(09-15-2021 08:12 AM)Meanmike0001 Wrote:  

(09-14-2021 08:32 PM)frankenheimer Wrote:  It's not exactly the same thing, but I remember (I was in elementary school, with the associated unreliable elementary school memory) football games with a team of college all-stars playing against a team of pro players. I don't remember if the pro team was an NFL team or a team of NFL players. This was in the mid-70s. How'd that come to mind? I guess cause we were talking about exhibition games.

Back to college basketball exhibitions - I suppose the team hosting the exhibition would like a win and would like to give everyone on the roster a few minutes of playing time. Not sure if any college plays a travelling squad for exhibitions any more. One team I remember from my Purdue days was called Athletes in Action; if memory serves, it was made up former college players that weren't on a pro roster.

The Chicago Charities College All-Star Game was a preseason American football game played from 1934 to 1976 between the National Football League (NFL) champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous year. It was also known as the College All-Star Football Classic.[1]

The game was contested annually — except for 1974, due to that year's NFL strike — and was played in July, August, or September. In the 42 College All-Star Games, the defending pro champions won 31, the All-Stars won nine, and two were ties, giving the collegians a .238 winning percentage.

Yep, that was it! Thanks!

The only 3 Saturday home conference games are The Citadel, Wofford and Samford. Very disappointing that Chattanooga, Furman, UNCG home games are all mid-week.

(09-30-2021 09:19 AM)Meanmike0001 Wrote:  The only 3 Saturday home conference games are The Citadel, Wofford and Samford. Very disappointing that Chattanooga, Furman, UNCG home games are all mid-week.

I'm not seeing your point, please explain. I see 9 home conference games, 4 on Saturday, 5 on Wednesday. Is it the quality of Saturday opponents as opposed to the Wednesday opponents? More games on Wednesday vs Saturday?

My guess and my hope is that the Southern Conference creates the schedule, they do it somewhat randomly with a few constraints such as:
Alternate the majority of mid-week/Saturday games (so next year ETSU would get 5 home Saturdays and 4 home Wednesdays).
Home/away runs. ETSU doesn't have more than 3 home or 3 away games in a row, so that might be the constraint.
Time between games between the same two opponents. Don't think you'd want to play the same opponent twice in a row, for instance.
And there may be a few individual scheduling constraints, like some particular school's event or particular scheduling conflict for a particular arena.

If that's the way the conference schedule is created, then it's just dumb luck if you get a bad or a good schedule.

Yes, the quality of opponents. Chattanooga, Furman, UNCG are all mid-week games. Those would be guaranteed sell-outs on Saturday (and may still be on Wednesday). Barring Covid issues. I live an hour away and can't make it to very many weeknight games.

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(09-30-2021 09:19 AM)Meanmike0001 Wrote:  The only 3 Saturday home conference games are The Citadel, Wofford and Samford. Very disappointing that Chattanooga, Furman, UNCG home games are all mid-week.

I'm not seeing your point, please explain. I see 9 home conference games, 4 on Saturday, 5 on Wednesday. Is it the quality of Saturday opponents as opposed to the Wednesday opponents? More games on Wednesday vs Saturday?

My guess and my hope is that the Southern Conference creates the schedule, they do it somewhat randomly with a few constraints such as:
Alternate the majority of mid-week/Saturday games (so next year ETSU would get 5 home Saturdays and 4 home Wednesdays).
Home/away runs. ETSU doesn't have more than 3 home or 3 away games in a row, so that might be the constraint.
Time between games between the same two opponents. Don't think you'd want to play the same opponent twice in a row, for instance.
And there may be a few individual scheduling constraints, like some particular school's event or particular scheduling conflict for a particular arena.

If that's the way the conference schedule is created, then it's just dumb luck if you get a bad or a good schedule.
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