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Post by sader1970 on Dec 11, 2022 11:12:12 GMT -5
So, while waiting for the plane at PVD last night and chatting it up with the Silver Fox bus driver, we got to talking about NEXT season and while I check on the HC website for future game schedules and can't find it, he asks Siri and gets a site he said was on the HC athletics website, which I still can't bring up but found this:
2023 Holy Cross Football Schedule
Sep. 9 Boston College Football Schedule at Boston College Eagles Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA
Sep. 16 Yale Football Schedule at Yale Bulldogs Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT Time TBA ET TV TBA
Sep. 23 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule Colgate Raiders Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA
Oct. 21 Lafayette Football Schedule Lafayette Leopards Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA
Oct. 28 Fordham Rams Football Schedule at Fordham Rams Coffey Field, Bronx, NY Time TBA ET TV TBA
Nov. 4 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Football Schedule at Lehigh Mountain Hawks Goodman Stadium, Bethlehem, PA Time TBA ET TV TBA
Nov. 11 Army Football Schedule at Army Black Knights Michie Stadium, West Point, NY Time TBA ET TV TBA
Nov. 18 Georgetown Hoyas Football Schedule Georgetown Hoyas Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA
So, that's 8 games and looks like it's got all PL games except Bucknell but open spots on 9/30 10/7 10/14
Now, we can assume that one of those dates is Bucknell which, since we played them at Polar Park this past season, assume is an away game.
We can also probably assume that we are committed to a game at Polar park but if this schedule is to be believed, all of the above home games are scheduled to be played at Fitton.
So, anyone have any insights as to who we play for the EBW game? UNH? URI? Speculation?
Nice to get semi-confirmed that we play both BC and Army.
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Post by breezy on Dec 11, 2022 11:52:34 GMT -5
Just off the cuff --
9/2 would also be open. So three games in the four open spots (and one bye week) would complete the schedule.
Bucknell would certainly be an away game; that leaves two unidentified opponents, and both should be home games (only three of the games listed above are home).
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 11, 2022 12:15:43 GMT -5
Is Bryant going to be a "regular" on our schedule, do you think? How about URI or Brown?
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Post by breezy on Dec 11, 2022 12:29:26 GMT -5
I suspect we will owe Bryant a return game at their place -- but it may not be in 2023.
Assuming Harvard is going off the schedule for the next few years, Brown or Dartmouth are potential replacements.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 11, 2022 12:46:37 GMT -5
OK, time for me to go on Advent hiatus now that football season is over for the Crusaders and I can't bring myself to do any basketball posts. No, I'm not getting Lent and Advent mixed up. I just need a break as I've run out of positive things to say and Mom used to always say "If you don't have anything nice to say . . . . "
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 11, 2022 13:04:51 GMT -5
Is Bryant going to be a "regular" on our schedule, do you think? How about URI or Brown? Wasn't there a game scheduled @ Northern Iowa? This would have been about 3-4 years ago.
I ask because Northern Iowa opens against Army in 2023, and I wonder if there was some schedule swapping.
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Post by cruskater31 on Dec 11, 2022 13:46:13 GMT -5
Are we definitely off the Harvard schedule? I would not be surprised if they dropped us after losing at home. Yale finished strong that will be a tough game in New Haven. That being said I would like to see us separate ourselves from our New England peers a bit more. Our program is at a point where loses should be happening OOC against FCS bluebloods or FBS teams.
Unless they put Laffy at Polar Park, one of the early October games must be the PP game. Or...they make the Georgetown game at PP and then keep the field for HS Thanksgiving games. St. John's could host their game at PP. Would a PP game draw more than 8-10k for a late November game?
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Post by princetoncrusader on Dec 11, 2022 17:40:16 GMT -5
Is Bryant going to be a "regular" on our schedule, do you think? How about URI or Brown? Wasn't there a game scheduled @ Northern Iowa? This would have been about 3-4 years ago.
I ask because Northern Iowa opens against Army in 2023, and I wonder if there was some schedule swapping. Are you thinking of Northern Illinois of the MAC?
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 11, 2022 18:39:28 GMT -5
We're playing Northern Illinois in 2025.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 11, 2022 18:41:28 GMT -5
Cru31 - I believe Harvard still has 2 or 3 open dates next year. I could see that series getting extended.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 11, 2022 19:05:50 GMT -5
Cru31 - I believe Harvard still has 2 or 3 open dates next year. I could see that series getting extended. IIRC, the current series with Harvard is for ten games. That was followed a year or so later with a 10 game series with Yale. I think these were negotiated early in ADNP's tenure, so 2014-15. Dick Regan had negotiated the BC game, and then ADNP followed up with Harvard and Yale. I was wrong about Northern Iowa / Northern Illinois, so I could be wrong about this too. ------------- The Harvard - Yale series coincided with Dartmouth's decision to drop HC from future schedules.
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Post by football44 on Dec 11, 2022 19:11:09 GMT -5
So, while waiting for the plane at PVD last night and chatting it up with the Silver Fox bus driver, we got to talking about NEXT season and while I check on the HC website for future game schedules and can't find it, he asks Siri and gets a site he said was on the HC athletics website, which I still can't bring up but found this: 2023 Holy Cross Football Schedule Sep. 9 Boston College Football Schedule at Boston College Eagles Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA Sep. 16 Yale Football Schedule at Yale Bulldogs Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT Time TBA ET TV TBA Sep. 23 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule Colgate Raiders Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA Oct. 21 Lafayette Football Schedule Lafayette Leopards Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA Oct. 28 Fordham Rams Football Schedule at Fordham Rams Coffey Field, Bronx, NY Time TBA ET TV TBA Nov. 4 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Football Schedule at Lehigh Mountain Hawks Goodman Stadium, Bethlehem, PA Time TBA ET TV TBA Nov. 11 Army Football Schedule at Army Black Knights Michie Stadium, West Point, NY Time TBA ET TV TBA Nov. 18 Georgetown Hoyas Football Schedule Georgetown Hoyas Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA So, that's 8 games and looks like it's got all PL games except Bucknell but open spots on 9/30 10/7 10/14 Now, we can assume that one of those dates is Bucknell which, since we played them at Polar Park this past season, assume is an away game. We can also probably assume that we are committed to a game at Polar park but if this schedule is to be believed, all of the above home games are scheduled to be played at Fitton. So, anyone have any insights as to who we play for the EBW game? UNH? URI? Speculation? Nice to get semi-confirmed that we play both BC and Army. We actually open the week before BC against Merrimack at Fitton
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Post by efg72 on Dec 11, 2022 19:14:25 GMT -5
No reason to play Merrimack ever again, other than getting a win
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Post by thecrossisback on Dec 11, 2022 19:39:15 GMT -5
I don't think there will be a game at Polar Park this year. But who knows I guess.
Wish we could play an opponent at home that has more than 50 fans.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 11, 2022 19:41:22 GMT -5
No reason to play Merrimack ever again, other than getting a win What's wrong with Merrimack?
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 11, 2022 19:44:38 GMT -5
I suspect we will owe Bryant a return game at their place -- but it may not be in 2023. Assuming Harvard is going off the schedule for the next few years, Brown or Dartmouth are potential replacements. It would be a savvy move to sell Bryant on hosting the return game we owe them at Polar Park instead of at their little band box in North Smithfield so they can increase attendance and ticket prices. That Bryant home game could count as fulfilling our annual Polar obligation. Interesting side note while checking Beirne Stadium (capacity 4400) on the Bryant website. They claim it is the only D-1 stadium in RI with permanent football lighting.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 11, 2022 19:46:05 GMT -5
Give me two CAA teams( UNH, NOVA, W&M, Richmond, Elon) If stuck with the PL that is six games One ivy One FBS-two in 12 game seasons One top FCS team from the midwest
I don't need NE teams that don't make me better in terms of talent or SOS
If that schedule was 2022 and our results were 11-0 we would have been the #1-3 seed
The future is about being great at this level, not playing others that need us to be successful
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 11, 2022 19:59:00 GMT -5
Give me two CAA teams( UNH, NOVA, W&M, Richmond, Elon) If stuck with the PL that is six games One ivy One FBS-two in 12 game seasons One top FCS team from the midwest I don't need NE teams that don't make me better in terms of talent or SOS If that schedule was 2022 and our results were 11-0 we would have been the #1-3 seed The future is about being great at this level, not playing others that need us to be successful If Merrimack, Bryant, SHU and Stonehill raise their rankings to be on par with the CAA teams you mentioned would you prefer the CAA teams, the mostly Catholic New England teams I mentioned or have no preference?
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Post by efg72 on Dec 11, 2022 20:04:06 GMT -5
The highest ranked opponent is my preference from any conference
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Post by JRGNYR on Dec 11, 2022 20:07:02 GMT -5
So, while waiting for the plane at PVD last night and chatting it up with the Silver Fox bus driver, we got to talking about NEXT season and while I check on the HC website for future game schedules and can't find it, he asks Siri and gets a site he said was on the HC athletics website, which I still can't bring up but found this: 2023 Holy Cross Football Schedule Sep. 9 Boston College Football Schedule at Boston College Eagles Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA Sep. 16 Yale Football Schedule at Yale Bulldogs Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT Time TBA ET TV TBA Sep. 23 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule Colgate Raiders Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA Oct. 21 Lafayette Football Schedule Lafayette Leopards Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA Oct. 28 Fordham Rams Football Schedule at Fordham Rams Coffey Field, Bronx, NY Time TBA ET TV TBA Nov. 4 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Football Schedule at Lehigh Mountain Hawks Goodman Stadium, Bethlehem, PA Time TBA ET TV TBA Nov. 11 Army Football Schedule at Army Black Knights Michie Stadium, West Point, NY Time TBA ET TV TBA Nov. 18 Georgetown Hoyas Football Schedule Georgetown Hoyas Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Time TBA ET TV TBA So, that's 8 games and looks like it's got all PL games except Bucknell but open spots on 9/30 10/7 10/14 Now, we can assume that one of those dates is Bucknell which, since we played them at Polar Park this past season, assume is an away game. We can also probably assume that we are committed to a game at Polar park but if this schedule is to be believed, all of the above home games are scheduled to be played at Fitton. So, anyone have any insights as to who we play for the EBW game? UNH? URI? Speculation? Nice to get semi-confirmed that we play both BC and Army. Total guess but since the PL schedule looks like a reciprocal flip from last year, Oct 7 is probably at Bucknell. That being said, nothing is stopping them from moving the game so long as both agreed.
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Post by jkh67 on Dec 11, 2022 20:46:19 GMT -5
I suspect we will owe Bryant a return game at their place -- but it may not be in 2023. Assuming Harvard is going off the schedule for the next few years, Brown or Dartmouth are potential replacements. Can we please forget about schools like Bryant once and for all? I'm not sure why Harvard might disappear from the schedule, but Brown and Dartmouth...especially Dartmouth, a school I believe we've played more often than any other but BC and Colgate (with Harvard slowly closing the gap)...are much superior alternatives. We've got a football tradition that goes back to the late 1890's and the fourth oldest football stadium in Division 1. That's a huge amount of football history. Think of the many. many important games we've played over the last century, whether at Fitton or elsewhere. We should be playing schools with comparable histories, not Johnny-come-lately second tier football outfits trying to use us to raise their profiles. They may need us, but we most assuredly don't need them.
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Post by JRGNYR on Dec 11, 2022 22:18:19 GMT -5
I suspect we will owe Bryant a return game at their place -- but it may not be in 2023. Assuming Harvard is going off the schedule for the next few years, Brown or Dartmouth are potential replacements. Can we please forget about schools like Bryant once and for all? I'm not sure why Harvard might disappear from the schedule, but Brown and Dartmouth...especially Dartmouth, a school I believe we've played more often than any other but BC and Colgate (with Harvard slowly closing the gap)...are much superior alternatives. We've got a football tradition that goes back to the late 1890's and the fourth oldest football stadium in Division 1. That's a huge amount of football history. Think of the many. many important games we've played over the last century, whether at Fitton or elsewhere. We should be playing schools with comparable histories, not Johnny-come-lately second tier football outfits trying to use us to raise their profiles. They may need us, but we most assuredly don't need them. It takes two to tango. If the other schools don't want to play, you have to find opponents who do. If Brown and Dartmouth don't want to play, you can't simply will them onto the schedule because those teams were played annually in the first half of the 20th century. Gotta move on. Bryant is not a bad game to have on the schedule. They play in a respectable FCS league. It's a bus trip. Playing them is probably better for the team and gives the HC coaches a better gauge of how the team is doing than playing Brown or Dartmouth. Top to bottom, the Big South in a given year is going to be better than the Ivies. The opponents the next few years takes a step up. URI. UNH. More FBS games. There's a lot to be excited about when it comes to the non-conference opponents. But if you thumb your nose at the likes of Bryant and Merrimack and Central Conn., you're just confirming the elitist notions people have about HC (and showing you don't understand the reality of the world in which HC plays right now). Probably best to get over it and realize where things stand for non-con games in the future. Hop on board or don't.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 11, 2022 22:22:51 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 11, 2022 22:24:58 GMT -5
I suspect we will owe Bryant a return game at their place -- but it may not be in 2023. Assuming Harvard is going off the schedule for the next few years, Brown or Dartmouth are potential replacements. Can we please forget about schools like Bryant once and for all? I'm not sure why Harvard might disappear from the schedule, but Brown and Dartmouth...especially Dartmouth, a school I believe we've played more often than any other but BC and Colgate (with Harvard slowly closing the gap)...are much superior alternatives. We've got a football tradition that goes back to the late 1890's and the fourth oldest football stadium in Division 1. That's a huge amount of football history. Think of the many. many important games we've played over the last century, whether at Fitton or elsewhere. We should be playing schools with comparable histories, not Johnny-come-lately second tier football outfits trying to use us to raise their profiles. They may need us, but we most assuredly don't need them. You just don't want to play Bryant because they are competitive against an undefeated Patriot League squad?? They are a good opponent since they play in a good conference in football and soccer.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 11, 2022 22:30:34 GMT -5
Lol For now and maybe forever we are locked into the PL What do they do for SOS compared to Richmond, W&M, UNH, Nova, Army, BC, Yale, and a MVC/Sky opponent
Not interested
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