• Clemson v. Furman in 2025

 #1419  by soconjohn
 Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:46 am
I don't mind playing Patriot League teams...Give me a game with Holy Cross...Want to destroy them just like Furman did Colgate...At least the Patriot competes in the FCS playoffs...There's a reason why Ivies don't...They would be about as competitive as the SWAC and MEAC have been in the past.
 #1420  by Jasper
 Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:55 am
soconjohn wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:46 am
I don't mind playing Patriot League teams...Give me a game with Holy Cross...Want to destroy them just like Furman did Colgate...At least the Patriot competes in the FCS playoffs...There's a reason why Ivies don't...They would be about as competitive as the SWAC and MEAC have been in the past.
The problem with a home and home with the Cross is where they are. Ever been to Worcester, Mass.? It aint NYC or DC. ;)
 #1421  by Fessor
 Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:13 pm
Jasper wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:55 am
soconjohn wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:46 am
I don't mind playing Patriot League teams...Give me a game with Holy Cross...Want to destroy them just like Furman did Colgate...At least the Patriot competes in the FCS playoffs...There's a reason why Ivies don't...They would be about as competitive as the SWAC and MEAC have been in the past.
The problem with a home and home with the Cross is where they are. Ever been to Worcester, Mass.? It aint NYC or DC. ;)
Doubt you're going to make any money, but it would be a great experience for the kids and would pick up some Northeast FCS poll votes. Stay on 128 - go into the city for a day and dinner - and then bus out to Wooster on game day. Better yet, schedule a game with BC. You might actually win and get paid to do it.

Between travel and accommodations, big money loser but it ain't always about the money.
 #1422  by Flagman
 Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:57 pm
I just looked at the Holy Cross football stadium on Google maps. Their stands are just 30yards wide and only on one side. It certainly would not be a money game.
 #1425  by FUBeAR
 Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:14 pm
soconjohn wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:46 am
I don't mind playing Patriot League teams...Give me a game with Holy Cross...Want to destroy them just like Furman did Colgate...At least the Patriot competes in the FCS playoffs...There's a reason why Ivies don't...They would be about as competitive as the SWAC and MEAC have been in the past.
soconjohn wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:38 am
Furman needs to challenge itself as a football program...Playing a bunch of Ivy League programs is not to the way to do it...I would rather play two FBS programs--one power five and the the other from a group of Five than play an Ivy.
Yale finished in the Top 25 in the FCS Coaches Poll & the STATS FCS Top 25 in 2017. They finished #8 in the Simple Ranking System. No Patriot League Team finished in the Top 25 in the polls. I believe Holy Cross was the highest ranked PL Team using the SRS. They were #73.

I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but those that vote & rank, do.
 #1426  by apaladin
 Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:54 pm
As for Duke, Wake and Vandy, I doubt they would pay very much. We did play Vandy some 15 years ago. Duke likes to keep their FCS games in state for the most part. Their schedule is/was littered with NC Central and NC A&T and maybe Elon once.
 #1433  by fufanatic
 Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:25 am
apaladin wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:54 pm
As for Duke, Wake and Vandy, I doubt they would pay very much. We did play Vandy some 15 years ago. Duke likes to keep their FCS games in state for the most part. Their schedule is/was littered with NC Central and NC A&T and maybe Elon once.
Let's never mention the 2002 Vanderbilt game again ... a really good Furman team coming off the national title letdown faces off against the very coach that led them to said national title game. A recipe for disaster and a real butt kicking. I believe the university bused the freshmen that year to the game. I'm sure that could have been more fun.
 #1434  by FUwolfpacker
 Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:34 am
fufanatic wrote:
Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:25 am
apaladin wrote:
Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:54 pm
As for Duke, Wake and Vandy, I doubt they would pay very much. We did play Vandy some 15 years ago. Duke likes to keep their FCS games in state for the most part. Their schedule is/was littered with NC Central and NC A&T and maybe Elon once.
Let's never mention the 2002 Vanderbilt game again ... a really good Furman team coming off the national title letdown faces off against the very coach that led them to said national title game. A recipe for disaster and a real butt kicking. I believe the university bused the freshmen that year to the game. I'm sure that could have been more fun.
They did. Jackal and I were on those buses. That was hard to watch. Still a cool experience though.
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