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Jan 30, 2022 12:56:01 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Jan 30, 2022 12:56:01 GMT -5
It occurs to me that HC might be able to make a fun weekend of this by getting a block of tickets to a Sunday Bills game and do a tailgate both days. This assumes the Bills are home on 9/11 and we could get a block of 100-200 tickets. Bills ticket demand has obviously increased quite a bit in recent years. Would make the trip more attractive for a lot of alums. I’ll probably go either way. Just an idea that may be impossible to execute.
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Jan 30, 2022 13:01:39 GMT -5
Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 30, 2022 13:01:39 GMT -5
If the Jets are in Buffalo that Sunday....I'll absolutely be all in
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 30, 2022 13:18:15 GMT -5
Influencing the '22 NFL schedule ! - I hope you know someone on the inside But, I agree if the Bills are home, that would be a fun weekend for football junkies
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Jan 30, 2022 13:40:30 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Jan 30, 2022 13:40:30 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2022 15:34:54 GMT -5
I don't know who to credit with scheduling the UCONN and Buffalo games, but a tip of the Crusader helmet to them.
In the day and age of huge deficits in athletic departments, HC will be getting paid for two regional OOC contests it's fans can get to, against teams we have a history with and can currently compete with and for which the risk/reward ratio as far as impact on ranking and seeding is about 80/20 reward over risk.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 30, 2022 16:04:09 GMT -5
If we beat Buffalo, it’s going to get harder and harder for us to find games against lower level FCS teams. No one wants to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to have an FCS team come in and beat them.
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Buffalo
Jan 30, 2022 16:09:48 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Jan 30, 2022 16:09:48 GMT -5
Plenty of future years with an open FBS opponent spot. Here are the known future FBS opponents.
2022 - Buffalo 2023 - BC 2025 - Northern Illinois 2029 - San Jose State
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Jan 30, 2022 16:11:16 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2022 16:11:16 GMT -5
We might have to play UMass at Fitton and toss them a few grand for gas and tolls. That new supplemental FB fundraising initiative could conceivably be used to pay an attractive FCS team like Villanova to come to Worcester as well.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 30, 2022 16:20:37 GMT -5
We might have to play UMass at Fitton and toss them a few grand for gas and tolls. That new supplemental FB fundraising initiative could conceivably be used to pay an attractive FCS team like Villanova to come to Worcester as well. Only way we’re paying Villanova to play in Worcester is if it’s a hoop game. The NCAA may pay their travel expenses for football in next year’s FCS playoff when we’re seeded.
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Jan 30, 2022 16:53:17 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Jan 30, 2022 16:53:17 GMT -5
Plenty of future years with an open FBS opponent spot. Here are the known future FBS opponents. 2022 - Buffalo 2023 - BC 2025 - Northern Illinois 2029 - San Jose State Just to fill this in a little, we can play/schedule 12 games in '24 and '25....could play 2 FBS games in '24 and another in '25.
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Jan 30, 2022 17:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Jan 30, 2022 17:12:03 GMT -5
We should get at least one 2024 FBS game inked before we beat Buffalo.
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Buffalo
Jan 30, 2022 17:40:49 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2022 17:40:49 GMT -5
BC would be a positive addition in either '24 or '25, from my perspective. Not clear what the dynamic is between the two schools, whether there are elements inside each school pushing or resisting continuation of the HC-BC FB series.
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Jan 30, 2022 17:51:08 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Jan 30, 2022 17:51:08 GMT -5
We should get at least one 2024 FBS game inked before we beat Buffalo. It could be a very interesting game (I’m not saying we’ll win but I do think a top FCS team gives a middling MAC team a run for it’s money more often than not.) To me that’s a far more watchable game than HC v a strong ACC team like UNC or BC.
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Jan 30, 2022 18:05:20 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2022 18:05:20 GMT -5
There is no good reason to schedule an ACC team other than BC, imo.
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Jan 30, 2022 18:50:42 GMT -5
Post by efg72 on Jan 30, 2022 18:50:42 GMT -5
Duke and UVA might make sense for a game
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 30, 2022 19:02:41 GMT -5
As I've mentioned several times, Ches wants nothing to do with games vs P5 schools. This is why your seeing the likes of UB, SJS, and NIU on the sked. He only agrees to P5 when mandated by his bosses.
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Jan 31, 2022 12:58:24 GMT -5
Post by Chu Chu on Jan 31, 2022 12:58:24 GMT -5
There is no good reason to schedule an ACC team other than BC, imo. We have a long history with Syracuse, and I would be happy to see them on the schedule, as well!
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Jan 31, 2022 13:09:32 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 31, 2022 13:09:32 GMT -5
There is no good reason to schedule an ACC team other than BC, imo. We have a long history with Syracuse, and I would be happy to see them on the schedule, as well! That's because you get free samples of liniment.🙂
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jan 31, 2022 13:56:26 GMT -5
As I've mentioned several times, Ches wants nothing to do with games vs P5 schools. This is why your seeing the likes of UB, SJS, and NIU on the sked. He only agrees to P5 when mandated by his bosses. Ches is right.
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Jan 31, 2022 15:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 31, 2022 15:24:56 GMT -5
Duke and UVA might make sense for a game Those schools have way to many local options for a money game within a day's drive for it to make sense to fly Holy Cross down to Charlottesville or Durham and pay for an overnight.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 31, 2022 16:02:50 GMT -5
The sweet spot is the winnable FBS game with a decent payout as a compliment to other revenue raising avenues to keep HC FB strong and improving.
One approach to balance scheduling attractive OOC opponents that require HC to travel would be to use the Polar Park game as part of a home, away, neutral game at Polar three game series against a regional opponent like a Bryant or Merrimack for whom a new local baseball park for their fans to attend a game at has some appeal.
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Post by hcpride on Jan 31, 2022 16:13:25 GMT -5
As I've mentioned several times, Ches wants nothing to do with games vs P5 schools. This is why your seeing the likes of UB, SJS, and NIU on the sked. He only agrees to P5 when mandated by his bosses. Ches is right. Personally, I think it is a complete no-brainer for us to steer clear of the P5. I'd always assumed Chesney believed the same. (Of course, it may be out of his hands now and again.)
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Feb 1, 2022 11:18:58 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 1, 2022 11:18:58 GMT -5
Duke and UVA might make sense for a game Those schools have way to many local options for a money game within a day's drive for it to make sense to fly Holy Cross down to Charlottesville or Durham and pay for an overnight. They are always paying an overnight no matter if the school is 5 miles away. No D-1 school is staying on campus before a road game.
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Feb 1, 2022 11:28:52 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 1, 2022 11:28:52 GMT -5
Do you know if HC stays in a hotel before Harvard and Brown road games and if those schools book rooms in Worcester the Friday night before they play at Fitton?
I don't think Harvard built it's endowment pouring money down the drain. Could Merrimack possibly afford to book a hotel for 100 people before their game at Fitton? Sounds absurd to me.
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Feb 1, 2022 17:13:35 GMT -5
Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 1, 2022 17:13:35 GMT -5
Do you know if HC stays in a hotel before Harvard and Brown road games and if those schools book rooms in Worcester the Friday night before they play at Fitton?I don't think Harvard built it's endowment pouring money down the drain. Could Merrimack possibly afford to book a hotel for 100 people before their game at Fitton? Sounds absurd to me. Both are day trips. UMASS also used to be a day trip. Yale used to be an overnight. I imagine UCONN was a day trip for us as well.
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