Next years non-conference schedule

[VUGrad1314]

Honestly though if this is the best even coach Jacobson can do for a home schedule then I fail to see how any expansion package that includes Murray State and\or joining the Alliance hurts anyone in the slightest. Could be our best and only route to quality home games going forward.

[BEARZ77]

UNI is final--

Oct 28-Wartburg (Exhib)
Nov 1- Upper Iowa (Exhib)
Nov 6--Bemidji State
Nov 10-@ UT-Arlington (End of H-H)
Nov 16-Penn at Paradise Jam
Nov 18-Kansas State or EKU at Paradise Jam
Nov 19-Mizzou/ODU/Oregon State/Kennesaw State at Paradise Jam
Nov 23-@ Old Dominion (1st of H-H)
Nov 28-@ Utah State (MWC Challenge)
Dec 1--South Dakota State in Minneapolis (US Bank Stadium Classic)
Dec 8--Dubuque
Dec 15-Iowa in Des Moines (Final Big 4 Classic)
Dec 19-Grand Canyon (1st of H-N, next year in Glendale AZ)
Dec 22-North Dakota (First of a 2 for 1, Jake's Alma Mater)
Dec 29-Stony Brook (Buy Game)

It's rough. No DI home games until December 19th. Still tons of opportunity, its just away from Cedar Falls. Biggest key is beating Penn in the first round of the Paradise Jam as the backside of that bracket will be pretty awful.

That schedule has a lot of uncertainty; if you don't get Mizzou and K St, that's a pretty soft[ I'm being kind] schedule. Iowa was bad last year, and everyone talks Grand Canyon up a lot, but their rpi was 175. Sans MU/KST games the best game is SDSU. Jake may have found that when you aren't winning as a MM , scheduling becomes a lot tougher, or he may have decided he needed wins just like other struggling programs do . Gonna have to beat a decent Penn team to make that schedule work.

[BCPanther]

UNI is final--

Oct 28-Wartburg (Exhib)
Nov 1- Upper Iowa (Exhib)
Nov 6--Bemidji State
Nov 10-@ UT-Arlington (End of H-H)
Nov 16-Penn at Paradise Jam
Nov 18-Kansas State or EKU at Paradise Jam
Nov 19-Mizzou/ODU/Oregon State/Kennesaw State at Paradise Jam
Nov 23-@ Old Dominion (1st of H-H)
Nov 28-@ Utah State (MWC Challenge)
Dec 1--South Dakota State in Minneapolis (US Bank Stadium Classic)
Dec 8--Dubuque
Dec 15-Iowa in Des Moines (Final Big 4 Classic)
Dec 19-Grand Canyon (1st of H-N, next year in Glendale AZ)
Dec 22-North Dakota (First of a 2 for 1, Jake's Alma Mater)
Dec 29-Stony Brook (Buy Game)

It's rough. No DI home games until December 19th. Still tons of opportunity, its just away from Cedar Falls. Biggest key is beating Penn in the first round of the Paradise Jam as the backside of that bracket will be pretty awful.

That schedule has a lot of uncertainty; if you don't get Mizzou and K St, that's a pretty soft[ I'm being kind] schedule. Iowa was bad last year, and everyone talks Grand Canyon up a lot, but their rpi was 175. Sans MU/KST games the best game is SDSU. Jake may have found that when you aren't winning as a MM , scheduling becomes a lot tougher, or he may have decided he needed wins just like other struggling programs do . Gonna have to beat a decent Penn team to make that schedule work.

Scheduling is incredibly difficult for all of us regardless of success.

Arlington, ODU, GCU and maybe Stony Brook should all be Top 150s. North Dakota going from the Big Sky to the Summit makes them a top 200 team. SDSU neutral has an outside shot to be a Quadrant 1 game. But you aren't wrong that there is a ton riding on the Penn game, the back half of that bracket it going to be rough and Penn is the Ivy favorite so they certainly aren't a pushover.

It hurts the half of the league that is on the road this year that home/road split on the MWC challenge is all out of whack from a competitive standpoint. With Nevada, Boise, San Diego State and New Mexico all being road teams it really doesn't give the Valley road teams a fair shake. Hopefully that is sorted out after the year hiatus next year.

[ahunte1]

It hurts the half of the league that is on the road this year that home/road split on the MWC challenge is all out of whack from a competitive standpoint. With Nevada, Boise, San Diego State and New Mexico all being road teams it really doesn't give the Valley road teams a fair shake. Hopefully that is sorted out after the year hiatus next year.

I don't follow you here. Isn't it going to be a lot easier to get wins over those teams when they are on the road? And are you saying the challenge is coming back after a layoff next year?

[BCPanther]

It hurts the half of the league that is on the road this year that home/road split on the MWC challenge is all out of whack from a competitive standpoint. With Nevada, Boise, San Diego State and New Mexico all being road teams it really doesn't give the Valley road teams a fair shake. Hopefully that is sorted out after the year hiatus next year.

I don't follow you here. Isn't it going to be a lot easier to get wins over those teams when they are on the road? And are you saying the challenge is coming back after a layoff next year?

I'm saying its hard to get 'correct' matchups because of the home/road. The Valley road teams don't have a chance to play a good team because all of the good MW programs are road teams.

The challenge will most likely be back after next year. The MW tournament is early next year because of a huge trade show in Vegas and they have to play 2 league games in December to satisfy their TV deals. It'll be back in 20-21.

[ahunte1]

It hurts the half of the league that is on the road this year that home/road split on the MWC challenge is all out of whack from a competitive standpoint. With Nevada, Boise, San Diego State and New Mexico all being road teams it really doesn't give the Valley road teams a fair shake. Hopefully that is sorted out after the year hiatus next year.

I don't follow you here. Isn't it going to be a lot easier to get wins over those teams when they are on the road? And are you saying the challenge is coming back after a layoff next year?

I'm saying its hard to get 'correct' matchups because of the home/road. The Valley road teams don't have a chance to play a good team because all of the good MW programs are road teams.

The challenge will most likely be back after next year. The MW tournament is early next year because of a huge trade show in Vegas and they have to play 2 league games in December to satisfy their TV deals. It'll be back in 20-21.

I see. Thanks.