article in the The Virginian-Pilot, written from an ODU pov.
excerpt:
...C-USA officials proposed two options to make up for Alabama-Birmingham dropping football. The simplest would be to have teams play the same conference opponents as last season with the sites reversed. Charlotte, which joins C-USA as a football member in 2015, would assume the schedule UAB played.
That option would leave ODU with home games against Rice, Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic and Texas-El Paso and road games at LouisianaTech, Florida International, Middle Tennessee and defending league champion Marshall. Charlotte, like UAB last season, would be in the East Division.
This scheduling scenario was first reported by LaTechReport.com, a website that covers Louisiana Tech. The website reports that the option being picked is a virtual certainty.
ODU athletic director Wood Selig said "no final decision has been made regarding scheduling."
The other option would be far more complicated - redo the schedules from scratch. Doing so becomes thorny because the calendar next season leaves 13 weeks, not the usual 14, to play 12 games. The league must also account for non-conference schedules and requests from networks for TV games. And because there are an odd number of teams in the league, each week one would be off.
The football schedule will be discussed by athletic directors and presidents Monday through Wednesday in Boca Raton, Fla. C-USA is obligated to finalize the schedule by Feb. 1 for its three major TV outlets: Fox Sports Networks, CBS Sports Network and American Sports Network. Last season, the conference released its schedule on Feb. 3.....
This post was edited on 1/25 5:59 PM by SpaceRaider
Loss of UAB football might be one for ODU, too
excerpt:
...C-USA officials proposed two options to make up for Alabama-Birmingham dropping football. The simplest would be to have teams play the same conference opponents as last season with the sites reversed. Charlotte, which joins C-USA as a football member in 2015, would assume the schedule UAB played.
That option would leave ODU with home games against Rice, Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic and Texas-El Paso and road games at LouisianaTech, Florida International, Middle Tennessee and defending league champion Marshall. Charlotte, like UAB last season, would be in the East Division.
This scheduling scenario was first reported by LaTechReport.com, a website that covers Louisiana Tech. The website reports that the option being picked is a virtual certainty.
ODU athletic director Wood Selig said "no final decision has been made regarding scheduling."
The other option would be far more complicated - redo the schedules from scratch. Doing so becomes thorny because the calendar next season leaves 13 weeks, not the usual 14, to play 12 games. The league must also account for non-conference schedules and requests from networks for TV games. And because there are an odd number of teams in the league, each week one would be off.
The football schedule will be discussed by athletic directors and presidents Monday through Wednesday in Boca Raton, Fla. C-USA is obligated to finalize the schedule by Feb. 1 for its three major TV outlets: Fox Sports Networks, CBS Sports Network and American Sports Network. Last season, the conference released its schedule on Feb. 3.....
This post was edited on 1/25 5:59 PM by SpaceRaider
Loss of UAB football might be one for ODU, too
