apaladin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:14 pm
affirm wrote: ↑Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:01 pm
Based on distance, we should aim to get games against
Virginia
Va Tech
Wake Forest
Duke
NCSU
UNC
USC
CU
GT
UGA
Auburn
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Kentucky
That's 15 teams. To my knowledge, in FCS era, there are about 5 of those we've never played, maybe more.
What is our scheduling philosophy
for these games?
What is the scheduling philosophy of these FBS oppononents in regard to whether or not they will contract to play us?
For the next 8 years all of our FBS opponents are on your list with the exception of Ole Miss. We have one year 2023 that we need an FBS opponent. Both the ACC and SEC have said they will schedule FCS teams for the foreseeable future.
Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Duke have never been on our schedules during the FCS era. My questions, which you did not answer, would seek to get to why those 5 never have been. Also, to my knowledge, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest have not been on our schedules in a long time; and Tennessee is scheduled for the first time. So that 5+2+1=8 is a majority of my list of 15.
Note that Mercer, in their short time as a resurrected program, has already played Alabama and Georgia.
By the way, it's maybe just of interest, but Colgate, a school extremely similar to Furman and one of our home opponents this year, plays at Air Force next year, and Army this year. I previously stated that I'd like for us to play Air Force, if Clay would be OK with it. Of course I realize Air Force may not want to play us, and there may be scheduling conflicts, etc., but it still is of interest that the school from Hamilton, NY, is going out to Colorado Springs next year.