Charlotte' OOC schedule is set for 2015 (three FCS teams & one FBS team). Since Banowsky recently said CUSA would probably play 8 conference games I assume our divisional games will be against ECU, OD, Marshall, UAB, FIU. LT, & USM. My preference for our eigth game is UTSA (few things equal San Antonio's Riverwalk, atmosphere, food & Texas football).

(07-06-2012 11:29 PM)Rabonchild Wrote:  Charlotte' OOC schedule is set for 2015 (three FCS teams & one FBS team). Since Banowsky recently said CUSA would probably play 8 conference games I assume our divisional games will be against ECU, OD, Marshall, UAB, FIU. LT, & USM. My preference for our eigth game is UTSA (few things equal San Antonio's Riverwalk, atmosphere, food & Texas football).

We actually have 1 FBS, 4 FCS and one DII opponent currently scheduled for the 2015 season. We'll undoubtedly drop Johnson C. Smith and the return game at Georgia Southern, which probably will cost us the game in Charlotte with them in 2013. Of the other three FCS games we'll probably also cut two of them, which may cost us the earlier games with those schools. We also probably won't be visiting Richmond in 2016 either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_4..._opponents

Charlotte has dropped the home and home series with Georgia Southern and Furman. Only FBS Georgia St., DII Johnson C. Smith, and FCS Presbyterian. The Western Carolina game has been pushed off to a future year to be determined.

I'd look for JCSU to be dropped once we get a 5th FBS home game scheduled. Presbyterian might also be on the block but we'd lose a valuable 2013 game if we did.

We need a 5th FBS home game. 6 would be ideal but at this point it would be hard to get 2 FBS OOC home games in 2015, unless the conference goes to a 9 games schedule when us and ODU join. If so, then hopefully they help us out and put us on the 5/4 home/away game format. At this point we still need that 5th home game. Did a search on FBSchedules and here are the best candidates from the ACC, SEC, and Big East.

Clemson Tigers

11/28 - at South Carolina
TBA - Wofford

NC State Wolfpack

09/05 - at South Alabama

N. Carolina Tarheels

09/05 - at Ohio State

Virginia Cavaliers

09/05 - at UCLA
09/12 - William & Mary

Virginia Tech Hokies

09/05 - Furman
09/19 - Ohio State
09/26 - East Carolina

Syracuse Orange

11/21 - at Notre Dame

Louisville Cardinals

TBA - at Kentucky

Temple Owls

09/05 - Penn State

Alabama Crimson Tide

TBA

Arkansas Razorbacks

TBA - TCU

Auburn Tigers

09/19 - Idaho

Kentucky Wildcats

TBA - Louisville

Missouri Tigers

09/05 - at Memphis

Texas A&M Aggies

TBA - USC (site TBA)

Houston Cougars

TBA

UCF Knights

09/26 - at South Carolina

(08-24-2012 10:37 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  We need a 5th FBS home game. 6 would be ideal but at this point it would be hard to get 2 FBS OOC home games in 2015, unless the conference goes to a 9 games schedule when us and ODU join. If so, then hopefully they help us out and put us on the 5/4 home/away game format. At this point we still need that 5th home game. Did a search on FBSchedules and here are the best candidates from the ACC, SEC, and Big East.

Clemson Tigers

11/28 - at South Carolina
TBA - Wofford

NC State Wolfpack

09/05 - at South Alabama

N. Carolina Tarheels

09/05 - at Ohio State

Virginia Cavaliers

09/05 - at UCLA
09/12 - William & Mary

Virginia Tech Hokies

09/05 - Furman
09/19 - Ohio State
09/26 - East Carolina

Syracuse Orange

11/21 - at Notre Dame

Louisville Cardinals

TBA - at Kentucky

Temple Owls

09/05 - Penn State

Alabama Crimson Tide

TBA

Arkansas Razorbacks

TBA - TCU

Auburn Tigers

09/19 - Idaho

Kentucky Wildcats

TBA - Louisville

Missouri Tigers

09/05 - at Memphis

Texas A&M Aggies

TBA - USC (site TBA)

Houston Cougars

TBA

UCF Knights

09/26 - at South Carolina

The best bet out of that group is UCF or Temple. Maybe Louisville. I don't see any other squad giving us the time of day. You're also asking these guys to come play us at our place so I'd probably say Temple is your closest bet, and even then you're pushing it. You'd have to give a team at bare minimum a 2 for 1 with it starting at our place. Probably 3 for 1.

Well for any of the "better" teams on there the assumption is 2 for 1 or 3 for 1, and most likely at Bank of America Stadium too.

The rumor that was floating around was that we had a game with a BCS opponent. Technically all those listed will be "BCS" in 2015.

I guess I just don't see why a SEC team would play us here, even for a 2 for 1 or 3 for 1. They don't need it for recruiting that's for sure as they pretty much can have their pick of the bunch if necessary.

(08-24-2012 11:13 AM)CharSFNiner Wrote:  I guess I just don't see why a SEC team would play us here, even for a 2 for 1 or 3 for 1. They don't need it for recruiting that's for sure as they pretty much can have their pick of the bunch if necessary.

While the SEC doesn't need to have a game in Charlotte for recruiting purposes, it never hurts to "show the flag" in a market that you have an interest in but don't dominate. Not every away game is about recruiting. Not sure what Bama achieved by playing at Duke, but they still played there. Sometimes its about filling a hole in the schedule and nothing more. I do think most of the SEC teams in the list are longshots, but you never know.

Some of the ACC teams might see an advantage in playing an early season game in BoA, espically if they have a good chance to make a return trip in December.

(08-24-2012 11:19 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(08-24-2012 11:13 AM)CharSFNiner Wrote:  I guess I just don't see why a SEC team would play us here, even for a 2 for 1 or 3 for 1. They don't need it for recruiting that's for sure as they pretty much can have their pick of the bunch if necessary.

While the SEC doesn't need to have a game in Charlotte for recruiting purposes, it never hurts to "show the flag" in a market that you have an interest in but don't dominate. Not every away game is about recruiting. Not sure what Bama achieved by playing at Duke, but they still played there. Sometimes its about filling a hole in the schedule and nothing more. I do think most of the SEC teams in the list are longshots, but you never know.

Some of the ACC teams might see an advantage in playing an early season game in BoA, espically if they have a good chance to make a return trip in December.

I'm aware not every game is about recruiting, but you're talking about a league that already has a team 1 hr to the south in Columbia. They have very little need to come here. As for Alabama/Duke that had to do with some history and Duke even honored their 1945 team that beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.

The only reason I wouldn't fully discount an ACC team is because of the possibility of the ACC Championship game being played here at a later date, but even I think too many people give credence to the idea that playing here once will give you a leg up 4 months later. I can all but guarantee you'd never see UNC here. I think we both know that.

No, I think its more likely you'd see Bama in Charlotte before the Tarheels, but they had open spaces in 2015 so they made the list. That's our primary concern, getting a 5th FBS home game.

We also represent an easy travel date for many schools. In a grinding season a Charlotte game can be a break.

(08-24-2012 11:04 AM)CharSFNiner Wrote:  

(08-24-2012 10:37 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  We need a 5th FBS home game. 6 would be ideal but at this point it would be hard to get 2 FBS OOC home games in 2015, unless the conference goes to a 9 games schedule when us and ODU join. If so, then hopefully they help us out and put us on the 5/4 home/away game format. At this point we still need that 5th home game. Did a search on FBSchedules and here are the best candidates from the ACC, SEC, and Big East.

Clemson Tigers

11/28 - at South Carolina
TBA - Wofford

NC State Wolfpack

09/05 - at South Alabama

N. Carolina Tarheels

09/05 - at Ohio State

Virginia Cavaliers

09/05 - at UCLA
09/12 - William & Mary

Virginia Tech Hokies

09/05 - Furman
09/19 - Ohio State
09/26 - East Carolina

Syracuse Orange

11/21 - at Notre Dame

Louisville Cardinals

TBA - at Kentucky

Temple Owls

09/05 - Penn State

Alabama Crimson Tide

TBA

Arkansas Razorbacks

TBA - TCU

Auburn Tigers

09/19 - Idaho

Kentucky Wildcats

TBA - Louisville

Missouri Tigers

09/05 - at Memphis

Texas A&M Aggies

TBA - USC (site TBA)

Houston Cougars

TBA

UCF Knights

09/26 - at South Carolina

The best bet out of that group is UCF or Temple. Maybe Louisville. I don't see any other squad giving us the time of day. You're also asking these guys to come play us at our place so I'd probably say Temple is your closest bet, and even then you're pushing it. You'd have to give a team at bare minimum a 2 for 1 with it starting at our place. Probably 3 for 1.

You're probably looking at a 2 for 1 at best with many of these schools. We have one with NC State. I'm not so sure any of your ACC in-state schools would be willing to schedule you at this point (just isn't done in most places) but good for you if you can get it.

You are smart to be looking at this. Scheduling for FBS is not a cake walk as teams are frequently booked up decades in advance.

FBS/BCS schools that will play away games at lower conference venues.

1) SEC - Mississippi State (Missouri and Texas A&M have in the past - but that may change with the move to the SEC)
2) Big XII - Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Iowa State
3) Pac 12 - Probably irrelevant for you guys due to no recruiting overlap
4) B1G - Indiana, Minnesota and possibly Purdue
5) ACC - for you guys, I'm going to predict that the 4 ACC schools in state won't come to your place (I could be wrong). Also Florida State, Virginia Tech, Miami, and Clemson are unlikely to do so. The others, especially Virginia and Maryland would be good to approach.
6) Big East - all of the schools in the nBE play at lower conference schools.

The real problem you guys have is that you need HOME games. And its probably a good idea to have at least one OOC FBS home game each year. My guess is that you'll be looking at a lot of Sun Belt, MAC, and Big East schools.

You'll probably have to schedule a couple of teams that are pretty much in your situation (with an empty schedule) such as Georgia State, NM State, and Texas State. Navy used to be a good source of games, but they now have to drop a bunch of games as they are moving to a conference. BYU might be an option, especially late in the season, when they'll have difficulty finding games.

The further out in time you go, the easier it gets, but....you're likely in for some unpleasant scheduling for the short run.

(08-24-2012 12:35 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(08-24-2012 11:04 AM)CharSFNiner Wrote:  

(08-24-2012 10:37 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  We need a 5th FBS home game. 6 would be ideal but at this point it would be hard to get 2 FBS OOC home games in 2015, unless the conference goes to a 9 games schedule when us and ODU join. If so, then hopefully they help us out and put us on the 5/4 home/away game format. At this point we still need that 5th home game. Did a search on FBSchedules and here are the best candidates from the ACC, SEC, and Big East.

Clemson Tigers

11/28 - at South Carolina
TBA - Wofford

NC State Wolfpack

09/05 - at South Alabama

N. Carolina Tarheels

09/05 - at Ohio State

Virginia Cavaliers

09/05 - at UCLA
09/12 - William & Mary

Virginia Tech Hokies

09/05 - Furman
09/19 - Ohio State
09/26 - East Carolina

Syracuse Orange

11/21 - at Notre Dame

Louisville Cardinals

TBA - at Kentucky

Temple Owls

09/05 - Penn State

Alabama Crimson Tide

TBA

Arkansas Razorbacks

TBA - TCU

Auburn Tigers

09/19 - Idaho

Kentucky Wildcats

TBA - Louisville

Missouri Tigers

09/05 - at Memphis

Texas A&M Aggies

TBA - USC (site TBA)

Houston Cougars

TBA

UCF Knights

09/26 - at South Carolina

The best bet out of that group is UCF or Temple. Maybe Louisville. I don't see any other squad giving us the time of day. You're also asking these guys to come play us at our place so I'd probably say Temple is your closest bet, and even then you're pushing it. You'd have to give a team at bare minimum a 2 for 1 with it starting at our place. Probably 3 for 1.

You're probably looking at a 2 for 1 at best with many of these schools. We have one with NC State. I'm not so sure any of your ACC in-state schools would be willing to schedule you at this point (just isn't done in most places) but good for you if you can get it.

You are smart to be looking at this. Scheduling for FBS is not a cake walk as teams are frequently booked up decades in advance.

FBS/BCS schools that will play away games at lower conference venues.

1) SEC - Mississippi State (Missouri and Texas A&M have in the past - but that may change with the move to the SEC)
2) Big XII - Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Iowa State
3) Pac 12 - Probably irrelevant for you guys due to no recruiting overlap
4) B1G - Indiana, Minnesota and possibly Purdue
5) ACC - for you guys, I'm going to predict that the 4 ACC schools in state won't come to your place (I could be wrong). Also Florida State, Virginia Tech, Miami, and Clemson are unlikely to do so. The others, especially Virginia and Maryland would be good to approach.
6) Big East - all of the schools in the nBE play at lower conference schools.

The real problem you guys have is that you need HOME games. And its probably a good idea to have at least one OOC FBS home game each year. My guess is that you'll be looking at a lot of Sun Belt, MAC, and Big East schools.

You'll probably have to schedule a couple of teams that are pretty much in your situation (with an empty schedule) such as Georgia State, NM State, and Texas State. Navy used to be a good source of games, but they now have to drop a bunch of games as they are moving to a conference. BYU might be an option, especially late in the season, when they'll have difficulty finding games.

The further out in time you go, the easier it gets, but....you're likely in for some unpleasant scheduling for the short run.

Hard to argue with any of this.

Only part he's wrong about is in-state ACC schools not scheduling us. We will be on Wake's schedule at some point, I can see is getting Duke as well. Really doubt UNC-CH or NCSU schedule us for some time, if ever.

I think any in-state or near ACC team outside of Duke and Wake would demand BoA as the venue. All of them will want 2 or 3 for 1 deals.

Order of likelihood:

Wake
Duke
VT
NCSU
Clemson
Chaple Hole

I would be shocked to see Charlotte play a game in BofA stadium in the foreseeable future unless it is a bowl game. The 49ers need true home games.

(08-24-2012 03:33 PM)Artifice Wrote:  I would be shocked to see Charlotte play a game in BofA stadium in the foreseeable future unless it is a bowl game. The 49ers need true home games.

I'd go get ga. state. Let's get ooc wins.

(08-24-2012 06:37 PM)Tintin Wrote:  

(08-24-2012 03:33 PM)Artifice Wrote:  I would be shocked to see Charlotte play a game in BofA stadium in the foreseeable future unless it is a bowl game. The 49ers need true home games.

I'd go get ga. state. Let's get ooc wins.

We're already playing Georgia St in 2015. The problem is that its in Atlanta.