2026 Schedule

[ZippyDoo]

 

 

[Zips1991]

Wasn't sure where to put this but we've locked in some money games for upcoming years. 

 

https://fbschedules.com/akron-adds-five-power-opponents-to-future-football-schedules/

 

[exit322]

Ugh, since there's only 5 home games in 2027 and 2028, hopefully this midweek nonsense goes away for 2028 so they can at least all be Saturday games.

Edited Friday at 06:43 PM by exit322

[ZippyDoo]

 

hopefully this generates some nice paychecks for the football program

[LZIp]

6 minutes ago, ZippyDoo said:

 

hopefully this generates some nice paychecks for the football program

Okay-ish with all of that as they are all mid/low level P4 programs with the exception of Georgia. I would prefer one P4 game a year and 6 home games every year of course, but such is life being a poor.

[Zips1991]

20 minutes ago, LZIp said:

Okay-ish with all of that as they are all mid/low level P4 programs with the exception of Georgia. I would prefer one P4 game a year and 6 home games every year of course, but such is life being a poor.

Excellent use of "poor" as a noun instead of an adjective. 😂

[kreed5120]

I'm perfectly content with 2 P5 games a year. We desperately need the money in order of having any hope of staying competitive in the MAC. Also, if we can't go 5-3 in MAC we frankly don't deserve to go bowling.

 

The payouts for these P5 seem decent and as @LZIp stated for the most part they're 2nd or bottom tier P5 programs. The type of opponents that an upset, while unlikely, is possible.

Edited Friday at 10:00 PM by kreed5120

[GP1]

6 hours ago, exit322 said:

Ugh, since there's only 5 home games in 2027 and 2028, hopefully this midweek nonsense goes away for 2028 so they can at least all be Saturday games.

Make a wish or crap in your hand. See which one fills up first. 

[exit322]

1 hour ago, GP1 said:

Make a wish or crap in your hand. See which one fills up first. 

 

There's enough uproar from schools publicly that I think there's a chance it does go away.  Wouldn't bet on it, but there's a chance.

[GP1]

13 hours ago, exit322 said:

 

There's enough uproar from schools publicly that I think there's a chance it does go away.  Wouldn't bet on it, but there's a chance.

I agree there is uproar, but not enough for anyone to do ANYTHING. I don't think there is a single body tied to the schools that is discussing what happens next. 

 

As the season approaches, I have no enthusiasm for college football. I'm looking forward to the Zips game at Wake Forest, but that is largely because I'll see some people I know there. It certainly isn't the football.

 

I didn't even buy Wake Forest season tickets this year for the first time in 18 years. Their first two games are on Thursday and Friday nights respectively. I don't care that the Friday game is against Miami and they are coming off of a trip to the championship game. I've seen #1 teams play there before and I don't think I'm missing much. Another game is on Halloween, but I'll be in Ohio for a wedding. We'll see how I feel next year, but I think I'm just about done with college football. It's amazing how much it has been destroyed in the past 5-6 years.