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I guess with only 5 home games, they didn't want to put the Rice game right after Southern.
A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
On Tuesday, Conference USA officials announced the league’s 2018 football schedule, which officially completes Louisiana Tech’s 12-game slate for next fall.
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Discuss it here.
My opinion of the schedule. I don't like the early bye week, but with only 5 home games, TMac probably didn't want back-to-back home games at any point.
I don't like LSU/UNT back-to-back. I'll have to pick one of the two to attend (probably UNT).
I like the date of UTSA game - Caddo Schools has a fall break the M-W after, so maybe a family vacation.
We better get our wins early with FAU/MSU/USM/WKU in last 5 weeks.
Of course we have the dreaded after Thanksgiving game.
LOUISIANA TECH
Sept. 1 at South Alabama
Sept. 8 SOUTHERN
Sept. 15 Bye
Sept. 22 at LSU
Sept. 29 at North Texas
Oct. 6 UAB
Oct. 13 at UTSA
Oct. 20 UTEP
Oct. 27 at Florida Atlantic
Nov. 3 at Mississippi State
Nov. 10 RICE
Nov. 17 at Southern Miss
Nov. 24 WKU
Full C-USA Schedule
2018 CONFERENCE USA COMPOSITE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
(as of January 23, 2018)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
Prairie View A&M at Rice
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
WKU at Wisconsin
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Fordham at Charlotte
Indiana at FIU
Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma
Louisiana Tech at South Alabama
Marshall at Miami (Ohio)
Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt
SMU at North Texas
Old Dominion at Liberty
Houston at Rice
Jackson State at Southern Miss
Savannah State at UAB
Northern Arizona at UTEP
UTSA at Arizona State
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Appalachian State at Charlotte
FIU at Old Dominion
Air Force at Florida Atlantic
Southern at Louisiana Tech
Eastern Kentucky at Marshall
Tennessee-Martin at Middle Tennessee
Incarnate Word at North Texas
Rice at Hawai’i
Louisiana-Monroe at Southern Miss
UAB at Coastal Carolina
UTEP at UNLV
Baylor at UTSA
Maine at WKU
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Old Dominion at Charlotte
Massachusetts at FIU
Bethune-Cookman at Florida Atlantic
Marshall at South Carolina
Middle Tennessee at Georgia
North Texas at Arkansas
Southern Miss at Appalachian State
Tulane at UAB
UTEP at Tennessee
UTSA at Kansas State
WKU at Louisville
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Charlotte at Massachusetts
FIU at Miami (Fla.)
Florida Atlantic at UCF
Louisiana Tech at LSU
NC State at Marshall
North Texas at Liberty
Virginia Tech at Old Dominion
Rice at Southern Miss
New Mexico State at UTEP
Texas State at UTSA
WKU at Ball State
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Charlotte at UAB
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at FIU
Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee
Louisiana Tech at North Texas
Marshall at WKU
Old Dominion at East Carolina
Rice at Wake Forest
Southern Miss at Auburn
UTEP at UTSA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic
UAB at Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee at Marshall
North Texas at UTEP
UTSA at Rice
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
WKU at Charlotte
Middle Tennessee at FIU
Louisiana Tech at UTSA
Marshall at Old Dominion
Southern Miss at North Texas
UAB at Rice
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
Charlotte at Middle Tennessee
Rice at FIU
Florida Atlantic at Marshall
UTEP at Louisiana Tech
North Texas at UAB
Old Dominion at WKU
UTSA at Southern Miss
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27
Southern Miss at Charlotte
FIU at WKU
Louisiana Tech at Florida Atlantic
Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion
Rice at North Texas
UAB at UTEP
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Charlotte at Tennessee
Florida Atlantic at FIU
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State
Marshall at Southern Miss
WKU at Middle Tennessee
UTEP at Rice
UTSA at UAB
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Charlotte at Marshall
FIU at UTSA
WKU at Florida Atlantic
Rice at Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee at UTEP
North Texas at Old Dominion
Southern Miss at UAB
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
FIU at Charlotte
Florida Atlantic at North Texas
Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss
UTSA at Marshall
Middle Tennessee at Kentucky
VMI at Old Dominion
Rice at LSU
UAB at Texas A&M
UTEP at WKU
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
Charlotte at Florida Atlantic
Marshall at FIU
WKU at Louisiana Tech
UAB at Middle Tennessee
North Texas at UTSA
Old Dominion at Rice
Southern Miss at UTEP
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1
C-USA Championship Game
Conference games in bold.
All games and dates subject to change
5 home games and one during quarter break, huh?
That might work out well for me personally, but I hate that for the students.
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I don’t get why we are opening the season @ a sun belt school but whatever
I think the #RivalryWeek concept needs to be explained to the Conference USA schedule-makers.
11:11 AM - 23 Jan 2018Quote:
According to documents obtained by the Hattiesburg American via open records requests, Southern Miss will receive guaranteed financial payouts of $1.7 million for the game at Auburn later this year, $1.2 million for the date with Mississippi State in 2019, and $1.85 million for playing at Alabama in 2019.
Gotta return those one-for-one games sometime. I've got no problem with that game (or series).
And I'm coming around on this NC State stuff I guess. I like playing P5 teams at home, and I'm ok with 2-for-1 deals sometimes (as long as the 1 $ game we get is reasonably compensated). I'd love another season with 7 home games, but I think I'd rather us have 6 every year than alternate between 7 and 5. What I get scared of is alternating between 5 and 6.
I just hope we compete at USA
Looks like a tough schedule stacked at the end. Seems CUSA folks would at least let us play away on last game of season at least every other year. Also hope we are done with FAU & Western Kentucky after 2018. Ready for home & home series with Old Dominion & Charlotte.