(07-02-2019 05:48 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: (07-02-2019 12:13 PM)ken d Wrote: It took me less than an hour each to produce 2020 and 2021 schedules for UConn that gave them 6 home games with only one FCS opponent. They won't have any trouble getting a decent schedule.
Can you show us the example-schedules you came up with?
I wish I could figure out how to create a link between threads. This is a copy of what I wrote on posts #32 and #37 on the thread titled "What is the absolute minimum UConn has to do with their 2020 schedule by FBS rules".
In 2020, Florida hosts New Mexico State on 11/21. NMSU has an open date on 11/28. Florida could host UConn instead, and NMSU go travel to UConn on the 28th. Looking at which FBS schools have an open OOC date to fill in 2020, I came up with the following potential schedule for UConn.
Those three G5 away games could be the first of a home and home series with the return games giving a head start to future schedules for UConn.
8/29 @ Louisiana
9/5 @ Coastal Carolina
9/12 @ Illinois
9/19 Maine
9/26 Indiana
10/3 @ SMU
10/10 Bye
10/17 @ Syracuse
10/24 Bye
10/31 Liberty
11/7 Army
11/14 Bye
11/21 @ Florida
11/28 New Mexico State
12/5 Massachusetts
That gives them 6 home and 6 away, with only one FCS game. They would have 4 P5 opponents (1 home, 3 away), 3 G5s (all away), 4 Indies (all home) and 1 FCS (home). If they couldn't get a waiver to play Louisiana in Week Zero they could potentially move that to 10/10 or play host to a second FCS opponent.
I bet they could live with that schedule.
Using similar strategies for 2021 as I used for 2020, I came up with this potential schedule for UConn.
9/2 Holy Cross
9/11 Purdue
9/18 @ Wake Forest
9/25 Miami (FL)
10/2 @ East Carolina
10/9 @ UMass
10/16 Bye
10/23 @ New Mexico State
10/20 UMass
11/6 Army
11/13 @ Clemson
11/20 Louisiana
11/27 Bye
12/4 @ Liberty
Note I have UMass and UConn playing each other home and home. In 2021 UMass currently only has 10 games scheduled, 6 of which are home games. They could give UConn its sixth home game in this way.