OOC 2020 ?

[cavedweller2]

It is 2019. We play Ga St. and Va. Tech. After this year it will become more difficult to convince FBS to schedule us regardless of conference.

[Affirm]

it amazes me it took so long for Furman to find a new AD with all the qualified candidates we seem to have

snide

that's my middle name

mine too...apparently. We must be related

I don’t guess birth certificates typoed d for p

[Affirm]

It is 2019. We play Ga St. and Va. Tech. After this year it will become more difficult to convince FBS to schedule us regardless of conference.

FBS teams may be already increasingly seeking only FBS opponents regardless of conference.

[Yadkin]

On the contrary...more FBS teams are deciding to play FCS teams. All that fear mongering that FBS games were going way was proven to be false.

[Yadkin]

Furman’s toughest challenge is finding OOC FCS foes. Davidson won’t play. Neither will G-Webb. Stetson turned down FU’s offer to play them on their own field last year. All those Christmas list, admissions office Northeastern foes somebody keeps throwing up here are $75K travel propositions. Write the check and make it happen.

[apaladin]

On the contrary...more FBS teams are deciding to play FCS teams. All that fear mongering that FBS games were going way was proven to be false.

Exactly. remember that ban the Big10 put on playing FCS teams? That lasted less than a year. SEC and ACC have pledged to play FCS. For the foreseeable future FCS/FBS games will continue. Furman has an FBS game thru 2025.

[The Jackal]

Furman’s toughest challenge is finding OOC FCS foes. Davidson won’t play. Neither will G-Webb. Stetson turned down FU’s offer to play them on their own field last year. All those Christmas list, admissions office Northeastern foes somebody keeps throwing up here are $75K travel propositions. Write the check and make it happen.

I think there are plenty of schools to go around with the OVC and Big South. They need to play SoCon opponents too.

[Yadkin]

Not as many as you might think.

[fufanatic]

Furman’s toughest challenge is finding OOC FCS foes. Davidson won’t play. Neither will G-Webb. Stetson turned down FU’s offer to play them on their own field last year. All those Christmas list, admissions office Northeastern foes somebody keeps throwing up here are $75K travel propositions. Write the check and make it happen.

G-Webb seriously won't play us? We used to play them regularly back when Furman was even better than we anticipate them being this year. And don't they regularly play Wofford?

[Jasper]

It seems to me that with our new AD just coming from Villanova, we should be able to get a home and home with the Wildcats in the near future. Very good school, great city and the football is very competitive . I think they won a FCS National Championship before the current NDSU behemoth took over, didn't they?

[gofurman]

Furman’s toughest challenge is finding OOC FCS foes. Davidson won’t play. Neither will G-Webb. Stetson turned down FU’s offer to play them on their own field last year. All those Christmas list, admissions office Northeastern foes somebody keeps throwing up here are $75K travel propositions. Write the check and make it happen.

G-Webb seriously won't play us? We used to play them regularly back when Furman was even better than we anticipate them being this year. And don't they regularly play Wofford?

Right, why would GWebb and SC State play Wofford (this year) and not us? I like the CSU game.. that's a good one. I'm w Jackal - Big South and OVC

[fupaladin01]

Villanova won it all in 2009. They've had a Furmanesque fall from prominence (picked 9th in the CAA this year). I think routinely playing the CAA is a must because so many voters and FCS media types consider it the premier conference- or at least one of the power 3.

Even going .500 against CAA foes for 3-4 years would start turning heads. Not only would it increase the likelihood of our getting ranked higher (which I believe we all agree helps our playoffs outlook fair or not), but it also would get us familiar with teams we must best in order to advance to a quarter or semi-final.

Colgate was a great opponent to schedule despite their belonging to a relatively weak (Patriot) conference. But after we clobbered them up in NY 45-14, they wanted badly to avoid the beatdown they'd likely receive in Greenville so they took the bad weather report as an excuse to renege on the home-and-home agreement. Sly move for them, as it allowed the narrative of Colgate being a power (they went 10-1 reg season allowing only 4 defensive touchdowns all year- 2 against a ranked Army team) and received a seed e.i. , first round bye. Granted, they made a last-second FG to beat JMU in the 2nd round, a team that was injury-ridden, had just lost its head coach, and had an uncharacteristic 5 turnovers, but it was still seen by many to be an upset. (Rant over. Maybe.)

So, if we are indeed getting back to the dominance that we used to enjoy, I figure we have just a couple chances to schedule OOC competition against good-but-not-great teams before they realize there's not much to be gained by losing to us. CAA and good Southland teams like JaxSt will soon be our best bet I think.

Of course, if we manage to go 2-0 against FBS this year, we won't get any good OOC to schedule us- and I might be ok with the trade-off

[gofurman]

Villanova won it all in 2009. They've had a Furmanesque fall from prominence (picked 9th in the CAA this year). I think routinely playing the CAA is a must because so many voters and FCS media types consider it the premier conference- or at least one of the power 3.

Even going .500 against CAA foes for 3-4 years would start turning heads. Not only would it increase the likelihood of our getting ranked higher (which I believe we all agree helps our playoffs outlook fair or not), but it also would get us familiar with teams we must best in order to advance to a quarter or semi-final.

Colgate was a great opponent to schedule despite their belonging to a relatively weak (Patriot) conference. But after we clobbered them up in NY 45-14, they wanted badly to avoid the beatdown they'd likely receive in Greenville so they took the bad weather report as an excuse to renege on the home-and-home agreement. Sly move for them, as it allowed the narrative of Colgate being a power (they went 10-1 reg season allowing only 4 defensive touchdowns all year- 2 against a ranked Army team) and received a seed e.i. , first round bye. Granted, they made a last-second FG to beat JMU in the 2nd round, a team that was injury-ridden, had just lost its head coach, and had an uncharacteristic 5 turnovers, but it was still seen by many to be an upset. (Rant over. Maybe.)

So, if we are indeed getting back to the dominance that we used to enjoy, I figure we have just a couple chances to schedule OOC competition against good-but-not-great teams before they realize there's not much to be gained by losing to us. CAA and good Southland teams like JaxSt will soon be our best bet I think.

Of course, if we manage to go 2-0 against FBS this year, we won't get any good OOC to schedule us- and I might be ok with the trade-off

interesting note - Villanova plays Colgate this year first game ! tomorrow

along w Samford v Youngstown state.. go samford/ go SoCon

[apaladin]

We have another home and home against Colgate coming up in a couple of years.

[Flagman]

We have another home and home against Colgate coming up in a couple of years.

I've already been up there twice. Let's try some place different.
Please.