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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4772500, member: 5685"] It is kinda crazy that the 3rd closest team to SU is UVA. Which is why I wish SU would emphasize playing close games OOC. Looking at schools we have a history with I would rotate the below. FCS: Colgate (2023), Holy Cross (2024), Fordham (2025 to replace Army?), Georgetown (add to 2027?), Villanova (add to 2028?) None of those should be a challenge. They are all private schools and if we play them once every 5 years, there will be a hand full of road fans out of curiosity. G5: Temple (add to 2029/30?), Navy, Army (2024 + ?), UConn (2024/25/26/27), USF, Tulane Army and Navy will be hard to get. USF and Tulane were added as we have played them historically. Plus Tulane is private. Both Tampa and New Orleans are nice trips. If we have Miami or FSU as a perm, adding USF just means five Florida trips in 6 years. So almost once a year (good for recruiting). And if we don't have one as a perm, even better. Only 3 trips in 6 years. Really don't get why we don't play Temple more often. Would be nice to play Temple 2 years and then UConn 2 years as a 4 year rotation. Then try to fit in the other 5 schools as your 2nd G5 game. Alternatively we can play a MAC Ohio team every year if we really think it will help recruiting. Or UMass if it is in Gillette for the nice tailgating option. I wouldn't play any other G5s though. Well maybe UNLV once in a blue moon. P4: Penn State (2027/28?), West Virginia, Rutgers, Maryland, Cincinnati, Notre Dame (2025/26), Northwestern ND is part of the ACC contracted games. We have a history with the others and they are close by. Northwestern being a private school and a Chicago trip was included as well. Rotating these teams gives you variety and 17 years of scheduling. If they ever went to two required P4 OOC, then keep those same teams but just play them more often. That takes care of 7 years of scheduling. Since there are so many schools that we have a history with outside of the ACC and that are closer to SU than the teams in the ACC, our OOC scheduling should be a piece of cake. No reason to not have games scheduled out for 6 years in advance like most other schools do. The teams above are all winnable games (well maybe not Penn State), and they will draw fan interest more than most other OOC opponents. [/QUOTE]

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