(03-02-2013 10:21 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  You know it might be a tough year again for EMU, when CFN projects your likely finish to be worse than the worst case:

Realistic Best Case Record: 5-7
Worst case scenario: 1-11
Likely finish: 0-12

Wow. ONE home game during the "nice weather month" of Sept. then 2 home games in the "iffy weather" month of Oct. and finally TWO WEEKNIGHT games in NOVEMBER?!?!!

This schedule stinks to high Heaven.

THIS schedule is going to hurt attendance more than anything. I'm a diehard and I don't even know if we can make it to TWO weeknight games. It's hard enough to make ONE when you have the travel distance we have. This totally sucks. I am really bummed.

(03-02-2013 11:54 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  BSU is my "biggest disappointment" projection for the West. I think things are going to be a little rough in Muncie this year.

2 of their 3 toughest conference games are home and their first 2 OOC games are home games. VA is near the bottom of the ACC barell and definitely beatable on the road. If they have any kind of luck at all they will win 9 at least

(03-03-2013 01:32 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(03-03-2013 01:21 PM)HuskieJWN Wrote:  I have no problem with people complaining about EIU and Idaho. Even though half the people here have been sayin if we schedule an in state FCS school we will get a big crowd. But the take of EMU, UMass, and Akron is nonsense, they are in our conference. Unless we move out we will play them. Yes many people complain about our scheduling and Compher hasn't done the greatest job with that. These teams were scheduled before we knew about the Orange Bowl and our recent success, buyouts are expensive. But we do have Ohio State and Nebraska in the future. That's one the rise, you can only schedule teams willing to play you and often times, these games are made years in advance and are through connections in our athletic departments. Just let our guys play out this 2013 season. I don't want to here I'm not going because this schedule sucks. We are supposed to be the diehard fans. Stop being b-tches and get to HS, Kinnick Stadium, and Purdue and root on the Huskies.

+1

No kidding. Scheduling is tougher than it appears to us outside "experts".

A state school like EIU will put more fans in the seats than the Cal-Polyesters of the world.

The Huskies play at every game at Huskie Stadium. Here's an idea: Go to see THEM play. That's what other schools fans do. Good gawd.

EIU will bring more fans than any MAC opponent on the Huskies schedule this year. As a matter of fact with BSU & WMU being weeknight games and the number of fans those schools will bring being very small, coupled with EMU being one of the Saturday games and Akron(neither draw well) being the other; I wouldn't be surprised if the EIU brought nearly as many fans as all 4 MAC opponents do.

(03-04-2013 07:25 PM)Poliicious Wrote:  

(03-02-2013 11:54 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  BSU is my "biggest disappointment" projection for the West. I think things are going to be a little rough in Muncie this year.

2 of their 3 toughest conference games are home and their first 2 OOC games are home games. VA is near the bottom of the ACC barell and definitely beatable on the road. If they have any kind of luck at all they will win 9 at least

I just dont think they return teams that are at the NIU/Toledo level next season. Its hard for me to envision the west not being a battle between NIU and Toledo.

(03-01-2013 02:29 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  2 Guaranteed ESPN2 games and one more at worse on ESPNU.
2 Weeknight (home) games in November but one of them is the week of Thanksgiving.

08/31/13 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa TBA
BYE
09/14/13 at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA
09/21/13 vs. Eastern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. TBA
09/28/13 at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. TBA
10/05/13 at Kent State * Kent, Ohio TBA
10/12/13 vs. Akron *(HC) DeKalb, Ill. TBA
10/19/13 at Central Michigan * Mt. Pleasant, Mich. TBA
10/26/13 vs. Eastern Michigan * DeKalb, Ill. TBA
11/02/13 at Massachusetts * Foxborough, Mass. TBA
BYE
11/13/13 vs. Ball State * ESPN2/U DeKalb, Ill. TBA
11/20/13 at Toledo * ESPN2 Toledo, Ohio 7:00 p.m. CT
11/26/13 vs. Western Michigan * ESPN2 DeKalb, Ill. 6:00 p.m. CT
12/06/13 vs. Marathon MAC Championship TV Detroit, Mich. 7:00 p.m. CT

http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footb...sched.html
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-13/mid-a...hedule.php

If you want to see Huskie football free this fall, buy a pair of NU endzone season tickets. They are only $152 and NU is home to Ohio State (10/5) Michigan (11/16) and MSU (11/23) should be able to sell the OSU & Michigan Tickets on Stub Hub or Ebay for at least $75 to $125 and the MSU tickets for $50-$60. You'll have an extra $100 to $150 to buy an NIU season ticket and can likely get at least face value for the Minnesota game ($22) and close to face value (Syracuse 9/2, $15)to pay any parking fees at Huskie Stadium.

Which leaves you with tickets for the NU/WMU game on 9/14 (when NIU plays at Idaho) and you can just come and hate on both teams

(03-04-2013 08:19 PM)Poliicious Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 02:29 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  2 Guaranteed ESPN2 games and one more at worse on ESPNU.
2 Weeknight (home) games in November but one of them is the week of Thanksgiving.

08/31/13 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa TBA
BYE
09/14/13 at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA
09/21/13 vs. Eastern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. TBA
09/28/13 at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. TBA
10/05/13 at Kent State * Kent, Ohio TBA
10/12/13 vs. Akron *(HC) DeKalb, Ill. TBA
10/19/13 at Central Michigan * Mt. Pleasant, Mich. TBA
10/26/13 vs. Eastern Michigan * DeKalb, Ill. TBA
11/02/13 at Massachusetts * Foxborough, Mass. TBA
BYE
11/13/13 vs. Ball State * ESPN2/U DeKalb, Ill. TBA
11/20/13 at Toledo * ESPN2 Toledo, Ohio 7:00 p.m. CT
11/26/13 vs. Western Michigan * ESPN2 DeKalb, Ill. 6:00 p.m. CT
12/06/13 vs. Marathon MAC Championship TV Detroit, Mich. 7:00 p.m. CT

http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footb...sched.html
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-13/mid-a...hedule.php

If you want to see Huskie football free this fall, buy a pair of NU endzone season tickets. They are only $152 and NU is home to Ohio State (10/5) Michigan (11/16) and MSU (11/23) should be able to sell the OSU & Michigan Tickets on Stub Hub or Ebay for at least $75 to $125 and the MSU tickets for $50-$60. You'll have an extra $100 to $150 to buy an NIU season ticket and can likely get at least face value for the Minnesota game ($22) and close to face value (Syracuse 9/2, $15)to pay any parking fees at Huskie Stadium.

Which leaves you with tickets for the NU/WMU game on 9/14 (when NIU plays at Idaho) and you can just come and hate on both teams

Hate on both teams? No.

Every Huskie fan I've talked to will be pulling for P.J. and the Broncos to win this one.

(03-04-2013 08:32 PM)huskiebob Wrote:  

(03-04-2013 08:19 PM)Poliicious Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 02:29 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  2 Guaranteed ESPN2 games and one more at worse on ESPNU.
2 Weeknight (home) games in November but one of them is the week of Thanksgiving.

08/31/13 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa TBA
BYE
09/14/13 at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA
09/21/13 vs. Eastern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. TBA
09/28/13 at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. TBA
10/05/13 at Kent State * Kent, Ohio TBA
10/12/13 vs. Akron *(HC) DeKalb, Ill. TBA
10/19/13 at Central Michigan * Mt. Pleasant, Mich. TBA
10/26/13 vs. Eastern Michigan * DeKalb, Ill. TBA
11/02/13 at Massachusetts * Foxborough, Mass. TBA
BYE
11/13/13 vs. Ball State * ESPN2/U DeKalb, Ill. TBA
11/20/13 at Toledo * ESPN2 Toledo, Ohio 7:00 p.m. CT
11/26/13 vs. Western Michigan * ESPN2 DeKalb, Ill. 6:00 p.m. CT
12/06/13 vs. Marathon MAC Championship TV Detroit, Mich. 7:00 p.m. CT

http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footb...sched.html
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-13/mid-a...hedule.php

If you want to see Huskie football free this fall, buy a pair of NU endzone season tickets. They are only $152 and NU is home to Ohio State (10/5) Michigan (11/16) and MSU (11/23) should be able to sell the OSU & Michigan Tickets on Stub Hub or Ebay for at least $75 to $125 and the MSU tickets for $50-$60. You'll have an extra $100 to $150 to buy an NIU season ticket and can likely get at least face value for the Minnesota game ($22) and close to face value (Syracuse 9/2, $15)to pay any parking fees at Huskie Stadium.

Which leaves you with tickets for the NU/WMU game on 9/14 (when NIU plays at Idaho) and you can just come and hate on both teams

Hate on both teams? No.

Every Huskie fan I've talked to will be pulling for P.J. and the Broncos to win this one.

Whatever, for those who are about the Huskie home schedule I have just shown you a way to get your Huskie tickets for free and be able to see WMU play NU. So stop your and be an entrepreneur and get your tickets free. Of course you'll also end up boosting NU's ticket sales but deal with it.

If it's such easy money why haven't you bought them all?

(03-04-2013 10:28 PM)Max Power Wrote:  If it's such easy money why haven't you bought them all?

Bought them all? There's a few more tickets available in Ryan Field than I have the bankroll for but 1 pair definitely.

(03-04-2013 12:41 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote:  Wow. ONE home game during the "nice weather month" of Sept. then 2 home games in the "iffy weather" month of Oct. and finally TWO WEEKNIGHT games in NOVEMBER?!?!!

This schedule stinks to high Heaven.

THIS schedule is going to hurt attendance more than anything. I'm a diehard and I don't even know if we can make it to TWO weeknight games. It's hard enough to make ONE when you have the travel distance we have. This totally sucks. I am really bummed.

Agreed. The conference does not care about attendance. It's all about exposure.

And while Shelley is thrilled for the students with the weekday games, Athletics seems clueless as to what it's like for some of us to travel large distances on a weeknight. But, on the positive side, at least we have 3 Saturday games. There was initially the possibility for only 2 Saturday games. That would have certainly put a big dent in season ticket sales.

(03-05-2013 07:44 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(03-04-2013 12:41 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote:  Wow. ONE home game during the "nice weather month" of Sept. then 2 home games in the "iffy weather" month of Oct. and finally TWO WEEKNIGHT games in NOVEMBER?!?!!

This schedule stinks to high Heaven.

THIS schedule is going to hurt attendance more than anything. I'm a diehard and I don't even know if we can make it to TWO weeknight games. It's hard enough to make ONE when you have the travel distance we have. This totally sucks. I am really bummed.

Agreed. The conference does not care about attendance. It's all about exposure.

And while Shelley is thrilled for the students with the weekday games, Athletics seems clueless as to what it's like for some of us to travel large distances on a weeknight. But, on the positive side, at least we have 3 Saturday games. There was initially the possibility for only 2 Saturday games. That would have certainly put a big dent in season ticket sales.

Maybe that IS why we only got 2 weeknight home games.

(03-05-2013 09:37 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(03-05-2013 07:44 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(03-04-2013 12:41 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote:  Wow. ONE home game during the "nice weather month" of Sept. then 2 home games in the "iffy weather" month of Oct. and finally TWO WEEKNIGHT games in NOVEMBER?!?!!

This schedule stinks to high Heaven.

THIS schedule is going to hurt attendance more than anything. I'm a diehard and I don't even know if we can make it to TWO weeknight games. It's hard enough to make ONE when you have the travel distance we have. This totally sucks. I am really bummed.

Agreed. The conference does not care about attendance. It's all about exposure.

And while Shelley is thrilled for the students with the weekday games, Athletics seems clueless as to what it's like for some of us to travel large distances on a weeknight. But, on the positive side, at least we have 3 Saturday games. There was initially the possibility for only 2 Saturday games. That would have certainly put a big dent in season ticket sales.

Maybe that IS why we only got 2 weeknight home games.

We have no control over it. It's up to ESPN. If ESPN tells us we play 3 weeknight games, that's what we will do.