2009 schedule

by **1983 Cotton Bowl** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:59 am

What do y'all think about the no bye-week thing. I always thought bye-weeks were a good thing. Is there a school of thought that bye-weeks are not good? I'm no football expert, so I'm curious what people think about this.

by **mrydel** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:03 am

1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:What do y'all think about the no bye-week thing. I always thought bye-weeks were a good thing. Is there a school of thought that bye-weeks are not good? I'm no football expert, so I'm curious what people think about this.

If we were 4 and 4 after 8 weeks, I would welcome a bye to rest up and heal injuries. 1-7 and I would welcome an early end to the misery. Other than that I think you can make a case either way. Some teams need the rest and healing time, others lose momentum and come out rusty after a week off.

Best thing is to play them as they come and try to win as many as you can. No excuses.

by **WE ARE BACK** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:44 am

2009 SMU Football Schedule

Sept. 5 - Stephen F. Austin W (1-0)
Sept. 12 - at UAB L (1-1)
Sept. 19 - at Washington State L (1-2)
Sept. 26 - Tulane W (2-2)
Oct. 3 - at TCU L (2-3)
Oct. 10 - East Carolina L (2-4)
Oct. 17 - Navy L (2-5)
Oct. 24 - at Houston L (2-6)
Oct. 31 - at Tulsa L (2-7)
Nov. 7 - Rice W (3-7)
Nov. 14 - UTEP W (4-7)
Nov. 21 - at Marshall L (4- eight)

Just a prediction, but I'll be happy with 4-5 wins. I think we start to turn the corner in recruiting if we can pull that off.

by **huskerpony** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:24 am

mrydel wrote:
1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:What do y'all think about the no bye-week thing. I always thought bye-weeks were a good thing. Is there a school of thought that bye-weeks are not good? I'm no football expert, so I'm curious what people think about this.

If we were 4 and 4 after 8 weeks, I would welcome a bye to rest up and heal injuries. 1-7 and I would welcome an early end to the misery. Other than that I think you can make a case either way. Some teams need the rest and healing time, others lose momentum and come out rusty after a week off.

Best thing is to play them as they come and try to win as many as you can. No excuses.

I agree. Bye weeks can be kind of a crapshoot, depending on where they fall in your schedule. Sometimes it is good to get your team rested and healthy, and other times it is nice to have extra preparation time for a big game or to make some adjustments if things aren't going well. However, especially earlier in the season, a lot of teams come out rusty after the time off.

In my opinion, it would be nice to have a week off somewhere in the middle of our schedule--that stretch of six games starting with TCU is pretty brutal. Would be nice to have a week off somewhere in there to break that up, but like mrydel said, this is our schedule--no excuses.

by **Stallion** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:33 am

Btw update from yesterday-all 8 of UAB's JUCOs are enrolled for the spring semester.

by **SMU21TCU10** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:31 pm

How good should we expect Rice to be? I guess their 3 star O players are all gone.

by **keith** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:50 pm

I don't think Mustang fans need to get too comfortable with the Sept.26 date with Tulane. I coached at McNeese University in LA and still have numerous friends there. Friends of that staff assure me that they have a signed contract with Tulane for Sept.26. It is on many of Tulane's schedues as well. Someone at Tulane screwd up, but I think the Ponies will end up playing their game at the end of the season with Tulane.

Stallion wrote:2009 UAB football schedule

Interesting that UAB opens with 2 straight conference home games

2009 UAB Schedule

Sept. 5 - RICE*
Sept. 12 - SMU*
Sept. 19 - at Troy
Sept. 26 - at Texas A&M
Oct. 3 - SOUTHERN MISS*
Oct. 17 - at Ole Miss
Oct. 24 - at Marshall*
Oct. 31 - at UTEP*
Nov. 7 - FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Nov. 14 - at Memphis*
Nov. 21 - at East Carolina*
Nov. 28 - UCF*

by **ALEX LIFESON** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:12 pm

[quote="keith"]I don't think Mustang fans need to get too comfortable with the Sept.26 date with Tulane. I coached at McNeese University in LA and still have numerous friends there. Friends of that staff assure me that they have a signed contract with Tulane for Sept.26. It is on many of Tulane's schedues as well. Someone at Tulane screwd up, but I think the Ponies will end up playing their game at the end of the season with Tulane.

Got this from the Tulane site, so much for your contacts.

2009 Tulane Green Wave
Football Schedule
Date Opponents Site Time
Sept. 4 (Fri.) Tulsa* (ESPN) Louisiana Superdome TBA
Sept. 12 BYU (ESPN) Louisiana Superdome TBA
Sept. 19 McNeese State Louisiana Superdome TBA
Sept. 26 at SMU* Dallas, Texas TBA
Oct. 3 at Army West Point, N.Y. TBA
Oct. 10 Marshall* Louisiana Superdome TBA
Oct. 17 Houston* Louisiana Superdome TBA
Oct. 24 at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. TBA
Oct. 31 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. TBA
Nov. 7 UTEP* Louisiana Superdome TBA
Nov. 14 at Rice* Houston, Texas TBA
Nov. 21 at UCF* Orlando, Fla. TBA
Bold denotes home games
*Conference USA game

by **SMU 86** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:30 pm

Welcome to the board Keith.

by **VarsityShop** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:31 pm

McNeese Site

http://www.mcneesesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=93662&SPID=11448&DB_OEM_ID=22000&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2009

by **SMU 86** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:34 pm

McNeese State

Sat, Sep 05 Henderson State Lake Charles, LA 7 p,.m.

Sat, Sep 12 Appalachian State at Boone, NC TBA

Sat, Sep 19 Savannah State Lake Charles, LA 7 p.m.

Sat, Sep 26 Tulane at New Orleans, LA TBA

Sat, Oct 10 Stephen F. Austin * at Nacogdoches, TX TBA

Sat, Oct 17 Nothwestern State * Lake Charles, LA 7 p.m.

Sat, Oct 24 Southeastern Louisiana * Lake Charles, LA 7 p.m.

Sat, Oct 31 Nicholls State * at Thibodaux, LA TBA

Sat, Nov 07 Sam Houston State * Lake Charles, LA 7 p.m.

Sat, Nov 14 Texas State * at San Marcos, TX. TBA

Sat, Nov 21 Central Arkansas * Lake Charles, LA 7 p.m.

* Conference Games

by **huskerpony** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:47 pm

.......And that is why you don't start drinking hurricanes until after work.

by **ozfan** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:35 pm

SMU21TCU10 wrote:How good should we expect Rice to be? I guess their 3 star O players are all gone.

They have a 3* qb transfer from Alabama that will be able to play next season and a couple of wr who I have been told by a friend looked good last year in the little playing time they received.

by **SMU21TCU10** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:43 pm

ozfan wrote:
SMU21TCU10 wrote:How good should we expect Rice to be? I guess their 3 star O players are all gone.
They have a 3* qb transfer from Alabama that will be able to play next season and a couple of wr who I have been told by a friend looked good last year in the little playing time they received.

Oh yeah. I forgot about that transfer. I guess thats another L

by **huskerpony** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:15 am

Ha. Tulane is not alone. Miami (OH) double booked a weekend as well!

They have Colorado and Northwestern scheduled for Sept. 12.

http://www.buffzone.com/news/2009/mar/1 ... -question/

CU appears to have Sept. 26 open.....perhaps McNeese St can arrange some sort of trade and head to Boulder instead. Hawkins did say he would win 10 games this year, he needs all the help he can get!

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