Future Schedules

[SDSUAlum08]

Re: Future Schedules

Shoot Assoc. AD Rob Petersen an e-mail in regards to fb scheduling and a 6th home game in a 12 game season. IMO he's been screwing the fb programs schedule for years now. He'll have all kinds of excuses for ya...guaranteed!!

Serious or sarcasm?

[goon]

Re: Future Schedules

Goon - Do you really want a game against a bottom feeder just to have a 6th home game? To a certain extent, we already struggle with attendance (maxing out each game) and I don't see how watering down the schedule will help that. Now if we add a top-tier FCS opponent, that's a different story.

Keep in mind that we are only 2 years removed from not packing the house against Northern Iowa. If I recall correctly, that was a night game, in October, vs. the #2 team in the country. I recall very distincly how Stig chided us fans on the radio broadcast after the game for the sparse attendance.

I am of the opinion that if we build a new stadium "they will come", but nothing is going to drive up attendance more than success on the football field. The shine of a new stadium will wear off very quickly if we don't put a good product on the field - See Target Field.

From the outside looking in, I would agree that it does not make financial sense to add a 6th game.

Yeah I do. A win would be huge for playoff possibility and we are avg more fans per game every year. Just because we don't avg 16K every game I think we are deserving to get an extra home game compared to being on the road.

[propar80]

Re: Future Schedules

FB teams aren't flying commercial! Not accounting for mileage, does it cost more to fly a charter plane into Sioux Falls vs other airports? I don't buy the "up to Brookings" excuse either. No matter where a team plays, they are chartering busses to take them from airport to hotel to stadium. Whether that's 35 minutes across city traffic somewhere or 50 minutes from SF to Brookings, it's not that different.

Shoot Assoc. AD Rob Petersen an e-mail in regards to fb scheduling and a 6th home game in a 12 game season. IMO he's been screwing the fb programs schedule for years now. He'll have all kinds of excuses for ya...guaranteed!!

[jackrabbit1979]

Re: Future Schedules

I'm pretty sure that was Southern IllinoisIts difficult, Sioux Falls can be very expensive to fly into. Still have to travel up to Brookings on top of it.

FB teams aren't flying commercial! Not accounting for mileage, does it cost more to fly a charter plane into Sioux Falls vs other airports? I don't buy the "up to Brookings" excuse either. No matter where a team plays, they are chartering busses to take them from airport to hotel to stadium. Whether that's 35 minutes across city traffic somewhere or 50 minutes from SF to Brookings, it's not that different.

[joeboo22]

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I remember that game as the Chant game. I think the TOB chant won out that day and I distinctly remember a FAT Pat chant as well. I could be mistaken, but it's funny the things a guy takes away from any certain game.

I'm pretty sure that was Southern Illinois

Its difficult, Sioux Falls can be very expensive to fly into. Still have to travel up to Brookings on top of it. I think you have to play the 12th game, whether its on the road or not. But I would be against playing a guarantee road game at a FCS opponent. If you can get a later return game (possibly when stadium improvements are finished). Then its not so bad.