3 Additions and 1 Subtraction in ODU Schedule

[Monarch History]

ODU announced three additional games for its first year (2009) schedule. They also announced that the team will not play W&M in 2009 but that game will be rescheduled for 2010.

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/odu-drops-william-and-mary-2009-football-schedule

Thank God we won't be sending our team to slaughter in the second game of the season. Instead lets at least wait a year for that beat-down.xlolx
I do however like the addition of NC Central, Savannah State and VMI.xthumbsupx

Sorry that I didn't see the thread already posted for this subject.

[Lionsrking]

Thank God we won't be sending our team to slaughter in the second game of the season. Instead lets at least wait a year for that beat-down.xlolx

I know what you mean because we sure took our lumps the first year (still taking them at times). Troy beat us 28-0, Texas State 38-17, McNeese smoked us 58-20 and Northwestern had five returns for TDs to beat 87-27. It was a rough stretch, no doubt about it, but we did come back in year two to beat McNeese 51-17 and took Texas State to double OT. In retrospect, I'm glad we jumped out there and scheduled some good people the first year. It gave us a good sense of where we were and how far we had to go become competitive. But I can definitely understand the desire to take an easier road...it's no fun getting smacked around.

[Tribe4SF]

Article in today's Daily Press with Wilder thanking W&M for working with them to change the schedule. Says he "will not forget it".

http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt_d1odufootball_0628jun28,0,6219238.story

[93henfan]

ODU and W&M both made the right move on this one. Trotting out a squad of true freshman in your second game to play a team of 5th-year seniors and other CAA veterans at their house would not be the right thing to do.