Toledo's 2006 OOC football schedule is now complete. Three BCS schools on the schedule.


vs Liberty
vs Kansas
at Pittsburgh
at Iowa State


I guess it isn't so bad having a I-AA game in there if you play 3 BCS schools, including one of them at home.


Kansas - Paybacks are a

I forgot that we go back to the 12 game schedule next year. As far as Northern is concerned, we play at Ohio State and at LSU (2 easy wins right there ). Don't know if we will ever get a BCS school to come to DeKalb again.

With a 12 game schedule, will a 6-6 record qualify for bowls or will it be 7-5?

Toledo continues to distinguish itself with solid OOC scheduling. Miami, & BGSU should try to keep up, it seems obvious that their lackluster attendance is at least partially due to OOC scheduling. I'am sure the new AD at NIU will be smart enough & savy enough to fiquire out a way to get BCS teams to play in DeKalb, after all, the President of the school seems solidly on his side, so if its only about money, they will work it out.

Tomznj Wrote:Toledo continues to distinguish itself with solid OOC scheduling. Miami, & BGSU should try to keep up,

Next year's schedule will probably be the best in Bowling Green history:

WISCONSIN, in Cleveland
BOISE STATE
at Florida International
at Ohio State

Tomznj Wrote:Toledo continues to distinguish itself with solid OOC scheduling. Miami, & BGSU should try to keep up, it seems obvious that their lackluster attendance is at least partially due to OOC scheduling. I'am sure the new AD at NIU will be smart enough & savy enough to fiquire out a way to get BCS teams to play in DeKalb, after all, the President of the school seems solidly on his side, so if its only about money, they will work it out.

BG and Miami, as well as NIU seem to have had great recent schedules. The only thing that Toledo seems to have more of is quality home opponents. Most years I actually envy the level of competition BG, Miami, and NIU get to face

Schadenfreude Wrote:

Tomznj Wrote:Toledo continues to distinguish itself with solid OOC scheduling. Miami, & BGSU should try to keep up,

Next year's schedule will probably be the best in Bowling Green history:

WISCONSIN, in Cleveland
BOISE STATE
at Florida International
at Ohio State

Very nice OOC schedule.Anthony Turner should be a great one.

UTLAW Wrote:

Tomznj Wrote:Toledo continues to distinguish itself with solid OOC scheduling. Miami, & BGSU should try to keep up, it seems obvious that their lackluster attendance is at least partially due to OOC scheduling. I'am sure the new AD at NIU will be smart enough & savy enough to fiquire out a way to get BCS teams to play in DeKalb, after all, the President of the school seems solidly on his side, so if its only about money, they will work it out.

BG and Miami, as well as NIU seem to have had great recent schedules. The only thing that Toledo seems to have more of is quality home opponents. Most years I actually envy the level of competition BG, Miami, and NIU get to face

I agree with you UTLAW. I do think that you pay a price no matter what though. If you continually schedule big road game payouts with schools like Ohio State, Oklahoma, Michigan, etc you are going to have a hard time fitting 2 for 1 deals on your schedule with other BCS schools like Pittsburgh, Purdue, Iowa State, Syracuse, etc. On the other hand, If you schedule the 2 for 1 deals to get these BCS schools on your home field, you are going to have less road OOC slots open to schedule the big road game payouts against the top teams in the country.


It would probably be nice to be somewhere in between, but trying to juggle that could be pretty tough.

Miami has Northwestern at home next year- UT has Kansas. I think Northwestern is better.

Wasn't UT supposed to have Fresno State return a trip next year?


Miami has Minnesota at home in 2009. We have Boise State coming in 2010??. We have Big East Cincinnati come at home every other year.

Unless something changes, I'm only aware of half of WMU's OOC games in '06: @ Virginia and @ Iowa.

BG's schedule looks interesting. That game in Cleveland should be a blast.

Schadenfreude Wrote:

Tomznj Wrote:Toledo continues to distinguish itself with solid OOC scheduling. Miami, & BGSU should try to keep up,

Next year's schedule will probably be the best in Bowling Green history:

WISCONSIN, in Cleveland
BOISE STATE
at Florida International
at Ohio State

Yeah but BG probably will only win 1 of those games, maybe 2 at best.

I like both BG's and UT's lineup. Looks like Miami's is shaping up nicely, too.

WMU has two paydays, IMO. Who will they get at home, though? How do you end up @Virginia two years in a row?

It was part of the whole 2-for-1 deal with UVA.

2003 at our house, 2005 and 2006 at theirs.

They agreed to start out in Kalamazoo so we can celebrate the university's centennial with a 'big name' opponent. Unlike last weekend, that game wasn't pretty. We were beaten badly.

chuckwalker Wrote:Miami has Northwestern at home next year- UT has Kansas. I think Northwestern is better.

Wasn't UT supposed to have Fresno State return a trip next year?


Miami has Minnesota at home in 2009. We have Boise State coming in 2010??. We have Big East Cincinnati come at home every other year.

Fresno State comes to Toledo in 2008. Future UT home OOC games:

2006
Liberty
Kansas


2007
Iowa State
Purdue


2008
Fresno State


2009
Boise State


We play 3 BCS schools in both 2006 and 2007. 2006 we play at Pittsburgh and at Iowa State on top of the home game against Kansas. In 2007 we play at Kansas on top of the home games against Purdue and Iowa State.


Sure you have Bosie State at home in 2010, but we have them at home in 2009.

I am not critical of UT's home schedule...it is great. But I don't think it is materially different than Miami.

In the next 4 years you have
Iowa State
Purdue
Kansas
Fresno State
Boise State

and we have
Minnesota
Northwestern
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Boise State