Golden's nephew was a student of mine and I think he told me Golden got unlucky as he had a couple of good options, chose Miami and then they got nailed with violations.berniecarbo1 said:Wasn't Al Golden a guy we really wanted at BC? He just might be available by season's end.
Of course not. If and when BOB gets fired, he'll be weighing offers from the likes of Texas, Miami, or Nebraska.gryoung said:Bill O'brien takes the BC job? Why would he ever do that? It would be a quantum leap backwards.
The non Confetence schedule is pathetic. UMass, Buffalo and Wagner?? At least UConn is an AAC opponent. So they give up a Confetence home game and play an FCS and basically 2 MAC teams and UConn. These two guys are destroying an already damaged product. UgghClears Cleaver said:http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=12811
boy, can't wait to play you guys again. that 3-0 thrashing by Wake will look like Baylor vs TCU compared to UConn vs BC
berniecarbo1 said:How come we can't get schedules like this......
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-umass-minutemen-football-schedule.php
Dave Stapleton said:
You know the answer to this. BC isn't going to play games without a return trip and it is difficult to get teams to commit to play a BC team that doesn't have the cache but is still a risk to knock them off given the year and circumstances. Bates has a huge challenge given the ACC vote to remove the 9th conference game (and NDs move to an ACC schedule) but that doesn't absolve him. It's a big time job and his role is to be creative and get things done. I give him a pass on this year and last given the ACC pulling the rug but going forward something has to be done.
I don't know that BC is demanding return trips. I am making the assumption bases on the results.BigSoxFan said:It's funny that BC is demanding return trips. Our own fans won't make return trips if this scheduling garbage persists. Bates needs to be in program building mode. All these crap games do nothing for us.
The home-and-home with K-State was a much better deal for Stanford -- more money, better quality opponent.berniecarbo1 said:Not for nothin' but it was announced today (or maybe yesterday) that Stanford signed a 2 game series with Kansas State. Next year at Stanford and 2021 at Kansas State. You mean to tell me that Stanford had an open date next year and was looking for P5 opponent and BC had an open date next year and wouldn't sign a deal with them?? Bates is the WORST scheduler out there...even worse than the godfather and I can't believe I am saying this. This guy needs to go. He is not a fit at BC. Maybe he will be great someplace else, but not at BC.
LOL!!!! Thank you Gene!BigSoxFan said:How is playing Stanford good for New England?
maufman said:BC football is unusual in that it makes a ton of money on parking -- probably more than they make on tickets. Most of that parking money comes from a relatively small group of alumni (a few thousand, perhaps), each of whom makes a sizable donation (not a per-game fee) for the privilege. Giving up a home game hurts the value proposition for those donors -- so you're putting a lot more at risk than the modest amount you make selling tickets for a game against an FCS opponent like Maine. And because parking money isn't split with the visiting team, coming to The Heights is an unattractive financial proposition for most other P5 schools.
So adding it all up, BC's scheduling strategy makes sense. And even if they wanted to schedule more quality opponents, they would have a hard time persuading anyone to travel to Boston.
berniecarbo1 said:LOL!!!! Thank you Gene!
I'm beginning to think that Bates can't close deals. If it is gate receipts then you make up the difference with a guarantee to bring in P5 opponents. You agree to 3-1 deals with large P5 opponents. You schedule games with AAC and MWC opponents who aren't as difficult to get on your schedule yet still are viable opponents.
Right now they have their 8 ACC games, the New England FBS game, the "good for the CAA or New England" game and Notre Dame every 3 years. Very frustrating. There has to be a solution to this.
BigMike said:
I don't know that they can't close deals. I mean come on he closed the UConn deal.
I think it is more than Bates. I think it is all of football ops and they want to schedule the way they run an offense. Sadly I think Bates, Daz, and maybe others are perfectly fine having UConn as the Prime OOC opponent. Heck there is a good chance that game will actually make ESPN, or at least one of the ESPN broadcast channels.
If they can go 4-0 in OOC play then all you have to do is steal 2 ACC games, and your program gets to go to Detroit and everyone can pat themselves on the back and call it a successful year
In 2017 the OOC consists of UMass, N Illinois (road game), SBCC and Richmond. But for the ACC contract with the Irish they would be playing URI. It just keeps getting better. No more schedule talk for a while.doldmoose34 said:Bill Flynn is rolling over in his grave with this scheduling. Back in the early 70s the total schedule was shit like the upcoming OOC schedule. Buffalo, William & Mary, VMI, 'Nova, Mass Aggie and the fucking Cross. Army and Navy were big games. Bill Flynn decided to like was said 'be Bosie before they were Bosie' and played anyone/anytime/anywhere. That scheduling was years in advance, oh they'd be a ND in 75 and of course the home/home with Texas in 76 and 77 (one of the greatest games I've ever been at, unlike last week). And that scheduling along with the arrival and success of 22 put BC football back on the map.
Now the '16 schedule is Yukon, Mass Aggie, Buffalo and Wagner? What the fuck is Wagner? I mean seriously thank god Hofstra and Northeastern dropped football.
What a fucking joke
Passive or aggressive. Doesn't matter. They suck.BigSoxFan said:I don't like our special teams being aggressive. All they do is screw up.
It's all about prep. They have to know to call a time out right away.shawnrbu said:More clock management failure.