Your in-person 2019 college football schedule

[CHIP72]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, obviously including Division I-AA/FCS.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

DEFINITE/LIKELY GAMES
09/14 (Sat): Kansas State at Mississippi State, 12:00 PM (not 100% definite; a work trip right after my planned brother visit might alter my plans)
09/21 (Sat): Penn at Delaware, 1:00 PM
09/21 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 6:00 PM
09/28 (Sat): Merrimack at Lehigh, 12:30 PM (probably will leave this game a bit early to go to the next game listed)
09/28 (Sat): Penn at Lafayette, 3:30 PM
10/12 (Sat): Nebraska at Minnesota, time TBA (planned as part of a Twin Cities trip to see the Sunday 10/13 NFL Eagles/Vikings game; probably will not attend college game if it is a night game due to Penguins/Wild NHL game)
10/19 (Sat): Lafayette at Georgetown, 12:00 PM
10/26 (Sat): Central Florida at Temple, time TBA
11/02 (Sat): East Stroudsburg at Shepherd, 12:00 PM
11/23 (Sat): Lafayette at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
11/28 (Thu): Mississippi at Mississippi State, 7:30 PM

OTHER POSSIBLE GAMES
11/09 (Sat): Georgia Tech at Virginia, time TBA (I'd like to get to a Virginia home game at some point)
11/29 (Fri): Cincinnati at Memphis, time TBA (could go to this game if I visit my brother at Mississippi State at Thanksgiving as currently planned)
11/30 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA (probably will attend this game if I visit my parents/brother instead of visiting my other brother at Thanksgiving)

In addition to games listed above, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games involving Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, and/or Indiana (PA) taking place relatively close to DC on Saturday 12/7 and/or Saturday 12/14 are also possibilities.

Finally, I plan to attend five and possibly six Philadelphia Eagles games NFL games this fall (9/22 vs Detroit, 10/6 vs N.Y. Jets, 10/13 at Minnesota, 11/3 vs Chicago, 12/15 at Washington, and possibly 12/29 at N.Y. Giants).

So which college football games do you plan to attend during the 2019 season?

[Laker]

Sat, Sep 7
@Southwest Minnesota State
6:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131996)




Sat, Sep 14
vsAugustana University (SD)
6:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131901)




Sat, Sep 21
@Concordia-St. Paul
12:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131895)




Sat, Sep 28
vsWinona State
1:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131964)




Sat, Oct 5
vsMinnesota-Duluth
2:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131175)




Sat, Oct 12
@Northern State
2:30 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131198)




Sat, Oct 19
vsUniversity of Mary
1:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131209)




Sat, Oct 26
@Minnesota-Crookston
12:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131168)




Sat, Nov 2
vsWayne State (NE)
12:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131970)




Sat, Nov 9
@Sioux Falls
1:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131998)




Sat, Nov 16
@Upper Iowa

12:00 PM (http://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401131995)

[Laker]

Aug 29-SDSU at Minnesota is a possibility.

Aug 31- Should I go to Sioux City to watch defending NAIA champs Morningside take on St Francis IL

Sept 7- Should I go to Brookings to see them play Long Island? Or MSU at Southwest?

Sept 14- Martin Luther-New Ulm vs Rockford at 1- I'll stop in before going to the 6 PM Mav game in Mankato

Oct 19- Gophers @ Rutgers-the only BIG campus I haven't been to. Mavs host Mary- they should handle them

[CHIP72]

IMO, New Brunswick is a pretty good town, though I haven’t spent that much time specifically on Rutgers’ campus.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Almost Certain
8/24 Villanova at Colgate
9/14 Clemson at Syracuse
9/21 Temple at Buffalo
10/5 Lehigh at Colgate
11/23 Lafayette at Lehigh

Possibilities
9/28 Merrimack at Lehigh
10/26 UCF at Temple
11/2 Holy Cross at Lehigh or Viginia Tech at Notre Dame
11/20 UConn at Temple or FCS Playoff game?!?!

NFL
10/27 Eagles at Bills
Likely a December Bills game

Likely going to go another P5 college game. If I don't do the Notre Dame trip then maybe at Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State or Tennessee.

[ST_Lawson]

WIU games:
9/14 - vs Montana State
9/21 - vs Tennessee Tech
10/5 - vs Missouri State
10/19 - vs Illinois State
11/2 - vs South Dakota
11/16 - vs Southern Illinois
11/23 - at Northern Iowa (probably)

So, all home games plus likely heading up to Cedar Falls for the last game at UNI.

[CHIP72]

Almost Certain
8/24 Villanova at Colgate
9/14 Clemson at Syracuse
9/21 Temple at Buffalo
10/5 Lehigh at Colgate
11/23 Lafayette at Lehigh

Possibilities
9/28 Merrimack at Lehigh
10/26 UCF at Temple
11/2 Holy Cross at Lehigh or Virginia Tech at Notre Dame
11/30 UConn at Temple or FCS Playoff game?!?!

NFL
10/27 Eagles at Bills
Likely a December Bills game

Likely going to go another P5 college game. If I don't do the Notre Dame trip then maybe at Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State or Tennessee.

I'm guessing it will be hard to do both of the bolded games on the same weekend.

I wonder if there are any opportunities to attend a DI-AA/FCS game along with a Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, or Tennessee game.

[Mocs123]

Thurs 8/29 Chattanooga vs Eastern Illinois
Sat 9/7 Chattanooga at Jacksonville State
Sat 9/21 Chattanooga vs James Madison
Sat 9/28 Chattanooga vs Western Carolina
Thurs 10/17 Chattanooga vs. East Tennessee State
Sat 11/2 Chattanooga vs Furman
Sat 11/9 Chattanooga at Samford
Sat 11/16 Chattanooga vs The Citadel

[TheKingpin28]

Ideally every NDSU home game (need to find a GFCC ticket for that one), NDSU @ SDSU, and Augustana @ Mankato St (should Laker have me as his guest again).

[grizband]

Definitely attending Montana @ Oregon on 9/14

Will hopefully attend another home game in Missoula, or another Big Sky game in Cheney, Portland, or Moscow.

[JSUSoutherner]

JSU's home slate.

Possibly UNI @ NDSU

Maybe a Kennesaw game.

[Ivytalk]

Possibly Harvard at Princeton on 10/26, NDSU at Delaware on 9/14, and Penn at Delaware on 9/21.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Aug 29-SDSU at Minnesota is a possibility.

Aug 31- Should I go to Sioux City to watch defending NAIA champs Morningside take on St Francis IL

Sept 7- Should I go to Brookings to see them play Long Island? Or MSU at Southwest?

Sept 14- Martin Luther-New Ulm vs Rockford at 1- I'll stop in before going to the 6 PM Mav game in Mankato

Oct 19- Gophers @ Rutgers-the only BIG campus I haven't been to. Mavs host Mary- they should handle them




No NDSU vs Butler on the 31st???

xdontknowx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'm guessing it will be hard to do both of the bolded games on the same weekend.

I wonder if there are any opportunities to attend a DI-AA/FCS game along with a Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, or Tennessee game.

If the Temple game were to be an early afternoon kickoff it would be a pretty simple turnaround for me. I would be back home (north of Scranton) by 7-8 O'clock. Usually I leave around 6 A.M. for Bills game (4.5/5 hours depending on stops).

I was originally going to go to the Temple-Buffalo game Saturday 9/21 and the Bills-Bengals game on Sunday 9/22 but trying to get the weeknd off will be too much to ask. I'm hoping the Temple-UB game is 3-6 pm kickoff. That way I can play golf in the morning and won't get home crazy late.

[Laker]

No NDSU vs Butler on the 31st???

xdontknowx

My buddy wants to go to Sioux City. Isn't the Target Field game sold out?

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

My buddy wants to go to Sioux City. Isn't the Target Field game sold out?


Still tickets in upper deck on Twins site. Plus after market tickets are available in some sections.

IMO, this game will beat the St Thomas/St Johns attendance.

[Ivytalk]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, obviously including Division I-AA/FCS.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

DEFINITE/LIKELY GAMES
09/14 (Sat): Kansas State at Mississippi State, 12:00 PM (not 100% definite; a work trip right after my planned brother visit might alter my plans)
09/21 (Sat): Penn at Delaware, 1:00 PM
09/21 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 6:00 PM
09/28 (Sat): Merrimack at Lehigh, 12:30 PM (probably will leave this game a bit early to go to the next game listed)
09/28 (Sat): Penn at Lafayette, 3:30 PM
10/12 (Sat): Nebraska at Minnesota, time TBA (planned as part of a Twin Cities trip to see the Sunday 10/13 NFL Eagles/Vikings game; probably will not attend college game if it is a night game due to Penguins/Wild NHL game)
10/19 (Sat): Lafayette at Georgetown, 12:00 PM
10/26 (Sat): Central Florida at Temple, time TBA
11/02 (Sat): East Stroudsburg at Shepherd, 12:00 PM
11/23 (Sat): Lafayette at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
11/28 (Thu): Mississippi at Mississippi State, 7:30 PM

OTHER POSSIBLE GAMES
11/09 (Sat): Georgia Tech at Virginia, time TBA (I'd like to get to a Virginia home game at some point)
11/29 (Fri): Cincinnati at Memphis, time TBA (could go to this game if I visit my brother at Mississippi State at Thanksgiving as currently planned)
11/30 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA (probably will attend this game if I visit my parents/brother instead of visiting my other brother at Thanksgiving)

In addition to games listed above, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games involving Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, and/or Indiana (PA) taking place relatively close to DC on Saturday 12/7 and/or Saturday 12/14 are also possibilities.

Finally, I plan to attend five and possibly six Philadelphia Eagles games NFL games this fall (9/22 vs Detroit, 10/6 vs N.Y. Jets, 10/13 at Minnesota, 11/3 vs Chicago, 12/15 at Washington, and possibly 12/29 at N.Y. Giants).

So which college football games do you plan to attend during the 2019 season?
Impressive! I’m guessing you don’t have a “ball and chain.” Either that, or you’re married to the second coming of Mother Theresa.

[CHIP72]

Impressive! I’m guessing you don’t have a “ball and chain.” Either that, or you’re married to the second coming of Mother Theresa.

It’s a convoluted story. (I will note I’m not married.)


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Impressive! I’m guessing you don’t have a “ball and chain.” Either that, or you’re married to the second coming of Mother Theresa.

I will say for myself, being nearly 37, single with no kids certainly has its perks!! No plan on changing...lol

[CenMEBlackBearFan]

All Maine's Home games, with one definite road game(UNH) and either Albany or Colgate as another possibility.

Sacred Heart 8/30
Towson 9/14
At Colgate 9/21 ?
Richmond 10/12
William & Mary 10/26
At Albany 11/2 ?
Rhode Island 11/16
At UNH 11/23

[Derby City Duke]

9-2 Notre Dame @ Louisville
9-7 Eastern Kentucky (EKU) at Louisville
9-28 Tennessee State @ EKU
10-5 UT-Martin @ EKU
10-12 Villanova @ James Madison (Tent. -- would be my first trip back to JMU for a football game since 1994; graduated in '85)
11-2 Austin Peay @ EKU
11-16 Tennessee Tech @ EKU

Daughter transferred to EKU this year and wife is an alum -- we'll have a season tix package*.

Catholic, so I have to see Notre Dame once in my life (maybe twice since I need to see them play in South Bend for it to be authentic, I guess)

*Purchase of an EKU season tix package does not constitute any implied or explicit endorsement of the OVC as a quality football conference...:D

[JSUSoutherner]

9-2 Notre Dame @ Louisville
9-7 Eastern Kentucky (EKU) at Louisville
9-28 Tennessee State @ EKU
10-5 UT-Martin @ EKU
10-12 Villanova @ James Madison (Tent. -- would be my first trip back to JMU for a football game since 1994; graduated in '85)
11-2 Austin Peay @ EKU
11-16 Tennessee Tech @ EKU

Daughter transferred to EKU this year and wife is an alum -- we'll have a season tix package*.

Catholic, so I have to see Notre Dame once in my life (maybe twice since I need to see them play in South Bend for it to be authentic, I guess)

*Purchase of an EKU season tix package does not constitute any implied or explicit endorsement of the OVC as a quality football conference...:D

So you're coming down to Jacksonville too, right? :D

[Derby City Duke]

So you're coming down to Jacksonville too, right? :D

Will try to make it; wife went to JSU for some grad work before moving to Germany and meeting me.

[POD Knows]

Certain:

8-31 NDSU v Butler - Twin Cities
9-7 NDSU v somebody - Fargo
9-14 NDSU v Delaware - Newark
9-21 NDSU v UC Davis - Fargo
10-12 NDSU v UNI - Fargo
10-19 NDSU v Misery State - Fargo
11-9 NDSU v WIU - Fargo
11-16 NDSU v USD - Fargo

Maybe

10-26 NDSU v SDSU - Brookings
11-23 NDSU v SIU - Carbondale

Of course, my awesome presence will be in attendance at all three home playoff games and Frisco. xnodx

[JSUSoutherner]

Will try to make it; wife went to JSU for some grad work before moving to Germany and meeting me.

Good stuff

[Thumper 76]

All SDSU home games, including playoffs. Maybe when I’m not traveling as far to Brookings for the games I’ll start to swing some away games.


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[IBleedYellow]

NDSU games sans the UND game because Hay Days is that day and **** UND.

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[Laker]

NDSU games sans the UND game because Hay Days is that day and **** UND.
North Branch?

[Catbooster]

I'm going to every regular season game the Bobcats play within about 650 miles of Bozeman. So I'll just be making the home games this year.

Also, hoping for a couple home playoff games this year.

[McNeese72]

Barring any unforseen circumstances, my plan is simple. Every McNeese game, home or away. ;)

Doc

[MSUBobcat]

Games I plan to attend, though no tickets bought yet:
9/7 SEMO - the little miss hasn't seen a game under the lights yet xeyebrowx
10/12 Sac State
10/26 @ UND - I grew up in NoDak and am a huge supporter of Sioux hockey, so 2 Sioux hockey games sandwiched around the Bobcats beating them in football seems like a hell of a way to celebrate my 40th birthday.
11/23 Griz - Brawl of the Wild... nothing more to say.xtroublex

[maine612]

I plan to be at some combination of UMaine, NDSU, St. Johns (D3), Minnesota Gophers, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots games.... need to get this figured out soon! Need to wait and see what happens with MLB and AA playoffs before I make final commitments.

612

[CHIP72]

I plan to be at some combination of UMaine, NDSU, St. Johns (D3), Minnesota Gophers, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots games.... need to get this figured out soon! Need to wait and see what happens with MLB and AA playoffs before I make final commitments.

612

Sounds like my kind of guy! (I don't know about rooting for two NFL teams though.)

[Silenoz]

n/a, still a year or two out from thinking of putting it back on the agenda with my oldest

Unless I get a free ticket to see us lose to Northern Colorado or whoever

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

All NDSU home games.

Probably make it to these road games:

SDSU
SIU
Maybe Ill State

[Ivytalk]

All NDSU home games.

Probably make it to these road games:

SDSU
SIU
Maybe Ill State
Not Delaware? I’d like to know which NDSU posters are making that long trip.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Not Delaware? I’d like to know which NDSU posters are making that long trip.


Was going to but too busy with my work.

I think POD is going.

[Thumper 76]

I plan to be at some combination of UMaine, NDSU, St. Johns (D3), Minnesota Gophers, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots games.... need to get this figured out soon! Need to wait and see what happens with MLB and AA playoffs before I make final commitments.

612

Brookings is as close to the Twin Cities as Fargo, then you would watch the Marker Game and sad bison fans :D


I think I remember seeing you say you were living in the Twin Cities area last year......also the Goofers game vs SDSU is having a $10 ticket sale this Thursday.

[POD Knows]

Not Delaware? I’d like to know which NDSU posters are making that long trip.Hey, I am going, there are a fair number of AGS guys that are going to Delaware, there is actually a pretty decent NDSU deal being set up there. If you want to meet some of the AGS/NDSU guys, we can probably work that out. It would be cool to have some Ivy guy there. Let me know, and I can get your name to the proper authorities that are running the tailgate deal for NDSU

[Ivytalk]

Hey, I am going, there are a fair number of AGS guys that are going to Delaware, there is actually a pretty decent NDSU deal being set up there. If you want to meet some of the AGS/NDSU guys, we can probably work that out. It would be cool to have some Ivy guy there. Let me know, and I can get your name to the proper authorities that are running the tailgate deal for NDSU
Sounds like fun! I’m working on a couple of other UD posters who spend more time on CS.com than here.

[maine612]

Sounds like my kind of guy! (I don't know about rooting for two NFL teams though.)

Let's be clear, I am a Patriots fan first. But since I happen to live in Minneapolis, hard not to cheer for the local squad after living here for so long.

612

[maine612]

Brookings is as close to the Twin Cities as Fargo, then you would watch the Marker Game and sad bison fans :D


I think I remember seeing you say you were living in the Twin Cities area last year......also the Goofers game vs SDSU is having a $10 ticket sale this Thursday.

Thanks Thumper...yes, I live in Minneapolis. Might have to check out that SDSU/Gopher game.

612

[Ivytalk]

Hey, I am going, there are a fair number of AGS guys that are going to Delaware, there is actually a pretty decent NDSU deal being set up there. If you want to meet some of the AGS/NDSU guys, we can probably work that out. It would be cool to have some Ivy guy there. Let me know, and I can get your name to the proper authorities that are running the tailgate deal for NDSU
Well, crap! A long-time UD poster just told me that, for the time being at least, UD is not selling single-game tickets to the NDSU game. Instead, they are requiring people to buy a “Mini-plan” that includes NDSU, one OOC game, and one CAA game. I confirmed that news in a call to the ticket office.xsmhx I’ll have to see what I can do through back channels.xcoolxxcoolx

My recollection of antitrust law is pretty spotty, but there used to be something called an “illegal tying arrangement.”xchinscratchx

[Winterborn]

Hey, I am going, there are a fair number of AGS guys that are going to Delaware, there is actually a pretty decent NDSU deal being set up there. If you want to meet some of the AGS/NDSU guys, we can probably work that out. It would be cool to have some Ivy guy there. Let me know, and I can get your name to the proper authorities that are running the tailgate deal for NDSU


Sounds like fun! IÂ’m working on a couple of other UD posters who spend more time on CS.com than here.

I will be there as well and very much looking forward to the game. xthumbsupx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'll definitely be in Hamilton on Saturday for Colgate-Villanova! Likely won't get to another FCS game until early October.

[Derby City Duke]

Updated to add the Valpo game:

8-29 Valparaison @ EKU
9-2 Notre Dame @ Louisville
9-7 Eastern Kentucky (EKU) at Louisville
9-28 Tennessee State @ EKU
10-5 UT-Martin @ EKU
10-12 Villanova @ James Madison (Tent. -- would be my first trip back to JMU for a football game since 1994; graduated in '85)
11-2 Austin Peay @ EKU
11-16 Tennessee Tech @ EKU

Once again, this disclaimer is required by state law since I have season tickets to EKU this year: *Purchase of an EKU season tix package does not constitute any implied or explicit endorsement of the OVC as a quality football conference...
*Purchase of an EKU season tix package does not constitute any implied or explicit endorsement of the OVC as a quality football conference...

[Laker]

Well, crap! A long-time UD poster just told me that, for the time being at least, UD is not selling single-game tickets to the NDSU game. Instead, they are requiring people to buy a “Mini-plan” that includes NDSU, one OOC game, and one CAA game. I confirmed that news in a call to the ticket office.xsmhx I’ll have to see what I can do through back channels.xcoolxxcoolx

My recollection of antitrust law is pretty spotty, but there used to be something called an “illegal tying arrangement.”xchinscratchx

One year (maybe several) when the Gophers played in the Metrodome they pulled some similar thing for the Iowa game. Over half of the people there were in black and gold anyway. After the Hawkeyes won the season ending game easily, they somehow carried one of the goalposts out of the stadium. I have no idea where security was on that one.

[McCowboys]

God willing, I will make the drive to Lake Charles to see these games: McNeese-Southern 8/31; Sam Houston State 9/28; and HBU 10/19. I may make others but have not made definite plans at the moment.

[gumby013]

Every NDSU Home Game.

@ Delaware
@ SDSU

[Thumper 76]

FTR anyone planning on going to a Jacks game in Brookings hit me up for tailgating!

[POD Knows]

FTR anyone planning on going to a Jacks game in Brookings hit me up for tailgating!Can we go to your tailgate and not get in a fight? Where do you tailgate at on the grounds.

[Thumper 76]

Can we go to your tailgate and not get in a fight? Where do you tailgate at on the grounds.

Yup. Right by Briggs Library. Just SW of the stadium. Look for the flags. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190823/a922fe80949f6723681e36cbe83ce1aa.jpg

[POD Knows]

Sounds like fun! I’m working on a couple of other UD posters who spend more time on CS.com than here.That tailgate is going to be right north of the baseball field, I sent a message to Superman 7515 per request from Southern Bison so it would be great to see a few fans from UD or wherever.

[lionsrking2]

I'll be at every Southeastern Louisiana game, both home and away; will see UL-Lafayette vs Mississippi State in the Superdome on August 31, and may see LSU at Mississippi State on October 19.

[TheKingpin28]

Yup. Right by Briggs Library. Just SW of the stadium. Look for the flags. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190823/a922fe80949f6723681e36cbe83ce1aa.jpgAlright. I'll see you there.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Made it to 'Gate-'Nova!

I'm going to add NDSU at Youngstown State 11/2 to my potential list. I've been itching to get out to Youngstown for a game. Having the Bison in town for a Top 25 (maybe Top 15/10?) showdown would be sweet!

[wcugrad95]

Struggle for me - I love FCS football (as a former player at that level). But I have 1 daughter at FAU in Boca Raton, and 1 daughter just starting at FSU in Tallahassee. I will make 2 games watching the Seminoles (NC State and Louisville), 3 games watching the Fighting Lane Kiffins (UCF, Wagner, and TBD), and 1 trip back to God’s country to watch the WCU Catamounts (TBD based on schedules and how the Cats are doing). Tough when you live 9 or 10 hours away from your school - and start having kids in high school and college.

[Bisonoline]

Struggle for me - I love FCS football (as a former player at that level). But I have 1 daughter at FAU in Boca Raton, and 1 daughter just starting at FSU in Tallahassee. I will make 2 games watching the Seminoles (NC State and Louisville), 3 games watching the Fighting Lane Kiffins (UCF, Wagner, and TBD), and 1 trip back to God’s country to watch the WCU Catamounts (TBD based on schedules and how the Cats are doing). Tough when you live 9 or 10 hours away from your school - and start having kids in high school and college.


You can enjoy all levels of FB. Youre a lucky guy.

[grizband]

Definitely attending Montana @ Oregon on 9/14

Will hopefully attend another home game in Missoula, or another Big Sky game in Cheney, Portland, or Moscow.
Just added Idaho @ Montana on 11/09 to my in-person attendance, for what will be my first game at Washington-Grizzly in 3 years. Still hoping to catch at least one other FCS game this season.

[Seawolf97]

Stony Brook has 7 home games this season so I will probably stay put on Long Island . Plenty of football to watch .

[Ivytalk]

Hey, I am going, there are a fair number of AGS guys that are going to Delaware, there is actually a pretty decent NDSU deal being set up there. If you want to meet some of the AGS/NDSU guys, we can probably work that out. It would be cool to have some Ivy guy there. Let me know, and I can get your name to the proper authorities that are running the tailgate deal for NDSU
Just tried to send you a PM but your mailbox is full! I’ll be attending the game with 93henfan, and we’d like to arrange a brief pre-game visit.:):)

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I have my Clemson at Syracuse ticket in hand! I'm close to pulling the trigger on a Notre Dame at Duke ticket. I was thinking about Virginia Tech at Notre Dame but Durham, NC in mid November sounds much more appealing. Still pretty good golf weather down there.....

Based on what I saw from Lehigh yesterday i'll be attending 2-3 games max. Maybe one if things really go sideways in league play.

[RootinFerDukes]

All JMU home games plus W&M on the road. I'm not even leaving the state in the regular season.

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU - Butler
NDSU - UND
NDSU - UNI
NDSU - WIU

[CockyGeek]

8/29 JSU@SLU
9/7 UTC @ JSU
9/14 EWU @ JSU
9/21 TUNA @JSU
9/28
10/5 TN State @ JSU
10/12
10/19 SEMO @ JSU
10/26 Murray St @ JSU
11/2 UAB @ Tennessee
11/9
11/23 EKU @ JSU



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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

A couple of pics from #1 Clemson at Syracuse last night. I'm headed to Western NY next weekend for Temple vs Buffalo.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Added and ticket in hand
11/9 Notre Dame at Duke
12/8 Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills

Seriously Considering
11/2 NDSU at Youngstown State - Been 8 years since I've seen the Bison!

[Laker]

I stopped at D3 Martin Luther on Saturday to see them defeat Rockford 34-20 after being down 13-0. Beautiful natural bowl with trees surrounding the hillsides.

At night I saw MSU-Mankato beat future FCS team Augustana 27-7. 5800 people there- great atmosphere.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I stopped at D3 Martin Luther on Saturday to see them defeat Rockford 34-20 after being down 13-0. Beautiful natural bowl with trees surrounding the hillsides.

At night I saw MSU-Mankato beat future FCS team Augustana 27-7. 5800 people there- great atmosphere.

I need to get to at least one small college game! There's a school, Keystone College, about 10 minutes from me that added football this year.

[Laker]

I need to get to at least one small college game! There's a school, Keystone College, about 10 minutes from me that added football this year.

Go! I lived in New Ulm for twenty years so I would often walk around on the Martin Luther campus. Saw many games of various sports there. Small, personal feelings. Everyone knows each other. Like the size a of medium sized high school I guess ( I graduated with 38 so I call that small).

Parking is free, sometimes admission is too- or it is reasonable. You get close to the field. People are well behaved. And the games seem to go faster.

[CHIP72]

I think many D3 teams have free admission, or at least some of the ones I’m familiar with are. The D2 teams I’m most familiar with generally charge in the $10 range.


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A couple of pics from #1 Clemson at Syracuse last night. I'm headed to Western NY next weekend for Temple vs Buffalo.

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I can’t let GoLehighTUOwl have all the fun - here’s a picture from the Kansas State/Mississippi State game I attended this past Saturday, which KSU won 31-24.

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The “helicopter” play shown in some highlights the last couple of days happened from my perspective on the 20 yard line in front of me on the far sideline. Also, the announced attendance was 54K, but the actual in-stadium attendance was probably about half of that, due in large part to the heat (it was about 90 degrees F with humidity and there weren’t any clouds over Davis Wade Stadium the whole game).


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[ST_Lawson]

Go! I lived in New Ulm for twenty years so I would often walk around on the Martin Luther campus. Saw many games of various sports there. Small, personal feelings. Everyone knows each other. Like the size a of medium sized high school I guess ( I graduated with 38 so I call that small).

Parking is free, sometimes admission is too- or it is reasonable. You get close to the field. People are well behaved. And the games seem to go faster.

Hmmm...instead of sitting at home, watching my Leathernecks get bitch-slapped by the Bison on ESPN+ on November 9th, I could hit the road 35 miles north to watch Monmouth College and Knox College duke it out for the Bronze Turkey (https://medium.com/@jeffrankin/turkey-trivia-celebrating-the-knox-monmouth-rivalry-980c60b09e25).
The two schools are ~14 miles apart, which adds to the rivalry. Plus it's at Monmouth this year, and their stadium is about 3 blocks from my grandmother's house. Might be a fun day.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I can’t let GoLehighTUOwl have all the fun - here’s a picture from the Kansas State/Mississippi State game I attended this past Saturday, which KSU won 31-24.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190916/776677f0af2d95c61be31386f2819f9d.jpg

The “helicopter” play shown in some highlights the last couple of days happened from my perspective on the 20 yard line in front of me on the far sideline. Also, the announced attendance was 54K, but the actual in-stadium attendance was probably about half of that, due in large part to the heat (it was about 90 degrees F with humidity and there weren’t any clouds over Davis Wade Stadium the whole game).


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Really surprised by the crowd! The K-State faithful must really be in a wait and see mode post-Snyder otherwise there would have been about 15-20k people dressed in purple there! Cool thing about MSU's stadium is you can see the modest roots before it was expanded. Probably sat about 25-30k when it first opened?

I'd love to get to a SEC game. I considered Tennessee-UAB but the Vols are just so awful. Even looked into the Tennessee-Mississippi State game at Neyland. One day I'll pull off the Alabama or Auburn football game/Talladega NASCAR race weekend in October.

The Carrier Dome was unbearably hot. Early season games in there are simply disgusting. There's literally zero air flow. Thankfully they're adding AC as part of the Dome's first major renovation since opened. Awesome place to watch football and bball nonetheless.....

[Laker]

The Carrier Dome was unbearably hot.

I was shocked when I first heard that a place with that name didn't have AC.

[CHIP72]

There were a decent number of Kansas State fans at the game, not a huge number by any means, but a noticeable number. I also saw them on my flight to Columbus/Starkville on Thursday, driving around near Mississippi State and in Starkville on Friday, and especially on my flight from Columbus/Starkville on Sunday.

I’m pretty sure Davis Wade Stadium sat only in the low 30K range until the early 1980s. That was part of the reason Mississippi State (and also Ole Miss, who had a similar issue at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium) played some home games in Jackson for many years. As Davis Wade Stadium expanded, the need to play home games outside Starkville went down, and eventually all MSU home games started to be played there. (Incidentally, IMO Davis Wade Stadium is a reasonably nice stadium, definitely nicer than the erector set known as Beaver Stadium in State College, PA.)

I’ve only been to three SEC stadiums, but I’ll put a plug in for going to a game at Bryant-Denny Stadium at Alabama. The venue is solid, albeit too big (101K capacity), but unlike Mississippi State and Mississippi (as well as most other college football stadiums), Bryant-Denny Stadium is in a built up part of Tuscaloosa. There are many restaurants and commercial retail establishments a short walking distance from the stadium. (By contrast, with SEC basketball venues, Humphrey Coliseum at Mississippi State is much better than Coleman Coliseum at Alabama, even though I think both were built in the 1970s. IMO, Humphrey Coliseum is a very good basketball arena despite its age.)


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[ST_Lawson]

I’ve only been to three SEC stadiums, but I’ll put a plug in for going to a game at Bryant-Denny Stadium at Alabama. The venue is solid, albeit too big (101K capacity), but unlike Mississippi State and Mississippi (as well as most other college football stadiums), Bryant-Denny Stadium is in a built up part of Tuscaloosa.

They're supposed to be removing a bit of the seating in the near future. The trend nowadays with college football attendance dropping is to take out regular seating and focus more on the nicer boxes and suites that probably earn quite a bit more $.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Whelp, I've gone to three games and the team I wanted to win (Colgate, Syracuse, Temple) lost each time. It was a HOT day in Western NY. The heat combined with Temple's miserable performance made for a long afternoon. I know UB is a really good school but the campus is absolutely awful and the football stadium isn't much, if any better. I'm honestly not sure what draws kids to go there outside of strictly academics.

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If Lehigh beats Merrimack this week I'm likely headed to Hamilton, NY for their game against Colgate on 10/5. If Lehigh loses odds are I stay home and watch the game with a paper bag over my head.....

[CHIP72]

Continuing the theme from last week, I’ll follow up Go Lehigh TUOwl’s photos with a couple of my own from this past Saturday:

Penn/Delaware:
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Villanova/Towson:
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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Continuing the theme from last week, I’ll follow up Go Lehigh TUOwl’s photos with a couple of my own from this past Saturday:

Penn/Delaware:
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Villanova/Towson:
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The elusive double-header! Well played xbowx

[CHIP72]

The elusive double-header! Well played xbowx

With me, doubleheaders aren’t so elusive. [emoji23]

Slightly OT - I’m waiting to see what time the Saturday 12/7 Missouri/Temple basketball game will start to see if a more genuinely elusive basketball tripleheader is possible. That day, there are three college games of interest plus an NBA game I could attend:

*La Salle at Drexel, 2 PM
*Villanova at St. Joseph’s, 3 PM
*Missouri at Temple, time TBA
*Cavaliers at 76ers, 7:30 PM

I’d like to attend the Drexel and Temple games on that trip so I only have to travel to Philadelphia once to see each of them once in person this coming season, plus see my annual 76ers home game on the same trip. (I can see La Salle when they play at George Washington in February.) The Holy War game is an attractive alternative if necessary to one of the other two college games; it is the only Big Five matchup (and one of only two City Six matchups) I’ve never seen in person. (I do hate the seating at Hagan Arena though because there isn’t nearly enough leg room.) I just saw the start times for the two announced games last night and I wasn’t pleased; I was hoping La Salle/Drexel would be at 12 PM and Missouri/Temple would be a mid-afternoon (about 4 PM) start. Now I have to hope Missouri/Temple starts at 4:30 PM or possibly 12 PM (in the latter case the VU/SJU game might replace La Salle/Drexel as the other college game I attend).


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[CHIP72]

Continuing the theme from recent weeks...

Merrimack at Lehigh:
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Penn at Lafayette:
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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Continuing the theme from recent weeks...

Merrimack at Lehigh:
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Penn at Lafayette:
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Another double-header!! I might, MIGHT, head to Hamilton next week for the Lehigh game. Depends on the weather and if I can sneak a round of golf in xlolx

[veinup]

ill be driving up to missoula for the EWU game, that’s all i’ve got officially planned.

[Derby City Duke]

9-2 Notre Dame @ Louisville
9-7 Eastern Kentucky (EKU) at Louisville
9-28 St. Andrews University @ Georgetown College (D-III)
9-28 Tennessee State @ EKU
10-5 UT-Martin @ EKU
10-12 Villanova @ James Madison (Tent. -- would be my first trip back to JMU for a football game since 1994; graduated in '85)
11-2 Austin Peay @ EKU
11-16 Tennessee Tech @ EKU

Daughter transferred to EKU this year and wife is an alum -- we'll have a season tix package*.

Catholic, so I have to see Notre Dame once in my life (maybe twice since I need to see them play in South Bend for it to be authentic, I guess)

*Purchase of an EKU season tix package does not constitute any implied or explicit endorsement of the OVC as a quality football conference...:D

Made yesterday a double-header on the spur of the moment. Hit my high school's (where I teach) X-country meet to watch my cousin run yesterday morning (he finished 2nd) on the way to EKU. Detoured up to Georgetown College to watch their home opener (my wife's best friend is a R-Fr nose guard for GC) at 1:30 and made kickoff at EKU with about 30 minutes to spare. I was tired last night...

[Ivytalk]

Going to watch a D-III rivalry game this Saturday when Wesley travels to Salisbury.

[CHIP72]

The stupid Flyover Country Conference, I mean Big Ten, announced the start times for the conference's October 12th games earlier today, and of course they schedule the Nebraska/Minnesota game as a night game...overlapping with the Pittsburgh/Minnesota NHL game for which I already bought tickets. Why can't the morons who run the Big Ten schedule that game for the afternoon like normal human beings so I can attend both the college football game AND the NHL game? Now I have to decide if I want to sell the Penguins/Wild ticket (which I thought would sell out weeks in advance because it is Minnesota's home opener and the state of Minnesota loves hockey - tickets through the box office are still available though) and attend the Minnesota/Nebraska football game, or go to the Penguins/Wild game and keep my afternoon open to do other things.

Ugh, I'm not pleased with the Big Ten's schedule announcement. I've been holding out hope I might be able to see as many as four sports events in my trip to the Twin Cities to attend the Eagles/Vikings NFL game (with the other events being Nebraska/Minnesota college football, Penguins/Wild NHL hockey, and with luck a Twins ALCS game), but it appears likely I'm only going to see two events. (The Twins would need to upset the Yankees in the ALDS and have the Tampa Bay/Oakland winner surprise Houston in the other AL Division Series for the Twins to host ALCS games the weekend of 10/12 & 10/13.)

[CHIP72]

I forgot to post this previously, but here’s a photo of the Central Florida/Temple game I attended on October 26th:

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Most people at the game were sitting in the lower level below me.


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[CHIP72]

Continuing the theme, here’s a photo from the East Stroudsburg/Shepherd D2 game I attended today (November 2nd):

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Shepherd won this game by the ridiculous score of 76-34. Both teams scored 75 yard touchdowns on their first offensive plays of the game in the first 30 seconds of the 1st quarter.


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[CHIP72]

Another week, another game and venue. I attended the Georgia Tech/Virginia game in Charlottesville, the first time I have been to UVA for a game:

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In a game that was close throughout, Virginia held a late Yellow Jackets comeback attempt, and the Cavaliers prevailed 33-28.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Another week, another game and venue. I attended the Georgia Tech/Virginia game in Charlottesville, the first time I have been to UVA for a game:

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In a game that was close throughout, Virginia held a late Yellow Jackets comeback attempt, and the Cavaliers prevailed 33-28.


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Awesome campus! Can't believe how small the crowd is given the fact UVA is pretty good this year!

I was suppose to be at the ND-Duke game tonight (have my ticket in hand) but with my trip this up coming week I couldn't pull it off.

I'll be posting a few pics from my trip to Fargo next week. I'll be at the NDSU-South Dakota game.

[CHIP72]

It was cold today (low 40s F in Charlottesville with some wind), and I was sitting on the home side, which had more fans than the visitors’ side.


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[walliver]

It was cold today (low 40s F in Charlottesville with some wind), and I was sitting on the home side, which had more fans than the visitors’ side.


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Do they have a visitors side?

Most P5 teams isolate the visitors to a small block of undesirable seats in the corner of an end zone. On the other hand, only about half of ACC teams consider football their main sport.

[CHIP72]

Do they have a visitors side?

Most P5 teams isolate the visitors to a small block of undesirable seats in the corner of an end zone. On the other hand, only about half of ACC teams consider football their main sport.

Virginia had seats designated for visiting team fans (IIRC primarily in the upper deck end zone, but also some on the sidelines), but I do know most DI-A/FBS teams allot visitor seating in less than ideal sections of the stadium.

Regardless of the visitors’ seating location, the opposite side of the stadium shown in my photo was where Georgia Tech’s sideline was, and I know from personal experience that if visiting team fans can sit behind their team’s bench, they will. Additionally, many home team fans prefer sitting behind the home team bench; that bench is often located where the seating will be more comfortable due to weather factors (heat/shade early in the season, away from colder NW winds later in the season; the exact bench often depends on which factor is more important).


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Some pics from the NDSU-South Dakota game on 11/16

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

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[Laker]

I've been to every Mav game this season, plus some others. They have a bye this week due to being the top seed in the region. I'll probably go to St. John's to see them host Aurora in the first round of the D3 playoffs. Great place to watch a game. Maybe even buy some Johnnie Bread.

[ST_Lawson]

Some pics from the NDSU-South Dakota game on 11/16

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Maybe it's just me, but I think your pictures are broken.

[Reign of Terrier]

Games I went to this season:
Wofford @ SC State
Samford @ Wofford
Wofford @ ETSU
Chattanooga @ Wofford
Western Carolina @ Wofford
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina
Furman @ Wofford

And this saturday, Wofford @ The Citadel.

And I may go to a playoff game or two.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Maybe it's just me, but I think your pictures are broken.

They're showing up on my end. Anyone else having trouble? I can replace them with files from my computer instead of my FB account.

[Catbooster]

They're showing up on my end. Anyone else having trouble? I can replace them with files from my computer instead of my FB account.
They work for me

[ST_Lawson]

They're showing up on my end. Anyone else having trouble? I can replace them with files from my computer instead of my FB account.

Oh, that's it then. I have a plug-in on my browser that prevents facebook from following me all over the internet. Any page that tries to load anything from facebook without permission gets blocked. Just me then...carry on.

Also, I was at last weekend's SIU@WIU game. Took a few photos too, but nobody really wants to see them. Just picture a near-empty HS football stadium and you're pretty close.

[Derby City Duke]

Provided it's not raining on Saturday, I'll be at Syracuse - Louisville. It's Senior Day for the Cardinals and their first game @ home since becoming bowl eligible against N.C. State.

If you think Louisville becoming bowl-eligible isn't a big thing, just take a look at last year's team -- 2-10 and they weren't as good as their record indicates. Probably the worst P5 team statistically on record. The last 7 games of the year they gave up 66, 38, 56, 77, 54, 52, and 56 points. I sat through 3 of these debacles...

[CHIP72]

Here was my view for the 155th edition of the Lafayette/Lehigh (or Lehigh/Lafayette) game at Goodman Stadium:

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I’ve never seen a game with so many late arriving fans; there was a steady stream of people coming into the stadium and walking on the concourses to their seats from opening kickoff until well into the 2nd quarter.


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[CHIP72]

Another game photo to share; this one is from the game that henceforth will be known as “The Ole Piss and Miss Game”, aka the Egg Bowl - Mississippi/Mississippi State.

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For those of you who didn’t see it, Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 21-20. The 1 point margin was due to a missed extra point after an Ole Miss touchdown with 4 seconds left in regulation. The Rebels scored that touchdown after converting a couple of 4th downs on the drive, including a 4th and 24 play from their own 14 yard line that gained 57 yards. After scoring the touchdown on a reception, the Ole Miss receiver celebrated in the end zone by imitating a peeing dog. (Keep in mind Mississippi State is nicknamed the Bulldogs.) Ole Miss was assessed a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and the Rebels missed the 35 yard long extra point attempt that would have tied the game. What a ridiculous, bizarre finish.

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[caribbeanhen]

Another game photo to share; this one is from the game that henceforth will be known as “The Ole Piss and Miss Game”, aka the Egg Bowl - Mississippi/Mississippi State.

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For those of you who didn’t see it, Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 21-20. The 1 point margin was due to a missed extra point after an Ole Miss touchdown with 4 seconds left in regulation. The Rebels scored that touchdown after converting a couple of 4th downs on the drive, including a 4th and 24 play from their own 14 yard line that gained 57 yards. After scoring the touchdown on a reception, the Ole Miss receiver celebrated in the end zone by imitating a peeing dog. (Keep in mind Mississippi State is nicknamed the Bulldogs.) Ole Miss was assessed a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and the Rebels missed the 35 yard long extra point attempt that would have tied the game. What a ridiculous, bizarre finish.

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thanks for sharing that recap and pic, I need to make it to Starkville one day

[Twentysix]

Sadly, just the natty for me this year. I always look for interesting (to me) smu/baylor/tcu/unt matchups that don't intersect too closely with NDSU games, but unfortunately the matchups I was interested in this year were either during important FCS games or were away games. Hopefully one or two work out next year.

[CHIP72]

thanks for sharing that recap and pic, I need to make it to Starkville one day

A few pointers about Starkville/Mississippi State:

1) Northeastern Mississippi where Starkville is located is very rural; actually Starkville is in one of the more built up regions of Mississippi (the Golden Triangle, which includes the towns of Columbus and West Point in addition to Starkville), but by eastern U.S. standards the region is still very rural. (Once you get outside of the Golden Triangle region, that part of Mississippi and nearby Alabama becomes REALLY rural.) I remember thinking before my first visit to Starkville that it was terrible that there was no larger commercial airport nearby. Then after my initial visits to Starkville, I thought it was great that there was a commercial airport that actually was served by a real airline (Delta) and has flights to a large hub (Atlanta). You need to manage expectations when you come to Starkville.

2) Make sure you eat at the Little Dooey at least once when you are in Starkville. Another place, Stromboli's, actually has very good strombolis, which is something you wouldn't expect in the Deep South.

3) Compared to most "state flagship school" college towns, Starkville has fairly few amenities. It does have a commercial strip west of the campus and south of the town on MS Route 12 with some stuff, but as an example, it does not have a Dick's Sporting Goods (among other things). Columbus, which is about 25 miles east and is similar in size to Starkville but historically was much larger than Starkville, does have one.

3a) Having said #3, if you like Dollar General, you're in luck. There are TONS of Dollar General stores around. I think the Starkville area by itself has six of them.

4) The biggest tradition at Mississippi State football games is ringing cowbells. The tradition started in the 1930s or 1940s, and partially has its roots in Mississippi State's origins as an agricultural college. (The school was originally known as Mississippi A&M.)

5) Mississippi State's campus is to the east of Starkville proper and has a lot of open area and is sprawling. You may need a car to transverse much of it.

6) Davis Wade Stadium, Mississippi State's football stadium, is a solid venue, though you'll have to walk up many ramps if you sit in the upper level. Much of the primary tailgating area near the stadium is immediately to the south in an area called "The Junction" (so named because many roads intersected there before part of that area was closed off to vehicular traffic). The stadium is oriented north-south, and very few seats are covered, so it can get hot during early season day games. The east side is probably better for 11 AM CT games, while the west side is preferable for 2:30 PM CT games.

7) The Egg Bowl (Mississippi State/Ole Miss) is one of the most bitter rivalries in college football. IMO, it's level of bitterness probably exceeds just about all other college football rivalries.

8) You could also hit a couple other SEC schools on a trip to Starkville. Tuscaloosa, home to the University of Alabama, is a little more than 80 miles away, within about a 1 1/2 hour drive. Mississippi State and Alabama are actually the closest schools to each other in the SEC. The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa are much larger than Mississippi State/Starkville and in fact if you want to go to a place with more amenities, Tuscaloosa is one of the closest options. Ole Miss is about 100 miles away via car to the northwest. Oxford, which I've been to but haven't really seen in detail, is considered nicer than Starkville but is roughly similar in size to Starkville.

9) In terms of DI-AA/FCS schools, the closest schools to Mississippi State include Mississippi Valley State (about 100 miles west), Samford (a little more than 2 hours east in Birmingham), Jackson State (a little more than 2 hours southwest in Jackson), and North Alabama (roughly 2 1/2 hours to the northeast).

10) Make sure you eat at the Little Dooey at least once when you are in Starkville.

11) If you visit in the spring or fall, tornadoes could be a threat. The region is part of the second tornado alley, which gets almost as many tornadoes as the southern and central Great Plains. (Much of the Southeast is fairly flat like the Great Plains.)

12) Mississippi State usually has a high ranked baseball program (guys like Rafael Palmeiro, Will Clark, and Jonathan Papelbon all played there), and the university has put a lot of money into Dudy Noble Field. The basketball arena, Humphrey Coliseum, was built in the early 1970s but IMO has an excellent design and is a very good venue to watch a basketball game.

[ElCid]

A few pointers about Starkville/Mississippi State:

1) Northeastern Mississippi where Starkville is located is very rural; actually Starkville is in one of the more built up regions of Mississippi (the Golden Triangle, which includes the towns of Columbus and West Point in addition to Starkville), but by eastern U.S. standards the region is still very rural. (Once you get outside of the Golden Triangle region, that part of Mississippi and nearby Alabama becomes REALLY rural.) I remember thinking before my first visit to Starkville that it was terrible that there was no larger commercial airport nearby. Then after my initial visits to Starkville, I thought it was great that there was a commercial airport that actually was served by a real airline (Delta) and has flights to a large hub (Atlanta). You need to manage expectations when you come to Starkville.


Hah, I spent 14 months in Columbus many moons ago. Hadn't heard the term "Golden Triangle" in quite a while.

[CHIP72]

Hah, I spent 14 months in Columbus many moons ago. Hadn't heard the term "Golden Triangle" in quite a while.

I take it you were based at the nearby Air Force base.

FWIW, the airport serving the region is actually called Golden Triangle Regional Airport.

[ElCid]

I take it you were based at the nearby Air Force base.


Yup. Got a bird's eye view of the whole area. It's was pretty rural.

[Derby City Duke]

Adding tomorrow’s Kentucky - Louisville game to my viewing schedule. First visit to Commonwealth Stadium.

[CHIP72]

Here was my view for my second college football game of Thanksgiving weekend, Cincinnati/Memphis:

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Memphis got by Cincinnati 34-24 to win the AAC West Division title and earn a rematch with the Bearcats, who had already clinched the AAC East Division championship prior to the game. The two teams will play on Saturday 12/7 at the Liberty Bowl for the AAC title. The Tigers will probably earn the G5 conferences’ NY6 bowl bid to the Cotton Bowl with another victory over East Division champs, while a Cincinnati victory over the Memphis in the rematch could get the Bearcats into the Cotton Bowl if Boise State and possibly Appalachian State lose in the MWC and Sun Belt Conference championship games respectively next week.

It is likely, though not definite, that the Cincinnati/Memphis game was my last college football game of the 2019 season. All told, I’ve attended 11 college football games this season, a new personal record for me. The 11 games included five DI-A/FBS matchups, five DI-AA/FCS games, and one D2 contest.


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[CHIP72]

I attended one final game during the 2019 season, the Military Bowl between North Carolina and Temple. The game had excellent weather by late December in Annapolis, MD standards.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Those were great seats at the Liberty Bowl and for the Temple/UNC bowl game. I'd like to do a Temple at Memphis road trip one year. I'd even be willing to go down for a bball game if the circumstances were right.

[CHIP72]

Those were great seats at the Liberty Bowl and for the Temple/UNC bowl game. I'd like to do a Temple at Memphis road trip one year. I'd even be willing to go down for a bball game if the circumstances were right.

The Military Bowl had its lowest attendance of any edition of the game since it moved to Annapolis in (I think) 2013. The seats my brother, our other brother's friend, and I had were actually on the other (North Carolina) side in the upper deck; at the box office they said no seats were available in the upper level on the Temple sideline. That was clearly incorrect; there were tons of seats available in the upper level on both sidelines. (Temple probably had slightly more fans at the game than North Carolina but it was a close comparison.) When we saw all the open seats, we decided to sit on the Temple side near midfield in some of the available seats.

Incidentally, if you ever did get to Memphis for a game, depending on the time of the game and the schedule you could probably also get to a game at Ole Miss the same day. I think Ole Miss is roughly within 1 1/2 hours of the Liberty Bowl via car. Additionally, the FedEx Forum (the home arena for the Memphis Grizzlies and Memphis Tigers basketball) is a block from Beale Street.

[Laker]

I did go to watch MSU-Mankato play at Slippery Rock. When I got back I found out that I had a detached retina and was told no more flying for at least a month. It was interesting to see a playoff game like that in another region.

[cx500d]

The Military Bowl had its lowest attendance of any edition of the game since it moved to Annapolis in (I think) 2013. The seats my brother, our other brother's friend, and I had were actually on the other (North Carolina) side in the upper deck; at the box office they said no seats were available in the upper level on the Temple sideline. That was clearly incorrect; there were tons of seats available in the upper level on both sidelines. (Temple probably had slightly more fans at the game than North Carolina but it was a close comparison.) When we saw all the open seats, we decided to sit on the Temple side near midfield in some of the available seats.

Incidentally, if you ever did get to Memphis for a game, depending on the time of the game and the schedule you could probably also get to a game at Ole Miss the same day. I think Ole Miss is roughly within 1 1/2 hours of the Liberty Bowl via car. Additionally, the FedEx Forum (the home arena for the Memphis Grizzlies and Memphis Tigers basketball) is a block from Beale Street.
I stayed in Annapolis this last weekend after the game. It was interesting, they still had the unc and temple flags up, but more interesting was the number of people out and about wearing unc clothing. Didn’t see anyone still there wearing temple clothing.

[CHIP72]

I stayed in Annapolis this last weekend after the game. It was interesting, they still had the unc and temple flags up, but more interesting was the number of people out and about wearing unc clothing. Didn’t see anyone still there wearing temple clothing.

That was mostly due to Temple's proximity to Annapolis (about a 2 hour drive) and partly due to the 55-13 final score in favor of UNC.

[DFW HOYA]

Meanwhile, I'm seeing a trend on these First Responder Bowl attendance numbers:

2013: 48,313
2016: 39,117
2017: 20,507
2019: 13,164

[cx500d]

That was mostly due to Temple's proximity to Annapolis (about a 2 hour drive) and partly due to the 55-13 final score in favor of UNC.

Yeah, the unc people looked pretty happy

[CHIP72]

Meanwhile, I'm seeing a trend on these First Responder Bowl attendance numbers:

2013: 48,313
2016: 39,117
2017: 20,507
2019: 13,164

Looks more like the No Responder Bowl.

They probably weren’t helped by the game cancellation last year or the one year move for the game to SMU from the Cotton Bowl (due to the NHL Winter Classic being played at the Cotton Bowl). The game can also get lost in the shuffle between the other three bowl games, the DI-AA/FCS title game, the D2 title game, and Dallas Cowboys games (including one on Sunday 12/29) in the DFW area.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Meanwhile, I'm seeing a trend on these First Responder Bowl attendance numbers:

2013: 48,313
2016: 39,117
2017: 20,507
2019: 13,164

There is no need for the bowl to even exist. How many fans could WKU and WMU brought to the metro-plex for a meaningless game?

With that said, it was definitely one of the most entertaining bowls we had.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

That was mostly due to Temple's proximity to Annapolis (about a 2 hour drive) and partly due to the 55-13 final score in favor of UNC.

Temple has a lot of alums in the Baltimore/DC area. You definitely outdid me in Temple football games this year. I made went to one, at Buffalo. If we were in a better bowl against a more high profile opponent I might have went. I nearly went to the Independence Bowl last year. A bowl with some history in a state I've never been against Daniel Jones and Duke was really appealing. However, knowing we didn't have a coach and were likely to lose held me back; and righfully so.

I have my eyes on the Temple-Cincinnati hoops game at the end of the January. If i wasn't going to be in North Dakota I'd certainly consider the Wichita State game on the 15th...

[CHIP72]

I only went to two Temple football games this season (coincidentally their two worst losses of the year - Central Florida at home and North Carolina at the Military Bowl). I only attended the one regular season game because of conflicts with other games I attended, such as the 9/28 Georgia Tech game (visited the family and saw Merrimack/Lehigh and Penn/Lafayette), the 10/12 Memphis game (was in the Twin Cities for the Eagles/Vikings game), the 10/19 SMU game (same weekend as Eagles/Cowboys in Arlington, but I decided to go to the Eagles/Vikings game because my work schedule worked better that weekend and I wasn’t flying to games two weekends in a row), and the 11/30 Connecticut game (was in Mississippi to visit my brother for Thanksgiving and attended Mississippi/Mississippi State and Cincinnati/Memphis that weekend).

Even with the relative lack of Temple games, I still attended 12 college football games this season and 17 games between college and the NFL. Both the number of college games and number of combined college/NFL games were new single season records for me. (I attended 6 NFL games in 2015.) I was also able to spread the love around between DI-A/FBS (6 games), DI-AA/FCS (5 games) and D2 (1 game). The full college + NFL game list with winners listed:

09/14 (Sat): Kansas State at Mississippi State (KSU 31-24)
09/21 (Sat): Penn at Delaware (UD 28-27)
09/21 (Sat): Villanova at Towson (VU 52-45 OT)
09/22 (Sun): Lions at Eagles (DET 27-24)
09/28 (Sat): Merrimack at Lehigh (LU 10-3)
09/28 (Sat): Penn at Lafayette (UP 28-24)
10/06 (Sun): Jets at Eagles (PHI 31-6)
10/13 (Sun): Eagles at Vikings (MIN 38-20)
10/26 (Sat): Central Florida at Temple (UCF 63-21)
11/02 (Sat): East Stroudsburg at Shepherd (SU 76-34)
11/03 (Sun): Bears at Eagles (PHI 22-14)
11/09 (Sat): Georgia Tech at Virginia (UVA 33-28)
11/23 (Sat): Lafayette at Lehigh (LC 17-16)
11/28 (Thu): Mississippi at Mississippi State (MSU 21-20)
11/29 (Fri): Cincinnati at Memphis (UM 34-24)
12/15 (Sun): Eagles at Redskins (PHI 37-27)
12/27 (Fri): North Carolina vs Temple (Annapolis, MD) (UNC 55-13)

I’m still annoyed I couldn’t attend the 10/12 Nebraska/Minnesota game, which conflicted with the Penguins/Wild NHL game I attended and bought a ticket for a few weeks in advance, and also the 10/19 Lafayette/Georgetown game, which sold out early due to limited seating at a partially deconstructed Cooper Field. (I may not have attended the Georgia Tech/Virginia game had I attended the Lafayette/Georgetown game though.)

I did see some good games, particularly at the DI-AA/FCS level.


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