Bowl Eligibility

[Oliphant]

I think ideally the 2 additional games (beyond 8 AAC and Navy/Air Force) would be 1 FCS team, probably in the home opener) and 1 P5 game. Doesn't necessarily need to be LSU or Michigan, but BC, Syracuse, Wake Forest, etc. You start getting good enough where you don't need that FCS game to consistently make a bowl, you can talk about upgrading that one at that point.

You always keep the FCS game for a home game, easy win, and repayment for the PL hosting the Olympic sports. Plus, the PL teams bring fans to Michie.

[kfan12]

I for one hope we continue to have at least one P5 on the schedule year in and year out. If we want to reach excellence, we have to measure against a higher standard eventually.

Don't recall where, but did see an article in which the AD said exactly that--intention with joining the AAC is that for the 4 non-conference games we are going to have a home game each year against an FCS, Navy and AF, and then the last game would ideally be a rotation of P5 especially northern P5's like BC, Syracuse, Rutgers, Notre Dame at yankee stadium, etc...

He may have said something like that, but I've not been able to find anything in a quick search.

[wpgrad]

I for one hope we continue to have at least one P5 on the schedule year in and year out. If we want to reach excellence, we have to measure against a higher standard eventually.

Don't recall where, but did see an article in which the AD said exactly that--intention with joining the AAC is that for the 4 non-conference games we are going to have a home game each year against an FCS, Navy and AF, and then the last game would ideally be a rotation of P5 especially northern P5's like BC, Syracuse, Rutgers, Notre Dame at yankee stadium, etc...

He may have said something like that, but I've not been able to find anything in a quick search.

This isnt the article i’m thinking of, and maybe it was podcast not an article but I’m getting old…but here is an article from Sal on the topic: “While noting that future league and non-league scheduling (Army will play eight league games, plus Navy and Air Force every year) is up in the air, with the exception of the first Saturday in November for the Air Force game, Buddie did say that Army would like to maintain a game against an FCS opponent and one Power Five team”