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2008 Temple Football Schedule

Fri., Aug. 29 at Army, 7 p.m., ESPNU or Classic
Sat., Sept. 6 CONNECTICUT, TBA
Sat., Sept. 13 *at Buffalo, TBA
Sat., Sept. 20 at Penn State, TBA
Sat., Sept. 27 *WESTERN MICHIGAN, TBA
Sat., Oct. 4 *at Miami (Ohio), TBA
Sat., Oct. 11 *at Central Michigan, TBA
Sat., Oct. 18 Bye
Tues., Oct. 21 *OHIO, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 1 at Navy, TBA, CSTV
Wed., Nov. 12 *at Kent State, 8 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPN360
Sat., Nov. 22 *EASTERN MICH., TBA
Fri., Nov. 28 *AKRON, TBA

2008 Kent State Football Schedule
Sat. - August 30 Boston College vs. Kent State (at Cleveland)
Sat. - September 6 Kent State at Iowa State
Sat. - September 13 Delaware State at Kent State
Sat. - September 20 Kent State at Louisiana-Lafayette
Sat. - September 27 Kent State at Ball State
Sat. - October 4 Akron at Kent State
Sat. - October 11 Ohio at Kent State
Sat. - October 18 Bye
Sat. - October 25 Kent State at Miami
Sat. - November 1 Kent State at Bowling Green
Wed. – November 12 Temple at Kent State, [ESPN2 or ESPN 360], 8:00pm ET
Tues.– November 18 Northern Illinois at Kent State
Fri.- November 28 Kent State at Buffalo
Fri.– December 5 MAC Football Championship Game Ford Field – Detroit, [ESPN2] 8:00pm


How do they expect anybody to show up on a Tuesday night game in the middle of November?

I like what I see (first looks).

I see some October games which look nice for regional TV.

WMU @ CMU (Oct. 18) looks like a TV game if I've seen one.

Akron @ KSU (Oct. 4) looks very possible.

BTW, the season lasts one additional week.

Check out the date of the MACC.

What are they doing with games in the middle of the week and games on Fridays with no ESPN TV designations?

Ball State Schedule

Thurs Aug 28 - Northeastern
Fri Sept 5 Navy (ESPN) - 7:00PM
Sat Sept 13 at Akron
Sat Sept 20 at Indiana
Sat Sept 27 Kent State
Sat Oct 4 at Toledo
Sat Oct 11 at Western Kentucky
Sat Oct 25 Eastern Michigan
Wed Nov 5 Northern Illinois (ESPN2 or ESPNU) - 8:00PM
Thurs Nov 11 at Miami (ESPN2) - 7:00PM
Wed Nov 19 at Central Michiagn (ESPN2) - 7:00PM
Tues Nov 25 Western Michigan

emu steve Wrote:I like what I see (first looks).

I see some October games which look nice for regional TV.

WMU @ CMU (Oct. 18) looks like a TV game if I've seen one.

Akron @ KSU (Oct. 4) looks very possible.

BTW, the season lasts one additional week.

Check out the date of the MACC.

But with the demise of Comcast Local, IS THERE any regional TV any more?

mattsarz Wrote:What are they doing with games in the middle of the week and games on Fridays with no ESPN TV designations?

They just like having weekday games in the middle of November, you know, to help attendance and stuff.

OU versus Fiami, Thanksgiving weekend AGAIN!?! Homecoming in November!?!

2008 NIU Football Schedule

8/30: @ Minnesota
9/6: @ WMU
9/13: Bye
9/10: vs. Indiana State
9/27: @ EMU
10/4: @ Tennessee
10/11: vs. Miami
10/18: vs. Toledo
10/25: vs. Bowling Green
11/5 (Wed): @ Ball State
11/12 (Wed): vs. Central Michigan
11/18 (Tues): @ Kent State
11/25 (Tues): vs. Navy
12/5 (Fri): MAC Championship game

4 of the first 5 on the road. ouch. All games on weekdays are on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

UB's final schedule:

August
Thu., 28 TEXAS-EL PASO UB Stadium
September
Sat., 6 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Sat., 13 TEMPLE* UB Stadium
Sat., 20 at Missouri Columbia, MO
Sat., 27 at Central Michigan* Mount Pleasant, MI
October
Sat., 11 WESTERN MICHIGAN* UB Stadium
Sat., 18 ARMY# UB Stadium
Tue., 28 at Ohio* (ESPNU) Athens, OH
November
Tue., 4 MIAMI (OH)* (ESPN2) UB Stadium
Thu., 13 at Akron* (ESPNU) Akron, OH
Fri., 21 at Bowling Green* Bowling Green, OH
Fri., 28 KENT STATE* UB Stadium

Looks like a pretty tough schedule. Hopefully we can win 1 or 2 OOC games to make it a little easier on ourselves.

MileHighBronco Wrote:

emu steve Wrote:I like what I see (first looks).

I see some October games which look nice for regional TV.

WMU @ CMU (Oct. 18) looks like a TV game if I've seen one.

Akron @ KSU (Oct. 4) looks very possible.

BTW, the season lasts one additional week.

Check out the date of the MACC.

But with the demise of Comcast Local, IS THERE any regional TV any more?

Hoping for that over-the-air package ala '07.

BTW, I assume the schedule is all screwed up as T'giving is so late this year.

GoBullsGo Wrote:UB's final schedule:

August
Thu., 28 TEXAS-EL PASO UB Stadium
September
Sat., 6 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Sat., 13 TEMPLE* UB Stadium
Sat., 20 at Missouri Columbia, MO
Sat., 27 at Central Michigan* Mount Pleasant, MI
October
Sat., 11 WESTERN MICHIGAN* UB Stadium
Sat., 18 ARMY# UB Stadium
Tue., 28 at Ohio* (ESPNU) Athens, OH
November
Tue., 4 MIAMI (OH)* (ESPN2) UB Stadium
Thu., 13 at Akron* (ESPNU) Akron, OH
Fri., 21 at Bowling Green* Bowling Green, OH
Fri., 28 KENT STATE* UB Stadium

Looks like a pretty tough schedule. Hopefully we can win 1 or 2 OOC games to make it a little easier on ourselves.

Any chance you could score me a couple of tickets for the KSU game before they sell out?

MileHighBronco Wrote:

emu steve Wrote:I like what I see (first looks).

I see some October games which look nice for regional TV.

WMU @ CMU (Oct. 18) looks like a TV game if I've seen one.

Akron @ KSU (Oct. 4) looks very possible.

BTW, the season lasts one additional week.

Check out the date of the MACC.

But with the demise of Comcast Local, IS THERE any regional TV any more?

Only if you are on Comcast Chicago or possibly CN8 or Comcast Sports Net New England.

BTW, most of our fans can't stand our schedule.

I'm sure there will be another ESPN+ game of the week deal like last year.

Is anyone happy with their schedule??? While the opponents are very well matched for the owls the dates and time are set up for a disastrous attendance number. Got to win early or suffer dearly late (that hasn;t happened since Madonna was tops for rock and roll....) Unless the owls have only 1-2 losses they may end the season with even less fans at both the EMU and Kent games to close out the year. 2 of the first seven games are on the road....

and a FYI... Temple is moving the home sideline to the other side of the field so that TV cameras will be pointed at the more populated side of the stadium...

7 Wrote:All games on weekdays are on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Actually, according to the MAC website, the Central game could be ESPN360, not ESPNU. And the Kent State game isn't scheduled to be on at all.

nice - these are being released about two weeks quicker than I thought they would be

victory engineer Wrote:Is anyone happy with their schedule??? While the opponents are very well matched for the owls the dates and time are set up for a disastrous attendance number. Got to win early or suffer dearly late (that hasn;t happened since Madonna was tops for rock and roll....) Unless the owls have only 1-2 losses they may end the season with even less fans at both the EMU and Kent games to close out the year. 2 of the first seven games are on the road....

and a FYI... Temple is moving the home sideline to the other side of the field so that TV cameras will be pointed at the more populated side of the stadium...

I'm, happy with Toledo's schedule, 6 home games including BG, CMU, Ball St. and Fresno St. and a another home game at EMU and a short road trip to Ann Arbor. Can't beat it.

MikeSpicer Wrote:

7 Wrote:All games on weekdays are on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Actually, according to the MAC website, the Central game could be ESPN360, not ESPNU. And the Kent State game isn't scheduled to be on at all.

We got a post from an NIU grad that we are pretty confident that works for the ESPN website. This is what ESPNIU's post said:

2008 Football
NIU at Ball State: Wed., Nov. 5, 8 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU
CMU at NIU: Wed., Nov. 12, 7 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPN360
Navy at NIU: Tue., Nov. 25, 6 p.m. on ESPN2

So yes, you are correct that it could be ESPN360. I think that CMU will be good enough come that time that the game will be on ESPN2.