One month out. Where has the summer gone?
The unfortunate reality for Maine Football: the Week 1 must-win. Discuss.
mainejeff wrote:Enjoy this one because the next home game will be in mid-October!
UNH 45 Maine 28
Anyone would be stupid to bet against McDonnell...he owns the Black Bears.
And for Maine it will obviously be an emotional night.I wonder if Maine will ever have a “normal” off-season?....
MEsports13 wrote:The schedule this year, like mentioned before, is absolutely awful.
I emailed Will Biberstein, the man formerly in charge of athletic scheduling, and asked why the UNH game is scheduled before students are even available to attend.
He basically deflected my questions going: “I no longer work in athletics, ask someone else”
This is absurd.
4 total home games (as an athletic employee, this is ridiculous already):
1 before kids can even attend (including me) (also the biggest game of the year)
The next one coming OVER A MONTH LATER at the START OF UMAINE FALL BREAK...
Leaving a grand total of 2 GAMES with the entire undergrad population.
That is wildly unfair and anyone who disagrees with that assertion, I would love to hear your argument.
dunbar wrote:Keep in mind, on-campus housing and some off-campus leases aren’t accessible until Saturday 9/1.
The University screwed this up. I don’t mind the Thursday night game, per se, but when you have so few home games in the first place, and students aren’t yet on campus, that’s what makes it stupid.
Playing New Hampshire Week 1 is also stupid. If we are so dependent on FBS paydays, keep that week open, unless we attempt to pickup an opportunity as an SEC cupcake in Week 12. We’re scheduling ourselves into this mess and it’s not sustainable. It hurts Maine Football and makes scheduling difficult for the league as well.
dunbar wrote:Keep in mind, on-campus housing and some off-campus leases aren’t accessible until Saturday 9/1.
The University screwed this up. I don’t mind the Thursday night game, per se, but when you have so few home games in the first place, and students aren’t yet on campus, that’s what makes it stupid.
Playing New Hampshire Week 1 is also stupid. If we are so dependent on FBS paydays, keep that week open, unless we attempt to pickup an opportunity as an SEC cupcake in Week 12. We’re scheduling ourselves into this mess and it’s not sustainable. It hurts Maine Football and makes scheduling difficult for the league as well.
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