Any rumors for future football scheduling?

[PSUSignore]

Somebody please, give me something to look forward to in terms of scheduling. I heard a while back there were rumors of trying to get LSU on the schedule, but I haven't heard about it in a while. Our schedule is an embarrassment. I understand the need for weak scheduling during the sanction era. But that's over now, and I hope we change this trend ASAP. Even if we field a top notch team in the coming years, be ready to hear about how we don't deserve a high ranking because our schedule is a joke. At least we aren't Baylor I guess.

I just saw today that UCLA scheduled a home and home with Georgia. UCLA's upcoming games of note. They have a marquee P5 team every season through 2026 except in 2020.
2016/17 - Texas A&M
2018/19 - Oklahoma
2021/24 - LSU
2022/23 - Michigan
2025/26 - Georgia

Our conference brethren at OSU:
Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Oregon State, TCU, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas (same years at ND!!), Boston College

Meanwhile, in Happy Valley. I don't know if I'd call any of these marquee P5 opponents. I suppose you could make a case for VT, WVU or Pitt at times, but this is nothing like what other programs are scheduling. Franklin wants 107k every game? Start by looking at this list. I don't blame the fans for not showing up.
2016 - Kent St, Pitt, Temple
2017 - Akron, Pitt, Georgia State
2018 - Appalachian St, Pitt, Kent St
2019 - Pitt
2020/25 - Virginia Tech
2023/24 - West Virginia

Is there any good news on the horizon?

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Somebody please, give me something to look forward to in terms of scheduling. I heard a while back there were rumors of trying to get LSU on the schedule, but I haven't heard about it in a while. Our schedule is an embarrassment. I understand the need for weak scheduling during the sanction era. But that's over now, and I hope we change this trend ASAP. Even if we field a top notch team in the coming years, be ready to hear about how we don't deserve a high ranking because our schedule is a joke. At least we aren't Baylor I guess.

I just saw today that UCLA scheduled a home and home with Georgia. UCLA's upcoming games of note. They have a marquee P5 team every season through 2026 except in 2020.
2016/17 - Texas A&M
2018/19 - Oklahoma
2021/24 - LSU
2022/23 - Michigan
2025/26 - Georgia

Our conference brethren at OSU:
Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Oregon State, TCU, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas (same years at ND!!), Boston College

Meanwhile, in Happy Valley. I don't know if I'd call any of these marquee P5 opponents. I suppose you could make a case for VT, WVU or Pitt at times, but this is nothing like what other programs are scheduling. Franklin wants 107k every game? Start by looking at this list. I don't blame the fans for not showing up.
2016 - Kent St, Pitt, Temple
2017 - Akron, Pitt, Georgia State
2018 - Appalachian St, Pitt, Kent St
2019 - Pitt
2020/25 - Virginia Tech
2023/24 - West Virginia

Is there any good news on the horizon?

Well, the only good news is that IMHO future OOC schedules can't get any worse......I mean, won't get any worse.....I mean, shouldn't get any worse.

QUESTION: With all the rain a few weeks ago and now Tropical Storm Bill, any meaningful improvement in the lake levels in the Hill Country? I understand rain to the west is good, rain to the east doesn't really help, true?

 

[pbrstreetgang]

Look here...

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[PSUSignore]

QUESTION: With all the rain a few weeks ago and now Tropical Storm Bill, any meaningful improvement in the lake levels in the Hill Country? I understand rain to the west is good, rain to the east doesn't really help, true?

For the most part that is true. To fill the lake rain is needed over the Lake Travis basin, and over the upstream lakes/basins as well so they open their floodgates and let water into Travis. The Memorial Day weekend storm had a massive impact, the lake was up over 30 feet in a few days from the storms that weekend alone. It hasn't been this high since 2011 but is still 10' below what is considered full.

Check out the chart below which shows a 6 year history. The spike in May is awesome! 2011 is the year with 100+ days over 100 degrees, and also was the last year that LCRA released water for the rice farmers downstream. You can see the impact that had on the water level.

Bill took a turn to the north before getting to the Travis basin, so I doubt we'll see a massive rise this week. Had the original projections held true, Travis might have completely filled up.

http://travis.uslakes.info/Level.asp

 

[zwick99]

Somebody please, give me something to look forward to in terms of scheduling. I heard a while back there were rumors of trying to get LSU on the schedule, but I haven't heard about it in a while. Our schedule is an embarrassment. I understand the need for weak scheduling during the sanction era. But that's over now, and I hope we change this trend ASAP. Even if we field a top notch team in the coming years, be ready to hear about how we don't deserve a high ranking because our schedule is a joke. At least we aren't Baylor I guess.

I just saw today that UCLA scheduled a home and home with Georgia. UCLA's upcoming games of note. They have a marquee P5 team every season through 2026 except in 2020.
2016/17 - Texas A&M
2018/19 - Oklahoma
2021/24 - LSU
2022/23 - Michigan
2025/26 - Georgia

Our conference brethren at OSU:
Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Oregon State, TCU, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas (same years at ND!!), Boston College

Meanwhile, in Happy Valley. I don't know if I'd call any of these marquee P5 opponents. I suppose you could make a case for VT, WVU or Pitt at times, but this is nothing like what other programs are scheduling. Franklin wants 107k every game? Start by looking at this list. I don't blame the fans for not showing up.
2016 - Kent St, Pitt, Temple
2017 - Akron, Pitt, Georgia State
2018 - Appalachian St, Pitt, Kent St
2019 - Pitt
2020/25 - Virginia Tech
2023/24 - West Virginia

Is there any good news on the horizon?

Good news? Yes. Sanctions are over.

Did you want PSU to schedule teams that PSU had no shot at beating during sanctions? You will see better teams scheduled from here on.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

For the most part that is true. To fill the lake rain is needed over the Lake Travis basin, and over the upstream lakes/basins as well so they open their floodgates and let water into Travis. The Memorial Day weekend storm had a massive impact, the lake was up over 30 feet in a few days from the storms that weekend alone. It hasn't been this high since 2011 but is still 10' below what is considered full.

Check out the chart below which shows a 6 year history. The spike in May is awesome! 2011 is the year with 100+ days over 100 degrees, and also was the last year that LCRA released water for the rice farmers downstream. You can see the impact that had on the water level.

Bill took a turn to the north before getting to the Travis basin, so I doubt we'll see a massive rise this week. Had the original projections held true, Travis might have completely filled up.

http://travis.uslakes.info/Level.asp

WOW - I had NO CLUE the May rains helped out Travis that much......that's absolutely stunning and GREAT GREAT NEWS! My brother was in the USVI during much of the rainy weather so we never really talked about it.....only really found out about the extent of the rains when my neighbor met an Austinite and two other friends for a few days of golf in the Hill Country right after, said some parts of Austin had experienced some seriously bad flooding. Still amazing the water level improved that much, that quickly......you'd think it would take a few years of good steady rains to fully recover.

Hope you're on high, looking down!

 

[Ranger Dan]

Is there any good news on the horizon

I'd love for PSU to play a marque OOC game every year. Hopefully this may happen once the program is back running on all cylinders.

 

[12375CAT]

I'd love for PSU to play a marque OOC game every year. Hopefully this may happen once the program is back running on all cylinders.

Ranger Dan would be absolutely delighted to schedule

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[Ranger Dan]

I wouldn't complaint about scheduling K state, but to be honest I'd rather schedule a more traditional power (OK, Texas), or someone a step below K state.

 

[JN1949]

I'd be happy simply with introducing some variety in the non-conference schedule for once. Why do we keep rehashing opponents from our Independent years ad nauseum??? You've got snoozers like Syracuse, Boston College, Pitt, West Virginia. The "name" teams like Notre Dame, Alabama, and Miami are also teams we played a bunch as an Independent. Then there's the fascination with Virginia (3 series since the late 1980s). Where is the variety? Why don't we cross the Mississippi?

Virginia Tech is the first unique P5 opponent we've inked a home-home series with since...

 

[psuro]

I still think PSU needs to head out west and schedule a West Coast team. It's been about 20 years since PSU played on the west coast in a regular season OOC game. Personally, I would like to play Washington. Their stadium is supposed to be in a really good setting.

 

[ebervale]

2008 - Oregon State at PS

7 yrs ago.

 

[anon_is9z1n0h3zblb]

PSURO said "on the west coast", not "against" a west coast team. Last time we did an OOC game in the midwest was 2003 @ Lincoln and against a Pacific time zone team was USC in 91.

NOTE: Edited to correctly attribute post to psuro. I had originally attributed it to Ranger Dan.

How do you format a strikethrough in this editor?

 

[Ranger Dan]

Ranger Dan said

It was PSURO, but I agree with him

 

[bmw199]

What ever happened to the LSU rumor?

 

[anon_is9z1n0h3zblb]

What ever happened to the LSU rumor?

Nothing. Link has the most recent story I can find and it was over a year and a half ago. 2020 has us away at Va Tech already. The neutral site payoff would have to be pretty substantial for us to only do 6 home games that year, although I guess we could have Va Tech moved back two years.

http://www.statecollege.com/news/lo...-possible-game-with-lsu-in-the-works,1398811/

 

[kijana]

I still think PSU needs to head out west and schedule a West Coast team. It's been about 20 years since PSU played on the west coast in a regular season OOC game. Personally, I would like to play Washington. Their stadium is supposed to be in a really good setting.

Why does PSU "need" to schedule a team out West? It's no like we recruit kids out that way for the most part. Does scheduling a series with a West Coast team all the sudden make PSU a national championship contender? I can under stand some PSU fans "wanting" them to play out West but I don't think they "need" to.

 

[PSUSignore]

I'd be happy simply with introducing some variety in the non-conference schedule for once.

Completely agree. Plus, as an alumnus that doesn't live near PA, I'd like to see us on the road across the country to give alumni all over a chance to catch a game once in a while. For example, if we play LSU in Baton Rouge I plan to be there. A little diversity would be welcomed. It seems that lately we almost never leave the northeast, or even PA, in our OOC scheduling.

 

[bmw199]

Completely agree. Plus, as an alumnus that doesn't live near PA, I'd like to see us on the road across the country to give alumni all over a chance to catch a game once in a while. For example, if we play LSU in Baton Rouge I plan to be there. A little diversity would be welcomed. It seems that lately we almost never leave the northeast, or even PA, in our OOC scheduling.

Eating grilled gator is on the bucket list, so yea that would be awesome. If anyone has what does it taste like?

 

[kijana]

Completely agree. Plus, as an alumnus that doesn't live near PA, I'd like to see us on the road across the country to give alumni all over a chance to catch a game once in a while. For example, if we play LSU in Baton Rouge I plan to be there. A little diversity would be welcomed. It seems that lately we almost never leave the northeast, or even PA, in our OOC scheduling.

Didn't we just play Alabama in 2010(in AL) and 2011? I'm up for some OOC variety to but least we forget we do have VT coming up which is 1) a team PSU has never played and 2) deep in the heart of ACC country.

 

[JN1949]

Didn't we just play Alabama in 2010(in AL) and 2011? I'm up for some OOC variety to but least we forget we do have VT coming up which is 1) a team PSU has never played and 2) deep in the heart of ACC country.

We did just play Alabama...a team we played played every year from 1981-1990. Like I said before, they're a rehashed Independent opponent.

Yes, Virginia Tech is a unique opponent. Our first in a long, long time. Gag me with the ACC. We've played 3 series against Virginia in the past 25 years. That's "deep in the heart of ACC country" enough for me. We've also rehashed Boston College and Miami (2 more ACC opponents). Time for some new opponents in new places of the country!!!

 

[mmp121]

Why does PSU "need" to schedule a team out West? It's no like we recruit kids out that way for the most part. Does scheduling a series with a West Coast team all the sudden make PSU a national championship contender? I can under stand some PSU fans "wanting" them to play out West but I don't think they "need" to.

I agree we don't need to play a team out west annually, but maybe schedule a 1 for 1 every 5 to 7 years to remind the kids. I mean we have Koa Farmer from CA, and we are looking at Oluwole Betiku also from CA.

It definitely can't hurt for us to make a showing once or twice a decade out west, and more frequently down south and in TX.

 

[psuro]

Why does PSU "need" to schedule a team out West? It's no like we recruit kids out that way for the most part. Does scheduling a series with a West Coast team all the sudden make PSU a national championship contender? I can under stand some PSU fans "wanting" them to play out West but I don't think they "need" to.

Because I want an excuse to travel to the west coast, and this is as good a reason as any.

Also, there is a large contingent of PSU alums on the west coast (Southern California mostly), and I am sure they would like to see their Alma Mater once in a while.

 

[PSUSignore]

Didn't we just play Alabama in 2010(in AL) and 2011?

Yes, we did but that was 4 years ago. The recent series against Bama and ND were a good example of what I believe we should have on the schedule every season. Remember how popular those games were? Tickets were really tough to get. I tried getting away game tickets for both of those with no luck. The home games were also incredibly popular. This year we'll be lucky to have 90k actual "butts in seats" attendance given the little sisters of the poor schedule. If you schedule it, they will come. Our current schedule gets a "pass" from me given the sanctions, but these are no-win situation type of opponents. If you win, you don't get much of a reward because you're supposed to win, and win big. If you lose, you drop like a stone in the polls.

I'm not as adamant about it being a brand new opponent, I just want to see at least one good OOC team each season, and preferably getting a good distance out of our home region now and then. I don't consider VA to be outside of our region. I do like the VT game though since it's a new opponent while still being somewhat close to home. But I'd prefer to see us play in the south or out west more frequently.