2017 Schedule Speculation

[yosef13]

Are we to assume there is some compensation from Akron for this scheduling scramble? If so, does anybody have a guess how much?

Some folks are saying this is not a biggie. Akron my not be a marquee name, but they are G5 peer and look to be on there way to back to back bowl appearances. I think that would move the needle for our knowledgeable base. A lot more than SSU.

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

It will be Savannah State. Just confirmed from a very credible source.

That's a pretty disappointing fill. I can only assume that means there was absolutely no one else available on that date. I'm not opposed to playing an FCS opponent, but it should be one that moves the needle at least a little for our fans.

Yea. Do you think this will hurt season ticket sales next year?

Doubt it. How many people can you envision saying "I was going to buy season tickets, but now that we aren't playing Akron..."

And I'm with Goapps15. I don't want an FCS game to be interesting, I want it to be a massacre where we pull our starters early in the third quarter. Whether the victim is Elon or Savannah State makes no difference to me.

I like this

[Boone Goon]

We will have at a minimum one mid-week home game probably two in GS and Troy.

2017 - FCS, Wake, ULL, Troy on Wednesday or Thursday, GS on Thursday, and NMSU.

Next year's home slate will be 1 or 2 weeknight games, Saturday after Thanksgiving and now a FCS opponent.

That is going to be a tough sell with the exception of Wake Forest.

I would have rather seen a SoCon team just because they would have brought a bigger fan base than SSU.

With that said, I'll still buy my 4 season tickets.

[Goapps15]

Western we will not play. The only two SOCON schools I would play are ETSU or Mercer. Outside of those two I have no interest. We need to play an FCS that is a guaranteed win.

No need to play a team who could beat us. Ask Iowa about that one.

[Gonzo]

There isn't a single team in the SoCon we wouldn't take to the woodshed. I don't care if it's Savannah State or a SoCon school. They're of the same caliber.

You can look at the FCS playoff results since we left to see how that league plummeted after Southern and App left for the Land of Milk and Honey. It's a one-bid league at this point. Their conference champ hasn't sniffed a national championship game since App won in the 2007 season.

NDSU would be a very tough game. A SoCon team would be a glorified BYE.

[bigdaddyg]

There isn't a single team in the SoCon we wouldn't take to the woodshed. I don't care if it's Savannah State or a SoCon school. They're of the same caliber.

You can look at the FCS playoff results since we left to see how that league plummeted after Southern and App left for the Land of Milk and Honey. It's a one-bid league at this point. Their conference champ hasn't sniffed a national championship game since App won in the 2007 season.

NDSU would be a very tough game. A SoCon team would be a glorified BYE.

Do we really want to stomp crap teams 70-0? I don't get much out of that personally. I would rather us beat so-so SB teams by 2-3 scores

[Gonzo]

There isn't a single team in the SoCon we wouldn't take to the woodshed. I don't care if it's Savannah State or a SoCon school. They're of the same caliber.

You can look at the FCS playoff results since we left to see how that league plummeted after Southern and App left for the Land of Milk and Honey. It's a one-bid league at this point. Their conference champ hasn't sniffed a national championship game since App won in the 2007 season.

NDSU would be a very tough game. A SoCon team would be a glorified BYE.

Do we really want to stomp crap teams 70-0? I don't get much out of that personally. I would rather us beat so-so SB teams by 2-3 scores

Yeah same here.

According to people here though we might be stuck with some cupcake FCS team. BUMMER.

[Goapps15]

There isn't a single team in the SoCon we wouldn't take to the woodshed. I don't care if it's Savannah State or a SoCon school. They're of the same caliber.

You can look at the FCS playoff results since we left to see how that league plummeted after Southern and App left for the Land of Milk and Honey. It's a one-bid league at this point. Their conference champ hasn't sniffed a national championship game since App won in the 2007 season.

NDSU would be a very tough game. A SoCon team would be a glorified BYE.

Do we really want to stomp crap teams 70-0? I don't get much out of that personally. I would rather us beat so-so SB teams by 2-3 scores

If that's our easy game I'm fine with it. Especially if it's between UGA and Wake. We need to keep guys healthy.

[WataugaMan]

A game against North Dakota State would be interesting, if a FCS game is being considered.

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

He never told me not to share and I assume since he told me it isn't a big secret. Not like it's a ground breaking announcement.

My credible source...the horse's mouth

[bigdaddyg]

That's not too bad

[TheMackAttack]

We will have at a minimum one mid-week home game probably two in GS and Troy.

2017 - FCS, Wake, ULL, Troy on Wednesday or Thursday, GS on Thursday, and NMSU.

Next year's home slate will be 1 or 2 weeknight games, Saturday after Thanksgiving and now a FCS opponent.

That is going to be a tough sell with the exception of Wake Forest.

I would have rather seen a SoCon team just because they would have brought a bigger fan base than SSU.

With that said, I'll still buy my 4 season tickets.

I wish the Sun Belt would limit each team to one home weekday game per season and two total games per year. It does a number on attendance to do two home games per year.

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

We will have at a minimum one mid-week home game probably two in GS and Troy.

2017 - FCS, Wake, ULL, Troy on Wednesday or Thursday, GS on Thursday, and NMSU.

Next year's home slate will be 1 or 2 weeknight games, Saturday after Thanksgiving and now a FCS opponent.

That is going to be a tough sell with the exception of Wake Forest.

I would have rather seen a SoCon team just because they would have brought a bigger fan base than SSU.

With that said, I'll still buy my 4 season tickets.

I wish the Sun Belt would limit each team to one home weekday game per season and two total games per year. It does a number on attendance to do two home games per year.

They want that ESPN money tho.

[App91]

We will have at a minimum one mid-week home game probably two in GS and Troy.

2017 - FCS, Wake, ULL, Troy on Wednesday or Thursday, GS on Thursday, and NMSU.

Next year's home slate will be 1 or 2 weeknight games, Saturday after Thanksgiving and now a FCS opponent.

That is going to be a tough sell with the exception of Wake Forest.

I would have rather seen a SoCon team just because they would have brought a bigger fan base than SSU.

With that said, I'll still buy my 4 season tickets.

I wish the Sun Belt would limit each team to one home weekday game per season and two total games per year. It does a number on attendance to do two home games per year.

They want that ESPN money tho.

Does anyone know if that TV money is more than what we would make on a home Sat.? Thought i heard $250k which is alot less than what we make. IMO we cannot afford these midweek games, they cost us too much money.

[AppinVA]

I don't mind Savannah State. I see it as a space filler in case something better comes along. If it does, then the buyout will not be that bad.

[luvyosef]

I was under the impression we were hosting Coastal in a conference game in 2017 and that they would knock one of this year's road teams off the rotation? I don't like two weeknight games but when money talks, what are ya gonna do?

[EastHallApp]

A game against North Dakota State would be interesting, if a FCS game is being considered.

Interesting, yes. Also, an absolutely horrible idea.

[Goapps15]

A game against North Dakota State would be interesting, if a FCS game is being considered.

Interesting, yes. Also, an absolutely horrible idea.

Agreed with EastHallApp here. Why play any FCS team you could lose to? That's how Jim Grobe did it at Wake.

[T-Dog]

I was under the impression we were hosting Coastal in a conference game in 2017 and that they would knock one of this year's road teams off the rotation?

This is true. We play Coastal at home in 2017 so we won't play Troy.

[Cincy App]

Savannah State is arguably the worst team in FCS. I'm fine with playing an FCS team if needed but will be upset if it's a team as hopeless as SSU.