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Post by Tom on May 24, 2021 13:34:39 GMT -5
Has HC arrived at a place where we can get someone like Merrimack on the schedule without agreeing to a return road game ? I hope so but I'm afraid the answer is not what I want to hear And to answer another question that was floated in this thread - Ches would prefer ZERO 1A games. He does like them at all, but realizes the players and HC bean counters do. So. . . is UConn a compromise?
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Post by Crucis#1 on May 24, 2021 13:45:01 GMT -5
Certainly makes since now that Merrimack is a Division 1 Scholarship program. Especially since they are within the Commonwealth and by and play a full complement of sports that can match up against HC. Easy travel by both teams, with no need for overnight stay.
For those who moan about scheduling newbies to D1 like Merrimack, Sacred Heart, CCSU, etc, get over it. Today is no longer 1960, 65 or 70. Athletics in D1 has dramatically changed, and it is best that we play against teams that we are now competitive in light of Patriot League restrictions with the AI. Adjustments should be made based on our current strength, otherwise HC is placing itself at an unfair disadvantage with a consistent demoralizing outcome.
Road games, particularly if they are relatively close, are a fun adventure for the team and the fans. As a fan, I get to explore new venues, and see another campus.
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Post by purple1 on May 24, 2021 14:06:21 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that the games scheduled against Army & Maryland are no longer on future schedules. I think the AD needs to get to work by scheduling teams where alumni are located, that would be attractive and help us in recruiting outside of New England. Contact Rutgers, Wake Forest, Duke, Vanderbilt, Florida International, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Northwestern, San Diego State. Army, Navy, Air Force, UMass, Syracuse & BC are no brainers to schedule every 2 - 3 years. 6 PL games, 3 Ivy games and 2 FBS games would be attractive and could provide some revenue to the program and help support Chesney and his staff salaries. We can compete at this level with the talent being brought in currently.
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Post by bigfan on May 24, 2021 14:08:39 GMT -5
Scheduling Merrimack, Sacred Heart and CCSU does nothing for the program. We need to schedule up to help in recruiting. Games like upcoming Buffalo help in recruiting and we also receive a good pay day for the game. I would be in favor of games with Umass, Army and BC on a rotating basis.
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Post by trimster on May 24, 2021 14:24:04 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that the games scheduled against Army & Maryland are no longer on future schedules. I think the AD needs to get to work by scheduling teams where alumni are located, that would be attractive and help us in recruiting outside of New England. Contact Rutgers, Wake Forest, Duke, Vanderbilt, Florida International, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Northwestern, San Diego State. Army, Navy, Air Force, UMass, Syracuse & BC are no brainers to schedule every 2 - 3 years. 6 PL games, 3 Ivy games and 2 FBS games would be attractive and could provide some revenue to the program and help support Chesney and his staff salaries. We can compete at this level with the talent being brought in currently. I couldn't agree more. PL does so little for HC on this front. Non conference will have to pick up the slack.
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Post by timholycross on May 24, 2021 21:33:18 GMT -5
IMO another FCS opponent of high caliber needed. Some years it will be in place of the second FBS school. Some years in place of Ivy #3.
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Post by longsuffering on May 25, 2021 0:16:16 GMT -5
Has HC arrived at a place where we can get someone like Merrimack on the schedule without agreeing to a return road game ? I hope so but I'm afraid the answer is not what I want to hear What might be an intermediate step would be scheduling a three game series with someone like Bryant as at HC, at Bryant and then for the third year at a neutral site which would be our annual game at Polar Park. But even that could be difficult as the other teams don't want a lopsided home/away schedule either. Ultimately by playing one FBS game a year and collecting the guarantee HC will generally be a five home game per season team, which is OK because the away games aren't that far away.
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Post by timholycross on May 25, 2021 8:49:48 GMT -5
Yes, one has to consider that the years there is an 11 game schedule (most of them are 11); if there are 2 BCS opponents, you are looking at 9 other games; and in order to get 5 home games, 2 out of the 3 non-leaguers have to be at home.
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Post by DiMarz on May 27, 2021 16:01:29 GMT -5
Scheduling is not easy! One has to remember it takes 2 like minded institutions to come to an agreement...HC football is heading in the direction the men's basketball program faced in Coach Willards last years.. Teams "above" HC didn't want to chance a loss, and teams "Below" didn't want to get blown out..As the old saying goes, "It takes 2 to tango".
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Post by rgs318 on May 27, 2021 16:10:26 GMT -5
Scheduling is not easy! One has to remember it takes 2 like minded institutions to come to an agreement...HC football is heading in the direction the men's basketball program faced in Coach Willards last years.. Teams "above" HC didn't want to chance a loss, and teams "Below" didn't want to get blown out..As the old saying goes, "It takes 2 to tango". Thank goodness for the PL (I guess).
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Post by purplehaze on Aug 11, 2021 14:26:13 GMT -5
As expected our two Ivy opponents are ranked high in their pre-season rankings - here:
2021 Ivy League Football Preseason Poll (First Place Votes) 1. Princeton – 113 (8) 2. Yale – 104 (6) 3. Dartmouth – 88 (1) 4. Harvard – 87 5. Penn – 61 6. Brown – 52 7. Columbia – 44 (1) 8. Cornell – 27
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 11, 2021 14:30:08 GMT -5
Is this Columbia's first 1st Place vote since the 1950's?
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Post by hchoops on Aug 11, 2021 15:22:08 GMT -5
Some SID probably won a bet with that vote
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 12, 2021 13:22:00 GMT -5
Is this Columbia's first 1st Place vote since the 1950's? Columbia hasn't been the same since "Scat back" (the one and only time I've heard that term) Robert Kraft was on the lightweight team. Do the Ivies still have lightweight and Freshman teams?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 12, 2021 14:17:20 GMT -5
I think some Ivies still have "Sprint Football" which I believe puts a weight limit on players
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Post by bpob55 on Aug 12, 2021 14:24:38 GMT -5
I think some Ivies still have "Sprint Football" which I believe puts a weight limit on players Sprint football caps at 178 pounds. The only schools that still sponsor today are Alderson Broaddus, Armry, Caldwell, Chestnut Hill, Cornell, Mansfield, Navy, Penn, and St. Thomas Aquinas.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 12, 2021 15:16:20 GMT -5
Great info--had never heard of Alderson Broaddus, Mansfield, or Caldwell
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Post by timholycross on Aug 12, 2021 17:31:51 GMT -5
My wife spent her freshman year at Mansfield. It's one of the PA State universities, same as Lock Haven, West Chester, Kutztown, Shippensburg.... (All D2 athletics-wise)
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Post by DFW HOYA on Aug 12, 2021 18:20:30 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that the games scheduled against Army & Maryland are no longer on future schedules. I think the AD needs to get to work by scheduling teams where alumni are located, that would be attractive and help us in recruiting outside of New England. Contact Rutgers, Wake Forest, Duke, Vanderbilt, Florida International, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Northwestern, San Diego State. Army, Navy, Air Force, UMass, Syracuse & BC are no brainers to schedule every 2 - 3 years. 6 PL games, 3 Ivy games and 2 FBS games would be attractive and could provide some revenue to the program and help support Chesney and his staff salaries. We can compete at this level with the talent being brought in currently. Agreed that the Patriot League doesn't make this a priority. Duquesne, a team that the PL once wouldn't even sniff at, opens the season at TCU. LIU, Wagner, and St. Francis are also opening against I-A teams.
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Post by cmo on Aug 14, 2021 10:55:48 GMT -5
Is this Columbia's first 1st Place vote since the 1950's? I think they were pretty good when Marcellus Wiley was there in the mid-90’s. They buried us one day at Fitton.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 14, 2021 12:40:07 GMT -5
Is this Columbia's first 1st Place vote since the 1950's? They won the Ivy League in 1961 so doubt it.
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Post by hc87 on Aug 14, 2021 13:47:02 GMT -5
Is this Columbia's first 1st Place vote since the 1950's? I think they were pretty good when Marcellus Wiley was there in the mid-90’s. They buried us one day at Fitton. Beat me to it cmo....they were decent there for awhile then. Columbia has also improved undah formah UPenn coach Al Bagnoli as of late. They aren't the hapless Columbia of most of the 1970s and 1980s anymore.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 16, 2021 19:29:15 GMT -5
I think they were pretty good when Marcellus Wiley was there in the mid-90’s. They buried us one day at Fitton. Beat me to it cmo....they were decent there for awhile then. Columbia has also improved undah formah UPenn coach Al Bagnoli as of late. They aren't the hapless Columbia of most of the 1970s and 1980s anymore. I shoot them a few times every year and they are better than you guys are giving them credit for. There probably have 1-2 All-Ivy League level kids a year. I know the last six times I have shot them, they have ha a different QB every game as the been getting decimated with injuries in that position so tough to win.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 16, 2021 20:25:37 GMT -5
Who isn’t giving them credit for being a decent team nowadays?
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Post by HC92 on Aug 17, 2021 8:22:33 GMT -5
I looked up the start times that are currently missing from the HC schedule.
At Lehigh on 10/30 is a noon start. At Bucknell on 11/20 is a 1:00 start.
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