Scheduling Philosophy

[BullyPulpit]

I have been reading the commentary on here and the rest of the interwebs regarding the series with the Gators and I stand by my original position that this is a great series and a coup of sorts for us scheduling wise. I know the UCiF fans think that they should be getting 1 and 1 series with every football program, but that is just not the way of the world. There are a few upper-echelon programs that I am OK with us scheduling a 2 for 1 series, and UF (along with Texas) fall into that category. The 2 for 1 we signed with Louisville has been the only "disappointing" scheduling to date. While Louisville is a solid program, they aren't a Blue Blood and the fact that UCiF was able to secure a 1 for 1 with them really left me confused. I would love to hear from anyone with any insight on how we couldn't get a better deal than them given our former conference affiliation.

As for UCiF's scheduling philosophy, I like the idea in theory. The attitude that "we truly are P6 and therefore we feel that we deserve 1 for 1 series with the rest of the P6" resonates with me. However, I have a feeling they are going to find out the hard way that there is a definitive P5 when it comes to scheduling. Sure, you can get one-off series against the middle-to-bottom of the barrel of the P5, but nothing is really gained from those series. Also, it can create scheduling desperation. They have a total of 18 games to fill between now and 2025. That is a lot of wheeling and dealing to get the schedule filled with quality P5 opponents, especially when the Big 12 and Big Ten currently play only 3 OOC games per season. 

As it stands for USF right now, we have just 5 OOC games to schedule between now and 2025. Most alarming is the need for a home game in 2020 and 2021. Curious to hear everyone else's thoughts regarding scheduling. 

FUTURE NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS

2018

• 09/01 - Elon
• 09/08 - Georgia Tech
• 09/15 - at Illinois (at Chicago, IL)
• 10/06 - at UMass

2019

• 08/31 - Wisconsin
• 09/07 - at Georgia Tech
• 09/14 - at Central Michigan
• 10/12 - BYU

2020

• 09/05 - at Texas
• 09/19 - Nevada
• 09/26 - at Florida Atlantic

2021

• 09/02 - at NC State
• 09/11 - Central Michigan
• 09/24 - at BYU

2022

• 09/03 - Texas
• 09/17 - at Florida
• 09/24 - at Louisville
• 10/22 - UMass

2023

• 09/02 - at Western Kentucky
• 09/09 - Florida
• 09/16 - San Jose State

2024

• 08/31 - Western Kentucky
• 09/07 - at Texas
• 09/14 - NC State
• 09/21 - Louisville

2025

• 08/30 - at Northern Illinois
• 09/06 - at Florida

2026

• 09/19 - at Louisville

TBA

• TBA - Florida Atlantic

 

[bullsmeanbusiness]

A 2 for 1 with a former coach not named Skip would be awesome.

[puc86]

1 minute ago, bullsmeanbusiness said:

A 2 for 1 with a former coach not named Skip would be awesome.

A two for one with Oregon? 

[bullsmeanbusiness]

2 minutes ago, puc86 said:

A two for one with Oregon? 

That would be awesome, but I was specifically thinking FSU

[puc86]

7 minutes ago, bullsmeanbusiness said:

That would be awesome, but I was specifically thinking FSU

When I think Usf coaches only CJL comes to mind 

[El_Toro_86]

These next few recruiting classes better be talented and deep, because in 2022 we need to put on our big boy pants.

[Bullrush33]

We are phasing out FCS teams

 

[BullyPulpit]

2 minutes ago, Bullrush33 said:

We are phasing out FCS teams

 

It seems though, but we might not have much of a choice in 2020 or 2021. Those two years are shaping up to be terrible home schedules. 

[jchem1995]

Wonder who will be our coach come2022

[bullsmeanbusiness]

3 minutes ago, jchem1995 said:

Wonder who will be our coach come2022

Great question, if 2018 is on par with last year (or slightly worse) hopefully still Strong