9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Very good schedule.

Really like the 4 OOC games 1 - 4 with alternating home and away.

BTW, Jacksonville State is in Alabama.

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

RichRod is scary!

Does the Jacksonville State game count toward bowl eligibility?
They are moving to the FBS in 2023 so I think it does but I honestly have no idea

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Our Schedule is as follows:
vs HOWARD on Sept. 2nd
at MINNESOTA on Sept. 9th
VS UMASS on Sept. 16th
at JACKSONVILLE STATE on Sept 23rd
AKRON
BALL STATE
KENT STATE
WESTERN MICHIGAN
at BUFFALO
at CENTRAL MICHIGAN
at NORTHERN ILLINOIS
at TOLEDO

(12-21-2022 11:46 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Our Schedule is as follows:
vs HOWARD on Sept. 2nd
at MINNESOTA on Sept. 9th
VS UMASS on Sept. 16th
at JACKSONVILLE STATE on Sept 23rd
AKRON
BALL STATE
KENT STATE
WESTERN MICHIGAN
at BUFFALO
at CENTRAL MICHIGAN
at NORTHERN ILLINOIS
at TOLEDO

Thanks. Nice to have home games with Akron and Kent State and that road game at Buffalo.

(12-21-2022 07:10 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

RichRod is scary!

...to U-M alumni and Walmart Wolverines everywhere.

Minnesota is NOT an automatic L. We should compete.

I agree with you, Bob. Minnesota is losing their QB who starter for about the last 48 years for them, when he was hurt this year they were not the same team. Ibrahim may have been the best RB in the Big Ten and he is gone. They use their tight end a lot and he is a senior. They had two all-Big Ten o-linemen...both are gone. Looking at their defense most of their top players are seniors.

Now with the COVID stuff who knows if all of them are seniors and gone or seniors with an extra year. Either way they are a team that could be losing a lot. Either way it will be a difficult game for us, but if we have our QB I think we have a shot.

Jacksonville State should be interesting, it'll be their first year in FBS (they are joining Conference USA). They went 9-2 this year, but their only game against a FBS team this year was against Tulsa. Tulsa was a 5-7 team this year and smoked Jacksonville State 54-17.

I think at least 3-1 in nonconference games is very doable again.

(12-22-2022 06:37 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 07:10 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

RichRod is scary!

...to U-M alumni and Walmart Wolverines everywhere.

To University Human Resources Departments

Ok, I know it's January but is anyone else looking at the roster and getting excited for next season?

Positives.....
-Returning QB with McCoy on his heels
-returning LB's (Sparacio and Kline)
-Dooley, Howie and other recent transfers on the O-line
-Dline was young but should shine this yr
-Secondary loaded with talent
-Both starting RB's back
-11th yr head coach with his best recruiting class ever this last season

Great time to be an EMU fan

(01-25-2023 01:19 PM)steve4840 Wrote:  Ok, I know it's January but is anyone else looking at the roster and getting excited for next season?

Positives.....
-Returning QB with McCoy on his heels
-returning LB's (Sparacio and Kline)
-Dooley, Howie and other recent transfers on the O-line
-Dline was young but should shine this yr
-Secondary loaded with talent
-Both starting RB's back
-11th yr head coach with his best recruiting class ever this last season

Great time to be an EMU fan

Most of the transfers are on the current roster. Who do we sign in February?

There has been some talk of Minnesota being a winnable game (which I agree with), and I just happened to notice their schedule. They actually start the year off with a conference game at home against Nebraska (there will be a lot of hype around that game because it is a Thursday night game opening weekend with Rhule making his debut) and their third game of the year is down in Chapel Hill against Heisman/potential #1 pick hyped QB Drake Maye and North Carolina. Sandwiched between those two games....lowly Eastern Michigan.

I think that is a perfect set-up for us, especially if it is a noon (which would be 11:00 AM local) kick. There usually doesn't seem to be much energy in big ten stadiums for those early kickoffs against non-P5 schools.

(02-07-2023 01:34 PM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  There has been some talk of Minnesota being a winnable game (which I agree with), and I just happened to notice their schedule. They actually start the year off with a conference game at home against Nebraska (there will be a lot of hype around that game because it is a Thursday night game opening weekend with Rhule making his debut) and their third game of the year is down in Chapel Hill against Heisman/potential #1 pick hyped QB Drake Maye and North Carolina. Sandwiched between those two games....lowly Eastern Michigan.

I think that is a perfect set-up for us, especially if it is a noon (which would be 11:00 AM local) kick. There usually doesn't seem to be much energy in big ten stadiums for those early kickoffs against non-P5 schools.

Love it We will also have at least some time to see how our QB situation shakes out.

(02-07-2023 02:17 PM)steve4840 Wrote:  

(02-07-2023 01:34 PM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  There has been some talk of Minnesota being a winnable game (which I agree with), and I just happened to notice their schedule. They actually start the year off with a conference game at home against Nebraska (there will be a lot of hype around that game because it is a Thursday night game opening weekend with Rhule making his debut) and their third game of the year is down in Chapel Hill against Heisman/potential #1 pick hyped QB Drake Maye and North Carolina. Sandwiched between those two games....lowly Eastern Michigan.

I think that is a perfect set-up for us, especially if it is a noon (which would be 11:00 AM local) kick. There usually doesn't seem to be much energy in big ten stadiums for those early kickoffs against non-P5 schools.

Love it We will also have at least some time to see how our QB situation shakes out.

I just looked up trap game on wikipedia and there it is

(02-07-2023 01:34 PM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  There has been some talk of Minnesota being a winnable game (which I agree with), and I just happened to notice their schedule. They actually start the year off with a conference game at home against Nebraska (there will be a lot of hype around that game because it is a Thursday night game opening weekend with Rhule making his debut) and their third game of the year is down in Chapel Hill against Heisman/potential #1 pick hyped QB Drake Maye and North Carolina. Sandwiched between those two games....lowly Eastern Michigan.

I think that is a perfect set-up for us, especially if it is a noon (which would be 11:00 AM local) kick. There usually doesn't seem to be much energy in big ten stadiums for those early kickoffs against non-P5 schools.

Bonus for the Eagles if Minnesota wins that game against Nebraska...makes it easier to look past EMU to the NC game.

(12-21-2022 05:45 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Very good schedule.

Really like the 4 OOC games 1 - 4 with alternating home and away.

BTW, Jacksonville State is in Alabama.

Per Tweet, the Howard game has been moved from Saturday to Friday. No surprise.

https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16251...3MjS9FmLMA

(02-14-2023 03:51 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:45 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Very good schedule.

Really like the 4 OOC games 1 - 4 with alternating home and away.

BTW, Jacksonville State is in Alabama.

Per Tweet, the Howard game has been moved from Saturday to Friday. No surprise.

https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16251...3MjS9FmLMA

I prefer Saturday because of the HS football conflicts.

(02-14-2023 11:34 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(02-14-2023 03:51 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:45 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Very good schedule.

Really like the 4 OOC games 1 - 4 with alternating home and away.

BTW, Jacksonville State is in Alabama.

Per Tweet, the Howard game has been moved from Saturday to Friday. No surprise.

https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16251...3MjS9FmLMA

I prefer Saturday because of the HS football conflicts.

Most high school games that week are on Thursday night because of Labor Day weekend. At least in Michigan that is how they typically do it.

(02-14-2023 11:49 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(02-14-2023 11:34 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(02-14-2023 03:51 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:45 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 05:40 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  9/2 - Howard
9/9 - @Minnesota
9/16 - UMass
9/23 - @Jacksonville State. 2023 will be their first year in FBS. Rich Rod is their HC.

MAC West
WMU, BSU, @NIU, @CMU, @Toledo

MAC East
3 TBDs. Hopefully 2 of them are at home.

Very good schedule.

Really like the 4 OOC games 1 - 4 with alternating home and away.

BTW, Jacksonville State is in Alabama.

Per Tweet, the Howard game has been moved from Saturday to Friday. No surprise.

https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16251...3MjS9FmLMA

I prefer Saturday because of the HS football conflicts.

Most high school games that week are on Thursday night because of Labor Day weekend. At least in Michigan that is how they typically do it.

Some are but not all. This schedule change means I'll be missing the EMU opener.