claver2010 {l Wrote}:“We’re looking to compete against similar institutions, like-minded universities,” Athletic Director Brad Bates said, referring to other academically respected private universities with competitive football teams — the colleges against which the Golden Eagles are often competing for prospects.
“First, you’ve got to find an institution interested in playing you,” Bates continued. “Then it has to align: You have so few nonconference weekends. Then you look at things that are important to the program — recruiting, for example, and we recruit heavily in California. And then, our fans: What will excite our fans?”
OOC games over in '15-'18 that weren't dictated by the ACC:
Maine
Howard
NIU
UMass
Wagner
Buffalo
UConn
NIU
CMU
UConn
UMass
Holy Cross
Purdue
Temple
dtwalrus {l Wrote}:ESPN keeps pressing this topic. Wonder if it'll come to a head soon. Some interesting details:
- Last vote on 9 games was 8-6 opposed. That's really close.
- Miami voted for 9 games last time, as did UNC and NCST.
- FSU, Clemson, GT and Louisville are adamantly against 9 games due to SEC rivals.
- Considering 8 conference games and 2 "P5" OOC games instead of 2 P5 games. Basically including BYU, Houston, Boise St, Army, Navy, ECU as P5.
- In addition to UNC scheduling Wake as OOC due to frustration with rarity of inter-division games, NCST was close to scheduling Duke OOC as well.
- "Status quo is no longer an option."
Is it possible BC voted against 9 games? Only 6 supported it and if Miami was one of the six, and you assume the 4 NC schools also voted for it, then that's only 1 yes vote remaining. Clearly Bates and Addazio have been trying to cupcake-ify the schedule. Maybe they voted against 9 games to keep the Buffalo's of the world on the schedule. If so, BC is a swing vote in the current round. And now I'd assume that if BC has to choose it would definitely prefer 9 conference games than struggling to find 2 P5's.
I think 9 has to happen. Even if the divisions stay the same and the annual cross-over rival remains, at least that would mean playing Miami and Pitt every 3 years instead of every 6.
http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post ... ule-format
dtwalrus {l Wrote}:NYTimes article on scheduling games out years in advance. Bates interviewed on the subject. Boston College "Golden Eagles" alert in this one. How does Bates not start every interview with, "just to be clear, we're the "Eagles," not the "Golden Eagles."
On scheduling Stanford in 2028/2029: "It wasn't the soonest that the dates made sense, but it was the soonest we could make it work."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/sport ... .html?_r=1
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:dtwalrus {l Wrote}:This boards already in peak form and there's still 15 days til opening kick off. Gonna be a good year!
Much like the BC student section, EO peaks early. By November it will be the same 5 people touting their agendas in the game threads over and over again.
HJS {l Wrote}:dtwalrus {l Wrote}:ESPN keeps pressing this topic. Wonder if it'll come to a head soon. Some interesting details:
- Last vote on 9 games was 8-6 opposed. That's really close.
- Miami voted for 9 games last time, as did UNC and NCST.
- FSU, Clemson, GT and Louisville are adamantly against 9 games due to SEC rivals.
- Considering 8 conference games and 2 "P5" OOC games instead of 2 P5 games. Basically including BYU, Houston, Boise St, Army, Navy, ECU as P5.
- In addition to UNC scheduling Wake as OOC due to frustration with rarity of inter-division games, NCST was close to scheduling Duke OOC as well.
- "Status quo is no longer an option."
Is it possible BC voted against 9 games? Only 6 supported it and if Miami was one of the six, and you assume the 4 NC schools also voted for it, then that's only 1 yes vote remaining. Clearly Bates and Addazio have been trying to cupcake-ify the schedule. Maybe they voted against 9 games to keep the Buffalo's of the world on the schedule. If so, BC is a swing vote in the current round. And now I'd assume that if BC has to choose it would definitely prefer 9 conference games than struggling to find 2 P5's.
I think 9 has to happen. Even if the divisions stay the same and the annual cross-over rival remains, at least that would mean playing Miami and Pitt every 3 years instead of every 6.
http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post ... ule-format
First, there is no way that BC (who can't win a conference game) would ever vote to play more of them.
Second, the ridiculously unbalanced divisions has caused the ACC to do this as a tie-breaker for the Football Division: http://www.espn.com/college-football/st ... -3-way-tie
HJS {l Wrote}:http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17722766/acc-elects-keep-current-football-schedule-format
Daz is psyched.
HJS {l Wrote}:http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17722766/acc-elects-keep-current-football-schedule-format
Daz is psyched.
HJS {l Wrote}:The way I look at it, the schools that give a shit about football wanted to stay at 8 games. Their vote (to me) is more influential than the views of the BB schools (UNC, NCS, Duke, WF and Cuse) and those teams that don't play sports (BC).
HJS {l Wrote}:P5 clubs LOVE playing shit programs like BC. .
Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:I do like the Big East/ACC split for divisions. If they get to 16 teams in 4 conferences they can go to a 9 or 10 game conference schedule if winning your division gets you into the playoffs. Division champs are your final 8 or 4 divisions (9 conference games) to set up a sweet 16 playoff. 2 points for a division win and 1 point for a conference win. OOC games don't help or hurt your playoff chances.
BC, ND, Pitt, SU
L, VT, UVA, WVU (forget Navy)
UNC, Duke, NC St, Miami
Clemson, GT, FSU, Wake
3 division games and play 2 games against each the other 3 divisions. This changes up the schedule each year and you get to play all of the ACC teams more often. Division races will keep the fans interested and the TV ratings up. The TV ratings and the launch of the ACC network will dictate the schedule, not the AD's. This is all about money and ESPN has to make money or else the new network will be a failure. Hoops went to 20 games. Football drives the bus, but in the northeast it will be the hoops fans that buy the network. It's winter, everybody is inside watching hoops except BC fans because our program sucks. A strong BC ball program will really help the ACC network.
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:I do like the Big East/ACC split for divisions. If they get to 16 teams in 4 conferences they can go to a 9 or 10 game conference schedule if winning your division gets you into the playoffs. Division champs are your final 8 or 4 divisions (9 conference games) to set up a sweet 16 playoff. 2 points for a division win and 1 point for a conference win. OOC games don't help or hurt your playoff chances.
BC, ND, Pitt, SU
L, VT, UVA, WVU (forget Navy)
UNC, Duke, NC St, Miami
Clemson, GT, FSU, Wake
3 division games and play 2 games against each the other 3 divisions. This changes up the schedule each year and you get to play all of the ACC teams more often. Division races will keep the fans interested and the TV ratings up. The TV ratings and the launch of the ACC network will dictate the schedule, not the AD's. This is all about money and ESPN has to make money or else the new network will be a failure. Hoops went to 20 games. Football drives the bus, but in the northeast it will be the hoops fans that buy the network. It's winter, everybody is inside watching hoops except BC fans because our program sucks. A strong BC ball program will really help the ACC network.
this is the dumbest thing you've ever posted
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:I do like the Big East/ACC split for divisions. If they get to 16 teams in 4 conferences they can go to a 9 or 10 game conference schedule if winning your division gets you into the playoffs. Division champs are your final 8 or 4 divisions (9 conference games) to set up a sweet 16 playoff. 2 points for a division win and 1 point for a conference win. OOC games don't help or hurt your playoff chances.
BC, ND, Pitt, SU
L, VT, UVA, WVU (forget Navy)
UNC, Duke, NC St, Miami
Clemson, GT, FSU, Wake
3 division games and play 2 games against each the other 3 divisions. This changes up the schedule each year and you get to play all of the ACC teams more often. Division races will keep the fans interested and the TV ratings up. The TV ratings and the launch of the ACC network will dictate the schedule, not the AD's. This is all about money and ESPN has to make money or else the new network will be a failure. Hoops went to 20 games. Football drives the bus, but in the northeast it will be the hoops fans that buy the network. It's winter, everybody is inside watching hoops except BC fans because our program sucks. A strong BC ball program will really help the ACC network.
this is the dumbest thing you've ever posted
Nope
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:I do like the Big East/ACC split for divisions. If they get to 16 teams in 4 conferences they can go to a 9 or 10 game conference schedule if winning your division gets you into the playoffs. Division champs are your final 8 or 4 divisions (9 conference games) to set up a sweet 16 playoff. 2 points for a division win and 1 point for a conference win. OOC games don't help or hurt your playoff chances.
BC, ND, Pitt, SU
L, VT, UVA, WVU (forget Navy)
UNC, Duke, NC St, Miami
Clemson, GT, FSU, Wake
3 division games and play 2 games against each the other 3 divisions. This changes up the schedule each year and you get to play all of the ACC teams more often. Division races will keep the fans interested and the TV ratings up. The TV ratings and the launch of the ACC network will dictate the schedule, not the AD's. This is all about money and ESPN has to make money or else the new network will be a failure. Hoops went to 20 games. Football drives the bus, but in the northeast it will be the hoops fans that buy the network. It's winter, everybody is inside watching hoops except BC fans because our program sucks. A strong BC ball program will really help the ACC network.
this is the dumbest thing you've ever posted
DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:P5 clubs LOVE playing shit programs like BC. .
Sure but how many would do a home & home?
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College and Missouri will play a future home-and-home series, announced on Tuesday.
The Eagles will host the Tigers on Sept. 25, 2021 and travel to Missouri on Sept. 14, 2024.
The meetings will be the first-ever between to the two schools.
"We are excited to add a Southeastern Conference opponent to our future schedules," said BC Athletic Director Brad Bates.
In meetings that date back to 1937, Boston College is 10-17-1 all-time against the Southeastern Conference. The last time the Eagles faced an SEC opponent was in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 31, 2008. They fell, 16-14, to Vanderbilt. BC has faced the SEC five times in bowl games with two wins. The Eagles are 6-6-1 at home against the conference and 2-8 on the road. The first meeting against the SEC came in 1937 when BC shut out Kentucky, 13-0, on Nov. 13 at Fenway Park.
BCSUPERFAN22 {l Wrote}:BC just announced a home and home with Mizzou. Not great but a step in the right direction. At BC 2021 at Mizzou 2024
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:What is there to do in Columbia? KC and St. Louis are 100 miles away in each direction.
BCSUPERFAN22 {l Wrote}:BC just announced a home and home with Mizzou. Not great but a step in the right direction. At BC 2021 at Mizzou 2024
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