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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3265427, member: 27"] My opinion is as follows: We have 8 conference games and an FCS game each season. There will be 4 home conference games and the home FCS game every season. The other 3 opponents are going to be FBS. In a perfect world, one will be a P5 opponent that we will play home and home. The other 2 will be G5 type opponents. We have to schedule 2 of these G5 type games every season. These are the ones that will make or break our goal of having 7 home games every season. To achieve our goal, we can afford to play one G5 opponent away every other year, when we play our P5 opponent at home. A good goal would be a schedule model like this: Year 1 8 ACC games P5 opponent away G5 type opponent 1 home G5 type opponent 2 home FCS opponent home 7 home games Year 2 8 ACC games P5 opponent home G5 type opponent 1 away G5 type opponent 2 home FCS opponent home 7 home games Year 3 8 ACC games P5 opponent away G5 type opponent 1 home G5 type opponent 2 away FCS opponent home 6 home games Year 4 8 ACC games P5 opponent home G5 type opponent 3 home G5 type opponent 4 away FCS opponent home 7 home games Year 5 8 ACC games P5 opponent away G5 type opponent 3 home G5 type opponent 4 home FCS opponent home 7 home games Year 6 8 ACC games P5 opponent home G5 type opponent 3 away G5 type opponent 4 home FCS opponent home 7 home games If you can book 2 for 1s for the G5 type games, you can have 7 home games a year 5 our of 6 seasons. If you can book some home only series, it is possible to always schedule 7 home games a season. In order to do this, we need FBS opponents who are willing to do two for one series or home only series. Based on what I am seeing with our scheduling, I don’t think there are many G5 schools willing to do this with a school like Syracuse, whose small home capacity precludes big payouts. Maybe the additional money that is coming from the ACC network will help, but just about everyone in P5 leagues is flush with cash, so I don’t see it happening. As an example, UB is doing home only series with schools like Penn State and Auburn. I don’t think they want to do this with us. I don’t think we can compete with the guarantees schools with giant stadia can offer. if we can’t find opponents who will play us two for one or home only, then I want to do one for ones with opponents whose location makes sense. I would want opponents whose stadia are easily drivable from CNY or are located in prime recruiting areas for Syracuse. And ideally, I want schools we should be able to beat 99 times out of 100. So if we must do home and homes to fill out the schedule with FBS opponents, let’s target schools like UMass, UConn, pretty much anyone in the MAC, Army, Navy and Temple. [/QUOTE]

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