2014 Football schedule

[DQ12]

Our AD seems pretty successful at making financial decisions.

What on earth is your point, Wackster?

[ksupamplemousse]

Our AD seems pretty successful at making financial decisions.

What on earth is your point, Wackster?

 

[TheHamburglar]

The pissed off other conference members would have been a bunch bigger issue to deal with than ESPN if we would have tried to say no.  I don't think they/the conference office would have even let it get to the point where we were directly telling ESPN no.

If this was the case, this Thursday night game being a formailty, I wonder why this took so long to make official. I'm pretty certain that this was the last game in the conference to be announced.

Currie said. “We are just waiting on ESPN. They certainly have a preference to move that game to Thursday night. It creates an extraordinary opportunity and it is part of our conference obligation in terms of our contract.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/01/21/3240979/k-state-still-waiting-on-espns.html#storylink=cpy

Damnit Bucket. For the second time in this thread, I read that. What I was asking was if the conference wanted us on Thursday and ESPN wanted us on Thursday why did it take 2 months and what seemed like half a dozen Currie reminders that the schedule is almost done? Whatever we'll never know so whatever.

I think the waiting in ESPN thing was actually true.  I think they were worried about what games to air that Saturday.  They also announced yesterday the OU Tulsa game that day was moved (and announced it would now be on an ESPN network) and the OU WVU game was moved to that Saturday.  I think working that out with OU, WVU, Tulsa (and probably Fox) was what was taking so long.

Also, Tulsa will be part of the AAC, which has an ESPN contract.  They haven't realeased their schedule yet, so ESPN was probably working with them to shuffle that game on their tentative schedule and see how it affect their TV time slots since that game is at Tulsa.

[MakeItRain]

Thank you hamburglar, stud!

[ben ji]

SO THANKFUL that Bigshotattorneycat told us so far in advance about the Auburn game time change.  Many of us were able to book Thursday night hotel rooms at ridiculously low non-game day prices!!!

yep, I've got three rooms at the holiday inn for essentially free. I only need one for sure but you never know. may as well go ahead and book a handful.

You should transfer one to my name. I booked one when BSAC broke the news, forgot about it, saw a charge on my CC bill with some random name based in seattle and disputed it, charge dropped, remembered I booked a room and it costs the exact same as the random charge.

So yeah, don't have a room anymore.

[Deez Nutz]

Also, my early opinion is that the schedule is rough ridin' fantastic.

Start with a cup cake to get out the inevitable LHC Bill Snyder First Game Fuckups - CHECK

Play beatable opponent in first conference game - CHECK

Bye week to prep for a tough non-con opponent - CHECK

Another beatable non-con opponent before we start a grueling stretch of conference games - CHECK

Schedule that could allow us to end with a month long winning streak - CHECK

EDIT - Add Stevsies point about awesome pre - OU bye week! - CHECK

Playing the conference opener on the road for the 14th time in 16 years - CHECK   

Seriously, WTF? 

(Technically '09 and '10 were neutral site games vs ISU in KC, but still.  Only 2 home conference openers in 16 years!)

[scottwildcat]

Also, my early opinion is that the schedule is rough ridin' fantastic.

Start with a cup cake to get out the inevitable LHC Bill Snyder First Game Fuckups - CHECK

Play beatable opponent in first conference game - CHECK

Bye week to prep for a tough non-con opponent - CHECK

Another beatable non-con opponent before we start a grueling stretch of conference games - CHECK

Schedule that could allow us to end with a month long winning streak - CHECK

EDIT - Add Stevsies point about awesome pre - OU bye week! - CHECK

Playing the conference opener on the road for the 14th time in 16 years - CHECK   

Seriously, WTF? 

(Technically '09 and '10 were neutral site games vs ISU in KC, but still.  Only 2 home conference openers in 16 years!)

Weird butthurt

[steve dave]

Also, my early opinion is that the schedule is rough ridin' fantastic.

Start with a cup cake to get out the inevitable LHC Bill Snyder First Game Fuckups - CHECK

Play beatable opponent in first conference game - CHECK

Bye week to prep for a tough non-con opponent - CHECK

Another beatable non-con opponent before we start a grueling stretch of conference games - CHECK

Schedule that could allow us to end with a month long winning streak - CHECK

EDIT - Add Stevsies point about awesome pre - OU bye week! - CHECK

Playing the conference opener on the road for the 14th time in 16 years - CHECK   

Seriously, WTF? 

(Technically '09 and '10 were neutral site games vs ISU in KC, but still.  Only 2 home conference openers in 16 years!)

it's so weird that people care about this. WGAF. it's not like we get less conference home games because our first one is on the road.

[Deez Nutz]

Also, my early opinion is that the schedule is rough ridin' fantastic.

Start with a cup cake to get out the inevitable LHC Bill Snyder First Game Fuckups - CHECK

Play beatable opponent in first conference game - CHECK

Bye week to prep for a tough non-con opponent - CHECK

Another beatable non-con opponent before we start a grueling stretch of conference games - CHECK

Schedule that could allow us to end with a month long winning streak - CHECK

EDIT - Add Stevsies point about awesome pre - OU bye week! - CHECK

Playing the conference opener on the road for the 14th time in 16 years - CHECK   

Seriously, WTF? 

(Technically '09 and '10 were neutral site games vs ISU in KC, but still.  Only 2 home conference openers in 16 years!)

it's so weird that people care about this. WGAF. it's not like we get less conference home games because our first one is on the road.

I think it started to become an issue when we lost the openers in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in nail-biting fashion.  For most teams it is better to ease into conference play and have your tough road games a little bit later when your team gets all the kinks worked out and supposedly is hitting on all cylinders.  (2012 KSU was an exception because we were playing our best football early on.)  That's one of the reasons Snyder usually schedules light in the non-conference.  Get the kinks worked out, build confidence, etc. I would have loved to see the 2002 and 2003 teams play those opening road games a little later in the year because our team vastly improved over the course of the season.

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I think it started to become an issue when we lost the openers in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in nail-biting fashion.  For most teams it is better to ease into conference play and have your tough road games a little bit later when your team gets all the kinks worked out and supposedly is hitting on all cylinders.  (2012 KSU was an exception because we were playing our best football early on.)  That's one of the reasons Snyder usually schedules light in the non-conference.  Get the kinks worked out, build confidence, etc. I would have loved to see the 2002 and 2003 teams play those opening road games a little later in the year because our team vastly improved over the course of the season.

Maybe our kink'd team should take advantage of getting to play another kink'd team in their house and whip their ass while they're getting their kinks worked out.

[steve dave]

we also lost to a POS D2 team at home to open this season. maybe we should just prepare for the season better instead of bitching about random meaningless scheduling order.

[Deez Nutz]

I think it started to become an issue when we lost the openers in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in nail-biting fashion.  For most teams it is better to ease into conference play and have your tough road games a little bit later when your team gets all the kinks worked out and supposedly is hitting on all cylinders.  (2012 KSU was an exception because we were playing our best football early on.)  That's one of the reasons Snyder usually schedules light in the non-conference.  Get the kinks worked out, build confidence, etc. I would have loved to see the 2002 and 2003 teams play those opening road games a little later in the year because our team vastly improved over the course of the season.

Maybe our kink'd team should take advantage of getting to play another kink'd team in their house and whip their ass while they're getting their kinks worked out.

Easier to work out the kinks at home, tho.  Less hostile.

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I think it started to become an issue when we lost the openers in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in nail-biting fashion.  For most teams it is better to ease into conference play and have your tough road games a little bit later when your team gets all the kinks worked out and supposedly is hitting on all cylinders.  (2012 KSU was an exception because we were playing our best football early on.)  That's one of the reasons Snyder usually schedules light in the non-conference.  Get the kinks worked out, build confidence, etc. I would have loved to see the 2002 and 2003 teams play those opening road games a little later in the year because our team vastly improved over the course of the season.

Maybe our kink'd team should take advantage of getting to play another kink'd team in their house and whip their ass while they're getting their kinks worked out.

Easier to work out the kinks at home, tho.  Less hostile.

Also easier to no-kinks whip ass at home too, so I guess we have that other side of the coin going for us too.  Plus those other barely above 50% of teams have to come to hostile Manhattan, KS to play Snyder's full-speed machine.  Maybe even in the cold!

I don't know, maybe use that change.org thing that the SWP campain was on and send a petition to Dallas about all this.

[Deez Nutz]

we also lost to a POS D2 team at home to open this season. maybe we should just prepare for the season better instead of bitching about random meaningless scheduling order.

The discussion is about conference openers, so NDSU has nothing to do with it.  And yes, it's kind of a minor thing not worthy of major butthurt over.  In fact I've never even mentioned it before.  But I know that Snyder is a stickler over the details and his preference would be to not open conference play on the road every single year.  I want whatever is in the best interest of KSU, and even little things like that can make a big difference sometimes.  And if it were completely random, then it would be a little closer to 8 home openers out of the last 16 instead of just 2 of 16.  I don't think it's random or meaningless, but don't get me wrong.  It's not a huge deal.  More of a pet peeve of mine.

[steve dave]

we also lost to a POS D2 team at home to open this season. maybe we should just prepare for the season better instead of bitching about random meaningless scheduling order.

The discussion is about conference openers, so NDSU has nothing to do with it.  And yes, it's kind of a minor thing not worthy of major butthurt over.  In fact I've never even mentioned it before.  But I know that Snyder is a stickler over the details and his preference would be to not open conference play on the road every single year.  I want whatever is in the best interest of KSU, and even little things like that can make a big difference sometimes.  And if it were completely random, then it would be a little closer to 8 home openers out of the last 16 instead of just 2 of 16.  I don't think it's random or meaningless, but don't get me wrong.  It's not a huge deal.

your point that teams are working out kinks and it would be easier to do so at home makes ndsu whipping us at home to open the season completely relevent. I mean, I could as easily argue that it's better to get the good teams at home later in the year because they would have worked out their own kinks. it's all BS imo.

[Panjandrum]

This kills my chances of going to the game this year.  I was really looking forward to trying to get a ticket.

 

[Deez Nutz]

I think it started to become an issue when we lost the openers in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in nail-biting fashion.  For most teams it is better to ease into conference play and have your tough road games a little bit later when your team gets all the kinks worked out and supposedly is hitting on all cylinders.  (2012 KSU was an exception because we were playing our best football early on.)  That's one of the reasons Snyder usually schedules light in the non-conference.  Get the kinks worked out, build confidence, etc. I would have loved to see the 2002 and 2003 teams play those opening road games a little later in the year because our team vastly improved over the course of the season.

Maybe our kink'd team should take advantage of getting to play another kink'd team in their house and whip their ass while they're getting their kinks worked out.

Easier to work out the kinks at home, tho.  Less hostile.

Also easier to no-kinks whip ass at home too, so I guess we have that other side of the coin going for us too.  Plus those other barely above 50% of teams have to come to hostile Manhattan, KS to play Snyder's full-speed machine.  Maybe even in the cold!

I don't know, maybe use that change.org thing that the SWP campain was on and send a petition to Dallas about all this.

Yeah, but in '02 and '03, our kinked-up team could have still beaten one of the schlub teams at home to start with and then our no-kinks team would have been ready to open a can of whoop-ass on the road later on, and we would have been playing for the natty both years.   

[MakeItRain]

I kinda understand getting mad about this when we opened at UT, OU, and OSU; we should be able to easily beat Iowa Stage whenever wherever

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I think it started to become an issue when we lost the openers in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in nail-biting fashion.  For most teams it is better to ease into conference play and have your tough road games a little bit later when your team gets all the kinks worked out and supposedly is hitting on all cylinders.  (2012 KSU was an exception because we were playing our best football early on.)  That's one of the reasons Snyder usually schedules light in the non-conference.  Get the kinks worked out, build confidence, etc. I would have loved to see the 2002 and 2003 teams play those opening road games a little later in the year because our team vastly improved over the course of the season.

Maybe our kink'd team should take advantage of getting to play another kink'd team in their house and whip their ass while they're getting their kinks worked out.

Easier to work out the kinks at home, tho.  Less hostile.

Also easier to no-kinks whip ass at home too, so I guess we have that other side of the coin going for us too.  Plus those other barely above 50% of teams have to come to hostile Manhattan, KS to play Snyder's full-speed machine.  Maybe even in the cold!

I don't know, maybe use that change.org thing that the SWP campain was on and send a petition to Dallas about all this.

Yeah, but in '02 and '03, our kinked-up team could have still beaten one of the schlub teams at home to start with and then our no-kinks team would have been ready to open a can of whoop-ass on the road later on, and we would have been playing for the natty both years.   

schlub teams have kinks too.

[Deez Nutz]

I honestly think that since Clinks signed with us today, we should be able to iron out all the kinks by the time we play at ISU.   

[TownieCat]

[Winters]

11 

[Emo EMAW]

11 

Meh, away game.

[scottwildcat]

I know a lot of people on this blog and IRL who were going to go to that game, 11am road games suck a trillion times more for road games.


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