rocketfootball Wrote:December 23rd at 11:00am. A C-USA team vs a Big East team (pecking order not given yet) with the MAC as a fallback if either C-USA or BE does not have enough bowl eligible teams.
Not a very good date and time slot if you ask me, but hey..........if it helps the MAC in anyway that is a good thing. Just not sure if C-USA or BE will ever not field a team with 6-6 teams being eligible for bowls.
The Big East has had some down years, they only had 4 bowl eligible teams last year and 5 the year previous when 12 games were played. They have their share of "cake" nonconference games but have some surprisingly tough ones as well:
9/2
VA at Pitt
Rutgers at NC
EKU at Cincy- EKU is 1AA but returns nearly all their starters from a 7-4 team that lost 2 games by 10 pts, one to national 1AA winner App St by 8.
Syracuse at WF
For 2 conferences that were at Defcon 5 a few years ago the BE/ACC have scheduled plenty of games this year!
9/9
Iowa at Syracuse- The Orange may regret scheduling this one.
9/14
MD at WVA- Fridgen will have the Terps back and competitive this yr.
9/16
Cincy at OSU
WF at UCONN
Miami at Lville
MI St at Pitt
OH at Rutgers- a Bobcat win here will get the region's attention.
USF at UCF- could be interesting but UCF got waxed last year
9/23
Cincy at VA Tech- is Cincy on a suicide mission this year?
UConn at IN
Lville at Kansas St- this is a game Lville has to win as KSU is among the weakest in the Big 12
USF at Kansas- another game the BE team has to win as Kansas lost lots to graduation and isnt considered much of a factor in the B12.
9/30
Miami OH at Cincy- Cincy is going to have a rough year
Navy at UConn Navy's option attack is tough to stop.
Toledo at Pitt- a rocket win would just about end Pitt's bowl hopes, considering they've already played VA & MI St.
10/6
Lville at MTSU, have to give MTSU big props for getting Lville to play them
in Nashville.
10/7
Akron at Cincy- an Akron win would end any Cincy bowl hopes
10/13
Pitt at UCF- hard to root for either team, whichever losses this will put a hurt on their bowl hopes
10/14
Army at UConn- a Black Knight upset would end UConn's bowl hopes.
Rutgers at Navy- see Navy's 9/30 game plus being at home will make them even more formidable.
USF at NC- have to give USF credit their ooc schedule isnt' a joke, at Kansas, at UCF and this game. 3 OOC road games are tough. 3 Losses would put a big hurt on their bowl hopes.
Several BE teams doesn't have an easy road to bowl eligibility
