Ohio State Football program to the ACC...for 2020

[sufandu]

Remember when people would complain about football schedules and administrators would always explain that football games were schedule years in advance and couldn't be changed whereas basketball games could be scheduled in the off-season with some phone calls? They sure seems to be able to redo football schedules on the fly these days.

I wonder if that was just a function of, "If we wait around, we won't get who we want because all the other teams are scheduling so far ahead."

 

[sufandu]

I would say it gives teams a leg up on peer schools (Duke vs Oregon St, Syracuse vs Purdue, etc) ... but not much vs teams like Penn St or Ohio St

Do you think a 4-7 or 3-8 Syracuse still has a leg up on Purdue or are you assuming we see at least 6-5?

 

[TexanMark]

You have nailed the teenage mind: it is all about right now. It sees ancient history as back in Junior High.

My son took a school off his list because it was pouring rain the day we visited. That school was Cuse.

 

[SWC75]

I wonder if that was just a function of, "If we wait around, we won't get who we want because all the other teams are scheduling so far ahead."

Why would basketball be different?

 

[Todoubled23]

That is a direct quote from Abe Lincoln.

 

[longtimefan]

J

Why would basketball be different?

Just a guess--the size of the traveling party may have something to do with it. In a normal year, between players, staff, administrators, big boosters, etc., football travels with a very large contingent (huge if you're Clemson, and have roughly one on-field staff member for every player). Basketball maybe a quarter of that or less. The point being, you need lots of accommodations for all the football folks, and tying up hotels and restaurants, etc. a year or more in advance would make sense.

That doesn't explain why SU needs to tie up non-league opponents 5 years in advance. Or why Alabama, Ohio St., etal. 10years ahead.

 

[TheCusian]

Do you think a 4-7 or 3-8 Syracuse still has a leg up on Purdue or are you assuming we see at least 6-5?

No idea.

I’m wondering out loud if a 4 win Syracuse season > a 0 win Purdue season in the mind of a 17 year old. Seems unknowable.

 

[SWC75]

J


Just a guess--the size of the traveling party may have something to do with it. In a normal year, between players, staff, administrators, big boosters, etc., football travels with a very large contingent (huge if you're Clemson, and have roughly one on-field staff member for every player). Basketball maybe a quarter of that or less. The point being, you need lots of accommodations for all the football folks, and tying up hotels and restaurants, etc. a year or more in advance would make sense.

That doesn't explain why SU needs to tie up non-league opponents 5 years in advance. Or why Alabama, Ohio St., etal. 10years ahead.

Don't they need them now?

 

[longtimefan]

Don't they need them now?

Not so much this season, according to Wildhack at his press conference. He said there would be a bare-bones traveling party for the UNC game, and joked that anyone leaving the hotel "bubble" would be walking home.

Edit: Of course, I don't know if Clemson, Alabama, and other programs of that ilk are going to cut back that much.

 

[sufandu]

Why would basketball be different?

The two are different in a lot of ways. Mayb it's just they're different cultures. Or maybe it just has something to do with early season tournaments or that there are more non-conference slots available along a wider variety of days that allow games to be played, lending to more versatility, less scheduling anxiety, and less pressure to get desired opponents.

 

[DoctorBombay]

Wait, how would this even be possible...isn’t the Dome being refurbished?

 

[elimunelson]

My son took a school off his list because it was pouring rain the day we visited. That school was Cuse.

Day I visited Syracuse it was like the heavens opened up with buckets of sunshine. Such a con job!

 

[nzm136]

Day I visited Syracuse it was like the heavens opened up with buckets of sunshine. Such a con job!

Actually, same. It was, to this day, the nicest I’ve ever seen the SU campus.

...naturally, it snowed in August AND May of my senior year.

 

[SWC75]

The two are different in a lot of ways. Mayb it's just they're different cultures. Or maybe it just has something to do with early season tournaments or that there are more non-conference slots available along a wider variety of days that allow games to be played, lending to more versatility, less scheduling anxiety, and less pressure to get desired opponents.

My point remains: when the football schedulers wanted to change things quickly, they did.

 

[sufandu]

My point remains: when the football schedulers wanted to change things quickly, they did.

I guess I don't see it. When they talk about scheduling games years out, those are nonconference games, and they're organized by individual athletic departments. There are very few nonconference games being played this year. It's not like teams within the ACC were fighting over who got the desireable opponents. The ACC decision makers just made schedules and said, "Here ya go."

 

[sufandu]

Wait, how would this even be possible...isn’t the Dome being refurbished?

The current phase is scheduled to be done for our football and basketball seasons.