Only 5 home games?

Sept 5th Non-Conference Home Game
Sept 12 @ Georgia
Sept 19 Samford
Sept 26 @ Austin Peay
Oct 3 @ The Citadel
Oct 10 @ VMI or vs WCU
Oct 17 Bye
Oct 24 @VMI or vs WCU
Oct 31 UTC
Nov 7 @ Mercer
Nov 14 @ Wofford
Nov 21 Furman

https://fbschedules.com/ncaa-2020/team/etsu

I believe FCS Schools is only allowed 11 games in 2020
So 5 home and 6 away. Guess we will play a “give me” to start the season

Have confirmed that ETSU will indeed play at Austin Peay next year on September 26th. Will be interesting to see how the season ticket prices change with one less game.

You don't think they will decrease the ticket prices due to having one less game do you? I would put the chances of that happening at nearly zero.

Everybody wants the stadium expanded, a new basketball arena, and a new track but no one wants to pay for it.

I would gladly pay for six games and only have five if we could put a competitive team on the field next year!

(11-30-2019 11:13 AM)BucDoctor Wrote:  Everybody wants the stadium expanded, a new basketball arena, and a new track but no one wants to pay for it.

So fans should pay the same amount of money for one less game coming off a 3-9 season?
Yea, no. That's not how it at all works. ETSU has to come back next year with a vengeance. 8-3/9-2 type year. Playoffs, at least two games, probably three.

A play off team out of the SoCon. That should be the minimum expectation for this coaching staff. With what they were handed anything less should not be tolerated by our leadership. As has been said, our facilities and leadership are as good as any team in our conference. Compete for a championship or go.

Hope I'm wrong but don't see the talent that could win SoCon or be a playoff team next year. Defense lost a ton and we all know the short comings of the offense.

(12-01-2019 06:48 PM)bucfan81 Wrote:  A play off team out of the SoCon. That should be the minimum expectation for this coaching staff. With what they were handed anything less should not be tolerated by our leadership. As has been said, our facilities and leadership are as good as any team in our conference. Compete for a championship or go.

"With what they were handed"? Why are we so sure that this team was loaded with talent from Torbush?

But yes, I think football should be expected to win the conference every 3 years and be in the playoffs every 2 out of 3 years. That should be the expectation.

(12-02-2019 07:53 AM)brock20 Wrote:  

(12-01-2019 06:48 PM)bucfan81 Wrote:  A play off team out of the SoCon. That should be the minimum expectation for this coaching staff. With what they were handed anything less should not be tolerated by our leadership. As has been said, our facilities and leadership are as good as any team in our conference. Compete for a championship or go.

"With what they were handed"? Why are we so sure that this team was loaded with talent from Torbush?

But yes, I think football should be expected to win the conference every 3 years and be in the playoffs every 2 out of 3 years. That should be the expectation.

Yes but what I meant was that he was not handed a bunch of freshmen and walk-ons. There were All Americans and several all conference players. With the league obviously down we should have done better than last place.

(12-02-2019 09:06 AM)bucfan81 Wrote:  

(12-02-2019 07:53 AM)brock20 Wrote:  

(12-01-2019 06:48 PM)bucfan81 Wrote:  A play off team out of the SoCon. That should be the minimum expectation for this coaching staff. With what they were handed anything less should not be tolerated by our leadership. As has been said, our facilities and leadership are as good as any team in our conference. Compete for a championship or go.

"With what they were handed"? Why are we so sure that this team was loaded with talent from Torbush?

But yes, I think football should be expected to win the conference every 3 years and be in the playoffs every 2 out of 3 years. That should be the expectation.

Yes but what I meant was that he was not handed a bunch of freshmen and walk-ons. There were All Americans and several all conference players. With the league obviously down we should have done better than last place.

Agree 100%. Last place is not acceptable by any stretch of the imagination, and trust the leadership has relayed that to those in charge of football loud and clear.

The Bucs need a lot of help on the OL, DL and ILB. So far on twitter a WR and a QB have verbally committed. Sanders has brought in 7 QB ( not counting the one verbally committed, whom I'm not particularly excited about and 6 WR. To steal an ad campaign slogan, "where's the beef

Sept 12 @ Georgia
Sept 26 @ Austin Peay
Oct. 3. @ The Citadel

Sept 12 @ Georgia
Sept 26 @ Austin Peay
Oct 3 @ The Citadel
Nov 21 Furman

Unfortunately, no wins there..0-4.

Nov 14 @ Wofford

Sept 12 @ Georgia
Sept 26 @ Austin Peay
Oct 3 @ The Citadel
Oct 31 UTC
Nov 14 @ Wofford
Nov 21 Furman

All teams 3 non-conference games have been identified, except for whoever ETSU has scheduled.

I really hope its a D-I, but I did a little research and most regional FCS teams already have non-conference games locked in.

Only if it's a bad D1. Team needs a breather.