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Post by hc87 on Sept 30, 2018 15:01:29 GMT -5
I noticed this as friends of ours are planning a reunion/weekend either at Navy or at Syracuse next year....both are still on the schedule but playing on different days than they were scheduled to a couple weeks ago. Navy was 9/7 now 8/31...Syracuse was 8/31 now 9/28
Probably done as we were scheduled to play back to back FBS games...kinda surprised we were able to shuffle at this late date.
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Post by hc87 on Sept 30, 2018 15:09:50 GMT -5
A week or so ago:
2019 HOLY CROSS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Aug. 31 at Syracuse Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. Sept. 7 at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md. Sept. 21 at Yale Yale Bowl, New Haven, Conn. Sept. 28 New Hampshire Fitton Field, Worcester, Mass. Oct. 5 at Bucknell * Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, Lewisburg, Pa. Oct. 12 at Brown Brown Stadium, Providence, R.I. Oct. 19 Harvard Fitton Field, Worcester, Mass. Oct. 26 Colgate * Fitton Field, Worcester, Mass. Nov. 2 at Lehigh * Goodman Stadium, Bethlehem, Pa. Nov. 9 Lafayette * Fitton Field, Worcester, Mass. Nov. 16 at Fordham * Jack Coffey Field, Bronx, N.Y. Nov. 23 Georgetown * Fitton Field, Worcester, Mass.
Our official website has the new schedule
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 30, 2018 15:16:15 GMT -5
OK, I admit I must not have been paying close enough attention but we are playing 12 games next season??!!! I knew 2 D-IA teams, Syracuse and Navy but this is a murderer's row of a schedule!
Navy 8/31 (A) UNH 9/7 (H) Yale 9/21 (A) [yay! a bye week to lick our wounds] Syracuse 9/28 (A) Bucknell 10/5 (A) [hopefully we'll have some starters still playing] Brown 10/12 (A) Harvard 10/19 (H) Colgate 10/26 (H) Lehigh 11/2 (A) Lafayette 11/9 (H) Fordham 11/16 (A) Georgetown 11/23 (H)
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 30, 2018 15:54:41 GMT -5
This is a great schedule- I love ending with the PL slate
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Post by breezy on Sept 30, 2018 16:15:55 GMT -5
It seems to me that the change of scheduling for the Syracuse game (now set for Sep 28 next year) has been in place for quite a while now. I can't say exactly, but it's been at least a couple of months.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 30, 2018 16:26:24 GMT -5
This is a great schedule- I love ending with the PL slate Only if we can be competitive
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Post by gks on Oct 1, 2018 7:29:08 GMT -5
There is an extra week between Labor Day and Thanksgiving in 2019 which allows for FCS to schedule 12 if they so choose. Another great schedule...
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Post by JRGNYR on Oct 1, 2018 8:28:47 GMT -5
Syracuse is now playing Liberty on 8/31. 9/7 will now likely be either a bye for Navy or a conference game, since they already have AFA (10/5), ND (11/16) and Army (12/14) pencilled in.
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Post by Chu Chu on Oct 2, 2018 18:24:05 GMT -5
OK, I admit I must not have been paying close enough attention but we are playing 12 games next season??!!! I knew 2 D-IA teams, Syracuse and Navy but this is a murderer's row of a schedule! Navy 8/31 (A) UNH 9/7 (H) Yale 9/21 (A) [yay! a bye week to lick our wounds] Syracuse 9/28 (A) Bucknell 10/5 (A) [hopefully we'll have some starters still playing] Brown 10/12 (A) Harvard 10/19 (H) Colgate 10/26 (H) Lehigh 11/2 (A) Lafayette 11/9 (H) Fordham 11/16 (A) Georgetown 11/23 (H) Wow, what a tough schedule. Syracuse and Navy are going to be tough enough, and with old nemesis Yale, UNH, Brown and Harvard, this is the most challenging OOC schedule I have seen since moving to FCS. May we be worthy opponents, and win a few of these !
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 11, 2018 10:18:35 GMT -5
I looked at the 2020 schedule, and the BC game is Oct 31 (Happy Halloween !) - I thought that was originally an early Sep date
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Post by rickii on Oct 11, 2018 10:48:08 GMT -5
Again, GREAT for continued excellent recruiting for Chesney and staff !
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Post by JRGNYR on Oct 11, 2018 11:26:08 GMT -5
Re: 2019 Season... In my view one could reasonably pencil in 4-5 losses even before the season begins, plus in all likelihood there will be other PL losses. I know that it is an unending argument but I find this schedule unbearable. I realize that some on this board will bring up different opinions to justify the slaughter. In an attempt to justify this schedule some will point out that these games are revenue producers or that these games raise the recruiting profile of HC or that the players want to test themselves against these schools. IMHO I believe that even though there may be reasons they do not justify this schedule. I think that the 2019 schedule is a big mistake for a number of reasons many of which have previously been aired on this board. Losses in the"big" games in all likelihood will contribute to losses in PL games. (Note the decline in HC's performance in 2018 culminating in the unexpected loss to Bucknell.) How many of us will be screaming for the head of one coach or another after the inevitable losses/ blowouts? I fully expect that some are sure to point to poor coaching, bad play selection as reasons to fire everybody. The frustration may be understandable but the reactions/responses by some are not. I for one will not use the losses in 2019 as a reason to call for the firing of anyone. How many fellow posters can say the same? For what it's worth, I don't buy the argument that losses against BC or Navy or Syracuse or to any FBS team on the schedule is going to directly lead to losses later in the season. I don't see how one correlates to the other, unless it's within the context of how similarly HC may play in those games. Hypothetically, if you want to say "Navy did X and Y which forced HC to do Z, which ultimately led to the loss, and Lehigh did the exact same thing later in the season with similar results," you could easily make that connection with any opponent. And it's pretty clear that the rest of FCS doesn't subscribe to that line of thinking either, otherwise there would be no such FBS vs. FCS games, right?
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Post by gks on Oct 11, 2018 11:29:21 GMT -5
Weren't people complaining when HC played the likes of Fairfield, Sacred Heart, Bryant, et al?
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Post by hcpride on Oct 11, 2018 11:45:26 GMT -5
The good news is that if you thought the game v BC was a good idea than you'll think the games against Navy and Syracuse are good ideas too. As an added bonus, these latter two games cannot possibly be as one-sided as the BC game (wherein the BC coach clearly called off the dogs midway thru the 1st quarter and still won 62-14 ).
If you thought the game v BC was a very bad idea or just a somewhat embarrassing reminder of how far our football has fallen, two FBS games are more unfortunate than one FBS game.
I can't imagine anyone is truly surprised at our record now and the hopes of finishing over .500 next year - given the 2019 schedule - seem far-fetched.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 11, 2018 12:06:34 GMT -5
Not again. Equus mortuus est. We know you three don't like these games.
Out of curiosity anyone else here afraid - X (sorry - check that), embarrassed -X (sorry - did it again), opposed to these FBS games?
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 11, 2018 12:09:00 GMT -5
mm67, with all due respect, you are re-working the same field. There is no evidence that injuries sustained by HC against BC were any more frequent of more severe than against any other opponent we've played. I, for one, don't believe the fear of more & greater injuries is accurate or a reason not to play D-IA teams (I refuse to refer to them in any other way). I also don't believe, as you no doubt know by now, that getting beaten badly to these higher tier teams is devastating to the psyche of our players or coaches. Would I have scheduled 2 D-IA teams the same season? No way. But I suspect it was next season or not at all. As the 2 posters after yours said, they and I don't believe that a shellacking against the big boys in any way translates into losses in the PL. I won't be screaming for Bob Chesney's head if we lose big to Navy and Syracuse but I will be "disgruntled" if we lose to Georgetown and lose again to Bucknell and don't win at least half the games against the remaining PL teams. I agree that we can probably pre-write 4-5 losses next year as it is a "killer" schedule and so far there is no evidence that the coaching staff has learned much from the first 6 games this season. If the coaches don't change game plans and personnel, next year will look a lot worse than this year. And, for good measure, while still supporting Chesney in the long run, we've won only one game of the first 6. Can anyone honestly say that under TG we would have a worse record?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 11, 2018 12:27:34 GMT -5
It’s almost as if no coach can rebuild s D-1 program in one year...
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Post by timholycross on Oct 11, 2018 12:30:56 GMT -5
They will change their personnel by default....graduation being the main culprit.
My philosophy: the schedules in the next few years should force the school as a whole got off their collective asses and figured out how to do better. Some things are already happening (Luth being the foremost) but clearly not enough.
Or continue to lose terribly and generate no interest. Those are the choices.
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Post by Chu Chu on Oct 11, 2018 15:31:55 GMT -5
Let us remember that our little FCS college has already played and beaten a FBS school! It happened the last time we played (and beat) Army in Michie Stadium.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 11, 2018 16:17:02 GMT -5
`Obviously the schedule is made years in advance, so it is only useful to discuss schedules 5,6,7 years in advance. It is silly to use as an argument what Crossport posters think. We are a very, very small minority representing practically no one, except the particular poster.
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Post by Ignutz on Oct 31, 2018 12:40:36 GMT -5
Has anyone else noticed/commented on the fact that the only future Football schedule now showing on the HC website is next year's? What happened to '20 and '21??
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Post by hchoops on Oct 31, 2018 12:46:52 GMT -5
Maybe more shuffling of dates and possibly, opponents ? The big guys dictate.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 31, 2018 12:51:58 GMT -5
OOC teams backing out after seeing the Lehigh score
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Post by Ignutz on Oct 31, 2018 13:12:40 GMT -5
Maybe more shuffling of dates and possibly, opponents ? The big guys dictate. I'm hoping that they're scheduling another game in Ireland!
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Oct 31, 2018 13:52:04 GMT -5
I'll wager no more than a nickel that its another game in Pennsylvania at a place where HC has played before.
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