OT: Big East Schedule Released

Submitted by Maize_in_Spartyland on

The Big East football schedule was released today. If you haven't been following the musical chairs that is college football, Temple will replace West Virginia in the Big East this season.

The schedule for all Big East teams can be found here.

That leaves the MAC with 13 teams (with Massachusetts effectively replacing Temple). Their schedule should be out later this week. For now, the non-conference slate of games for the MAC can be found here.

mGrowOld

March 27th, 2012 at 12:24 PM ^

I had to click on the link to see who was actually in the Big East now given the amount of off-season conference movement we've seen.  I'm sorry but that collection of football talent would be better named as the "Big Lot's Conference" or the "Dollar General's".

M2NASA

March 27th, 2012 at 12:37 PM ^

I can't wait until SU gets out of that shitshow.  Blech.

Good thing we put together a non-conference schedule of four BCS-conference teams (Northwestern, USC in NYC, @ Minnesota, @ Missouri).  Has any other school in the nation done that this year?

M2NASA

March 27th, 2012 at 1:33 PM ^

The team is supposed to be much better next year.  After 8-5 and winning a bowl in 2010, and starting 5-2 last year with an absolute beating of West Virginia, they lost their last five.

I'm cautiously optimistic.  We'll have a senior QB, we were ravaged by injuries at the end of last year, we get our #1 receiver back, and we return most of the team, so we'll see.

Winning the N'western and Minnesota games are a must-have - that'd be 3-2 in non-conference if you assume losing to USC and @ Mizzou, so just 3-4 in-conference would do it.

Beating UConn, Temple, and Rutgers is key, no excuse for losing those games.  Too many games were absolutely given away last year.

jtmc33

March 27th, 2012 at 12:41 PM ^

Syracuse wins for scheduling the toughest schedule:  USC, Missouri, N'Western, and Minnesota and one cupcake.

Most other schools have 1-2 BCS games and then 2 MAC and 1-2 "Div 1-AA"

South Florida, however, has both FSU and MIami Fl. as their BCS games.  

LSAClassOf2000

March 27th, 2012 at 5:12 PM ^

I see that  Louisville and Kentucky get  to square off in football this fall - that might still end up an 85-78-ish sort of game really. 

As for the MAC schedule, I have to say that this is the first time that I have seen the University Of Tennessee at Martin on a Division I plate. Then again, it isn't every decade you play a team in the OVC. 

HELLE

March 27th, 2012 at 11:35 PM ^

The words Orange Bowl and Temple should never be in the same sentence. This is why we need a 16 Team playoff. I wouldn't have any problem giving the Big East Champ a shot but not the Orange Bowl under the current BCS system.