Future Football Schedules

[ST_Lawson]

H and H would be fine. The MVFC is tough enough to make our SOS quality. If we made it at 6-5 because of SOS, we would have made it at 7-4. Plus, for recruits, 8-3 looks much better than 6-5 or 7-4.

True. On the plus side, next year we have North Alabama and Tennessee Tech, which should both be winnable, Montana State, which we're about even with (and this one's going to be here), and Colorado State, which is about as "winnable" as an FBS game can be (they lost to Illinois State this year).

[GV Dad]

H and H would be fine. The MVFC is tough enough to make our SOS quality. If we made it at 6-5 because of SOS, we would have made it at 7-4. Plus, for recruits, 8-3 looks much better than 6-5 or 7-4.

True. On the plus side, next year we have North Alabama and Tennessee Tech, which should both be winnable, Montana State, which we're about even with (and this one's going to be here), and Colorado State, which is about as "winnable" as an FBS game can be (they lost to Illinois State this year).

And at a great time, breaking in a new QB. I thought Sampson looked really good in his drive. Taking away the Int that is

[ST_Lawson]

And at a great time, breaking in a new QB. I thought Sampson looked really good in his drive. Taking away the Int that is

I agree; Sampson looked great when he was playing. I'm not bothered by the INT personally...against the best FCS defense in the country, late in a game that was pretty much out of hand, young guy trying to make something happen, young o-line.

Put Sampson in a more "standard" situation, with a bit more experience himself and a more experienced o-line...I'm not worried at this point.

I also had a nice chat with his dad before the game at your tailgate.


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[GV Dad]

Ya, Mike is a great guy!

[ST_Lawson]

Illinois State's 2019 schedule has been released: https://goredbirds.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=444
The Redbirds play in Macomb (finally) on October 19th. I should be able to start getting the "Conference Schedule Matrix" put together fairly soon to see if we can parse out who/when/where our other conference games are.

[leatherneckcountry]

Interesting I just noticed UNI plays 3 big sky teams next year.

[ST_Lawson]

Illinois State's 2019 schedule has been released: https://goredbirds.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=444
The Redbirds play in Macomb (finally) on October 19th. I should be able to start getting the "Conference Schedule Matrix" put together fairly soon to see if we can parse out who/when/where our other conference games are.

Actually, strike that...I've now been able to extrapolate our conference schedule next year from the other schedules that have been released. You can view the whole conference schedule here.
Confirmed games are in black and "estimated" games are in grey.

Essentially, we play @ North Alabama on a Thursday night, @ Colorado State (FBS), home against Montana State and Tennessee Tech, then bye week. In conference we should be, if my "calculations" are correct:
vs Missouri State for Homecoming, @ Indiana State, vs Illinois State, @ Youngstown State, vs South Dakota, @ North Dakota State, vs Southern Illinois, @ Northern Iowa
So...home games on 9/14, 9/21, 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, and 11/16. Also, we don't play the last game of the season at home next year (thankfully)...it'll be at UNI.
Actually, once conference season hits, home games every other weekend. Our first home game isn't until September 14th, but once that starts, we don't have more than 2 weeks without a game.

I've updated the first post with this information as well: viewtopic.php?p=5330#p5330

[WIU2DC]

Random question, but when UND joins the league will each team (excluding the Dakotas) not play two teams every two years?


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[ST_Lawson]

Random question, but when UND joins the league will each team (excluding the Dakotas) not play two teams every two years?


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I believe that is correct, but I haven't had a chance to go analyze the schedules of the teams who have released their 2020 schedules yet.


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[GV Dad]

Random question, but when UND joins the league will each team (excluding the Dakotas) not play two teams every two years?


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Is this a done deal? Hadn't heard this before.