TexanMark
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Correct you have to travel to Hawaii.Why would there be a 13th game if we host Hawaii? Thought it was only if you travel to Hawaii.
Correct you have to travel to Hawaii.Why would there be a 13th game if we host Hawaii? Thought it was only if you travel to Hawaii.
CorrectThere’s no way we will play AT hawaii
If we’re playing them, it’s going to be week 0 in Cuse
I get that desperate times call for desperate measures, but I’d really prefer to not play in Week 0. That’s hella early for a team that’s going to be breaking in a TON of new players.
??? You still have the same amount of practices though. Just a shorter summer. Hawaii would be a good test but a team I expect we'll be favored by 10-14 pts.I get that desperate times call for desperate measures, but I’d really prefer to not play in Week 0. That’s hella early for a team that’s going to be breaking in a TON of new players.
You get to start practice a week earlier too.
I get the mechanics of it. But it seems really disruptive. Hawaii also seems to play teams tough early in the season, since their program is used to that kind of schedule.??? You still have the same amount of practices though. Just a shorter summer. Hawaii would be a good test but a team I expect we'll be favored by 10-14 pts.
Another benefit would be our chance to watch the Hawaiian War Dance (Ha'a) before the kickoff.View attachment 236232
Scooch when I meet you at the tailgate will you be in costume?I get the mechanics of it. But it seems really disruptive. Hawaii also seems to play teams tough early in the season, since their program is used to that kind of schedule.
Like I’ve been saying, I’d rather go thump UMass in Amherst than play anyone halfway decent or play on a disrupted schedule.
That may not be an option, I get it. But that’d be my preference.
Preaseason unranked ACC schools have a tough mountain to climb to crack the top 25 pasting Hawaii week 0 could honestly mean we get ranked week 3 instead of week 6 or 7.Dream scenario: Week Zero, primetime game on a national network to unveil the new Fran led Orange to kick off the college football season. Then we use that extra bye to the fullest
LOL. I was in the old Scooch costume, circa 1994. The Chiefs team that had both Carlos Delgado and Shawn Green on it. It was a very fun summer.Scooch when I meet you at the tailgate will you be in costume?
BTW...love to hear some stories at the tailgate about your time wearing it.
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You don’t do 2 for 1s with Hawaii.Give Hawaii a 2 for 1 and go there a year where we play noone OOC and can load up with 13 games. Week 0 with a trip for the game and the fair is a great way to start the Fran era.
This is where I am a messed-up fan.Dream scenario: Week Zero, primetime game on a national network to unveil the new Fran led Orange to kick off the college football season. Then we use that extra bye to the fullest
Wasn’t SU 3-1 against Flutie?plus, they scored a td that I am sure the guy never got in the end zone. Years and years later, I'm, playing black jack at Foxwoods and who comes and sits down at my table but Flutie. We get to talking and I tell him that I think the guys name was struthers, never got in the end zone. Flutie says oh sure he did. Nice guy.
Hawaii is bad and these week zero games are not major matchups. They still get prime time because football is king Umass-New Mexico State was prime time week zero. Umass won on the road.This is where I am a messed-up fan.
I do NOT want a prime time week one game (we have that in 2025.) I want to open up against mediocre teams to give the staff easy games to gets use to the in-game stuff together. First-time HC, first-time DC, etc. will be far from perfect.
Would love to earn a game being bumped into prime time in late Oct/earl November. That would buck the past couple years and nip perceptions.
I think 2-2Wasn’t SU 3-1 against Flutie?
I see where you are coming from. I co-associate prime-time with marquee matchup.Hawaii is bad and these week zero games are not major matchups. They still get prime time because football is king Umass-New Mexico State was prime time week zero. Umass won on the road.
New Mexico State is a better program than Hawaii right now. So you don’t trust Fran to have us better than Umass lol?
Correct
Hawaii is actually playing in a temporary stadium (Ching). Seating capacity will be almost 17K for the 2024 season. The stadium is basically a HS erector set to be a work around after the Aloha Bowl closed. The new stadium is delayed over politics.
Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
I'd love it if we host them in '24 and return to Hawaii sometime around 2030 for a game at Thanksgiving in their new stadium. The drawings look awesome.
We'll see...still hoping for Hawaii in week zero.I know it's tough making a schedule, but we're really leaving this to the last minute. The only options now are:
Hawaii
UMass
SMU
All others with openings will most likely be scheduling an FCS team. Michigan State has an opening now after Louisiana backed out of their game to play Wake. So could maybe play them as well, but I wouldn't bet on it
Michigan State has 9 B1G games and BC. I bet they add an FCS.I know it's tough making a schedule, but we're really leaving this to the last minute. The only options now are:
Hawaii
UMass
SMU
All others with openings will most likely be scheduling an FCS team. Michigan State has an opening now after Louisiana backed out of their game to play Wake. So could maybe play them as well, but I wouldn't bet on it
Michigan State has 9 B1G games and BC. I bet they add an FCS.
Michigan State is the only option.Years ago many people here bragged about Syracuse playing a tough schedule. I very agree that we need a lighter schedule than recently, but IMO Syracuse needs another quality opponent for 2024. The past few years we have beaten up lessor programs but got beaten up by good teams. I am very excited about what HCFB has done and I think one more quality opponent gives us another quality win.