StonyBrook 2011 Schedule Released

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook has released their 2011 schedule this afternoon. Featuring back to back FBS opponents and six home games-this is their best schedule to date since going full scholarship football.

9/3 @ UTEP-in the Sunbowl
9/10 @ Buffalo
9/17 Brown- StonyBrook
9/24 Lafayette- Home Coming Game-StonyBrook
10/8 Presbyterian -StonyBrook
10/15 St Anselms -StonyBrook
10/22 @ VMI
10/29 Coastal Carolina -StonyBrook
11/5 @ Charleston Southern
11/12 @ Gardner-Webb
11/19 Liberty Univ. -StonyBrook -Senior Day
Looks like our bye week is 10/1 . Guessing St Anselms is D-2 ? We will going forward play two FBS teams every season now.

[hawkineer]

StonyBrook has released their 2011 schedule this afternoon. Featuring back to back FBS opponents and six home games-this is their best schedule to date since going full scholarship football.

9/3 @ UTEP-in the Sunbowl
9/10 @ Buffalo
9/17 Brown- StonyBrook
9/24 Lafayette- Home Coming Game-StonyBrook
10/8 Presbyterian -StonyBrook
10/15 St Anselms -StonyBrook
10/22 @ VMI
10/29 Coastal Carolina -StonyBrook
11/5 @ Charleston Southern
11/12 @ Gardner-Webb
11/19 Liberty Univ. -StonyBrook -Senior Day
Looks like our bye week is 10/1 . Guessing St Anselms is D-2 ? We will going forward play two FBS teams every season now.
It's never a good sign to be scheduled as a team's homecoming game!xlolxxlolx

[Pards Rule]

We look forward to the event!!!

[Bogus Megapardus]

It's never a good sign to be scheduled as a team's homecoming game!xlolxxlolx

How true. Just ask Stony Brook, who lost to a historically bad Lafayette team this year at Lafayette's homecoming.

[Keenan]

Who? What? Where? St. Anselm's????

[hawkineer]

Who? What? Where? St. Anselm's????

Wow, I didn't notice them. I had to look it up. The school is in Manchester, NH and was 2-9 this year with wins over Pace and New Haven. They must be DII.

http://athletics.anselm.edu/sports/fball/index

[Bogus Megapardus]

Who? What? Where? St. Anselm's????

Nice little NE-10 school. Great lacrosse tradition. Very strong ice hockey program. Division I-level varsity skiing. Stuff you southern boys can't appreciate! xnodx

[Keenan]

Nice little NE-10 school. Great lacrosse tradition. Very strong ice hockey program. Division I-level varsity skiing. Stuff you southern boys can't appreciate! xnodx

Hey, Liberty has hockey and skiing!

http://www.liberty.edu/snowflex/

[Seawolf97]

Nice little NE-10 school. Great lacrosse tradition. Very strong ice hockey program. Division I-level varsity skiing. Stuff you southern boys can't appreciate! xnodx

Still I can think of a dozen or so teams at the D-1 level we probably could have scheduled. This past season we had to find a replacement for Hofstra and D-2 AIC obliged. I just hope this is not a sign of scheduling 2 FBS teams and a road kill D-2. Lets play a CAA, PL. IVY or NEC team instead.

[superman7515]

Still I can think of a dozen or so teams at the D-1 level we probably could have scheduled. This past season we had to find a replacement for Hofstra and D-2 AIC obliged. I just hope this is not a sign of scheduling 2 FBS teams and a road kill D-2. Lets play a CAA, PL. IVY or NEC team instead.

The bigger problem is, just assuming that there is no upset of UTEP or Buffalo, you'll have to win the AQ or go 7-1 in FCS games to make the playoffs because the D2 game doesn't count and two money games don't help.

[TexasTerror]

The bigger problem is, just assuming that there is no upset of UTEP or Buffalo, you'll have to win the AQ or go 7-1 in FCS games to make the playoffs because the D2 game doesn't count and two money games don't help.

The way the Big South is setup, I do think that Stony Brook should be in the mix for the league title, just as they were this year. I think the $$$ coming in from the FBS games will only solidify their program, though I don't agree with it... see my remarks re: the entire SLC's schedule as of late!

[Pards Rule]

It would be nice to play at the Sun Bowl - considering we gave up our sole shot at an invite on New Years Day 1949.

[Bogus Megapardus]

It would be nice to play at the Sun Bowl - considering we gave up our sole shot at an invite on New Years Day 1949.

We didn't give it up - we stood tall. Losing only to Army and Rutgers that year (yes, we trounced a "glory days" Fordham team and Lehigh that season), we were chosen to face Texas-El Paso in the Sun Bowl on New Years' Day. The Pards chose not to play for very good reasons, consistent with the unbroken integrity and history of Lafayette College football. I would have stood with them had I been on the team at that time. It would be fitting for the Humble Little College on the Hill to visit El Paso sometime in the near future, wouldn't it?

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

Nice little NE-10 school. Great lacrosse tradition. Very strong ice hockey program. Division I-level varsity skiing. Stuff you southern boys can't appreciate! xnodx

Slight correction. Very nice little NE-10 school, but the real school tradition, like many small Catholic/Jesuit/... schools is basketball. Excellent small college athletic facilities, too.

[Uncle Buck]

The way the Big South is setup, I do think that Stony Brook should be in the mix for the league title, just as they were this year. I think the $$$ coming in from the FBS games will only solidify their program, though I don't agree with it... see my remarks re: the entire SLC's schedule as of late!

I agree, I think SBU will once again be in position to challenge, but i also think that no matter what, they're probably going to be in a "you have to win it to be in it" scenario in regard to the conference championship and AQ. I don't like two FBS and a DII game at all, i would have enjoyed seeing the CAA games continue.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Slight correction. Very nice little NE-10 school, but the real school tradition, like many small Catholic/Jesuit/... schools is basketball. Excellent small college athletic facilities, too.

Meh - I think they're Benedictines. The Jesuits wouldn't give them the time of day (except to cut their lawns).

[Sly Fox]

Trust me, as a Big South member there is no reason to ever think of being considered for an at large. We're no powerhouse like the MEAC. Wait, what?

Outside of the game against a team we have to look up on Wikipedia, that's a nice little schedule for the Seawolves.

[Seawolf97]

Trust me, as a Big South member there is no reason to ever think of being considered for an at large. We're no powerhouse like the MEAC. Wait, what?

Outside of the game against a team we have to look up on Wikipedia, that's a nice little schedule for the Seawolves.

I just hope scheduling a D-2 doesnt become a trend. Otherwise it is good schedule. We recruit alot in Texas for football and baseball so a game down there is a plus. Maybe next year ( 2012) we will go to California another recruiting ground for SBU.

[Sly Fox]

I've seen you guys recruiting in Dallas but El Paso is not a recruiting advantage for much of anything. But it is a decent payday. Just stay away from Juarez. Its the most dangerous city in North America and there is not even a close second.