If you take a look at the schedule as it sits on GoSycamores.com right now, the only 2 games listed are our season opening with Indiana followed with a game against Purdue.
Aug 31 - @ Indiana
Sep 07 - @ Purdue
Oct 05 - vs. ? (Homecoming)
Oct 26 - vs. North Dakota State
By flipping the locations on the games we had this year, we're looking at guaranteed home games next year against:
vs. Southern Illinois
vs. Western Illinois
vs. Youngstown State
Lastly, Homecoming has been announced for the weekend of October 5, so one of our home games will be played on that date. Wonder if we get Western Illinois again for Homecoming as they were here in 2009 and 2011. Likewise, by flipping our home games, our guaranteed away games would be against:
@ Missouri State
@ Illinois State
Then, per the South Dakota MVFC entry requirements, I thought we will only take one trip to Dakotas each year. Based on having an away game at North Dakota State, a home game against South Dakota and South Dakota State, not sure how that works out? We're dark against Northern Iowa for another year.
vs. North Dakota State
@ South Dakota
@ South Dakota State
That leaves one game that we need to fill, a home game especially after opening up with 2 money games. I think if we end up missing out on the playoffs because of our Quincy game, we're unlikely to see another D2/D3 school on the schedule. It's also been said in other threads that Eastern Illinois, while a great fit, is unlikely to happen for whatever reasons. I would like to see one of the games against Butler or Valpo, someone in state that could possibly help attendance figures or an Ohio Valley team, one that we could possibly return the next year. There are several good programs in that conference including Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee State and, what would be optimal if they could find a way to work it out, Eastern Illinois.
What does everyone else think?
Aug 31 - @ Indiana
Sep 07 - @ Purdue
Oct 05 - vs. ? (Homecoming)
Oct 26 - vs. North Dakota State
By flipping the locations on the games we had this year, we're looking at guaranteed home games next year against:
vs. Southern Illinois
vs. Western Illinois
vs. Youngstown State
Lastly, Homecoming has been announced for the weekend of October 5, so one of our home games will be played on that date. Wonder if we get Western Illinois again for Homecoming as they were here in 2009 and 2011. Likewise, by flipping our home games, our guaranteed away games would be against:
@ Missouri State
@ Illinois State
Then, per the South Dakota MVFC entry requirements, I thought we will only take one trip to Dakotas each year. Based on having an away game at North Dakota State, a home game against South Dakota and South Dakota State, not sure how that works out? We're dark against Northern Iowa for another year.
vs. North Dakota State
@ South Dakota
@ South Dakota State
That leaves one game that we need to fill, a home game especially after opening up with 2 money games. I think if we end up missing out on the playoffs because of our Quincy game, we're unlikely to see another D2/D3 school on the schedule. It's also been said in other threads that Eastern Illinois, while a great fit, is unlikely to happen for whatever reasons. I would like to see one of the games against Butler or Valpo, someone in state that could possibly help attendance figures or an Ohio Valley team, one that we could possibly return the next year. There are several good programs in that conference including Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee State and, what would be optimal if they could find a way to work it out, Eastern Illinois.
What does everyone else think?
