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dtwalrus {l Wrote}:Blaud's again! We're going to have to create a separate thread to keep track of all these Bloop's Scoops! Wagner announced for 9/24. He also predicts that 9/17 will be the bye.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=13186

That would make 2016:
9/3 - GT (Dublin)
9/10 - @UMass
9/17 - BYE
9/24 - Wagner
10/1 - Buffalo
10/8 - (ACC)
10/15 - (ACC)
10/22 - (ACC)
10/29 - (ACC)
11/5 - (ACC)
11/12 - (ACC)
11/19 - UConn
11/26 - Syracuse

I'll give Bates and Daz credit for this much at least: that's how you ease a team into a schedule coming off a 3-win season. Then again, the cupcake early schedule didn't exactly help the team develop in '15, so who knows.

Presumably, the Eagles will also have their bye week scheduled on Sept. 17th, which would mean the Wagner game would begin a 10 week run through the remainder of the season.
Look for the ACC to stick a road game onto BC’s schedule on Sept. 17th, with the Eagles getting a bye later in the season.

BCEagles66 {l Wrote}:

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:Blaud's again! We're going to have to create a separate thread to keep track of all these Bloop's Scoops! Wagner announced for 9/24. He also predicts that 9/17 will be the bye.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=13186

That would make 2016:
9/3 - GT (Dublin)
9/10 - @UMass
9/17 - BYE
9/24 - Wagner
10/1 - Buffalo
10/8 - (ACC)
10/15 - (ACC)
10/22 - (ACC)
10/29 - (ACC)
11/5 - (ACC)
11/12 - (ACC)
11/19 - UConn
11/26 - Syracuse

I'll give Bates and Daz credit for this much at least: that's how you ease a team into a schedule coming off a 3-win season. Then again, the cupcake early schedule didn't exactly help the team develop in '15, so who knows.

Presumably, the Eagles will also have their bye week scheduled on Sept. 17th, which would mean the Wagner game would begin a 10 week run through the remainder of the season.
Look for the ACC to stick a road game onto BC’s schedule on Sept. 17th, with the Eagles getting a bye later in the season.

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:http://www.bcinterruption.com/boston-college-football/2016/1/20/10794876/boston-college-football-sizing-up-future-schedules

Bastards! "Looking ahead courtesy of FBS Schedules" my ass! Just cite me as your source! According to "dtwalrus, from the bowels of The Nexus..."

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:http://www.bcinterruption.com/boston-college-football/2016/1/20/10794876/boston-college-football-sizing-up-future-schedules

Bastards! "Looking ahead courtesy of FBS Schedules" my ass! Just cite me as your source! According to "dtwalrus, from the bowels of The Nexus..."

at least it wasn't tubasteak.

angrychicken {l Wrote}:

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:http://www.bcinterruption.com/boston-college-football/2016/1/20/10794876/boston-college-football-sizing-up-future-schedules

Bastards! "Looking ahead courtesy of FBS Schedules" my ass! Just cite me as your source! According to "dtwalrus, from the bowels of The Nexus..."

at least it wasn't tubasteak.

The quality and integrity of that site have suffered greatly since I left.

commavegarage {l Wrote}:"We’ve had initial conversations with (Boston College athletics director) Brad Bates and he seems very receptive."

So in other words, literally zero progress towards anything has been made.

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

commavegarage {l Wrote}:"We’ve had initial conversations with (Boston College athletics director) Brad Bates and he seems very receptive."

So in other words, literally zero progress towards anything has been made.

No, no, no, no, no.

Football games at Fenway are awful, especially if it's BC and UConn.

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

commavegarage {l Wrote}:"We’ve had initial conversations with (Boston College athletics director) Brad Bates and he seems very receptive."

So in other words, literally zero progress towards anything has been made.

No, no, no, no, no.

Football games at Fenway are awful, especially if it's BC and UConn.

you went to the game? I wouldn't mind it for one of the cupcake games, esp when we have 4 home games in a row in Sept like last season.

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:Obviously depends on your seats, but Fenway was fantastic for the ND game; the only thing I didn't like was both teams on the same sideline. Playing a "home" game at Gillette is very dumb for many reasons.

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

commavegarage {l Wrote}:"We’ve had initial conversations with (Boston College athletics director) Brad Bates and he seems very receptive."

So in other words, literally zero progress towards anything has been made.

No, no, no, no, no.

Football games at Fenway are awful, especially if it's BC and UConn.

you went to the game? I wouldn't mind it for one of the cupcake games, esp when we have 4 home games in a row in Sept like last season.

I didn't. Fenway is great if you're a tourist and go to one game. Fenway sucks if you're like me and go to 15 Sox games per year or so. The lines of sight are horrific and cramped. It also takes forever to get in and out of, even if you know all the ins and outs like I do. It's an even worse venue for hockey when I went. I can't imagine you can see anything for football. Parking is also a hassle, not that it isn't at BC.

I'd be a lot more open to playing UMass annually at Gillette. I would actually enjoy that. It's modern, it's easy and it's basically a BC home game.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

commavegarage {l Wrote}:"We’ve had initial conversations with (Boston College athletics director) Brad Bates and he seems very receptive."

So in other words, literally zero progress towards anything has been made.

No, no, no, no, no.

Football games at Fenway are awful, especially if it's BC and UConn.

you went to the game? I wouldn't mind it for one of the cupcake games, esp when we have 4 home games in a row in Sept like last season.

I didn't. Fenway is great if you're a tourist and go to one game. Fenway sucks if you're like me and go to 15 Sox games per year or so. The lines of sight are horrific and cramped. It also takes forever to get in and out of, even if you know all the ins and outs like I do. It's an even worse venue for hockey when I went. I can't imagine you can see anything for football. Parking is also a hassle, not that it isn't at BC.

I'd be a lot more open to playing UMass annually at Gillette. I would actually enjoy that. It's modern, it's easy and it's basically a BC home game.

Fenway is a perfectly fine venue other than the size of the seats. This post is from 20 years ago.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Fenway is a perfectly fine venue other than the size of the seats. This post is from 20 years ago.

claver2010 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Fenway is a perfectly fine venue other than the size of the seats. This post is from 20 years ago.

I don't think I went last year but does it still take 2 innings to go to the bathroom?

it's an absolutely terrible place to watch a game

sgt slaughter {l Wrote}:having a bye week in the middle of the season is a crushing blow to this team. just as soon as we establish some momentum and get the rhythm we're hoping for, it all gets tossed away by some subjective bye week. not fair in a year that we have everyone on the schedule other than the new england patriots.

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

sgt slaughter {l Wrote}:having a bye week in the middle of the season is a crushing blow to this young team. just as soon as we establish some momentum and get the rhythm we're hoping for, it all gets tossed away by some subjective bye week. not fair in a year that we have everyone on the schedule other than the new england patriots.

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:Blaud's dropping more bombs:

- BC and UMass in discussions to play an annual game at Fenway, to be played the Thursday night before Labor Day.
- Tickets to the game to be included on BOTH teams annual season ticket plans. This actually makes sense. If combined BC and UMass only have 20K season ticket holders, why not let both teams sell it as a home game. If if both schools attendance numbers take off, you could still probably get away with this setup for at least a decade.
- One holdup is cost of tickets, though I'm not sure I understand what Blaud's is saying here: " But people within the BC family are irritated at their own reps who were trying to get bargain basement prices at $10 a ticket for the lower level tickets and 30 dollars for tickets which in the 300 to 400 dollar per seat range for Patriot games. Faced with declining season ticket sales–estimates have the figure around 11,000 for next season–BC officials were concerned that BC fans would balk at paying an extra $30 to $50 on their season ticket package for premium seats at Gillette, which would also include free parking."
- Currently at approximately 11K season ticket holders. Was at 36K 10 years ago.

Oh, and he also recommends BC designate UConn it's Thanksgiving weekend rival. Open every year against UMass and end every year against UConn. At what point does the ACC drop us if we actually do this?