GarySJ Posted September 21, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 141 Content Count: 2,661 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/14/2000 Share Posted September 21, 2005 http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?story=8223&cat=footballFootball: Three Teams Added to Future Grid SlateBy Shelly Poe for MSNsportsNET.comSeptember 15, 2005MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University has added Auburn, Florida State and Michigan State to its future football schedules, athletic director Ed Pastilong announced today.West Virginia will travel to Auburn for a game at the SEC school on September 6, 2008. The Tigers will visit Morgantown on September 5, 2009.In 2012-13, the Mountaineers will play home-and-home with Florida State of the ACC. The first game is scheduled for September 8, 2012, in Morgantown, with a return game on September 14, 2013, in Tallahassee.West Virginia also has a letter of intent to play Michigan State out of the Big Ten, with a game in Morgantown in 2010 and a game in East Lansing for 2011."I think our fans will enjoy these three major college football programs from BCS conferences on our future schedules," says Pastilong. "We look forward to hosting them in Morgantown."A two-game series with Mississippi State was previously announced. The Mountaineers will play in Starkville on October 7, 2006, and the Bulldogs will return the trip to West Virginia on October 20, 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulls96go Posted September 22, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 724 Content Count: 10,219 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/2002 Share Posted September 22, 2005 hope we will soon start getting games like this.how does a 1-1 with UCF compare to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.T. Posted September 22, 2005 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 4,751 Content Count: 37,673 Reputation: 2,365 Days Won: 29 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Anxiously waiting for an announcement like this for us ... we still need to fill 2006 :-[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 22, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 197 Content Count: 10,251 Reputation: 270 Days Won: 14 Joined: 08/16/2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Major difference though, the Athletic Dept at WV is about 10 times bigger than ours. Schools are more willing to travel there and play 1 and 1's than comming to us. Fan support needs to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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