zero chance at getting to 12.
heck, you can look through my posting history and see that I have posts in August talking about schools with "normal" 12-game schedules. It's just a subject that interests me.
Obviously, it is evident from the lone replies by the school's representatives (Volkmar) and (WKUYG) that these two team's are not nearly as fascinated with "completing" a 12-game regular season schedule as I am in knowing if any schools will actually accomplish the feat (and for the record, Texas State looks like they might be the first to do so (albeit at possibly 1-11) on November 28th. They currently have played 10 (TEN) games and both of their next two opponents have openings in case one of those games does have to get postponed).
Well, that's enough out of me. I've typed more words in this one post (and thread) than I've done on here in over 4 years. I just wanted to answer the question posed in the event that it was an authentic/non-trolling response.