UC and Pitt will both play two FCS games in 2012

[CuseLegacy]

Fordham added to Cincinnati schedule

March, 26, 2012
Mar 26
5:45
PM ET

By Andrea Adelson
Fordham has been added to the Cincinnati football schedule for 2012, giving the Bearcats two games against FCS opponents.

Pitt also has two FCS games for this upcoming season. Every team in the Big East was put into a major bind when TCU decided to leave for the Big 12. Rather than eight conference games, teams now only have seven -- leaving them to add a fifth nonconference game on short notice.

Simply put, realignment has wreaked havoc on schedule makers in the Big East. Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock told Bill Koch of The Cincinnati Enquirer that he wanted to play seven games at home this season. Attempts to add another high-level nonconference opponent failed because nobody wanted to give a return home game.

“I was intent on getting to seven home games,” Babcock told the newspaper. “We accomplished that. I guess we could have gone on the road and played a BCS team for the money, but they wouldn’t have returned the game. There were other BCS schools that would have played us but we couldn’t match up the dates.”

Temple is the only remaining Big East school with a hole in its nonconference schedule. The Big East slate should be announced this week, perhaps as early as Tuesday.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Fordham added to Cincinnati schedule

March, 26, 2012
Mar 26
5:45
PM ET

By Andrea Adelson
Fordham has been added to the Cincinnati football schedule for 2012, giving the Bearcats two games against FCS opponents.

Pitt also has two FCS games for this upcoming season. Every team in the Big East was put into a major bind when TCU decided to leave for the Big 12. Rather than eight conference games, teams now only have seven -- leaving them to add a fifth nonconference game on short notice.

Simply put, realignment has wreaked havoc on schedule makers in the Big East. Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock told Bill Koch of The Cincinnati Enquirer that he wanted to play seven games at home this season. Attempts to add another high-level nonconference opponent failed because nobody wanted to give a return home game.

“I was intent on getting to seven home games,” Babcock told the newspaper. “We accomplished that. I guess we could have gone on the road and played a BCS team for the money, but they wouldn’t have returned the game. There were other BCS schools that would have played us but we couldn’t match up the dates.”

Temple is the only remaining Big East school with a hole in its nonconference schedule. The Big East slate should be announced this week, perhaps as early as Tuesday.

LOL shocking you mean they didnt want to go on the road to play at Oklahoma or FSU. Still SU made the right decision only 1 FCS game counts toward bowl eligbility so there was no point in scheduling two from our standpoint but I can certainly understand why Cincy and Pitt did it.

 

[cuseincincy]

Fordham added to Cincinnati schedule ]

I'm glad SU did not go this route. Babcock has a lot to learn about running a program. he was so intent on gettign to 7 games he added Fordham. UC will lose money on that game. You think the Dome is empty against lousy oppenents you ought to see Nippert. They'll be lucky to get 10,000 in there (I'd bet closer to 5,000). UC is not yet to where they can draw no matter the opponent. It was not that long ago that I went to SU and WVU games (pre-Big East for UC) and I could walk down to the front row and have it all to myself. (I almost high-fived Kevin Mason as ran into the end zone one year as I sat alone on the goal line). Honestly, I did not know Fordham even had a football team

 

[cusestudent]

I'm glad SU did not go this route. Babcock has a lot to learn about running a program. he was so intent on gettign to 7 games he added Fordham. UC will lose money on that game. You think the Dome is empty against lousy oppenents you ought to see Nippert. They'll be lucky to get 10,000 in there (I'd bet closer to 5,000). UC is not yet to where they can draw no matter the opponent. It was not that long ago that I went to SU and WVU games (pre-Big East for UC) and I could walk down to the front row and have it all to myself. (I almost high-fived Kevin Mason as ran into the end zone one year as I sat alone on the goal line). Honestly, I did not know Fordham even had a football team

Cincy is probably a worse sports city than Syracuse, and they have an NFL team...

 

[cuseincincy]

Cincy is probably a worse sports city than Syracuse, and they have an NFL team...

I wouldn't say Cincy is a worse sports city. It's different. It's a very regional city with diverse fanbases. There are large number of OSU, Louisville and Kentucky fans that would disagree with you (all 3 campuses are within 2 hours). There are also large numbers of Notre Dame and Indiana fans. UC until recently was not at the same level from a sports perspective as those other traditional programs. High school football is also huge hereand there are usually 1 or 2 Ohio teams nationally ranked . Ohio ranks 5th in number of college football players produced. There are so many more sporting options in Cincinnati than Syracuse it is no comparison. Syracuse has SU football and SU basketball. And that is why those programs have such a large following. Aside from the schools mentioned above Cincinnati also has the Reds and Bengals and 2 horse tracks. Also, the best horse racing in the world is within 90 minutes at Churchill and Keeneland.

 

[SU2NASA]

I wouldn't say Cincy is a worse sports city. It's different. It's a very regional city with diverse fanbases. There are large number of OSU, Louisville and Kentucky fans that would disagree with you (all 3 campuses are within 2 hours). There are also large numbers of Notre Dame and Indiana fans. UC until recently was not at the same level from a sports perspective as those other traditional programs. High school football is also huge hereand there are usually 1 or 2 Ohio teams nationally ranked . Ohio ranks 5th in number of college football players produced. There are so many more sporting options in Cincinnati than Syracuse it is no comparison. Syracuse has SU football and SU basketball. And that is why those programs have such a large following. Aside from the schools mentioned above Cincinnati also has the Reds and Bengals and 2 horse tracks. Also, the best horse racing in the world is within 90 minutes at Churchill and Keeneland.

Cincinnati is in Ohio, which is the worst state ever. So therefore, Cincinnati sucks.

 

[cuseincincy]

Cincinnati is in Ohio, which is the worst state ever. So therefore, Cincinnati sucks.

Too soon huh?! Trust me, I went to Ohio. No one on this board hates THE suckeyes as much as I do.

 

[cusestudent]

I wouldn't say Cincy is a worse sports city. It's different. It's a very regional city with diverse fanbases. There are large number of OSU, Louisville and Kentucky fans that would disagree with you (all 3 campuses are within 2 hours). There are also large numbers of Notre Dame and Indiana fans. UC until recently was not at the same level from a sports perspective as those other traditional programs. High school football is also huge hereand there are usually 1 or 2 Ohio teams nationally ranked . Ohio ranks 5th in number of college football players produced. There are so many more sporting options in Cincinnati than Syracuse it is no comparison. Syracuse has SU football and SU basketball. And that is why those programs have such a large following. Aside from the schools mentioned above Cincinnati also has the Reds and Bengals and 2 horse tracks. Also, the best horse racing in the world is within 90 minutes at Churchill and Keeneland.

I get what you're saying, but I was going for the support of the hometown teams. I did forget about the Reds

 

[SU2NASA]

Too soon huh?! Trust me, I went to Ohio. No one on this board hates THE suckeyes as much as I do.

Oh, I hate the entire state.