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[alvinkayak6]

1 = Easy 10 = E-mail your AD

Carnate word to follow.

Sam Houston State = 8.5
Sat, Sep 08 Incarnate Word Huntsville 6 p.m.

Sat, Sep 15 Baylor Waco TBA

Sat, Sep 22 Central Arkansas * Conway, Ark. 3 p.m.

Thu, Sep 27 Texas Southern BBVA Stadium - Houston 7 p.m.

Sat, Oct 06 Stephen F. Austin * Reliant Stadium 3 p.m.

Sat, Oct 13 Nicholls State * Thibodaux, La. 6 p.m.

Sat, Oct 20 McNeese State (Homecoming) * Huntsville 2 p.m.

Sat, Oct 27 Lamar * Beaumont 3 p.m.

Sat, Nov 03 Southeastern Louisiana * Huntsville 2 p.m.

Sat, Nov 10 Northwestern State * Natchitoches, La. 6 p.m.

Sat, Nov 17 Texas A&M College Station TBA

Missouri State = 9

2012-2013 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
09/01/12 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. TBA
09/08/12 at Louisville TV Louisville, Ky. 2:30 p.m.
09/15/12 vs. Murray State Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m.
Family Weekend
09/22/12 vs. Southern Illinois * Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m.
09/29/12 at South Dakota St. * Brookings, S.D. 6:00 p.m.
10/06/12 at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 2:00 p.m.
MSU Showcase
10/13/12 vs. South Dakota * Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m.
10/20/12 at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 1:00 p.m.
Homecoming
10/27/12 vs. Western Illinois * Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m.
Senior Day
11/03/12 vs. North Dakota State * Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m.
11/17/12 at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 4:00 p.

[darell1976]

North Dakota = 8

Thu, Aug 30 South Dakota Mines Grand Forks, N.D. 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 08 Portland State Grand Forks, N.D. 6:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 15 San Diego State at San Diego, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 22 Sacramento State * at Sacramento, Calif. 8:05 p.m.

Sat, Sep 29 Cal Poly * Grand Forks, N.D. 6:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 06 Eastern Washington * at Cheney, Wash. 7:05 p.m.

Sat, Oct 13 Northern Arizona * Grand Forks, N.D. 3:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 20 Montana * Grand Forks, N.D. 2:30 p.m.

Sat, Oct 27 Montana State * at Bozeman, Mont. 1:05 p.m.

Sat, Nov 03 Southern Utah * Grand Forks, N.D. 1:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 17 Northern Colorado * at Greeley, Colo. 1:05 p.m.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook 2012= 8

Sat 9/1 Central Connecticut 6pm
Sat 9/8 Pace University 6pm (D-2)
Sat 9/15 @ Syracuse Univ. 4pm
Sat 9/22 Colgate Univ. 6pm -Homecoming
Sat 9/29 @ Army 12pm
Sat. 10/6 Charleston Southern 6pm
Sat 10/13 @ Coastal Carolina TBA
Sat 10/20 Gardner-Webb
Sat 10/27 @ Presbyterian 1pm
Sat 11/3 VMI 6pm
Sat 11/10 @ Liberty Univ. 3:30pm

Long season no bye week. Straight 11 games.

[Nickels]

North Dakota = 7

Thu, Aug 30 South Dakota Mines Grand Forks, N.D. 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 08 Portland State Grand Forks, N.D. 6:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 15 San Diego State at San Diego, Calif. 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 22 Sacramento State * at Sacramento, Calif. 8:05 p.m.

Sat, Sep 29 Cal Poly * Grand Forks, N.D. 6:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 06 Eastern Washington * at Cheney, Wash. 7:05 p.m.

Sat, Oct 13 Northern Arizona * Grand Forks, N.D. 3:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 20 Montana * Grand Forks, N.D. 2:30 p.m.

Sat, Oct 27 Montana State * at Bozeman, Mont. 1:05 p.m.

Sat, Nov 03 Southern Utah * Grand Forks, N.D. 1:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 17 Northern Colorado * at Greeley, Colo. 1:05 p.m.

StonyBrook 2012= 5

Sat 9/1 Central Connecticut 6pm
Sat 9/8 Pace University 6pm (D-2)
Sat 9/15 @ Syracuse Univ. 4pm
Sat 9/22 Colgate Univ. 6pm -Homecoming
Sat 9/29 @ Army 12pm
Sat. 10/6 Charleston Southern 6pm
Sat 10/13 @ Coastal Carolina TBA
Sat 10/20 Gardner-Webb
Sat 10/27 @ Presbyterian 1pm
Sat 11/3 VMI 6pm
Sat 11/10 @ Liberty Univ. 3:30pm

Long season no bye week. Straight 11 games.
fixed

[aceinthehole]

How many schools, other than CCSU, have 4 FCS playoff teams from last season on their schedule? I would guess maybe a few from the CAA ...

@ Stony Brook, vs. Lehigh, @ New Hampshire, @ Albany

Those first 3 weeks are as tough as any all-FCS schedule out there.


Sep. 1 at Stony Brook
Sep. 8 Lehigh
Sep. 15 at New Hampshire
Sep. 22 Wagner
Sep. 29 at Sacred Heart
Oct. 13 Duquesne
Oct. 20 at Robert Morris
Oct. 27 St. Francis (Pa.)
Nov. 3 at Monmouth
Nov. 10 Bryant
Nov. 17 at Albany

[LeadBolt]

How many schools, other than CCSU, have 4 FCS playoff teams from last season on their schedule? I would guess maybe a few from the CAA ...

@ Stony Brook, vs. Lehigh, @ New Hampshire, @ Albany

Those first 3 weeks are as tough as any all-FCS schedule out there.

You should be glad that's the 2012 schedule, not the 2011 schedule.

To answer your question, we have 5 plus Maryland from the ACC.

[TheRevSFA]

SFA = 7 (solely because we haven't beat Texas State in God knows how long)

SWOSU sucks for an opener..but to go to Dallas, Bozeman, then San Marcos in back to back to back weeks..makes it tough


08/30/12 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma Nacogdoches, Texas 6:00 p.m. CT
09/08/12 at SMU Dallas, Texas TBA
09/15/12 at Montana State Bozeman, Mont. 2:35 p.m. CT
09/22/12 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBA
09/29/12 vs. Central Arkansas Nacogdoches, Texas 6:00 p.m. CT
10/06/12 vs. Sam Houston State Reliant Stadium -- Houston, Texas 3:00 p.m. CT
10/20/12 vs. Nicholls Nacogdoches, Texas 2:00 p.m. CT
10/27/12 at McNeese State Lake Charles, La. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/03/12 vs. Lamar Nacogdoches, Texas 6:00 p.m. CT
11/10/12 at Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. TBA
11/17/12 vs. Northwestern State Nacogdoches, Texas 6:00 p.m. CT

[LeadBolt]

I'll give this one a 8:

WIlliam & Mary

Sat, Sep 01 at Maryland
Sat, Sep 08 Lafayette
Sat, Sep 15 at Towson *
Sat, Sep 22 Delaware *
Sat, Sep 29 Georgia State
Sat, Oct 06 at Penn
Sat, Oct 13 at James Madison *
Sat, Oct 27 Maine (Homecoming) *
Sat, Nov 03 at New Hampshire *
Sat, Nov 10 at Old Dominion *
Sat, Nov 17 Richmond *

[Sammy94]

09/08/12 at SMU Dallas, Texas TBA
09/15/12 at Montana State Bozeman, Mont. 2:35 p.m. CT
09/22/12 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBA
09/29/12 vs. Central Arkansas Nacogdoches, Texas 6:00 p.m. CT
10/06/12 vs. Sam Houston State Reliant Stadium -- Houston, Texas 3:00 p.m. CT
10/20/12 vs. Nicholls Nacogdoches, Texas 2:00 p.m. CT
10/27/12 at McNeese State Lake Charles, La. 7:00 p.m. CT


I predict 3-4 through this portion but could be 1-6. I'd have to give this schedule an 8.

[Apphole]

9.5 and I wouldn't have it any other way. Best FCS schedule possible for us IMO.

Sat, Sep 01 East Carolina at Greenville, N.C. Noon
Sat, Sep 08 MONTANA (Hall of Fame Day) BOONE, N.C. 6:30 p.m.
Sat, Sep 15 THE CITADEL (Pee Wee Day) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Sep 22 Chattanooga * at Chattanooga, Tenn. 6 p.m.
Sat, Sep 29 COASTAL CAROLINA (Family Weekend) BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct 06 ELON (Homecoming) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct 13 Samford * at Birmingham, Ala. 3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT)
Sat, Oct 20 WOFFORD (Education Day) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct 27 Western Carolina * at Cullowhee, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Nov 03 Georgia Southern * at Statesboro, Ga. 2 p.m.
Sat, Nov 10 FURMAN (Black Saturday) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.

[TheRevSFA]

I predict 3-4 through this portion but could be 1-6. I'd have to give this schedule an 8.

I think we can get wins vs Tx State (breaking the Mojo) UCA, Nicholls, and the Swamp Cowboys. I'm not confident against Monty State...

Maybe against Sam..as you never know with BOTPW...

[lionsrking2]

I'd say ours is in the 8.5 range ...

9-1 At Missouri
9-8 South Dakota State
9-13 At UT-Martin
9-22 McNeese State
9-29 At Lamar
10-6 At UAB
10-13 Northwestern St.
10-27 UCA
11-3 At Sam Houston
11-10 Stephen F. Austin
11-15 At Nicholls State

[centraljerseycat]

Can't wait to see how Delaware fans rate their schedule.... xlolx

[TheRevSFA]

I'd say ours is in the 8.5 range ...

9-1 At Missouri
9-8 South Dakota State
9-13 At UT-Martin
9-22 McNeese State
9-29 At Lamar
10-6 At UAB
10-13 Northwestern St.
10-27 UCA
11-3 At Sam Houston
11-10 Stephen F. Austin
11-15 At Nicholls State

Actually I agree...that's solid.

[CID1990]

9.5 and I wouldn't have it any other way. Best FCS schedule possible for us IMO.

Sat, Sep 01 East Carolina at Greenville, N.C. Noon
Sat, Sep 08 MONTANA (Hall of Fame Day) BOONE, N.C. 6:30 p.m.
Sat, Sep 15 THE CITADEL (Pee Wee Day) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Sep 22 Chattanooga * at Chattanooga, Tenn. 6 p.m.
Sat, Sep 29 COASTAL CAROLINA (Family Weekend) BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct 06 ELON (Homecoming) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct 13 Samford * at Birmingham, Ala. 3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT)
Sat, Oct 20 WOFFORD (Education Day) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct 27 Western Carolina * at Cullowhee, N.C. 3:30 p.m.
Sat, Nov 03 Georgia Southern * at Statesboro, Ga. 2 p.m.
Sat, Nov 10 FURMAN (Black Saturday) * BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m.

LOL I hope we piss on your Pee Wee Day.

Bunch of smarta$$ twinkies.

[Sammy94]

Maybe against Sam..as you never know with BOTPW...


Normally I'd agree, but the Jacks won't be getting the normal Kats team.

[frozennorth]

UNI imo probably has the toughest schedule i've seen. Wisconsin should be preseason top15, Iowa is pretty respectable, followed by 5 of the top 6 teams in the MVFC. Luckily they should get 3 wins in a row to end the season, assuming their moral isn't completely crushed. 9

Sept. 1 at Wisconsin
Sept. 8 Savannah State
Sept. 15 at Iowa
Sept. 22 at Youngstown State
Sept. 29 North Dakota State Family Weekend
Oct. 6 Open
Oct. 13 at Southern Illinois
Oct. 20 South Dakota State Homecoming
Oct. 27 Illinois State Hall of Fame
Nov. 3 at Western Illinois
Nov. 10 at South Dakota
Nov. 17 Missouri State Senior Day

[BisonFan02]

UNI imo probably has the toughest schedule i've seen. Wisconsin should be preseason top15, Iowa is pretty respectable, followed by 5 of the top 6 teams in the MVFC. Luckily they should get 3 wins in a row to end the season, assuming their moral isn't completely crushed. 9

Sept. 1 at Wisconsin
Sept. 8 Savannah State
Sept. 15 at Iowa
Sept. 22 at Youngstown State
Sept. 29 North Dakota State Family Weekend
Oct. 6 Open
Oct. 13 at Southern Illinois
Oct. 20 South Dakota State Homecoming
Oct. 27 Illinois State Hall of Fame
Nov. 3 at Western Illinois
Nov. 10 at South Dakota
Nov. 17 Missouri State Senior Day

UNI needs to find a way to go into their bye week with 2 DI wins (at least 1 mathmatically unless the Valley beats each other up and they can somehow get the autobid).....otherwise it is going to be a tough hill to climb.

[TheRevSFA]

Normally I'd agree, but the Jacks won't be getting the normal Kats team.

Actually the normal kats team has injuries. Last years team was abnormal

[BlueHenSinfonian]

Can't wait to see how Delaware fans rate their schedule.... xlolx

8/30 Westchester (D2)
9/8 Del State
9/15 Bucknell
9/22 @William and Mary
9/29 @New Hampshire
10/6 Maine
10/20 Rhode Island
10/27 @Old Dominion
11/3 Towson
11/10 @Richmond
11/17 Villanova

Yes, we start the season off with the cupcake tasting platter, but we do have the top 4 teams from the CAA standings last year, including both UNH and ODU on their fields, which aren't easy places to play. No FBS game this year, and the teams we miss in the CAA are a wash - missing JMU probably makes the schedule a little bit easier, but missing GA State means that we have one less guaranteed conference win than everyone else.

So, nothing super-challenging in the OOC schedule, but with the difficulty in the conference schedule, I'd rate ours as a 6.5-7 for difficulty.

[I-16Bandit]

I'll give the Eagles a try:

Sep 01 Jacksonville University
Sep 08 @ The Citadel
Sep 22 Elon
Sep 29 Samford
Oct 06 @ Western Carolina
Oct 13 Wofford
Oct 20 @ Furman
Oct 27 @ Chattanooga
Nov 03 Appalachian State
Nov 10 Howard University
Nov 17 @ Georgia

Having Wofford and App at home is a great bonus, but we still have Chatty and Furman on the road, and we finish the season @ UGA. So I'll give our schedule a ~ 7.5.

[Twentysix]

Sat, Sep 01 Robert Morris (Trees Bowl) Fargo, N.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 08 Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. TBA W

Sat, Sep 22 Prairie View A&M Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 29 Northern Iowa * at Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:07 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 06 Youngstown State (Homecoming) * Fargo, N.D. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 13 Indiana State * Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 20 South Dakota * at Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 27 Southern Illinois (Harvest Bowl) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 03 Missouri State * at Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 10 South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 17 Illinois State * at Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. W

I dig yo.

I guess I give it a 6.

I also give UND's schedule a 4.

[asumike83]

9/1: @ East Carolina
9/8: vs. Montana
9/15: vs. The Citadel
9/22: @ Chattanooga
9/29: vs. Coastal Carolina
10/6: vs. Elon
10/13: @ Samford
10/20: vs. Wofford
10/27: @ Western Carolina
11/3: @ Georgia Southern
11/10: vs. Furman

Difficulty: 7
We play East Carolina and 3 FCS teams who made the playoffs in 2011. I believe that Chattanooga will make the playoffs in 2012 along with Montana, Georgia Southern and Wofford. Furman and Coastal have potential to make the postseason as well. The fact that our 'bye week' is 11/17 makes it even more challenging, as we do not have an off week until the end of the regular season.

Entertainment: 10
Really could not have asked for a better schedule. Our FBS game is against an in-state opponent with whom we have a long history (Appalachian leads the all-time series 19-11). We will bring a great crowd down to Greenville and our team should make the game very interesting. Host Montana in one of the best non-conference regular season FCS match-ups I can recall. Coastal Carolina is a great program to round out the non-conference slate as well. We will be favored over CCU but they are certainly no pushover. The SoCon looks like it will be a 3-4 bid league this year depending on how badly we all beat up on each other and it will be great to host Furman and Wofford with revenge on the mind.

[darell1976]

Sat, Sep 01 Robert Morris (Trees Bowl) Fargo, N.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 08 Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. TBA W

Sat, Sep 22 Prairie View A&M Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 29 Northern Iowa * at Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:07 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 06 Youngstown State (Homecoming) * Fargo, N.D. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 13 Indiana State * Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 20 South Dakota * at Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 27 Southern Illinois (Harvest Bowl) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 03 Missouri State * at Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 10 South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 17 Illinois State * at Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. W

I dig yo.

I guess I give it a 6.

I also give UND's schedule a 4.


A 4??? Someone's been drinkin and typing again.

[344Johnson]

A 4??? Someone's been drinkin and typing again.

School of Mines. I'd give it a 5 though. Should be interesting seeing how UND handles playing competition week in and week out.

[344Johnson]

Sat, Sep 01 Robert Morris (Trees Bowl) Fargo, N.D. 6 p.m. W
Sat, Sep 08 Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. TBA W
Sat, Sep 22 Prairie View A&M Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W
Sat, Sep 29 Northern Iowa * at Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:07 p.m. W
Sat, Oct 06 Youngstown State (Homecoming) * Fargo, N.D. 1 p.m. W
Sat, Oct 13 Indiana State * Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W
Sat, Oct 20 South Dakota * at Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. W
Sat, Oct 27 Southern Illinois (Harvest Bowl) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W
Sat, Nov 03 Missouri State * at Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. W
Sat, Nov 10 South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W
Sat, Nov 17 Illinois State * at Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. W

I guess I give it a 6.

I also give UND's schedule a 4.

I like our schedule. Youngstown at home will be a fun game I imagine. Indiana State at home to see Shakir Bell. SDSU at home for the Marker. Very winnable FBS game. Two simple OOC home games....wouldn't mind having slightly better competition in those I suppose. Bison home game in Sioux Falls. Reasonable drive to the UNI game for Bison fans.

Not to mention we get the 'Stache at home for the SIU game in what could be his last season there if he doesn't shape up.

[Twentysix]

A 4??? Someone's been drinkin and typing again.

If you replaced SDSMT with someone like Jacksonville, or maybe San Diego, Id upgrade you to a 6.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

8/30: @ Idaho
9/8: @ Washington State
9/15: BYE
9/22: @ Weber State
9/29: vs. MONTANA
10/6: vs. NORTH DAKOTA
10/13: @ Montana State
10/20: vs. SACRAMENTO STATE
10/27: @ Southern Utah
11/3: vs. CAL POLY
11/10: vs. UC DAVIS
11/17: @ Portland State

I'd give EWU an 8.5

[SFA 93]

2006 was the last time the Jacks defeated Texas State in football, so maybe we are due?

It has to be a mental issue by now in the heads of the players.

[The Eagle's Cliff]

Sat, Sep 01 Robert Morris (Trees Bowl) Fargo, N.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 08 Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. TBA L

Sat, Sep 22 Prairie View A&M Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 29 Northern Iowa * at Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:07 p.m. L

Sat, Oct 06 Youngstown State (Homecoming) * Fargo, N.D. 1 p.m. P

Sat, Oct 13 Indiana State * Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 20 South Dakota * at Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. Upset xeekx

Sat, Oct 27 Southern Illinois (Harvest Bowl) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 03 Missouri State * at Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 10 South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 17 Illinois State * at Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. W

I dig yo.

I guess I give it a 6.

I also give UND's schedule a 4.

FIFY

[344Johnson]

FIFY

Hmm...have you ever watched USD?!? What is a P mean? And losses to both CSU and UNI would be quite a surprise and would definitely put bisonville (myself included) on suicide watch.

[darell1976]

If you replaced SDSMT with someone like Jacksonville, or maybe San Diego, Id upgrade you to a 6.

Boy you Bison guys don't think much about the Big Sky competition. You rate UND low on a DII game but yet they play San Diego State, Montana, at Montana State, at Eastern Washington, Cal Poly...You have a Bowl team, 2 playoff teams, a National Title Champ from 2010 and a conference co-champ. You rate NDSU at a 6 with Robert Morris, Prairie View A&M, and 3 win Colorado State (already UND is tougher even with a DII team). UNI is the MVFC Co-champ but besides them the only teams that matches close to them would be Indiana St, Illinois St, and YSU. USD did have a winning record but 3 of their 6 wins were against non-DI teams so (3-5 vs DI teams..not impressive). Sorry I give NDSU a 4...maybe a 5.

[andy7171]

Thu, Aug 30 @ Kent State

Sat, Sep 15 William and Mary (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Sep 22 St. Francis (Pa.) - HOMECOMING

Sat, Sep 29 @ Louisiana State

Sat, Oct 06 @ James Madison (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Oct 13 Maine

Sat, Oct 20 Old Dominion

Sat, Oct 27 @ Villanova

Sat, Nov 03 @ Delaware (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Nov 10 Rhode Island

Sat, Nov 17 @ New Hampshire

I'll give us a 9. Maybe 9.5.

[SpeedkingATL]

9/1: @ East Carolina
9/8: vs. Montana
9/15: vs. The Citadel
9/22: @ Chattanooga
9/29: vs. Coastal Carolina
10/6: vs. Elon
10/13: @ Samford
10/20: vs. Wofford
10/27: @ Western Carolina
11/3: @ Georgia Southern
11/10: vs. Furman

Difficulty: 7
We play East Carolina and 3 FCS teams who made the playoffs in 2011. I believe that Chattanooga will make the playoffs in 2012 along with Montana, Georgia Southern and Wofford. Furman and Coastal have potential to make the postseason as well. The fact that our 'bye week' is 11/17 makes it even more challenging, as we do not have an off week until the end of the regular season.

Entertainment: 10
Really could not have asked for a better schedule. Our FBS game is against an in-state opponent with whom we have a long history (Appalachian leads the all-time series 19-11). We will bring a great crowd down to Greenville and our team should make the game very interesting. Host Montana in one of the best non-conference regular season FCS match-ups I can recall. Coastal Carolina is a great program to round out the non-conference slate as well. We will be favored over CCU but they are certainly no pushover. The SoCon looks like it will be a 3-4 bid league this year depending on how badly we all beat up on each other and it will be great to host Furman and Wofford with revenge on the mind.

+1. The best overall schedule App has had in years. Certainly no "record boosting" OOC games for a change and an FBS game that shouldn't leave us physically beat up for weeks afterwards as with the VaTech, LSU, Michigan, Florida type games (even if those are great fun for fans). We will miss having an open week during the regular season.

[Fordham]

Thu, Aug 30 @ Kent State

Sat, Sep 15 William and Mary (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Sep 22 St. Francis (Pa.) - HOMECOMING

Sat, Sep 29 @ Louisiana State

Sat, Oct 06 @ James Madison (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Oct 13 Maine

Sat, Oct 20 Old Dominion

Sat, Oct 27 @ Villanova

Sat, Nov 03 @ Delaware (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Nov 10 Rhode Island

Sat, Nov 17 @ New Hampshire

I'll give us a 9. Maybe 9.5.

wow

[TheRevSFA]

Thu, Aug 30 @ Kent State

Sat, Sep 15 William and Mary (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Sep 22 St. Francis (Pa.) - HOMECOMING

Sat, Sep 29 @ Louisiana State

Sat, Oct 06 @ James Madison (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Oct 13 Maine

Sat, Oct 20 Old Dominion

Sat, Oct 27 @ Villanova

Sat, Nov 03 @ Delaware (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Nov 10 Rhode Island

Sat, Nov 17 @ New Hampshire

I'll give us a 9. Maybe 9.5.

Homecoming in September?

[344Johnson]

Boy you Bison guys don't think much about the Big Sky competition. You rate UND low on a DII game but yet they play San Diego State, Montana, at Montana State, at Eastern Washington, Cal Poly...You have a Bowl team, 2 playoff teams, a National Title Champ from 2010 and a conference co-champ. You rate NDSU at a 6 with Robert Morris, Prairie View A&M, and 3 win Colorado State (already UND is tougher even with a DII team). UNI is the MVFC Co-champ but besides them the only teams that matches close to them would be Indiana St, Illinois St, and YSU. USD did have a winning record but 3 of their 6 wins were against non-DI teams so (3-5 vs DI teams..not impressive). Sorry I give NDSU a 4...maybe a 5.

Can you blame us? Destroyed Montana State in 2010 after having a really "meh" season in the MVFC.

MVFC is set up to have a really good season. Records might not show it again at the end of the year but Playing a sub-DI gets you docked. A bowl team sure, but wasn't last year also a special year for San Diego State and now they lost a lot of their team? And if you can brag about the EWU game...shouldn't we brag about the USD game considering USD took care of business against EWU?

[darell1976]

Can you blame us? Destroyed Montana State in 2010 after having a really "meh" season in the MVFC.

MVFC is set up to have a really good season. Records might not show it again at the end of the year but Playing a sub-DI gets you docked. A bowl team sure, but wasn't last year also a special year for San Diego State and now they lost a lot of their team? And if you can brag about the EWU game...shouldn't we brag about the USD game considering USD took care of business against EWU?

Looking at the teams in both schedules NDSU's pretty much equals UND. ( If it all comes down to UND playing SDSoM then NDSU tougher by 1).

[No_Skill]

all these "scores" are subjective anyway and therefor meaningless.

[darell1976]

all these "scores" are subjective anyway and therefor meaningless.

Yes but the season is still a little more than a month away...we need something to chat about.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Thu, Aug 30 @ Kent State

Sat, Sep 15 William and Mary (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Sep 22 St. Francis (Pa.) - HOMECOMING

Sat, Sep 29 @ Louisiana State

Sat, Oct 06 @ James Madison (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Oct 13 Maine

Sat, Oct 20 Old Dominion

Sat, Oct 27 @ Villanova

Sat, Nov 03 @ Delaware (NBC Sports Network)

Sat, Nov 10 Rhode Island

Sat, Nov 17 @ New Hampshire

I'll give us a 9. Maybe 9.5.


If someone has to be a 10, I'd say it would be Towson.

[frozennorth]

who cares und and ndsu both have pretty wimpy schedules.

[darell1976]

who cares und and ndsu both have pretty wimpy schedules.

xsmhx

[UNDColorado]

Sat, Sep 01 Robert Morris (Trees Bowl) Fargo, N.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 08 Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. TBA W

Sat, Sep 22 Prairie View A&M Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Sep 29 Northern Iowa * at Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:07 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 06 Youngstown State (Homecoming) * Fargo, N.D. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 13 Indiana State * Fargo, N.D. 3 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 20 South Dakota * at Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. W

Sat, Oct 27 Southern Illinois (Harvest Bowl) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 03 Missouri State * at Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 10 South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) * Fargo, N.D. 2:30 p.m. W

Sat, Nov 17 Illinois State * at Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. W

I dig yo.

I guess I give it a 6.

I also give UND's schedule a 4.

Hahah, I am going to go to your game against CSU just to cheer for the Rams after seeing this post. How delusional are you to think that UND's schedule is a 4 with both Montana's on the schedule, seriously what are you on right now? Good luck at UNI, you guys have proven that you will need it lol!

[No_Skill]

Hahah, I am going to go to your game against CSU just to cheer for the Rams after seeing this post. How delusional are you to think that UND's schedule is a 4 with both Montana's on the schedule, seriously what are you on right now? Good luck at UNI, you guys have proven that you will need it lol!

Thank you for your interest in Bison Athletics. If I were you, I'd be more concerned about the Big Sky.

[Brad82]

Re. CCSU's schedule,being in NEC does not equal a soft slate!
Rhody needs to follow this model.

[UNIFanSince1983]

UNI imo probably has the toughest schedule i've seen. Wisconsin should be preseason top15, Iowa is pretty respectable, followed by 5 of the top 6 teams in the MVFC. Luckily they should get 3 wins in a row to end the season, assuming their moral isn't completely crushed. 9

Sept. 1 at Wisconsin
Sept. 8 Central State
Sept. 15 at Iowa
Sept. 22 at Youngstown State
Sept. 29 North Dakota State Family Weekend
Oct. 6 Open
Oct. 13 at Southern Illinois
Oct. 20 South Dakota State Homecoming
Oct. 27 Illinois State Hall of Fame
Nov. 3 at Western Illinois
Nov. 10 at South Dakota
Nov. 17 Missouri State Senior Day

Had to fix it. We are no longer playing Savannah State. It was replaced with D2 Central State. Our schedule is really tough, and will be even more tough while breaking in a ton of new players. I would rate it around 8.5 or so. We have what should be easy games at the end, and what should be a win against Central State. The rest of the schedule though is going to be a meat grinder especially 4 out of the first 5 games.

[Twentysix]

Hahah, I am going to go to your game against CSU just to cheer for the Rams after seeing this post. How delusional are you to think that UND's schedule is a 4 with both Montana's on the schedule, seriously what are you on right now? Good luck at UNI, you guys have proven that you will need it lol!

Good luck with that. I guess some people are born to cheer for losers. xcoffeex

[frozennorth]

Had to fix it. We are no longer playing Savannah State. It was replaced with D2 Central State. Our schedule is really tough, and will be even more tough while breaking in a ton of new players. I would rate it around 8.5 or so. We have what should be easy games at the end, and what should be a win against Central State. The rest of the schedule though is going to be a meat grinder especially 4 out of the first 5 games.

i copied it off your website, didn't notice the error:o

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh's Schedule

9/1 Monmouth
9/8 @ Central Connecticut State
9/15 Princeton
9/22 @ Liberty
9/29 Fordham
10/6 Columbia
10/13 @ Georgetown
10/20 Bucknell
11/3 @ Holy Cross
11/10 Colgate
11/17 @ Lafayette

I would give it a 5.5. The road games at Liberty, Georgetown and Holy Cross will provide stern tests. The game at CCSU is a sneaky good OOC game too imo. The Devils will be opening up their expanded stadium so emotions should be high. The only real eyesore on the schedule is Columbia.

[Twentysix]

Lehigh's Schedule

9/1 Monmouth
9/8 @ Central Connecticut State
9/15 Princeton
9/22 @ Liberty
9/29 Fordham
10/6 Columbia
10/13 @ Georgetown
10/20 Bucknell
11/3 @ Holy Cross
11/10 Colgate
11/17 @ Lafayette

I would give it a 5.5. The road games at Liberty, Georgetown and Holy Cross will provide stern tests. The game at CCSU is a sneaky good OOC game too imo. The Devils will be opening up their expanded stadium so emotions should be high. The only real eyesore on the schedule is Columbia.

Lehigh should get on our schedule for the next mutual opening! Id like to see team UPS in the dome again.

[344Johnson]

Hahah, I am going to go to your game against CSU just to cheer for the Rams after seeing this post. How delusional are you to think that UND's schedule is a 4 with both Montana's on the schedule, seriously what are you on right now? Good luck at UNI, you guys have proven that you will need it lol!

You are facing what could potentially be the worst Montana team in ages if things keep going wrong for them. And you play a NAIA. Don't make UND's schedule out to be anything special. Go ahead, cheer for the Rams. God knows they need some fans to show up.

[HailSzczur]

Have at it. I'm gonna give it a 6-7. Decent OCC. Temple is chalked up as a loss, Fordham and UPenn should be good games. What does anyone else think?

08/31/12 at Temple Philadelphia, Pa.
09/08/12 vs. Fordham Villanova, Pa.
09/15/12 vs. Rhode Island Villanova, Pa.
09/22/12 at Penn Philadelphia, Pa.
09/29/12 at Maine Orono, Maine
10/06/12 vs. Richmond Villanova, Pa.
10/13/12 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va.
10/20/12 at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga.
10/27/12 vs. Towson Villanova, Pa.
11/10/12 vs. James Madison Villanova, Pa.
11/17/12 at Delaware Newark, Del.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lehigh should get on our schedule for the next mutual opening! Id like to see team UPS in the dome again.

Despite our losses, PL fans were left with a very positive impression of NDSU last season. Great fans, great team and tough, no-nonsense competition. For us, those games were an excellent measure of what we must achieve with our scholarship classes starting next year.

I think you guys should try Colgate or Holy Cross next - if they dare. xcoolx


EDIT - Actually, I'd love to see you guys face our old nemeses Penn and Harvard - but I know that they won't dare!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Despite our losses, PL fans were left with a very positive impression of NDSU last season. Great fans, great team and tough, no-nonsense competition. For us, those games were an excellent measure of what we must achieve with our scholarship classes starting next year.

I think you guys should try Colgate or Holy Cross next - if they dare. xcoolx


EDIT - Actually, I'd love to see you guys face our old nemeses Penn and Harvard - but I know that they won't dare!

Having been to NDSU for a game I couldn't agree more!! It's definitely one of the best places in FCS to see a game.

[jmufan999]

9/1 vs. St. Francis (Pa.)
9/8 vs. Alcorn State
9/15 vs. West Virginia (at FedEx Field)
9/22 @ Rhode Island
10/6 vs. Towson
10/13 vs. William & Mary
10/20 @ Richmond
10/27 vs. Georgia State
11/3 @ Maine
11/10 @ Villanova
11/17 vs. Old Dominion


7.89

[jmufan999]

Have at it. I'm gonna give it a 6-7. Decent OCC. Temple is chalked up as a loss, Fordham and UPenn should be good games. What does anyone else think?

08/31/12 at Temple Philadelphia, Pa.
09/08/12 vs. Fordham Villanova, Pa.
09/15/12 vs. Rhode Island Villanova, Pa.
09/22/12 at Penn Philadelphia, Pa.
09/29/12 at Maine Orono, Maine
10/06/12 vs. Richmond Villanova, Pa.
10/13/12 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va.
10/20/12 at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga.
10/27/12 vs. Towson Villanova, Pa.
11/10/12 vs. James Madison Villanova, Pa.
11/17/12 at Delaware Newark, Del.

8.17

[PAllen]

I give Towson a 9.9. I can't give anybody a 10 with St. Francis on the schedule.

Lehigh - 2.5. Sure there are potential slip ups, but the Engineers should be significant favorites in every game (until playoff time that is)

[andy7171]

I give Towson a 9.9. I can't give anybody a 10 with St. Francis on the schedule.


Agreed.

[The Eagle's Cliff]

Hmm...have you ever watched USD?!? What is a P mean? And losses to both CSU and UNI would be quite a surprise and would definitely put bisonville (myself included) on suicide watch.

"P" is pick 'em. The USD is more of a joke, but UNI, CSU, and YSU should be challenges.

[crusader11]

8/30 vs. UNH
9/15 vs. Brown
9/22 vs. Dartmouth
9/28 at Harvard
10/6 vs. Bucknell
10/13 at Colgate
10/20 at Lafayette
10/27 vs. Fordham
11/3 vs. Lehigh
11/10 at Wagner
11/17 at Georgetown

For Holy Cross, I'd grade our schedule as a 6.5.

Love the non-conference games against New Hampshire, Harvard, and Brown, but Wagner really irks me. I understand why Dartmouth is on the schedule because it is an easy trip for both teams and they are a historical rival, but I'd rather see Holy Cross get creative and play a team from the SoCon or another CAA team. Although, with scholarships coming, I anticipate a game against an FBS opponent in the future.

[Fordham]

2012-2013 FORDHAM FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

08/30/12 - Lock Haven
09/08/12 - Villanova
09/15/12 - Cornell
09/22/12 - at Columbia
09/29/12 - at Lehigh
10/06/12 - Georgetown
10/13/12 - at Cincinnati
10/27/12 - at Holy Cross
11/03/12 - at Bucknell
11/10/12 - Lafayette
11/17/12 - Colgate

Lock Haven balanced out by Cincinnati - a bit of a wash there but I like a warm up for our new coach to start the season and I also like a payout game so I'm fine with both of these being on the skid.

Otherwise, 'Nova is a great OOC game for us to have and 2 Ivies are good. It's no Towson but I think it's a great schedule for us.

PS - anyone know how Cornell & Columbia are supposed to this year? Weird thing happened with "Roar Lions Roar" as it went to a pay site but that's where I used to get my Ivy league info. Ivytalk? Anyone else? (Buehler?)

[Fordham]

8/30 vs. UNH
9/15 vs. Brown
9/22 vs. Dartmouth
9/28 at Harvard
10/6 vs. Bucknell
10/13 at Colgate
10/20 at Lafayette
10/27 vs. Fordham
11/3 vs. Lehigh
11/10 at Wagner
11/17 at Georgetown

For Holy Cross, I'd grade our schedule as a 6.5.

Love the non-conference games against New Hampshire, Harvard, and Brown, but Wagner really irks me. I understand why Dartmouth is on the schedule because it is an easy trip for both teams and they are a historical rival, but I'd rather see Holy Cross get creative and play a team from the SoCon or another CAA team. Although, with scholarships coming, I anticipate a game against an FBS opponent in the future.

Per my comments about the Fordham skid, I think the Wagner game would be fine if it was a tune up but I agree with you that it's odd as the next-to-last game of the year. Otherwise it's a perfect PL type schedule and I also like the UNH, Brown, Harvard games. As you ramp up on scholarships it would be good to see that Dartmouth game replaced by BC soon!

[Gringer1]

Savannah State actually has the toughest opening 2 games. At Oklahoma State and then at Florida State. The rest of their schedule is the MEAC, so it kind of washes out their average.

Sep 01 @Oklahoma State University TBA
Sep 08 @Florida State University 6 p.m.
Sep 15 Open Open
Sep 22 North Carolina Central University 7 p.m.
Sep 29 @Howard University 1 p.m.
Oct 06 Morgan State University 7 p.m.
Oct 13 @Florida A&M University 6 p.m.
Oct 20 Edward Waters College 2 p.m.
Oct 27 @Hampton University 2 p.m.
Nov 03 @Norfolk State University 2 p.m.
Nov 10 Bethune-Cookman University 5 p.m.
Nov 17 @South Carolina State University TBA

Rating: 5

[Fordham]

Savannah State actually has the toughest opening 2 games. At Oklahoma State and then at Florida State. The rest of their schedule is the MEAC, so it kind of washes out their average.

Sep 01 @Oklahoma State University TBA
Sep 08 @Florida State University 6 p.m.
Sep 15 Open Open
Sep 22 North Carolina Central University 7 p.m.
Sep 29 @Howard University 1 p.m.
Oct 06 Morgan State University 7 p.m.
Oct 13 @Florida A&M University 6 p.m.
Oct 20 Edward Waters College 2 p.m.
Oct 27 @Hampton University 2 p.m.
Nov 03 @Norfolk State University 2 p.m.
Nov 10 Bethune-Cookman University 5 p.m.
Nov 17 @South Carolina State University TBA

Rating: 5
What the hell are they thinking?
What's the payout from those games?

[Gringer1]

They'll get almost $900,000 total. For SSU, it's a matter of "if we're gonna get run over by whoever we play, we might as well get the biggest beat down and the biggest check possible." They're actually mad that Georgia Southern pays them "only" $85,000 to drive 1 hour and get a beating every few years. SSU actually thinks they deserve a home and home series. How can they possibly claim that?

[van]

Lehigh's Schedule

9/1 Monmouth
9/8 @ Central Connecticut State
9/15 Princeton
9/22 @ Liberty
9/29 Fordham
10/6 Columbia
10/13 @ Georgetown
10/20 Bucknell
11/3 @ Holy Cross
11/10 Colgate
11/17 @ Lafayette

I would give it a 5.5. The road games at Liberty, Georgetown and Holy Cross will provide stern tests. The game at CCSU is a sneaky good OOC game too imo. The Devils will be opening up their expanded stadium so emotions should be high. The only real eyesore on the schedule is Columbia.

Correction there Owl, 2 eyesores, Columbia and Lafayette, although for 2 different reasons.

[fatmonarch]

ODU's 2012 schedule

9/1/12. Duquesne, Norfolk, VA
9/8/12 Hampton, Hampton, VA
9/15/12 Campbell, Norfolk, VA
9/22/12 New Hampshire, Norfolk, VA
9/29/12 Richmond, Richmond, VA
10/13/12 Villanova, Norfolk, VA
10/20/12 Towson, Towson, MD
10/27/12 Delaware, Norfolk, VA
11/3/12 Georgia State, Atlanta, GA
11/10/12 William&Mary, Norfolk, VA
11/17/12 James Madison, Harrisonburg, VA

9 out of 11 games in the state of virginia. ODU cannot receive the CAA autobid this season so 7 wins are essential to make the playoffs this season. All games on the schedule are very winnable. No need for a payout game, we will have plenty of time to prove ourselves with FBS competition in the future. No pointless D2 games. From a fans perspective, this is a pretty decent schedule.

9.9/10

[andy7171]

9/1/12. Duquesne, Norfolk, VA
9/8/12 Hampton, Hampton, VA
9/15/12 Campbell, Norfolk, VA
11/3/12 Georgia State, Atlanta, GA

9.9/10

Seriously?

xlolx

[fatmonarch]

The whole purpose of this season is to win a national championship. We need those bye weeks to rest players. I mean we could be going to LSU and get the ***** beat out of us.

[TheRevSFA]

ODU's 2012 schedule

9/1/12. Duquesne, Norfolk, VA
9/8/12 Hampton, Hampton, VA
9/15/12 Campbell, Norfolk, VA
9/22/12 New Hampshire, Norfolk, VA
9/29/12 Richmond, Richmond, VA
10/13/12 Villanova, Norfolk, VA
10/20/12 Towson, Towson, MD
10/27/12 Delaware, Norfolk, VA
11/3/12 Georgia State, Atlanta, GA
11/10/12 William&Mary, Norfolk, VA
11/17/12 James Madison, Harrisonburg, VA

9 out of 11 games in the state of virginia. ODU cannot receive the CAA autobid this season so 7 wins are essential to make the playoffs this season. All games on the schedule are very winnable. No need for a payout game, we will have plenty of time to prove ourselves with FBS competition in the future. No pointless D2 games. From a fans perspective, this is a pretty decent schedule.

9.9/10

It's rate on difficulty, not how much you like it.

Hampton and Campbell drop this to like a 5

[andy7171]

The whole purpose of this season is to win a national championship. We need those bye weeks to rest players. I mean we could be going to LSU and get the ***** beat out of us.

I don't give a *****. Honey badger don't scare me! :)

[WeAreNorthDakota]

You are facing what could potentially be the worst Montana team in ages if things keep going wrong for them. And you play a NAIA. Don't make UND's schedule out to be anything special. Go ahead, cheer for the Rams. God knows they need some fans to show up.

We've got the toughest schedule in the Big Sky. We're the only Big Sky team that has each of the preseason top 5 on the schedule.

[eiu1999]

8/30/2012 Southern Illinois
9/8/2012 at Western Michigan
9/15/2012 at Illinois State
9/22/2012 Murray State
9/29/2012 Austin Peay
10/6/2012 at UT Martin
10/13/2012 Jacksonville State
10/27/2012 at Eastern Kentucky
11/3/2012 at Tennessee Tech
11/10/2012 Southeast Missouri
11/17/2012 at Central Arkansas

A 5.5

[I-16Bandit]

It's rate on difficulty, not how much you like it.

Hampton and Campbell drop this to like a 5

And Georgia State automatically drops it to about a 3.

[TheRevSFA]

And Georgia State automatically drops it to about a 3.

Ha

[AmsterBison]

Really like Montana's schedule. South Dakota's schedule is pretty dang good:

9/1/2012 at Montana
9/8/2012 Colgate
9/22/2012 at Northwestern
9/29/2012 Illinois State
10/6/2012 Western Illinois
10/13/2012 at Missouri State
10/20/2012 North Dakota State
10/27/2012 at Indiana State
11/3/2012 at Youngstown State
11/10/2012 Northern Iowa
11/17/2012 at South Dakota State

Quite a change for USD and UND, going from 3 sub-DIs last year to a full DI and almost full DI schedule. Nice jobs!

[344Johnson]

We've got the toughest schedule in the Big Sky. We're the only Big Sky team that has each of the preseason top 5 on the schedule.

Point being? The one school that has made the Big Sky into what it is, is probably going to have a down year.

[darell1976]

Really like Montana's schedule. South Dakota's schedule is pretty dang good:

9/1/2012 at Montana
9/8/2012 Colgate
9/22/2012 at Northwestern
9/29/2012 Illinois State
10/6/2012 Western Illinois
10/13/2012 at Missouri State
10/20/2012 North Dakota State
10/27/2012 at Indiana State
11/3/2012 at Youngstown State
11/10/2012 Northern Iowa
11/17/2012 at South Dakota State

Quite a change for USD and UND, going from 3 sub-DIs last year to a full DI and almost full DI schedule. Nice jobs!

USD is going to have their hands full with that schedule. With zero road wins last year USD better hope they learned their lesson. I see maybe one road win (MSU) of course the (home/road) game against NDSU is going to be an ugly one. I give their schedule a 9.

[DJKyR0]

Boy you Bison guys don't think much about the Big Sky competition. You rate UND low on a DII game but yet they play San Diego State, Montana, at Montana State, at Eastern Washington, Cal Poly...You have a Bowl team, 2 playoff teams, a National Title Champ from 2010 and a conference co-champ. You rate NDSU at a 6 with Robert Morris, Prairie View A&M, and 3 win Colorado State (already UND is tougher even with a DII team). UNI is the MVFC Co-champ but besides them the only teams that matches close to them would be Indiana St, Illinois St, and YSU. USD did have a winning record but 3 of their 6 wins were against non-DI teams so (3-5 vs DI teams..not impressive). Sorry I give NDSU a 4...maybe a 5.

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[Squealofthepig]

Montana's schedule:

9/1 SOUTH DAKOTA
9/8 @App State
9/15 LIBERTY
9/22 NORTHERN ARIZONA
9/29 @Eastern Washington
10/6 @Northern Colorado
10/13 SOUTHERN UTAH
10/20 @North Dakota
10/27 IDAHO STATE
11/3 @Weber State
11/10 Finally a bye week!
11/17 MONTANA STATE

Love this schedule, so great to travel to The Rock. The first two road games see the Griz going to two fairly recent national champions (ASU and EWU), and EWU played really well in beating the Griz the last time we went to Cheney. Our bye week comes really late, but helps us prep for the Brawl. The Dakota schools and SUU will be interesting tests - if the Griz don't get a quarterback it could be a very very long season. I'd give it a 7.5 to 8.0, since we don't have an FBS team on the schedule and get the Cats at home.

[Twentysix]

Most people think way to highly of their schedules.

[Gringer1]

I think no one is willing to say that their schedule is weak for posterity's sake.

[CrazyCat]

8/30/2012 CHADRON STATE (GOLD RUSH)Bozeman, MT 7:05 pm
9/8/2012 at DRAKE Des Moines, IA 6:05 pm CT/5:05 pm MT
9/15/2012 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HALL OF FAME GAME)Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm
9/22/2012 *NORTHERN COLORADO (HOMECOMING)Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm
9/29/2012 *at SOUTHERN UTAH, Cedar City, UT 1:35 pm
10/6/2012 *at UC DAVISDavis, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT
10/13/2012 *EASTERN WASHINGTON (PARENT/FAMILY WEEKEND)Bozeman, MT1:35 pm
10/27/2012 *NORTH DAKOTA, Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm
11/3/2012 *at SACRAMENTO STATESacramento, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT
11/10/2012 *PORTLAND STATE, Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm
11/17/2012 *at MONTANA, Missoula, MT 1:35 pm

I'll let everybody argue about how hard or easy it is. Can't wait for the opener .

[TheRevSFA]

8/30/2012 CHADRON STATE (GOLD RUSH)Bozeman, MT 7:05 pm
9/8/2012 at DRAKE Des Moines, IA 6:05 pm CT/5:05 pm MT
9/15/2012 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HALL OF FAME GAME)Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm
9/22/2012 *NORTHERN COLORADO (HOMECOMING)Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm
9/29/2012 *at SOUTHERN UTAH, Cedar City, UT 1:35 pm
10/6/2012 *at UC DAVISDavis, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT
10/13/2012 *EASTERN WASHINGTON (PARENT/FAMILY WEEKEND)Bozeman, MT1:35 pm
10/27/2012 *NORTH DAKOTA, Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm
11/3/2012 *at SACRAMENTO STATESacramento, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT
11/10/2012 *PORTLAND STATE, Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm
11/17/2012 *at MONTANA, Missoula, MT 1:35 pm

I'll let everybody argue about how hard or easy it is. Can't wait for the opener .

I can't wait for our game

[Twentysix]

Hahah, I am going to go to your game against CSU just to cheer for the Rams after seeing this post. How delusional are you to think that UND's schedule is a 4 with both Montana's on the schedule, seriously what are you on right now? Good luck at UNI, you guys have proven that you will need it lol!

Thank you for the grey reputation on my evaluation of both ND schools schedules. Someday when you become a big kid poster you can try again.

[Twentysix]

8/30/2012 CHADRON STATE (GOLD RUSH)Bozeman, MT 7:05 pm Triple minus
9/8/2012 at DRAKE Des Moines, IA 6:05 pm CT/5:05 pm MT Minus
9/15/2012 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HALL OF FAME GAME)Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm push
9/22/2012 *NORTHERN COLORADO (HOMECOMING)Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm minus
9/29/2012 *at SOUTHERN UTAH, Cedar City, UT 1:35 pm push
10/6/2012 *at UC DAVISDavis, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT push
10/13/2012 *EASTERN WASHINGTON (PARENT/FAMILY WEEKEND)Bozeman, MT1:35 pm plus
10/27/2012 *NORTH DAKOTA, Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm push
11/3/2012 *at SACRAMENTO STATESacramento, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT push
11/10/2012 *PORTLAND STATE, Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm plus
11/17/2012 *at MONTANA, Missoula, MT 1:35 pm push(Sans a rape case it would have been a +)

I'll let everybody argue about how hard or easy it is. Can't wait for the opener .

Here is how I would rate it 5. See you in the playoffs

[TheRevSFA]

I think no one is willing to say that their schedule is weak for posterity's sake.

I rated our a 7, a guy from our rival rated it a 8. That probably justifies my score

[UNDColorado]

Thank you for the grey reputation on my evaluation of both ND schools schedules. Someday when you become a big kid poster you can try again.
Your evaluation of both schedules was clearly delusional. Your hatred for UND clouds your judgement because UND has the Big Sky 1-5 on their schedule, plus FBS San Diego State. Yes they have a warm up NAIA game, you have big bad PVAMU so not really much difference. Your schedule looks to be pretty tough. It screams arrogance when you predict undefeated and then say it is just a 6. At this point I hardly think I need to grow up as I was reacting to a steaming pile of BS.

[asumike83]

Point being? The one school that has made the Big Sky into what it is, is probably going to have a down year.

Montana has made the postseason 18 of the last 19 years and has not had a season with less than 7 wins since '92. I'll believe they are really down when I see it. Along with the Griz, Montana State and Eastern Washington look like they are going to have very strong teams as well. The top tier of the Big Sky is about as good as any other FCS conference out there.

[darell1976]

8/30/2012 CHADRON STATE (GOLD RUSH)Bozeman, MT 7:05 pm
9/8/2012 at DRAKE Des Moines, IA 6:05 pm CT/5:05 pm MT
9/15/2012 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HALL OF FAME GAME)Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm
9/22/2012 *NORTHERN COLORADO (HOMECOMING)Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm
9/29/2012 *at SOUTHERN UTAH, Cedar City, UT 1:35 pm
10/6/2012 *at UC DAVISDavis, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT
10/13/2012 *EASTERN WASHINGTON (PARENT/FAMILY WEEKEND)Bozeman, MT1:35 pm
10/27/2012 *NORTH DAKOTA, Bozeman, MT 2:05 pm
11/3/2012 *at SACRAMENTO STATESacramento, CA 4:05 pm PT/5:05 pm MT
11/10/2012 *PORTLAND STATE, Bozeman, MT 1:35 pm
11/17/2012 *at MONTANA, Missoula, MT 1:35 pm

I'll let everybody argue about how hard or easy it is. Can't wait for the opener .

MSU may have a tough second half of the schedule with EWU, UND, Sac State, PSU, and Montana...lucky for them all but 2 are home games. I see the BSC title between you and Cal Poly, hopefully we can just make the playoffs.

[darell1976]

Montana's schedule:

9/1 SOUTH DAKOTA
9/8 @App State
9/15 LIBERTY
9/22 NORTHERN ARIZONA
9/29 @Eastern Washington
10/6 @Northern Colorado
10/13 SOUTHERN UTAH
10/20 @North Dakota
10/27 IDAHO STATE
11/3 @Weber State
11/10 Finally a bye week!
11/17 MONTANA STATE

Love this schedule, so great to travel to The Rock. The first two road games see the Griz going to two fairly recent national champions (ASU and EWU), and EWU played really well in beating the Griz the last time we went to Cheney. Our bye week comes really late, but helps us prep for the Brawl. The Dakota schools and SUU will be interesting tests - if the Griz don't get a quarterback it could be a very very long season. I'd give it a 7.5 to 8.0, since we don't have an FBS team on the schedule and get the Cats at home.

Only easy games I see is USD, NAU, UNC, and Idaho State. Road games are going to be tough (except UNC).

[Silenoz]

It's rate on difficulty, not how much you like it.


Therein lies the problem with this thread, we have people doing both

[ysubigred]

This scedule is a 7.6 for team A and a 9.6 for team B xconfusedx

Date Opponent Notes/Media Result Time/Status Links
September
Sat 1 at Pittsburgh ESPN3.com 6:00 PM Winable BCS game
Sat 8 Valparaiso 4:00 PM Blowout
Sat 15 Albany (N.Y.) 4:00 PM ???
Sat 22 UNI * ESPN3.com 7:00 PM Could be the year we win one xbawlingx
October
Sat 6 at North Dakota State * 2:00 PM Just don't know if we could suprise them two years in a row
Sat 13 at Illinois State * 2:00 PM Always a tough game.
Sat 20 Southern Illinois * 4:00 PM W
Sat 27 at South Dakota State * 3:00 PM We owe the Jacks an AZZ whoppin!
November
Sat 3 South Dakota * ESPN3.com 2:00 PM xconfusedx
Sat 10 at Western Illinois * 2:00 PM They'll want to kill us after we embarrased them last year
Sat 17 Indiana State * ESPN3.com 2:00 PM Revenge game!!

* Missouri Valley Football Conference Game

[344Johnson]

Montana has made the postseason 18 of the last 19 years and has not had a season with less than 7 wins since '92. I'll believe they are really down when I see it. Along with the Griz, Montana State and Eastern Washington look like they are going to have very strong teams as well. The top tier of the Big Sky is about as good as any other FCS conference out there.

A down year by Montana's standards. Not by everyone elses standards.

[Ginsbach]

Enough people have discussed NDSU's schedule, so I won't bother commenting on that.

Idaho State:

9/1 @ Air Force
9/8 Black Hills St
9/15 Bye
9/22 @ Nebraska
9/29 Sacramento State
10/6 @ Portland State
10/13 UC Davis
10/20 at Northern Colorado
10/27 at Montana
11/3 Northern Arizona
11/10 at Cal Poly
11/17 Weber State

The good: NAIA game, no Montana State or Eastern Washington on the schedule

The bad: NAIA game, incredibly early bye, two FBS teams

I'm predicting a 3-8 season. Schedule is probably a 6 or 7.

[CrazyCat]

Here is how I would rate it 5. See you in the playoffs

Nice rating system. xeyebrowx


Russ Cargill: "And here's how I want 'em arranged: tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft."

[darell1976]

Enough people have discussed NDSU's schedule, so I won't bother commenting on that.

Idaho State:

9/1 @ Air Force
9/8 Black Hills St
9/15 Bye
9/22 @ Nebraska
9/29 Sacramento State
10/6 @ Portland State
10/13 UC Davis
10/20 at Northern Colorado
10/27 at Montana
11/3 Northern Arizona
11/10 at Cal Poly
11/17 Weber State

The good: NAIA game, no Montana State or Eastern Washington on the schedule

The bad: NAIA game, incredibly early bye, Air Force

The ugly: NEBRASKA

I'm predicting a 3-8 season. Schedule is probably a 6 or 7.

FIFY!

I also rate yours a 7

[darell1976]

This scedule is a 7.6 for team A and a 9.6 for team B xconfusedx

Date Opponent Notes/Media Result Time/Status Links
September
Sat 1 at Pittsburgh ESPN3.com 6:00 PM Winable BCS game
Sat 8 Valparaiso 4:00 PM Blowout
Sat 15 Albany (N.Y.) 4:00 PM ???
Sat 22 UNI * ESPN3.com 7:00 PM Could be the year we win one xbawlingx
October
Sat 6 at North Dakota State * 2:00 PM Just don't know if we could suprise them two years in a row
Sat 13 at Illinois State * 2:00 PM Always a tough game.
Sat 20 Southern Illinois * 4:00 PM W
Sat 27 at South Dakota State * 3:00 PM We owe the Jacks an AZZ whoppin!
November
Sat 3 South Dakota * ESPN3.com 2:00 PM xconfusedx
Sat 10 at Western Illinois * 2:00 PM They'll want to kill us after we embarrased them last year
Sat 17 Indiana State * ESPN3.com 2:00 PM Revenge game!!

* Missouri Valley Football Conference Game

Don't get too confused on South Dakota...they aren't going to have the year they did last year. New coach, new team (lost lots of players). Win for YSU.

[Twentysix]

Nice rating system. xeyebrowx


Russ Cargill: "And here's how I want 'em arranged: tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft."

Your OOC is a non counter lower division team, a non scholly team, and a team from the vaunted southland that won 5 DI games last year, they had 5 chances for a quality win and **** the bed every time. All that and you dont even have an FBS game. Keep thinking highly of your SOS. Its a 5, which is an average SOS.

This thread is about Strength of Schedule.

Our OOC is close to the same it is a bit stronger, our conference schedule is a little stronger than yours, hence 5 vs 6.

[CrazyCat]

Your OOC is a non counter lower division team, a non scholly team, and a team from the vaunted southland that won 5 DI games last year, they had 5 chances for a quality win and **** the bed every time. All that and you dont even have an FBS game. Keep thinking highly of your SOS. Its a 5, which is an average SOS.

This thread is about Strength of Schedule.

Did I say it was strong ? I'll take the first ever(for us) thursday night home game as our opener over an FBS game anyday.

[Twentysix]

Did I say it was strong ? I'll take the first ever(for us) thursday night home game as our opener over an FBS game anyday.

Your eyebrow gif made it seem sarcastic. Either way its a schedule to make the playoffs, sans the noncounter.

[Silenoz]

Your eyebrow gif made it seem sarcastic. Either way its a schedule to make the playoffs, sans the noncounter.

Misleading thread title is misleading.

Cats schedule is a 9 for scheduling yourselves into the playoffs, but a 6 or so for difficulty

[Twentysix]

Misleading thread title is misleading.

Cats schedule is a 9 for scheduling yourselves into the playoffs, but a 6 or so for difficulty

That I agree with. (-1)

[CrazyCat]

exactamundo

[frozennorth]

Only easy games I see is USD, NAU, UNC, and Idaho State. Road games are going to be tough (except UNC).

if usd is an easy game, then what is und?

[frozennorth]

Your evaluation of both schedules was clearly delusional.

delusional you say? (http://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/16241-2012-early-look/page__st__500#entry568591)

[R3TRO]

UNH:

Thu Aug. 30 at Holy Cross
Sat Sep. 8 at Minnesota
Sat Sep. 15 Central Conn. St.
Sat Sep. 22 at Old Dominion
Sat Sep. 29 Delaware
Sat Oct. 6 at Georgia St.
Sat Oct. 13 Richmond
Sat Oct. 20 at Maine
Sat Oct. 27 at Rhode Island
Sat Nov. 3 William & Mary
Sat Nov. 17 Towson

I dont know... maybe 7?

[Twentysix]

UNH:

Thu Aug. 30 at Holy Cross W?
Sat Sep. 8 at Minnesota L (If I were Kill I'd make a statement with the score of this game to gopher fans, the era of losing to the FCS is in the past, as is scheduling the dakota's)
Sat Sep. 15 Central Conn. St. W?
Sat Sep. 22 at Old Dominion L?
Sat Sep. 29 Delaware ?
Sat Oct. 6 at Georgia St. W
Sat Oct. 13 Richmond ?
Sat Oct. 20 at Maine L
Sat Oct. 27 at Rhode Island ?
Sat Nov. 3 William & Mary ?
Sat Nov. 17 Towson L

I dont know... maybe 7?

Mmm id give it an 7 or 8.

Id give it a 3 for getting into the playoffs though.
The goofs are gonna be tougher this year and the traditional top end of the CAA will bounce back.

They will also have 50k in the stands instead of 30k, It was a pretty loud stadium even when 30% was bison. Its gonna get real loud when 100% are goof troop fans.

[TheRevSFA]

Mmm id give it an 7 or 8.

Id give it a 3 for getting into the playoffs though.
The goofs are gonna be tougher this year and the traditional top end of the CAA will bounce back.

They will also have 50k in the stands instead of 30k, It was a pretty loud stadium even when 30% was bison. Its gonna get real loud when 100% are goof troop fans.

That's also a pretty late bye week

[darell1976]

if usd is an easy game, then what is und?

South Dakota at Montana--easy for Montana
Montana at UND--very tough for Montana

[Walkon79]

Montana has made the postseason 18 of the last 19 years and has not had a season with less than 7 wins since '92. I'll believe they are really down when I see it. Along with the Griz, Montana State and Eastern Washington look like they are going to have very strong teams as well. The top tier of the Big Sky is about as good as any other FCS conference out there.

This!!