Dream OOC schedule

[appstate38]

If money wasn't an object.

Who would be your dream OOC schedule? Try to pick 4 teams

For me, at the top of my list, its a no brainer

Montana Griz in Boone of course
JMU
UNI
Youngstown State


Close seconds: Delware, Southern U. and McNeese St.

[JALMOND]

Money no object, eh?

1. Delaware (at our house this time)
2. North Dakota State (on the road to see what scenery looks like with no mountains blocking you)
3. Cal Poly (home or away, good to get another California rivalry started)
4. San Diego (home or away, see how we stack up against those might Torerros).

Teams we have not scheduled before. Our series with McNeese was really good and I'd like to see us play the Cowboys home and home again. Really, I've enjoyed all our games with the Southland and hope we can schedule those teams again. If Glanville stays for awhile, scheduling the SoCon might also be possible as he seems to have a soft spot for the Atlanta area due to his time with the Falcons.

[DFW HOYA]

1. at Army
2. Villanova
3. at Harvard
4. Syracuse

[citdog]

Hudson High

Canoe U

Colorado Academy of Golf Instruction

V@gina Military Institute

[TexasTerror]

Some combination of...

Montana (I believe both of our fans have enjoyed the rivalry)
Cal Poly (they've played a few SLC squads, a strong opponent from the West)
Yale/Harvard (just the significance and name of those programs)
Texas Southern (so 3rd Coast Tiger can get a front row seat of a Bearkat blowout of the Tigers)

[BarefootApp]

I believe citdog lives at my location! priceless.

[CID1990]

1. Army (in OUR house)

2. Bucknell (so I can rag on my wife)

3. Anybody from the CAA, preferably JMU or Richmond

4. The Keydets

[bonarae]

Every Ivy League fan still hopes the League will allow the teams to schedule opponents in the South and the Midwest, so barring their "hidden agendas" that prevent those matchups from happening:

For Harvard:
Georgia Southern (who is the real FCS team?)
Appalachian State (ditto Georgia Southern)
Montana (no Ivy League team has set foot in Washington-Griz)
Wofford (nothing meaningful to say but it would be a great match)

Runners-up: Grambling/Southern, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, UMass (we haven't played them in like 20 years), Boston College (FBS - distant possibility), Duke (ditto Boston College), Stanford (also distant), Tulane (also distant)

[gophoenix]

Well, considering w play all my good friend' schools now.... the only way I could see it get better is to play my dad's school, East Carolina and co-worker's schools Akron, Duke and Wake Forest.

But in reality. I'd like to see play some Patriots, East Carolina, Vanderbilt.

[CopperCat]

If money wasn't an object.

Who would be your dream OOC schedule? Try to pick 4 teams

For me, at the top of my list, its a no brainer
[LIST=1]
Montana Griz in Boone of course


The only way that happens is if they don't get a home game for the second round of the playoffs. But I'd like to see it too.

1) Cal Poly (I want to see MSU beat them at least once)
2) NDSU
3) Wyoming
4) ASU, at our house (after all the renovations are done)

[PSUVikings]

@Washington
App State
NDSU
Delaware

[Thundar]

1 - App. ST
2 - Nebraska
3 - Umass
4 - UND (just so everyone shuts up about it, oh wait that won't happen;) )

[FargoBison]

@Minnesota
Montana
@App State
Grambling

[mainejeff]

If we're including only FCS teams:

1. Montana
2. Appalachian State
3. Northern Iowa
4. Harvard
5. San Diego

[PantherRob82]

Iowa -because I hate them
Iowa State -because I hate them
Drake -remind them they are no match for us.
Eastern Illinois -remind them why they left the Gateway


FCS only
Drake - see above
Eastern Illinois - see above
App State - Because I hate/love some of your fans, great game
McNeese State - because I want an excuse to come to Louisiana and eat your food, and because i loved this series in the past.

[cowbellnation]

@ Southern Because we never lose in Louisiana
@ McNeese State Because we never lose in Louisiana
@ Southeastern Louisiana Because we never lose in Louisiana
@ Nicholls State Because we never lose in Louisiana

[BearsCountry]

Missouri
Central Arkansas (closest FCS school that is any good that isnt in our confernce)
Texas State (our name change buddies)
Grambling/Southern/Jackson State (one of those SWAC schools for the band and history)

[Seawolf97]

FCS Home and Away matchups.
Rhode Island
Yale
Fordham
FBS
Tulane
Buffalo
Navy

[da_Bison]

JMU
Montana (in the dome) xsmiley_wix
@App st
Wofford
Nebraska
the Citadel
@Portland State

[gatadotcom]

Northern Iowa - home & home
Montana - home & home, but at Our House first
Delaware - home & home
UNLV - always at their place!

[Mountaineer]

Over the past few years I've enjoyed just about all the OOC games that ASU has played. Most have been in the playoffs, but they're teams I probably wouldn't get to see normally.

JMU, Richmond, Montana State, Coastal, Northern Arizona, Eastern Washington, Youngstown etc.

I liked having a chance to see them all. xthumbsupx

[slostang]

Montana
McNeese State
Northwestern State
South Dakota State...

Wait, that is this year. Not too bad when you throw in San Diego State and Wisconsin.

Future teams I would like to see would include:

Grambling
Southern
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
Sam Houston
Georgia Southern
Portland State

[uofmman1122]

@ NDSU (It's only fair, since you beat us at home, I figure we could return the favor :p)
ASU (We just need to %@!*ing play already...lol)
JMU (Rematch, doesn't matter where)
Delaware (Another team we really need to play sometime soon)
Northern Iowa (At the dome, only if I got to go see it xlolx)

There are many, many other schools I'd like to play, but I can only make a list so long.

[LUHawker]

For Lehigh:

Army
Delaware
Youngstown St.
Furman
App. St.

[poly51]

This year Cal Poly's actual schedule comes pretty close to a dream OOC schedule.

@ San Diego State
Montana @ Cal Poly
@ NcNeese State
@ South Dakota State
@ Wisconsin

[andy7171]

Georgia Southern
Montana
UNI
I'd also like to see us renew the Youngstown State series as well.

Mostly I'd like to see us play other conferences than the MEAC, PL, IL and NEC. It gets old playing the same teams over and over.

Really looking forward to new series this year against Navy and Coastal Carolina!

[813Jag]

@ Southern Because we never lose in Louisiana
@ McNeese State Because we never lose in Louisiana
@ Southeastern Louisiana Because we never lose in Louisiana
@ Nicholls State Because we never lose in Louisiana

Don't remind me. :(

[B&G]

@ North Carolina (tired of them ducking us!)
S.C. State (to talk smack to my girlfriend and to see their band)
@ Notre Dame (b/c we might win and I'd be forever happy)
James Madison (I'd like to see them come back to The Rock after what happened in the playoffs to see how they fare)

[89Hen]

- Lehigh (should be the OOC rivalry game instead of West Chester)
- Princeton/Penn
- A rotating SoCon
- A rotating DII from the PSAC

You people giving 4 very good I-AA's are out of your minds. xeyebrowx

[93henfan]

FCS
Montana
Georgia Southern (renew the home and home)
Lehigh (and permanently ditch WCUPA)

FBS
@Penn State (chance to see my favorite FCS & FBS play each other)

[Golden Eagle]

1. Appalachian State
2. Middle Tennessee (at home, no less)
3. UT Chattanooga
4. Western Carolina?

[Stang Fever]

Montana
McNeese State
Northwestern State
South Dakota State...

Wait, that is this year. Not too bad when you throw in San Diego State and Wisconsin.

Future teams I would like to see would include:

Grambling
Southern
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
Sam Houston
Georgia Southern
Portland State

I would like to see CP play

Grambling
APP St
GSU
Portland State
Fresno State

[bostonspider]

I think Richmond's OOC is set up pretty well this year.

A game against a good SoCon team (Elon), a game against a in state FCS rival (VMI) a game against a instate FBS rival (UVA), and a game against a somewhat local academic rival that will be a bit of an easier game (Georgetown). The only problem with this year's schedule is that 3 of the 4 are on the road. I would rather the Elon or VMI game was at home to balance it out.

[ChickenMan]

Lehigh
Penn
The Citadel

[RabidRabbit]

For the Rabbits -

Ga Southern
Furman
Delaware
Cal Poly
McNeese

And of course -

Montana........




In Brookings xthumbsupx

[89Hen]

I think Richmond's OOC is set up pretty well this year.(Elon), (VMI), (UVA), and (Georgetown).
Agreed, but also agreed on the need to have two at home. xthumbsupx

[89Hen]

For the Rabbits -

Delaware
You'll get your wish soon enough RR. xthumbsupx

[UCABEARS75]

Assuming 4 OOC games per year here would be my wish for UCA:

(1) UAPB in War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Would be fun for fans of both teams, good tailgating, etc.

(2) Home and home with regional team: Missouri State best choice.

(3) Home and home with "National Power". Northern Iowa would be my first choice. Montana, N. Dakota State, Ga. Southern, App St. others.

(4) "Money Game" with Arkansas State in Jonesboro initially until attendance warrants move to War Memorial.

[GaSouthern]

Home and Home...
MONTANA
DEL
Youngstown St.
Harvard

Just at our house...
SC. State
Cal Poly
Savannah State (they bring alot of fans)
Portland St.

[andy7171]

You'll get your wish soon enough RR. xthumbsupx

Thanks god they changed their colors slightly! It would ahve been like watching the spring game in Newark if they hadn't!

[danefan]

We were actually just discussing this over at Albany's board. Well we were discussing what the schedule would be if we were ever forced to go Indy.

For a dream OOC I'd like to see:

Army or Buffalo
Colgate or Cornell
Fordham or Hofstra
UNH/UMass/RI/Maine

My ideal Indy schedule would include:

1 FBS
3 CAA
2 PL
2 IVY's
3 NEC

Army
UMass/UNH
Maine
Rhode Island
Fordham
Colgate
Cornell
Harvard/Yale
Central Conn.
Wagner
Monmouth

[Cobblestone]

Army (again).
Navy.
Coastal Carolina.
UNI.

[AZGrizFan]

If we're including only FCS teams:

1. Montana
2. Appalachian State
3. Northern Iowa
4. Harvard
5. San Diego

That's what I was wondering, jeff. Because my list looks a WHOLE lot different if FBS teams are included:

FCS:

1) ASU
2) GSU
3) UNH
4) UNI

FBS included:

1) Boise State
2) Utah
3) BYU
4) WSU

[DSUrocks07]

FCS only:

1. Delaware xnodx
2. Albany(at home)
3. Texas State
4. NDSU

FBS included:
1. Delaware :D
2. Rutgers
3. Virginia
4. Florida State

all for recruiting purposes of course xthumbsupx

[andy7171]

FCS only:

1. Delaware xnodx
2. Albany(at home)
3. Texas State
4. NDSU

FBS included:
1. Delaware :D
2. Rutgers
3. Virginia
4. Florida State

all for recruiting purposes of course xthumbsupx

Hey DSUrock07, I'd love to dump Morgan State and renew our series with you guys. But I doubt we ever will. xnonono2x

[DSUrocks07]

Hey DSUrock07, I'd love to dump Morgan State and renew our series with you guys. But I doubt we ever will. xnonono2x

Local rivalries are the way to go.

Plus...I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE this nine game conference schedule that we're forced to be in xflamemadx xflamemadx xflamemadx xflamemadx
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with a passion

EDIT: sry 8 games WSSU is still considered a "OOC" xnonono2x

[NE MT GRIZZ]

FCS Only:
1) NDSU- We should play every year
2) Georgia Southern
3) Any Ivy
4) App


I would love for the Griz to play Wyoming a couple more times. We are 0-13 lifetime, and need to get a win.

[crusader11]

UMASS
Harvard
Yale
UNH
Villanova

I really don't think OOC is that unrealistic. UNH and UMASS should both be New England rivalries that are played on a regular basis; the campuses of all 3 schools are no more than 2 hours apart. Villanova and HC have the Jesuit connection (or is 'Nova Augustinian?) Either way, they are both Catholic.

[AZGrizFan]

FCS Only:
1) NDSU- We should play every year
2) Georgia Southern
3) Any Ivy
4) App


I would love for the Griz to play Wyoming a couple more times. We are 0-13 lifetime, and need to get a win.

xnodx xnodx xnodx xnodx

Take BYU off my list, and add Wyoming. In fact, add Idaho as well, then when we won all those games, we'd own the Pacific Northwest! xlolx

[Grizzaholic]

Not really a Dream OOC schedule but a question instead. Why does most people want to play either at Montana or have Montana come to their stadium and play? Just wondering because it seems that the usual stand-by smack is weak OCC and they never play anybody but bottom feeders and they play in the Big Fluffy Sky.

Why would you want to play a team that is obviously flawed and cannot hang with the big dogs?

[813Jag]

Local rivalries are the way to go.

Plus...I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE this nine game conference schedule that we're forced to be in xflamemadx xflamemadx xflamemadx xflamemadx
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with a passion

EDIT: sry 8 games WSSU is still considered a "OOC" xnonono2x
I hope you guys stay at 8 games, 9 conference games kills your OOC schedule.

You're lucky you guys didn't end up on FSU's schedule this year. xlolx

I'd like to see the Jags get another crack at you guys (haven't played since the John Taylor days) and Howard. Also any of the SLC teams in Texas (maybe I could run into Texas Terror). At least we get a crack at UL-Laugh next year.

[slostang]

Home and Home...
MONTANA
DEL
Youngstown St.
Harvard

Just at our house...
SC. State
Cal Poly
Savannah State (they bring alot of fans)
Portland St.
Cal Poly is really tough at home so I can see why the Eagles would not want to come out west for a return game.xsmiley_wix

[DuckDuckGriz]

Delaware
McNeese State (used to be a pretty common occurance)
UNI
NDSU

From FBS
Boise State
Washington
Oregon State
Nevada
Wyoming

[813Jag]

My Dream Schedule:

Edward Waters
Allen (if they still have a team)
Paul Quinn
Concordia

All W's, especially since we don't have to worry about those pesky playoffs. xlolx

[terrierbob]

Every Ivy League fan still hopes the League will allow the teams to schedule opponents in the South and the Midwest, so barring their "hidden agendas" that prevent those matchups from happening:

For Harvard:
Georgia Southern (who is the real FCS team?)
Appalachian State (ditto Georgia Southern)
Montana (no Ivy League team has set foot in Washington-Griz)
Wofford (nothing meaningful to say but it would be a great match)

Runners-up: Grambling/Southern, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, UMass (we haven't played them in like 20 years), Boston College (FBS - distant possibility), Duke (ditto Boston College), Stanford (also distant), Tulane (also distant)

Is it a tradition that the league won't play southern teams, or some policy?

Anyway, to answer the question:

1.Harvard/Yale
2. Cal Poly
3.Colgate
4.NDSU
5.Richmond
6.Montana, of course
7.Wake Forest

[WrenFGun]

For UNH, my Dream OOC, over time, would be a bunch of rematch games...two, in particular.

Montana, in Durham. Goddam Craig Ochs.
Northern Iowa, at the UNIDOME. I want to go this time.

I wouldn't want to play them in the same year, obviously, as my ideal OOC would be either UNI or Montana, an FBS Money Game, a game with Holy Cross, Harvard, Yale or the like (A New England School), and if there is a twelve game schedule, another easier FCS matchup.

[bisonguy]

Seeing as how this is completely hypothetical(MplsBison has more pull with NDSU's schedule than the AD) xoopsx :

1)Minnesota
2)Montana
3)Appalachian State
4)Any of the top CAA teams

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

1. A DII team
2. Georgia
3. a mid-level FCS team
4. (one of the teams on the list below)

JMU, Richmond, Montana, UNI, Southern Illinois, Illinois State, and whichever Ivy league team happens to be in the top 25 that year.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

For me... my dream OOC game was @ Minny i'd like to do it every year.

w/ FBS

1. Minnesota
2. Montana (in Fargo)
3. Appy
4. Iowa State or Nebraska

FCS only
1. Montana in Fargo
2. Appy
3. Harvard
4. Fordham

(Maine too - but only because we were supposed to play them when we were D-II but lost that game b/c of 9-11)

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

UMASS
Harvard
Yale
UNH
Villanova

I really don't think OOC is that unrealistic. UNH and UMASS should both be New England rivalries that are played on a regular basis; the campuses of all 3 schools are no more than 2 hours apart. Villanova and HC have the Jesuit connection (or is 'Nova Augustinian?) Either way, they are both Catholic.


Why is this game not played?

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

@Cal-Poly (hope I said it right)
@ Costal (I'm sure bd would make the trip)
@ Montana (missed it last time)
@ THE Citadel (for some strange reason I'd like to meet Citdog)

[Jiggs]

1) Rotation with Troy, UAB, South Alabama, Auburn, Alabama
2) Rotation with Alabama State, Alabama A&M
3) Rotation with North Alabama, West Alabama, Tuskegee, Stillman
4) Jacksonville State

[james_lawfirm]

FCS schools:
Montana (want a do-over from that 2001 semi-final game)
UNI (great fans, tradition)
YSU (great fans, tradition)
NDSU (first meeting will be a great one)

FBS schools:
Wake Forest (let's continue the whooping!)
UNC (aw, come on, play us already!)
NC State (this time in Boone!)
Michigan (ain't no way in the world they'd agree)

[gvilleapp]

FCS schools and Home and Home:

Montana (I would love a opening game out there and combine it with a trip to Glacier National Park)
UNA (Same deal except this time the Grand Canyon and down to the desert)
Texas St (Visit friends who just moved back to the Hill Country from DC and maybe take in a Robert Earl Keen show)
Anybody in New England because my wife and I love it there.

FBS

ECU Old time rival from when I was in school
Wake Local rivalry with lots of interest. We've won our share lately
UNC Arrogant fans that I would love to shut up. They are cowards so it will not happen anytime soon.
Tennessee After Michigan and LSU, we need another 100k crowd to stun.

[PantherRob82]

I should add Wichita State to mine. :D

[TheBisonator]

Vs Appalachian State
Vs James Madison
At Wisconsin

OR:

Vs Delaware
Vs Montana
At Ohio State

[appmountaineer]

1. Montana (at Griz stadium, seems to be the most impressive FCS stadium)
2. NDSU (Its time for us to meet, and i'd be happy to go to Fargo)
3.UNI (great tradition)
4. Cal Poly

FBS
1. UNC (stop being scared to play Appalachian)
2. ECU (would be an awesome game)

[D-town]

For Fun
1. Austin Peay University (for the "Let's Go Peay" cheer)
2. Furman University ( for the "F-U" cheer I was told about)
3. The Citidal (No reason in particular)
4. Coastal Carolina (Cheer Squad) xsmiley_wix

Home and Home
1. App State
2. Montana
3. Maine
4. Georgia Southern/ McNeese State

Neutral
1. University of South Dakota (if it can be civil and stop throwing dead rabbit/ coyotes on the field/ court)

BCS Teams
1. Any regional team: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa State, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Kansas State, Colorado, Colorado State, Wyoming
2. Ole Miss (The Grove)
3. USC/ UCLA
4. LSU (it was posted early we are undefeated in Louisiana)
5. Clemson/ Penn State, Oregon (Always wanted to see at each place)

[Poly Pigskin]

I'd really like to see us play any of the top SoCon or CAA teams. If I had to limit it to 4 though...

Montana - starting to turn into a pretty good rivalry
App - who doesn't want a shot at the defending champs?
UNH - woulda been cool to see Ball and Santos go against our D a few years back, but I'd still like to see it now
PSU - I always love Big Sky games, and for as relatively close as our schools are, I'm surprised this one hasn't happened yet

[LUHawker]

- Lehigh (should be the OOC rivalry game instead of West Chester)- Princeton/Penn
- A rotating SoCon
- A rotating DII from the PSAC

You people giving 4 very good I-AA's are out of your minds. xeyebrowx


FCS
Montana
Georgia Southern (renew the home and home)
Lehigh (and permanently ditch WCUPA)


I think you could get your wish and we'd love it too, but UD would have to give up the mandatory home game every other year. No reason that UD can't come up to Bethlehem. Lehigh draws pretty well, especially when there is good competition.

[89Hen]

I think you could get your wish and we'd love it too, but UD would have to give up the mandatory home game every other year. No reason that UD can't come up to Bethlehem. Lehigh draws pretty well, especially when there is good competition.
With 4 OOC games, it would certainly be easier to do a home and home with LU.

[GaSouthern]

I forgot PAYBACK games! xrotatehx

Texas State
New Hampshire
UCA
Central Conn St.

xbawlingx

[89Hen]

I forgot PAYBACK games! xrotatehx
Payback games. xeyebrowx In that case... put McNeese at the top of UD's list. xnodx

[FCS Go!]

FCS home & home (xsmiley_wix ), one from each category per year:

The Classics:
Georgia Southern
Youngstown St
Delaware
McNeese St
App St

Never see them in the playoffs:
Grambling
Southern
Harvard
Yale

Local color:
NDSU
SDSU
ND
SD
S. Utah

Good team from an Autobid:
This year I'd pick from Richmond, JMU, E. Illinois, E. Kentucky, UMass, any Gateway except Indiana St and so on.

[GannonFan]

I think you could get your wish and we'd love it too, but UD would have to give up the mandatory home game every other year. No reason that UD can't come up to Bethlehem. Lehigh draws pretty well, especially when there is good competition.

Lehigh shouldn't have ended the series when it was commonplace for UD and Lehigh to play. When Lehigh came back looking for some games is when UD got a little more stingy. Of course, it's not just being stingy as it is watching the pocketbook - making $500k per home game is a hard thing to give up just to satisfy a program that backed out of a series in the past. xreadx

[BearsCountry]

I forgot about Drake on mine, replace Grambling/Southern for Drake. Gotta to help out our conference mate.

[g-webb1994]

G-W should have Western, Appy, Furman, or Wofford on the schedule every year. No regional flavor to our OOC schedule this year:

at Tenn Tech
TUSCULUM
at Austin Peay
SAM HOUSTON STATE
at Georgia Tech

The Sam Houston game is neat, but not an eye-popper that would draw a big crowd.

I haven't understood why we haven't scheduled Citadel or SC State since our move up from D-2 either.

[catdaddy2402]

My Dream Schedule:

Edward Waters
Allen (if they still have a team)
Paul Quinn
Concordia

All W's, especially since we don't have to worry about those pesky playoffs. xlolx

They folded their team a few years back.

You could play Benedict though.

[CSUBUCDAD]

Me personally, I would like to see us play:

1. El Cid(every year you wusses)
2. Wofford(got them for the next 4 years home and home)
3. Georgia Southern(quality FCS opponent)
4. App St.(Another quality FCS opponent)

And for FBS guys:
Any ACC or SEC team(Just for the paycheck)

[ElonPride]

***FBS - ECU/Duke
***FCS - JMU, W&M, Richmond (on our sked this year), NC A&T (even though their program is in the toliet, I wish the series continued) or Lehigh.

[dungeonjoe]

G-W should have Western, Appy, Furman, or Wofford on the schedule every year. No regional flavor to our OOC schedule this year:

at Tenn Tech
TUSCULUM
at Austin Peay
SAM HOUSTON STATE
at Georgia Tech

The Sam Houston game is neat, but not an eye-popper that would draw a big crowd.

I haven't understood why we haven't scheduled Citadel or SC State since our move up from D-2 either.is their a date for sam houston? I might try to make that one if WoCo is idle or out of the area.

[Appinator]

I'll take our '75 Schedule and make that my wish list:
South Carolina - W
Wake - W
ECU - W
Then throw in the D battery throwing, thundering turds from Marshall

[Go...gate]

Would love to revisit some old FBS rivalries and start anew or revisit some FCS series:

FBS
Syracuse
Penn State
Army
Nebraska
Michigan State
Ohio State
Rutgers
Notre Dame (we've never played the Fighting Irish)

FCS
Grambling
Pennsylvania
Delaware
The Citadel
Georgia Southern (we had a great playoff game with them in 1998)
Illinois State (they murdered us in a 1999 playoff game)
VMI
William & Mary (we have played them periodically over the years)
Butler
Davidson
Liberty
Wofford

[onbison09]

Bison vs. the Griz on a home and home basis.
Minnesota
Nebraska
Appy State.