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Topic: RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

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OhioCatFan
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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 12/7/2025 5:29:46 PM

SBH wrote:

Bobcat1996 needs to go watch the LSU press conference introducing Lane Kiffin. Their AD RAVED about Julie Cromer's role/expertise in the process.

She's probably OK in a subordinate role. At Ohio she was a living example of The Peter Principle. [That's not a sexist statement, it refers to a theory of bureaucracy that says that people tend to rise in a organization to their level of incompetency. Look it up.]

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 12/9/2025 11:37:16 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

SBH wrote:

Bobcat1996 needs to go watch the LSU press conference introducing Lane Kiffin. Their AD RAVED about Julie Cromer's role/expertise in the process.

Have any of you spoke to the current AD at Ohio and asked him if he scheduled two 1AA/FCS football schools for the 2026 season? Did any of you speak to former Bobcat ticket manager Ray Dixson, Radio guy Russ Eisenstein, former Associate AD Michael Stephens and others to ask them about "the hostile" work environment they experienced? Guessing none of you have done that. Also, "hostile" is the choice of words OCF used when describing the working conditions with the former Bobcat AD. But hey, you people are welcome to your own opinion.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 12/9/2025 1:11:10 PM

Bobcat1996 wrote:

Have any of you spoke to the current AD at Ohio and asked him if he scheduled two 1AA/FCS football schools for the 2026 season?

You KNOW that he did. The level of stupidity that would be required to not know this isn't real. Nobody, I mean, nobody is that dense. Your pride hatred just makes it difficult for you to state the obvious. It is just emotionally just easier to continue to lie, even if you know that everyone reading it knows with 100% certainly that you are willingly outright lying for just this reason, than to state the obvious on this point.

FWIW, I fully support our current AD on this decision. It was the least bad of bad options. I note that even though I asked what your better alternative was, you have ignored replying.

You can't ever "feel" something into being true. Feelings have no bearing on truth. No matter how deeply you wish it is true, no matter how much hatred to try to summon, that won't change the clear and obvious fact that Larshied signed the contract with Wofford. You already know this. You just can't bring yourself to state the obvious.

Last Edited: 12/9/2025 1:18:47 PM by Victory

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 12/9/2025 1:38:18 PM

Bobcat1996 wrote:

OhioCatFan wrote:

SBH wrote:

Bobcat1996 needs to go watch the LSU press conference introducing Lane Kiffin. Their AD RAVED about Julie Cromer's role/expertise in the process.

Do you realize personnel turnover occurs in ALL companies, small businesses, universities, etc. You site 3 people above out of many in the athletic department. And of the above they all had other reasons to have left Ohio for other opportunities. You really need help to deal with reality.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 12/9/2025 1:44:15 PM

I recently asked two longtime department employees about this. One told me that during her first few weeks in Athens, Julie C. had a team meeting during which she warned that any individuals who were not open to new ideas and willing to up their games to become "best in class" in their respective areas would find her to be very difficult to work for.

Guessing the individuals you cited were among those who reportedly spent more time complaining about their (admittedly meager) wages than in meeting her expectations. Those who rose to the challenge enjoyed working for her, according to both contacts.

Let's end it with this.

Last Edited: 12/9/2025 2:31:59 PM by SBH

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 12/9/2025 3:51:20 PM

SBH wrote:

Let's end it with this.

LOL, 1996 isn't going down without a fight, unfortunately.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/15/2026 11:24:02 PM

Virginia Tech just canceled their 2026 game with JMU. Slade needs to call them up and bump one of those FCS games down the road.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/16/2026 12:11:21 AM

cbarber357 wrote:

Virginia Tech just canceled their 2026 game with JMU. Slade needs to call them up and bump one of those FCS games down the road.

Hey, I'd take a home game with VT? ;-)

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/16/2026 6:27:35 AM

cbarber357 wrote:

Virginia Tech just canceled their 2026 game with JMU. Slade needs to call them up and bump one of those FCS games down the road.

Virginia Tech cancelled with JMU because of the ACC move from 8 to 9 Conference games next year. So there is no chance to add them.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/16/2026 8:27:11 AM

OUbobcat9092 wrote:

cbarber357 wrote:

Virginia Tech just canceled their 2026 game with JMU. Slade needs to call them up and bump one of those FCS games down the road.

Virginia Tech cancelled with JMU because of the ACC move from 8 to 9 Conference games next year. So there is no chance to add them.

I was thinking JMU, not Va Tech. Wouldn�t be the first time they�ve come to Athens though.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/16/2026 12:48:45 PM

cbarber357 wrote:

OUbobcat9092 wrote:

cbarber357 wrote:

Virginia Tech just canceled their 2026 game with JMU. Slade needs to call them up and bump one of those FCS games down the road.

Virginia Tech cancelled with JMU because of the ACC move from 8 to 9 Conference games next year. So there is no chance to add them.

I was thinking JMU, not Va Tech. Wouldn�t be the first time they�ve come to Athens though.

JMU already has 4 OOC games thanks to a random game vs Uconn in mid-November. So they're out.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/16/2026 1:15:03 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

cbarber357 wrote:

OUbobcat9092 wrote:

cbarber357 wrote:

Virginia Tech just canceled their 2026 game with JMU. Slade needs to call them up and bump one of those FCS games down the road.

Virginia Tech cancelled with JMU because of the ACC move from 8 to 9 Conference games next year. So there is no chance to add them.

I was thinking JMU, not Va Tech. Wouldn�t be the first time they�ve come to Athens though.

JMU already has 4 OOC games thanks to a random game vs Uconn in mid-November. So they're out.

That game was already on the schedule, but they must have acted quickly with the VT news because the San Diego State game was just announced a couple of days ago.

https://jmusports.com/news/2026/1/14/football-jmu-heads-t...

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/16/2026 1:15:12 PM

I thought there was a possibility of moving up the Marshall home game for 2027 to 2026 but I could be wrong.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 11:23:51 AM

Wofford is off the schedule now. September 12 is now open for us.

https://x.com/FBSchedules/status/2016531297003286874

So after looking around, the only teams that are open 9/12 and don't have a full non conference schedule are Jacksonville State, Stanford, and USF. Neither USF or Jacksonville State have games with power schools yet so they might both seek a payout game at Stanford.

I think the most logical thing for us is to get a home and home starting in Athens in 2026 with Stanford. Yeah.

Last Edited: 1/28/2026 1:04:04 PM by shabamon

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 12:20:34 PM

shabamon wrote:

Wofford is off the schedule now. September 12 is now open for us.

https://x.com/FBSchedules/status/2016531297003286874

So after looking around, the only teams that are open 9/12 and don't have a full non conference schedule are Jacksonville State, Stanford, and USF. Neither USF or Jacksonville State have games with power schools yet (USF doesn't even have a road game) so they might both seek a payout game at Stanford.

I think the most logical thing for us is to get a home and home starting in Athens in 2026 with Stanford. Yeah.

I legit can't stand Stanford for how they've handled conference realignment-related issues. So, if we end up playing them... oh boy. lol

USF would be a good test for us. Worst case scenario is we just find another FCS school.

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Posted: 1/28/2026 1:01:41 PM

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shabamon wrote:

Wofford is off the schedule now. September 12 is now open for us.

https://x.com/FBSchedules/status/2016531297003286874

So after looking around, the only teams that are open 9/12 and don't have a full non conference schedule are Jacksonville State, Stanford, and USF. Neither USF or Jacksonville State have games with power schools yet (USF doesn't even have a road game) so they might both seek a payout game at Stanford.

I think the most logical thing for us is to get a home and home starting in Athens in 2026 with Stanford. Yeah.

Ahh, I messed this up. The ACC is moving to a nine game conference slate. I thought they were still doing eight since some schools have four non conference games, but the ACC is honoring those contracts in what is a transition year. So Stanford is full.

We could also do Week 0 or a date later in the season. If we go that route, there are two other non-MAC G5 teams that have openings: FIU and Southern Miss. But both of them already have two road games.

UConn needs to fill a game. They are open Week 0 and October 17. They also already have seven home games accounted for so maybe they're open to a roadie.

The only power conference team that has an opening to fill is USC. They are open the same dates UConn is.

Kent has to fill a date and I assume they want a payout. They are already at South Carolina and Ohio State and Wofford actually jumped to them.

So to summarize - the teams that still have an opening are:

Ohio (would prefer a home game, I'm sure)
Kent (probably going after a buy game)
FIU (already plays two road games. Probably goes after FCS home game)
Southern Miss (already plays two road games)
USC (can do pretty much whatever they want. Already has two FBS home games and could schedule FCS)
UConn (probably wouldn't mind going on the road. Would they want to buy game or H/H USC? Or would they want something easier?)
USF (already plays at BG and doesn't have a P4 school on their schedule yet)
Jacksonville State (already plays at San Jose State and doesn't have a P4 school on their schedule yet)

Last Edited: 1/28/2026 1:15:02 PM by shabamon

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 1:14:06 PM

Other things to consider, FIU and USF already play each other and FIU doesn't have an FCS game on their schedule. It would make sense for them to go that route. It seems then the domino to fall is who USC schedules. Unless they also go FCS (and they never go FCS), someone is probably getting stuck with two FCS games, unless there's some getting out of contracts.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 1:29:35 PM

PAC still has yet to announce their conference schedule. They were waiting for the 2026 CFP changes. They're meeting this week with how they'll handle an 8-team conference. Rumor is they're either going to have home-home with a select rival in conference or they're going to flex the final week of the season to determine their champion. Either way as it stands now, all 8 of those teams only have 11 games scheduled so far.

Also what a coincidence that Shab listed 8 teams needing a game!

Last Edited: 1/28/2026 1:31:52 PM by GoCats105

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 1:33:20 PM

shabamon wrote:

STVCastle wrote:

shabamon wrote:

Wofford is off the schedule now. September 12 is now open for us.

https://x.com/FBSchedules/status/2016531297003286874

So after looking around, the only teams that are open 9/12 and don't have a full non conference schedule are Jacksonville State, Stanford, and USF. Neither USF or Jacksonville State have games with power schools yet (USF doesn't even have a road game) so they might both seek a payout game at Stanford.

I think the most logical thing for us is to get a home and home starting in Athens in 2026 with Stanford. Yeah.

No problem. Still can't stand Stanford regardless. lol

USC would be interesting, but Idk if they'd do it. UConn sounds great because that would fire up our new RB Rosa. Again, USF would be a good test. Jax State would be okay.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 1:45:38 PM

I'd do USC if

1) They pay in the ball park of 50% more than Ohio State did OR
2) They pay a standard payout for them (if it's less than option 1) but throw in a H/H deal with men's basketball.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 3:29:52 PM

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Love to see the Cardinal in Athens!

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/28/2026 4:14:53 PM

shabamon wrote:

Could we end up playing a non-conference home and home with Kent State? It has been done by schools before when scheduling options are limited. I think Georgia Tech and NC State did it just last season.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/29/2026 11:33:43 AM

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2024/1/25/mac-announces-f...

The MAC made this scheduling announcement a couple years ago but I can't find an update that accounts for UMass in and NIU out.

If we don't get USF or Jacksonville State on 9/12, we could be staring at a bye week there. The other possibility is a conference game at UMass. UMass has five non-conference games according to fbschedules including two FCS opponents, with one on 9/12. They could drop that and the MAC could schedule Ohio at UMass. Everyone is in the MAC has a non-conference game on 9/12.

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/29/2026 12:29:12 PM

shabamon wrote:

Based on that if that schedule holds and given we have no idea who fills the 12th game slot, this has to be one of the worst home Ohio schedules in recent memory.

UMass (taking the NIU spot)
Western Michigan
Kent State
Ball State
Stonehill

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RE: Future Non-Conference Opponents

Posted: 1/29/2026 1:05:15 PM

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shabamon wrote:

On the flip side, though, that would mean we get a very easy (on paper, and minus WMU) schedule to work with, which could mean more wins.

Last Edited: 1/29/2026 1:05:36 PM by STVCastle

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