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So PC was the mystery guest....

As expected.

I like our off week coming later in the year.

While I don't like playing a big matchup in Week 1, that may benefit Furman more than Wofford.

Furman gets Wofford at home. Wofford will be breaking in a number of new players on offense, including a QB. Wofford still seems like they want to modify their offense, but may be reluctant to do so in a major conference road game early in the year.

I really like this schedule. Would obviously prefer 6 home games out of 11, but that's not going to happen often in this day and age. Glad we have an all D1 schedule. Like having PC after our bye ... should be an easy win even if we have a little bit of rust like this year. Big part of the schedule is vs. Samford, @ Mercer and @ Citadel. Not hard to envision a scenario where we're 6-1 heading on the road to The Citadel. Think there's the potential for a lot more, but I don't want to get too ahead of myself 9 months out.

I wonder when we will have to return the game to PC? I thought and was hoping we were done going to Clinnon. I don't see a return date possible until at least 2026.
2021 ooc complete
2022 ooc complete
2023 2 road games sceduled-need home game
2024 2 road games scheduled-need 2 home games(12 game schedule)
2025 ooc complete

https://fbschedules.com/furman-announce ... -schedule/

When was the last time we had an OOC opponent for Homecoming!?!

apaladin wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:30 pm

I wonder when we will have to return the game to PC? I thought and was hoping we were done going to Clinnon. I don't see a return date possible until at least 2026.
2021 ooc complete
2022 ooc complete
2023 2 road games sceduled-need home game
2024 2 road games scheduled-need 2 home games(12 game schedule)
2025 ooc complete

https://fbschedules.com/furman-announce ... -schedule/

We've played PC a handful of times in the past without returning to Clinnon ('07 & '09 come to mind). I'm confident this is another such scenario. They'll be non-scholarship FCS Independent for 2020 and need to fill a schedule. Once they're in the Pioneer starting in 2021 I doubt they'll be throwing much money at any OOC opponents.

MNORM wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:38 pm

apaladin wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:30 pm

I wonder when we will have to return the game to PC? I thought and was hoping we were done going to Clinnon. I don't see a return date possible until at least 2026.
2021 ooc complete
2022 ooc complete
2023 2 road games sceduled-need home game
2024 2 road games scheduled-need 2 home games(12 game schedule)
2025 ooc complete

https://fbschedules.com/furman-announce ... -schedule/

We've played PC a handful of times in the past without returning to Clinnon ('07 & '09 come to mind). I'm confident this is another such scenario. They'll be non-scholarship FCS Independent for 2020 and need to fill a schedule. Once they're in the Pioneer starting in 2021 I doubt they'll be throwing much money at any OOC opponents.

That was my thinking as well. I can't imagine we would go on the road to a non-scholarship team under any normal circumstances.

fufanatic wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:55 pm

MNORM wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:38 pm

apaladin wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:30 pm

I wonder when we will have to return the game to PC? I thought and was hoping we were done going to Clinnon. I don't see a return date possible until at least 2026.
2021 ooc complete
2022 ooc complete
2023 2 road games sceduled-need home game
2024 2 road games scheduled-need 2 home games(12 game schedule)
2025 ooc complete

https://fbschedules.com/furman-announce ... -schedule/

We've played PC a handful of times in the past without returning to Clinnon ('07 & '09 come to mind). I'm confident this is another such scenario. They'll be non-scholarship FCS Independent for 2020 and need to fill a schedule. Once they're in the Pioneer starting in 2021 I doubt they'll be throwing much money at any OOC opponents.

That was my thinking as well. I can't imagine we would go on the road to a non-scholarship team under any normal circumstances.

We also played them in 2001 and 2004 without return trips to their place. Important to note that all four of these games were back when they were D2...but playing non-scholarship football is a similar scheduling scenario. If you look at Pioneer teams' OOC home schedules they are almost exclusively made up of NAIA and D2 schools.

MNORM wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:36 pm

When was the last time we had an OOC opponent for Homecoming!?!

Good question. When was the last time homecoming was in November. Maybe they scheduled HC to help boost attendance for this game?

apaladin wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:33 pm

MNORM wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:36 pm

When was the last time we had an OOC opponent for Homecoming!?!

Good question. When was the last time homecoming was in November. Maybe they scheduled HC to help boost attendance for this game?

I doubt it.

Homecoming is always always scheduled in late October or early November. Going back ten or so years, I couldn't find a single instance where Furman played a homecoming game in early October.

We are on the road next season the last two weeks of October, so the next available home date is the PC game.

Amazing the difference in schedule when App State and Ga Southern were in the conference. Constant change is here to stay and it is what it is.

purplehorse wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:33 pm

Amazing the difference in schedule when App State and Ga Southern were in the conference. Constant change is here to stay and it is what it is.

Do what now?

In 2012, the last 11 game season before GSU/App departed, Furman (1) opened the season against a SoCon opponent (Samford), (2) played a Big South school in week 2 (Coastal), (3) played an FBS school in Week 3 (Clemson), and (4) played Presbyterian. Sounds familiar.

So, if your point is to say Furman now plays VMI, ETSU, and Mercer instead of Georgia Southern, App, and Elon, then sure. We play the teams in the conference.

GSU & ASU are gone and they are NOT coming back. Time to move on, folks.

The schedule is what it is. I accept it for 2020, of course. However, for the future I stand by my strategy as stated in post #23383, 12/27/19, 1:44 PM.