Season ticket renewals start Monday March 7.

In a world of jack up the prices I am glad season ticket prices didn't. It makes sense to price to fill the place up.

Just paid for my season tickets

(03-07-2022 04:13 PM)emussuperfan Wrote:  Just paid for my season tickets

Same. its a great schedule for season ticket holders. just hope they put up some Ws

USA Today in an article picks Arizona State #8 in the PAC-N (N = 12, this year. Could be more in the future).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...366471001/

https://emueagles.com/sports/football/schedule

(04-26-2022 01:58 PM)emu steve Wrote:  USA Today in an article picks Arizona State #8 in the PAC-N (N = 12, this year. Could be more in the future).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...366471001/

https://emueagles.com/sports/football/schedule

Our game on their schedule is between at OKIE ST and Home against a Utah team that just lost an awesome rose bowl. maybe they sleep on us?

(04-26-2022 02:39 PM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(04-26-2022 01:58 PM)emu steve Wrote:  USA Today in an article picks Arizona State #8 in the PAC-N (N = 12, this year. Could be more in the future).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...366471001/

https://emueagles.com/sports/football/schedule

Our game on their schedule is between at OKIE ST and Home against a Utah team that just lost an awesome rose bowl. maybe they sleep on us?

That and their program seems to kind of be a mess right now. Their star QB transferred out and it seems like a lot of negative vibes right now. Obviously we need to go 2-2 in the non-conference (with Eastern Kentucky and UMass both at home and both HAVE to be wins), but of the two road games (@Lousiana and @ASU) I think ASU might be the more winnable of the two. I still don't expect us to win either of those games, but ASU seems to be the more doable of the two.

On a lazy Sunday morning I was looking over the schedule. In my opinion we are at the point where a bowl bid is the bare minimum. Hopefully we can take that next step and compete for the MAC, but I wanted to map out our route for a bowl bid, which again should be considered our baseline expectation:

Non-conference+1
Eastern Kentucky
@Louisiana
@Arizona State
Buffalo
UMass

The non-conference with Buffalo mixed in. I think 3-2 should be expected here. EKU, BUF, UMass all being at home are all games we should win. The two road games might be the two best teams we play all year.

Telling the story
@WMU
NIU
@Ball State
Toledo

I think this four game stretch will tell the story of how successful the season is. All four of these teams will be solid and I think we need to go 2-2. If we can manage that, it points us at 5-4.

The home stretch
@Akron
@Kent State
CMU

If we roll in at 5-4 that Akron game becomes huge. Kent State won the MAC-East, plus the game is on the road, and CMU has owned us the past few years. So 1-2 seems realistic here. Can't lay an egg against Akron like last year against Ohio.

So that puts us at 6-6. Hopefully this is the year we break out and have an 8-4 or 9-3 season, but I think this is the route to at least get back to a bowl.

(05-01-2022 08:44 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  On a lazy Sunday morning I was looking over the schedule. In my opinion we are at the point where a bowl bid is the bare minimum. Hopefully we can take that next step and compete for the MAC, but I wanted to map out our route for a bowl bid, which again should be considered our baseline expectation:

Non-conference+1
Eastern Kentucky
@Louisiana
@Arizona State
Buffalo
UMass

The non-conference with Buffalo mixed in. I think 3-2 should be expected here. EKU, BUF, UMass all being at home are all games we should win. The two road games might be the two best teams we play all year.

Telling the story
@WMU
NIU
@Ball State
Toledo

I think this four game stretch will tell the story of how successful the season is. All four of these teams will be solid and I think we need to go 2-2. If we can manage that, it points us at 5-4.

The home stretch
@Akron
@Kent State
CMU

If we roll in at 5-4 that Akron game becomes huge. Kent State won the MAC-East, plus the game is on the road, and CMU has owned us the past few years. So 1-2 seems realistic here. Can't lay an egg against Akron like last year against Ohio.

So that puts us at 6-6. Hopefully this is the year we break out and have an 8-4 or 9-3 season, but I think this is the route to at least get back to a bowl.

I think 6-6 is our ceiling this season. I am excited about our DL but Haney is out and they are very young. I am anticipating they get better as they gain in game experience as the season progresses. Our OL should be improved but our strategy will be the same. I believe last year we were last in the conference in rushing the ball and last at stopping the run. Until we see drastic improvement in strategy, we will hover around 0.500 in conference.

I want to really emphasize that I love our DL recruits but they are young.

(05-01-2022 12:37 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(05-01-2022 08:44 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  On a lazy Sunday morning I was looking over the schedule. In my opinion we are at the point where a bowl bid is the bare minimum. Hopefully we can take that next step and compete for the MAC, but I wanted to map out our route for a bowl bid, which again should be considered our baseline expectation:

Non-conference+1
Eastern Kentucky
@Louisiana
@Arizona State
Buffalo
UMass

The non-conference with Buffalo mixed in. I think 3-2 should be expected here. EKU, BUF, UMass all being at home are all games we should win. The two road games might be the two best teams we play all year.

Telling the story
@WMU
NIU
@Ball State
Toledo

I think this four game stretch will tell the story of how successful the season is. All four of these teams will be solid and I think we need to go 2-2. If we can manage that, it points us at 5-4.

The home stretch
@Akron
@Kent State
CMU

If we roll in at 5-4 that Akron game becomes huge. Kent State won the MAC-East, plus the game is on the road, and CMU has owned us the past few years. So 1-2 seems realistic here. Can't lay an egg against Akron like last year against Ohio.

So that puts us at 6-6. Hopefully this is the year we break out and have an 8-4 or 9-3 season, but I think this is the route to at least get back to a bowl.

I think 6-6 is our ceiling this season. I am excited about our DL but Haney is out and they are very young. I am anticipating they get better as they gain in game experience as the season progresses. Our OL should be improved but our strategy will be the same. I believe last year we were last in the conference in rushing the ball and last at stopping the run. Until we see drastic improvement in strategy, we will hover around 0.500 in conference.

I want to really emphasize that I love our DL recruits but they are young.

Great comments from both of you! As I said earlier the Akron game is A huge barometer on many levels! From going 7-5, 6-6, or even 5-7! This's CC 9th season versus a brand new coach at Akron, who literally lost countless players! We should beat Akron by 14 points! If we somehow don't win, then CC needs to reevaluate everything he's trying to do! If we can find a run game, then 7-5 is possible, if not 5-7 could happen! Plus, we've a fill in QB again possibly......

Losing Haney hurts but I am hopeful our young DBs continue to improve and our LBs are much improved. We need Powell to remain healthy and yes our running game needs to improve. I think PK will be fine. Punting unknown
Like our WRs TEs and RBs. OL the question is depth past the two deep. I haven't changed my .500 outlook for this year.

2022 and beyond ..

https://ypsilantieleven.substack.com/p/e...dium=email[/align]

I’m coming up for Homecoming vs. UMASS. Hold onto your butts…

(05-02-2022 02:09 PM)holybovine Wrote:  I’m coming up for Homecoming vs. UMASS. Hold onto your butts…

bov - i make a gallon sized jello shot every year for homecoming. you want in on it?

(05-02-2022 02:18 PM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(05-02-2022 02:09 PM)holybovine Wrote:  I’m coming up for Homecoming vs. UMASS. Hold onto your butts…

bov - i make a gallon sized jello shot every year for homecoming. you want in on it?

I don’t drink, but I don’t mind watching others partake! : )

Call this a crazy thought...... I understand the money component to scheduling and how much we need and rely on the pay-out games against P5 schools but I swore I remember CC saying in a press conference how much money the school gets when a game is aired on ESPN or ESPN 2. It was a really healthy chunk of cash. Here's my thought.... As we have seen the program go from the basement of D1 to a consistent bowl team, wouldn't it be a wise idea to make a splash OOC home game schedule? Let's get away from an FCS and try to get someone big to come to Rynearson and see if we could get it aired on EsPN or ESPN 2?!?! How awesome would it be if we could get a Big12 or Big10 team to come and offer them less of a pay out to us.

I am obsessed with thinking about how we get to the next level. CC has done an AMAZING job getting us to respectability, but we struggle going from above average to Really Good. This scheduling effort would represent a splash and get recruits excited. It could land us more Viottos of the world. CMU and WMU to my knowledge are not doing this. Toledo is. I think they have or had Miami Hurricanes coming to the glass bowl.

Thoughts?

(05-04-2022 09:47 PM)steve4840 Wrote:  Call this a crazy thought...... I understand the money component to scheduling and how much we need and rely on the pay-out games against P5 schools but I swore I remember CC saying in a press conference how much money the school gets when a game is aired on ESPN or ESPN 2. It was a really healthy chunk of cash. Here's my thought.... As we have seen the program go from the basement of D1 to a consistent bowl team, wouldn't it be a wise idea to make a splash OOC home game schedule? Let's get away from an FCS and try to get someone big to come to Rynearson and see if we could get it aired on EsPN or ESPN 2?!?! How awesome would it be if we could get a Big12 or Big10 team to come and offer them less of a pay out to us.

I am obsessed with thinking about how we get to the next level. CC has done an AMAZING job getting us to respectability, but we struggle going from above average to Really Good. This scheduling effort would represent a splash and get recruits excited. It could land us more Viottos of the world. CMU and WMU to my knowledge are not doing this. Toledo is. I think they have or had Miami Hurricanes coming to the glass bowl.

Thoughts?

I wouldn’t mind calling up Kansas to see if they would like to do a home and home. I’d do Colorado too.

(05-04-2022 09:47 PM)steve4840 Wrote:  Call this a crazy thought...... I understand the money component to scheduling and how much we need and rely on the pay-out games against P5 schools but I swore I remember CC saying in a press conference how much money the school gets when a game is aired on ESPN or ESPN 2. It was a really healthy chunk of cash. Here's my thought.... As we have seen the program go from the basement of D1 to a consistent bowl team, wouldn't it be a wise idea to make a splash OOC home game schedule? Let's get away from an FCS and try to get someone big to come to Rynearson and see if we could get it aired on EsPN or ESPN 2?!?! How awesome would it be if we could get a Big12 or Big10 team to come and offer them less of a pay out to us.

I am obsessed with thinking about how we get to the next level. CC has done an AMAZING job getting us to respectability, but we struggle going from above average to Really Good. This scheduling effort would represent a splash and get recruits excited. It could land us more Viottos of the world. CMU and WMU to my knowledge are not doing this. Toledo is. I think they have or had Miami Hurricanes coming to the glass bowl.

Thoughts?

Tough call.

There was a clear reason why Wetherbee gave up the home game vs. Kentucky and that was solely $$$! Steve, you indeed make a compelling argument, but many would doubt that the investment on attracting high profile opponents at home would produce a respectable return. There is NO proven answer, however, to that question. Your approach, while "swimming against the tide" may be omniscient.

Here is my take: MAC AD's are in a tough spot. They desperately need the revenue of the early season payday games to meet their budgets. Kent St for example, is Payday U, in their 2022 schedule with their three away games against P5 opponents. If I, however, were a KSU season ticket holder I would be pissed! Just TWO home games before Oct 22 when the weather is specious at best. Kent will be rolling in the payday game dough but who in the hell is coming to watch?

College football news ranked all D-1 teams post-spring ball. Here are EMU's opponents and what they had to say:

N/A: Eastern Kentucky since they aren't D-1A. Last year they were 7-4, played at Louisville and lost 30-3.

#43 Arizona State: The insider’s star of the 2021 offseason now will go the other way in the preseason predictions – that might be a mistake. There might be a whole lot of problems to overcome, and the defense loses eight starters, but getting QB Emory Jones from Florida should help ease the lose of QB Jayden Daniels to LSU.

#74 Louisiana: Agreed – this is an insulting ranking. New head coach Michael Desormeaux inherits enough starters to keep the production going, but there will be a wee step back. Losing longtime starting QB Levi Lewis matters, though.

#96 NIU: The Huskies set the bar high with a MAC championship season – after going winless in 2020 – and enough parts are back to make it a title-or-bust campaign. The offense should be among the most physical in the MAC, and the young D will come into its own as the season goes on.

#97 Central Michigan: Jim McElwain’s team is just good enough to be in the MAC championship mix, but you don’t easily replace two NFL offensive linemen. Even so, there’s no reason the defense can’t make up for any concerns on the other side.

#100 Kent State: Can the Golden Flashes keep the high-powered attack going without QB Dustin Crum? Yeah – the offensive front is in place – but the defense has to be a whole lot better to get back to the MAC Championship.

#101 Toledo: In a MAC that should be good up top, Toledo might be missing just enough to push through and win the title. There’s talent to work around, but it’ll take a month or so for the team to settle in.

#104 WMU: The Broncos have to undergo a bigger overhaul than just about anyone in the MAC. Everything should be okay in time, but the defensive front and offensive stars need to emerge as soon as possible.

#105 Ball State: Call this the X factor team in a conference that’s used to X factors emerging every year. For the Cardinals to win the MAC for the second time in three seasons, the veterans on both sides of the ball have to come through until the new skill parts rise up.

#111 EMU: As always, Eastern Michigan will play everyone tough, but the defensive front will be an early concern and the offensive backfield needs to be ready to rock when MACtion kicks in.

#120 Buffalo: There’s a chance this might be ridiculously low if all the new guys from the transfer portal can be the difference. As long as the offense can find something it can consistently rely on, the Bulls might be one the MAC’s biggest surprises.

#128 Akron: Start with this – the offense will be better. New head coach Joe Moorhead knows how to get an attack rolling, but the lumps this team will take will enormous. It’s a really, really young team that’s in building mode.

#131 UMass: Don Brown returns the program he led as an FCS powerhouse, but things are far different now. The lines aren’t there on either side, and finding a few offensive playmakers is a must, but the defense will instantly be better under the new coaching staff.

https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/05/...-131-teams

(05-08-2022 08:01 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  College football news ranked all D-1 teams post-spring ball. Here are EMU's opponents and what they had to say:

N/A: Eastern Kentucky since they aren't D-1A. Last year they were 7-4, played at Louisville and lost 30-3.

#43 Arizona State: The insider’s star of the 2021 offseason now will go the other way in the preseason predictions – that might be a mistake. There might be a whole lot of problems to overcome, and the defense loses eight starters, but getting QB Emory Jones from Florida should help ease the lose of QB Jayden Daniels to LSU.

#74 Louisiana: Agreed – this is an insulting ranking. New head coach Michael Desormeaux inherits enough starters to keep the production going, but there will be a wee step back. Losing longtime starting QB Levi Lewis matters, though.

#96 NIU: The Huskies set the bar high with a MAC championship season – after going winless in 2020 – and enough parts are back to make it a title-or-bust campaign. The offense should be among the most physical in the MAC, and the young D will come into its own as the season goes on.

#97 Central Michigan: Jim McElwain’s team is just good enough to be in the MAC championship mix, but you don’t easily replace two NFL offensive linemen. Even so, there’s no reason the defense can’t make up for any concerns on the other side.

#100 Kent State: Can the Golden Flashes keep the high-powered attack going without QB Dustin Crum? Yeah – the offensive front is in place – but the defense has to be a whole lot better to get back to the MAC Championship.

#101 Toledo: In a MAC that should be good up top, Toledo might be missing just enough to push through and win the title. There’s talent to work around, but it’ll take a month or so for the team to settle in.

#104 WMU: The Broncos have to undergo a bigger overhaul than just about anyone in the MAC. Everything should be okay in time, but the defensive front and offensive stars need to emerge as soon as possible.

#105 Ball State: Call this the X factor team in a conference that’s used to X factors emerging every year. For the Cardinals to win the MAC for the second time in three seasons, the veterans on both sides of the ball have to come through until the new skill parts rise up.

#111 EMU: As always, Eastern Michigan will play everyone tough, but the defensive front will be an early concern and the offensive backfield needs to be ready to rock when MACtion kicks in.

#120 Buffalo: There’s a chance this might be ridiculously low if all the new guys from the transfer portal can be the difference. As long as the offense can find something it can consistently rely on, the Bulls might be one the MAC’s biggest surprises.

#128 Akron: Start with this – the offense will be better. New head coach Joe Moorhead knows how to get an attack rolling, but the lumps this team will take will enormous. It’s a really, really young team that’s in building mode.

#131 UMass: Don Brown returns the program he led as an FCS powerhouse, but things are far different now. The lines aren’t there on either side, and finding a few offensive playmakers is a must, but the defense will instantly be better under the new coaching staff.

https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/05/...-131-teams

Nice SD! Thanks for posting.