How We Wound Up With Buffalo

[CharlieK]

Oh we know he could have easily scheduled a beatable big name P5, but he chose to USL it. I bet the ghost of Dr. A was standing over his shoulder when he did this. CMD probably wanted us to schedule Erath so his HS offense can finally work.

[fanof71]

Whew Mexico State shouldn't ever be on another UL football schedule....we're better than that....I Hope

[R1Letterman]

People focus on that fear of 2 fcs and not being eligible too much. If you play two fcs and finish 7-5 or better then it is not an issue. If you don't play 2 fcs and finish 5-7 still not eligible.

Plus there is always a chance for waiver for the 6-6 with 2 fcs but not for 5-7

[Esqueleto]

Whew Mexico State shouldn't ever be on another UL football schedule....we're better than that....I Hope

Well, looks like we're still scheduled to go there next year, but if they cancelled our home game we should have done the same for that contract. Maybe they agreed to come back here on a future schedule.

[RaginDave]

Well, looks like we're still scheduled to go there next year, but if they cancelled our home game we should have done the same for that contract. Maybe they agreed to come back here on a future schedule.

At this point they are not, but we have openings for hoe games vs a G5 opponent in 2026 and beyond, maybe we can get them back to help fill out the upcoming schedule. They have road openings for 2025, 2026, 2028 and beyond, seems like it only makes sense to make it happen.

[RaginDave]

Well, looks like we're still scheduled to go there next year, but if they cancelled our home game we should have done the same for that contract. Maybe they agreed to come back here on a future schedule.

I would also be concerned about the 2024 game with them. They have 6 OOC games scheduled for 204, but those were set up before they joined CUSA, so some of those games will be cancelled and/or rescheduled. Right now, they have NIU, UNM, Fresno, UL, Texas A&M and Abilene Christian scheduled for 2024. They are clearly going to have to do something for some of those games. Our game is scheduled for 10/26 which is right in the middle of their conference schedule. Something will have to give.

[UL_Cajuns]

Buffalo > NMSU as an opponent

[moorecajun]

Losing to ODU makes sense now. It was part of the deal.

[cajun4life]

My preference would be if we should never scheduled FCS opponents. Set up long term H&H with Tulane and LaTurd alternating years.

LaTurd on even years.
Tulane on odd years.

SBC moved to a 9 game schedule.

An AAC, MAC or MWC home and home and a P5 game.

[Turbine]

. . . Prove it . . . now with NIL and immediate eligibility transfers, you never know what you will get . . .

Proof: He was able to check every schedule in the country. Doing that in the past would have been impossible with the allotted time available.

While scheduling has never been easier, what Maggard pulled off at the 11 o'clock hour was still amazing.

On your NIL tranfer tangent. I don't see how that impacts scheduling games.

[JayWalker]

People focus on that fear of 2 fcs and not being eligible too much. If you play two fcs and finish 7-5 or better then it is not an issue. If you don't play 2 fcs and finish 5-7 still not eligible.

Plus there is always a chance for waiver for the 6-6 with 2 fcs but not for 5-7

Well, you are correct in that regard. But you and I both know that if we had two FCS schools on the schedule, virtually everyone in the sport would have a meltdown.

[RaginCajunFan08]

NMSU lost to UMass, Buffalo lost to Fordham who lost to Albany. I would say it’s a close race lol.

Buffalo > NMSU as an opponent