Your in-person 2015 college football schedule

[CHIP72]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, from Division I-A/FBS to NAIA, and obviously including Division I-AA/FCS. I personally don't expect to attend quite as many Division I-AA/FCS games as I did last season (6), but I will probably attend more college football games overall than I did in 2014.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

09/19 (Sat): Penn at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
09/19 (Sat): Princeton at Lafayette, 6:00 PM
10/10 (Sat): Tulane at Temple, time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Penn State at Maryland (Baltimore), time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 7:00 PM - assuming no conflict with PSU/MD
10/31 (Sat): Notre Dame at Temple, time TBA
11/14 (Sat): Southern Mississippi at Rice, 3:30 PM
11/14 (Sat): Memphis at Houston, time TBA (hoping and thinking it will be 8:00 PM ET)
11/28 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA
12/12 (Sat): Army vs Navy (Philadelphia), 3:00 PM - tentative

There are a few other game possibilities:

*If the 10/10 Tulane/Temple game is in the evening (highly unlikely), I will also attend either the Fordham/Penn game or the William & Mary/Villanova game, almost definitely the former, the same day.
*If the 10/24 Villanova/Towson game conflicts with Penn State/Maryland time-wise and the 10/31 Notre Dame/Temple game is an early afternoon game, I may try to attend the 10/31 Maine/Villanova game.
*There's a slim chance I may decide to go to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to see the Temple/SMU game on Friday 11/6.
*If the 11/14 Southern Mississippi/Rice and Memphis/Houston games conflict time-wise, I'll probably only attend Memphis/Houston.

Besides the aforementioned possibilities, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games that involve one or more of the following teams - Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, or IUP - and are played near the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area on 11/28 or near the Washington, DC area on 12/5 are also possibilities.

Finally, I also plan to attend a handful of NFL (specifically Philadelphia Eagles) games this coming season.

[RootinFerDukes]

I'll be at all JMU home games along with the elon road game. That'll be my first and only visit to elon.

[lionsrking2]

I'll be at every game except for Houston Baptist.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Penn State and Temple on 9/5 is up in the air. I was going to go with my PSU friend but his gf wants to go to the beach for Labor Day. My Lehigh-Lafayette ticket will be nailed down before the season starts.

Set in Stone
9/12 Lehigh @ JMU
9/26 LSU @ Syracuse - as long as it's not a night game
10/3 Yale @ Lehigh
10/22 Temple @ ECU
11/21 Lafayette @ Lehigh

Penn @ Lehigh on 9/19, Lehigh @ Bucknell 10/10 and UConn @ Temple 11/28 are also possibilities. I'm pretty sure I'll make two Temple games. If I can pull it off, a random trip on 11/14 might be in the cards as well. I'd like to get to 6-8 college games this year.....

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, from Division I-A/FBS to NAIA, and obviously including Division I-AA/FCS. I personally don't expect to attend quite as many Division I-AA/FCS games as I did last season (6), but I will probably attend more college football games overall than I did in 2014.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

09/19 (Sat): Penn at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
09/19 (Sat): Princeton at Lafayette, 6:00 PM
10/10 (Sat): Tulane at Temple, time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Penn State at Maryland (Baltimore), time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 7:00 PM - assuming no conflict with PSU/MD
10/31 (Sat): Notre Dame at Temple, time TBA
11/14 (Sat): Southern Mississippi at Rice, 3:30 PM
11/14 (Sat): Memphis at Houston, time TBA (hoping and thinking it will be 8:00 PM ET)
11/28 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA
12/12 (Sat): Army vs Navy (Philadelphia), 3:00 PM - tentative

There are a few other game possibilities:

*If the 10/10 Tulane/Temple game is in the evening (highly unlikely), I will also attend either the Fordham/Penn game or the William & Mary/Villanova game, almost definitely the former, the same day.
*If the 10/24 Villanova/Towson game conflicts with Penn State/Maryland time-wise and the 10/31 Notre Dame/Temple game is an early afternoon game, I may try to attend the 10/31 Maine/Villanova game.
*There's a slim chance I may decide to go to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to see the Temple/SMU game on Friday 11/6.
*If the 11/14 Southern Mississippi/Rice and Memphis/Houston games conflict time-wise, I'll probably only attend Memphis/Houston.

Besides the aforementioned possibilities, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games that involve one or more of the following teams - Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, or IUP - and are played near the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area on 11/28 or near the Washington, DC area on 12/5 are also possibilities.

Finally, I also plan to attend a handful of NFL (specifically Philadelphia Eagles) games this coming season.

That's impressive! I try to get to different places but you take it to another level! Memphis at Houston should be fun!!

[McNeese72]

All of the McNeese games, home and away.

Doc

[McNeese75]

I will be at all of em except the UCA and ACU away games

xsmhx

[ST_Lawson]

For Western, I'll be at all the home games:
9/3 vs Eastern IL
10/3 vs Southern IL
10/10 vs South Dakota
10/31 vs Youngstown State
11/21 vs South Dakota State

Also going to 9/12 at the U of Illinois and might be going to 10/24 at Illinois State (depending on scheduling things).

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

NDSU @ Youngstown State 11/14 is now under serious consideration...

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Keep in mind I live in Kansas, 600 miles from Fargo. All times Central

8/29(Sat) NDSU @ Montana (Missoula) 2:30pm
9/5 (Sat) SDSU @ Kansas (Lawrence) 11:00am
9/19(Sat) UND @ NDSU (Fargo) 2:30pm
10/3(Sat) NDSU @ SDSU (Brookings) 6:00pm
10/31(Sat) NDSU @ Southern Illinois (Carbondale) 2:00pm

I'm penciled in to another game in Fargo depending on schedules, etc.

Oh yeah, probably Frisco too. :D

[TheRevSFA]

All of the McNeese games, home and away.

Doc

I'll run into you next time, since I'll be missing this year's game

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I'm only getting to the NAU game. Maybe I'll make it for HBU

[eiu1999]

9/12 at NW
9/26 Middle Tennessee at Illinois
11/14 or 11/21 UT Martin/EKU

That's all confirmed. Probably a NIU home game as well.

[The Yo Show]

NDSU @ Youngstown State 11/14 is now under serious consideration...

Out of curiosity, why is this game now under serious consideration for you?

[Catatonic]

I will be at all of em except the UCA and ACU away games

xsmhx

What, no ACU love?

[Sammy94]

9/5 SHSU @ Texas Tech
9/19 SHSU vs. Lamar
9/26 SHSU vs. HBU
10/3 SHSU vs. SFA (BOTPW)
10/10 SHSU vs. Incarnate Word
10/17 Alabama @ Texas A&M (unless my ticket gets sold)
10/24 SHSU vs. Nicholls
10/31 SHSU vs Tx A&M Commerce
11/7 SHSU @ McNeese
11/14 SHSU vs. NWST
12/5 SHSU vs. TBD

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Out of curiosity, why is this game now under serious consideration for you?

I've always wanted to get to YSU for a game. Plus, an opportunity to see Bison is worth the drive.

[TheRevSFA]

What, no ACU love?

No one wants to go to Abilene

[Evolution Prime]

9/5 SDSU @ Kansas
10/3 NDSU @ SDSU
11/7 Illinois State @ SDSU (for the last game in Coughlin-Alumni Stadium)

Might go to some Peru State home games since my wife now works for the school.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

9/5 SDSU @ Kansas
10/3 NDSU @ SDSU
11/7 Illinois State @ SDSU (for the last game in Coughlin-Alumni Stadium)

Might go to some Peru State home games since my wife now works for the school.

My son and I are coming to the Kansas game, we'll try to sit with the SDSU folks. You can't miss us, we'll be in the Bison gear. :)

[Evolution Prime]

My son and I are coming to the Kansas game, we'll try to sit with the SDSU folks. You can't miss us, we'll be in the Bison gear. :)

Can't imagine the Kansas fans would be pleased with your choice in clothing, but I'm all for it.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Can't imagine the Kansas fans would be pleased with your choice in clothing, but I'm all for it.

We went to a game last year against SEMO with the whole family. My wife got tickets as some sort of faculty appreciation thing so we played nice. I brought my kids to the hill later that year to play and hang out during a game against Texas and we were in our Bison gear and got plenty of "Go Bison" calls from people.

It might be because the team sucks but they are remarkably good natured about football here.

[Sammy94]

No one wants to go to Abilene

I'll wait until the new stadium is in place.

[HailSzczur]

Light season for me unfortunately. Delaware (parents weekend) and Richmond (homecoming) are the only sure thing games. Graduating college and becoming a real person sucks.

9/19 vs Delaware
10/10 vs William and Mary
10/31 vs Maine
10/14 vs Richmond

[The Yo Show]

I will be at the following games:
9/5 YSU vs Pitt, every YSU home game.

Im considering some games for the weeks YSU is away, but I'm not 100 percent sure what games those will be. Will update this when I am.

[TheRevSFA]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, from Division I-A/FBS to NAIA, and obviously including Division I-AA/FCS. I personally don't expect to attend quite as many Division I-AA/FCS games as I did last season (6), but I will probably attend more college football games overall than I did in 2014.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

09/19 (Sat): Penn at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
09/19 (Sat): Princeton at Lafayette, 6:00 PM
10/10 (Sat): Tulane at Temple, time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Penn State at Maryland (Baltimore), time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 7:00 PM - assuming no conflict with PSU/MD
10/31 (Sat): Notre Dame at Temple, time TBA
11/14 (Sat): Southern Mississippi at Rice, 3:30 PM
11/14 (Sat): Memphis at Houston, time TBA (hoping and thinking it will be 8:00 PM ET)
11/28 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA
12/12 (Sat): Army vs Navy (Philadelphia), 3:00 PM - tentative

There are a few other game possibilities:

*If the 10/10 Tulane/Temple game is in the evening (highly unlikely), I will also attend either the Fordham/Penn game or the William & Mary/Villanova game, almost definitely the former, the same day.
*If the 10/24 Villanova/Towson game conflicts with Penn State/Maryland time-wise and the 10/31 Notre Dame/Temple game is an early afternoon game, I may try to attend the 10/31 Maine/Villanova game.
*There's a slim chance I may decide to go to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to see the Temple/SMU game on Friday 11/6.
*If the 11/14 Southern Mississippi/Rice and Memphis/Houston games conflict time-wise, I'll probably only attend Memphis/Houston.

Besides the aforementioned possibilities, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games that involve one or more of the following teams - Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, or IUP - and are played near the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area on 11/28 or near the Washington, DC area on 12/5 are also possibilities.

Finally, I also plan to attend a handful of NFL (specifically Philadelphia Eagles) games this coming season.

Why are you wasting time watching U of H and rice? Go to see Sam, SFA or mcneese

[eiu1999]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, from Division I-A/FBS to NAIA, and obviously including Division I-AA/FCS. I personally don't expect to attend quite as many Division I-AA/FCS games as I did last season (6), but I will probably attend more college football games overall than I did in 2014.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

09/19 (Sat): Penn at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
09/19 (Sat): Princeton at Lafayette, 6:00 PM
10/10 (Sat): Tulane at Temple, time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Penn State at Maryland (Baltimore), time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 7:00 PM - assuming no conflict with PSU/MD
10/31 (Sat): Notre Dame at Temple, time TBA
11/14 (Sat): Southern Mississippi at Rice, 3:30 PM
11/14 (Sat): Memphis at Houston, time TBA (hoping and thinking it will be 8:00 PM ET)
11/28 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA
12/12 (Sat): Army vs Navy (Philadelphia), 3:00 PM - tentative

There are a few other game possibilities:

*If the 10/10 Tulane/Temple game is in the evening (highly unlikely), I will also attend either the Fordham/Penn game or the William & Mary/Villanova game, almost definitely the former, the same day.
*If the 10/24 Villanova/Towson game conflicts with Penn State/Maryland time-wise and the 10/31 Notre Dame/Temple game is an early afternoon game, I may try to attend the 10/31 Maine/Villanova game.
*There's a slim chance I may decide to go to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to see the Temple/SMU game on Friday 11/6.
*If the 11/14 Southern Mississippi/Rice and Memphis/Houston games conflict time-wise, I'll probably only attend Memphis/Houston.

Besides the aforementioned possibilities, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games that involve one or more of the following teams - Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, or IUP - and are played near the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area on 11/28 or near the Washington, DC area on 12/5 are also possibilities.

Finally, I also plan to attend a handful of NFL (specifically Philadelphia Eagles) games this coming season.

Are you divorced or retired?

[Laker]

I like to get to one SDSU Jacks game a year, and probably every other year a USD Coyotes game. This year it won't work out. Same with the Gophers, I usually get to two home game but this year they open with TCU the same night that the Mavs host UMD- so I'll be in Mankato. I do intend on going to all MSU games unless something unforseen comes up. Last year I missed the game at Winona but it was on TV so I watched it.

I plan on going to watch the junior college team that I played for up in Willmar on 8/29. Since the Mavs play on Thursday night, I will either go to St. John's or Martin Luther in the afternoon and see Crown at night. I love to see other teams play- last year I did two double headers. I've seen 331 colleges play games in various sports- it is getting harder to add new ones since the NSIC plays strictly in conference until the playoffs in football.



Date
Time
Home team
Opponent


9/3/2015
6:00
MSU-Mankato
MN-Duluth


9/12/2015
6:00
Northern State
MSU-Mankato


9/19/2015
1:00
MSU-Mankato
Mary


9/26/2015
1:00
MN-Crookston
MSU-Mankato


10/3/2015
6:00
Upper Iowa
MSU-Mankato


10/10/2015
2:00
MSU-Mankato
Augustana (HC)


10/17/2015
12:00
Concordia
MSU-Mankato


10/24/2015
1:00
MSU-Mankato
Winona State


10/31/2015
1:00
SW MN State
MSU-Mankato


11/7/2015
12:00
Sioux Falls
MSU-Mankato


11/14/2015
1:00
MSU-Mankato
Wayne State College








8/29/2015
1:30
Ridgewater
Mesabi


9/5/2015
1:00
Martin Luther
Maranatha Baptist


9/5/2015
1:00
St. John's
Dubuque


9/5/2015
7:00
Crown
Gustavus Adolphus

[BEAR]

I will be at all of em except the UCA and ACU away games

xsmhx

Can't be because you don't know how to get there! I mean Cowboy fans oughta have tire track ruts in the interstate between Lake Charles and Conway by now with all the UCA home games with the Cowboys! xlolx

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Northern_terminus_of_Interstate_30,_Little_Rock,_A R.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tn3t1GAXSV0/T9eg3RjueeI/AAAAAAAAAm4/RdgWbO6fgTA/s1600/ruts-784052.jpg

[BEAR]

All Conway home games.
Oklahoma State
Maybe Samford if I can get off work.

[Smitty]

9/12 WCU @ The Citadel

Looks like only one game this year and not even at home.

[tomq04]

I think I'm only going to be able to swing the 9/19 MSU vs EWU game, with my pop and my son...should be a good one.

[melloware13]

9/4 - Jacksonville @ Delaware
9/12 - Lafayette @ Delaware
9/19 - Delaware @ Villanova; Princeton @ Lafayette
10/3 - William & Mary @ Delaware (but I might be paying attention to MLB action in Queens)
10/17 - Millersville @ East Stroudsburg
10/24 - New Hampshire @ Delaware
10/31 - Delaware @ Towson
11/7 - Albany @ Delaware
11/14 - James Madison @ Delaware
11/21 - Lafayette @ Lehigh

Anything that's not Delaware is assuming I can work it in, and hopefully playoff games in Newark fill out December

[Grizalltheway]

All the Griz home games, plus Portland State, MSU and maybe Idaho State.

[BEAR]

9/12 WCU @ The Citadel

Looks like only one game this year and not even at home.

UGH! How do you go two years with only seeing ONE game? I mean I would DIE! xconfusedx

[McNeese75]

What, no ACU love?

My wife has a HS class reunion that weekend xeyebrowx

[Catamount87]

Every WCU home game plus I may make the TN game in Knoxville and maybe The Citadel game in Charleston.

[McNeese75]

Can't be because you don't know how to get there! I mean Cowboy fans oughta have tire track ruts in the interstate between Lake Charles and Conway by now with all the UCA home games with the Cowboys! xlolx

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Northern_terminus_of_Interstate_30,_Little_Rock,_A R.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tn3t1GAXSV0/T9eg3RjueeI/AAAAAAAAAm4/RdgWbO6fgTA/s1600/ruts-784052.jpg



http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21153&stc=1

Not funny :D

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

It's nice to see people taking in a few local/regional games that aren't affiliated with their FCS team of choice. I love to get out there and explore!

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

All eleven UNH games with road trips to San Jose State, Colgate, Stony Brook, William & Mary and Delaware. I can't really call it a road trip to Albany when it is a shorter trip than going to UNH! :D

Bye week 10/10 Framingham State at Westfield State (DIII, a friend has two sons playing from Framingham).

Thinking about the Army-Navy game in December too.

[McNeese72]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21153&stc=1

Not funny :D

I see my logo is still around. I made that logo for one of Geauxcowboys.com's April Fools Day jokes years ago. It was before we even knew that McNeese was going to bow down the state of Wyoming and change from the old logo. That was one of three choices we gave fans to choose from for a new logo in our April Fools Day write up. I think a log of people never noticed the finger. :)

Doc

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http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21153&stc=1

Not funny :D

I see my logo is still around. I made that logo for one of Geauxcowboys.com's April Fools Day jokes years ago. It was before we even knew that McNeese was going to bow down the state of Wyoming and change from the old logo. That was one of three choices we gave fans to choose from for a new logo in our April Fools Day write up. I think a log of people never noticed the finger. :)

Doc

[McNeese75]

Yep Doc, Your creation comes in handy when making a POINT xthumbsupx

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Any Bison fans considering attending the Youngstown State game? The more I look into it, the more interested I become. I was hoping the Browns were home that Sunday. The actually play at Pittsburgh which could be doable with a reasonably priced ticket.

[RootinFerDukes]

1) I am very surprised at how many people go to games that they're not directly a fan of, just on a casual basis. I've gone to i think as many as maybe 9 of 11 games one year and as few as five since I've started more actively attending. When I was a student it was 80-90% of home games only, no road games. Then there was two years where I had to work on weekends and it was hard to get off. I just went to one game one year and no games the following. It sucked.
2) I'm very surprised by the amount of traveling some of you all will be doing. I'm assuming it's mainly driving? We are the most hardcore of our friends, but we decided after driving to Akron that our limit is now a 4 hour maximum radius (2 hours for schools that we go to more than once). Unless it's a really marquee game (big time BCS team or national championship game). Now that we're definitely FCS4LYFE, i'll have to make trips up to the northern CAA schools. I haven't been further north than DE.
3) I'm very surprised that some of you are able to manage two games that are a couple hours apart in one day! holy moly! I think I'd die and I LOVE college football. I love attending games more than sitting at home, but it can be exhausting and expensive.
4) how do you do all of this unless you're single or retired? we just had a child this year so I'm anxious about how she'll respond to all the CFB traveling each season. We hope she enjoys it.

We usually go to at least six games home or away per season and everyone looks at us like we're nuts. My wife gets crap from her coworkers for not going to some 5K or some other event because she'd rather be in harrisonburg rootinferdukes.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Since I moved closer to the center of the country, it's been easier for me to drive to places. I can make a lot more trips now.

We have one guy on Bisonville who has been to every Bison game for 30 plus years (too lazy for specifics at this moment). He puts my lousy couple thousand miles a year to shame.

[bluehenbillk]

9/3 Lenior Rhyne @ West Chester (d-2 game)
9/4 Jacksonville @ Delaware
9/5 Penn State @ Temple
9/12 Lafayette @ Delaware
9/19 Delaware @ Villanova
9/24 Penn @ Villanova
9/26 Delaware @ North Carolina
10/3 Notre Dame @ Clemson OR William & Mary @ Delaware
10/24 UNH @ Delaware for 1st half and then Villanova @ Towson
11/7 Albany @ Delaware
11/14 JMU @ Delaware
11/21 Michigan @ Penn State
12/26 Pinstripe Bowl
12/28 Military Bowl

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

1. I recently moved back east, for now, so I want to take full advantage of it. I've only attended 1 Lehigh home game, Lafayette 2013, over the last 3+ years. I grew up a Syracuse hoops fan but when they get a good home game, LSU is, it's worth the 2.5 hour drive.

2. There are some on here that do an insane amount driving. When I lived in Montana I couldn't believe how many people did 10-12 hour roundtrips to Bozeman for games. I'm doing two, maybe three, lengthy trips. JMU is 360 miles one way, Greenville is 570 miles one way and Youngstown is 310 miles one way if I choose to do it. The craziest day trip I did was 354 miles for Temple @ Kent State.

3. Chip is the king of the FCS double header. I've done one in my life Cincinnati @ Temple afternoon Lehigh @ Penn night. Both games were at Franklin Field. That very likely is the only FBS/FCS double-header in college football history.

4. I'm super single without any kids. Attending sporting events seems far more exciting than being married with children. Or so Al Bundy taught me...lol :p

[bobcathpdevil56]

8/29/15: Dickinson State Blue Hawks vs. Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears

And hopefully Cat-Griz

[Laker]

1) I am very surprised at how many people go to games that they're not directly a fan of, just on a casual basis.

I got to see some of those places as a player. Later I would go on road trips because I had former players or students on the teams. Then when I quit coaching I would go with the Gophers fan trips because I always wanted to do that as a kid. Once I made it to all of the Big Ten schools (except Rutgers since they just came in) and the old NCC (Northern Colorado (too far to make in one day) I've been to the entire NSIC, the MIAC and most of the UMAC.

Two games in one day is a little tiring but if it is on the route home not a real big deal. I saw USD beat Cal-Davis and SDSU beat Butler in the same day. I saw the University of Chicago play at Bethel last year because MSU played Concordia on a Friday night. Nice to see a historical team that used to be in the Big Ten.

I'm single and semi-retired. You can watch football on TV but nothing beats being there- each place is unique- it has different things to offer.

[FUBeAR]

SEPTEMBER


Sat. 5
Mercer at Austin Peay


5:00 PM



Sat. 12
Mercer vs. Stetson


6:00 PM



Sat. 19
Mercer at Tennessee Tech


7:00 PM





Sat. 26
(VMI at Furman AND Gardner-Webb at Wofford) OR (Vanderbilt at Ole Miss)


7:00 PM





OCTOBER


Sat. 3
Mercer vs. Wofford *


6:00 PM



Sat. 10
Mercer at Western Carolina *


3:30 PM



Sat. 17
Mercer vs. East Tenn. St.


4:00 PM



Sat. 24
Mercer vs. VMI *


3:00 PM



Sat. 31
Mercer at The Citadel *


2:00 PM






NOVEMBER


Sat. 7
Mercer vs. Chattanooga *


4:00 PM



Sat. 14
Mercer at Furman *


1:30 PM



Sat. 21
Mercer vs. Samford *


TBA



Also...As many Georgia HS games as I can squeeze in on Friday nights (it's a Johns Creek @ Roswell scrimmage tonight) and NFL games from my couch on Sundays...that should be enough.

[813Jag]

Always subject to change:
9/19 Jackson State at Southern
10/17 Prairie View at Southern (homecoming)
10/31 Alcorn at Southern
11/28 Bayou Classic
Probably squeeze in a couple USF games

[813Jag]

1) I am very surprised at how many people go to games that they're not directly a fan of, just on a casual basis. I've gone to i think as many as maybe 9 of 11 games one year and as few as five since I've started more actively attending. When I was a student it was 80-90% of home games only, no road games. Then there was two years where I had to work on weekends and it was hard to get off. I just went to one game one year and no games the following. It sucked.
2) I'm very surprised by the amount of traveling some of you all will be doing. I'm assuming it's mainly driving? We are the most hardcore of our friends, but we decided after driving to Akron that our limit is now a 4 hour maximum radius (2 hours for schools that we go to more than once). Unless it's a really marquee game (big time BCS team or national championship game). Now that we're definitely FCS4LYFE, i'll have to make trips up to the northern CAA schools. I haven't been further north than DE.
3) I'm very surprised that some of you are able to manage two games that are a couple hours apart in one day! holy moly! I think I'd die and I LOVE college football. I love attending games more than sitting at home, but it can be exhausting and expensive.
4) how do you do all of this unless you're single or retired? we just had a child this year so I'm anxious about how she'll respond to all the CFB traveling each season. We hope she enjoys it.

We usually go to at least six games home or away per season and everyone looks at us like we're nuts. My wife gets crap from her coworkers for not going to some 5K or some other event because she'd rather be in harrisonburg rootinferdukes.
I come from a family that followed Southern wherever they played. From the start my wife understood, our first trip together as a couple was to a Southern game. Its harder now living in Florida but we make it happen.

[JALMOND]

All Portland State home games except for 9-26. Making the annual pilgrimage to watch the alma mater, Rocky Mountain College play at Eastern Oregon. The Battling Bears usually play either Eastern Oregon or Southern Oregon on the road every year. Last year was Ashland, this year is LaGrande. For the Montana people, think Miles City with mountains.

[APaladindad]

I will attend the following plus the FCS playoff games that Furman participates in!

Sep. 3 GA Tech Vs. Alcorn State , Atlanta, GA 7:30pm FS South/ESPN3
Sep. 5 Furman vs. Coastal Carolina GREENVILLE (ESPN3) 7:00 PM
Sep. 12 Furman at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. (ESPN3) 3:30 PM
Sep. 19 Furman at Central Florida Orlando, Fla. (ESPN3) 6:00 PM
Sep. 26 Furman vs. VMI * GREENVILLE (Family Weekend, ESPN3) 3:00 PM
Oct. 3 Furman vs. South Carolina State GREENVILLE (ESPN3) 7:00 PM
Oct. 10 Furman at Chattanooga * Chattanooga, Tenn. (ESPN3) 1:00 PM
Oct 17 Mercer vs. ETSU Macon, Ga. 4:00 p.m. ESPN3 Or
Oct 17 KSU vs Gardner-Webb 1:00 P.M. Hall of Fame/Varsity Club
Oct. 24 Furman vs. The Citadel * GREENVILLE (Homecoming, ESPN3) 1:30 PM
Oct. 31 Furman at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. 3:00 PM
Nov. 7 Furman at Western Carolina * Cullowhee, N.C. 3:30 PM
Nov. 12 GA Tech Vs. Virginia Tech Bobby Dodd, Atlanta, GA 7:30pm ET ESPN
Nov. 14 Furman vs. Mercer * GREENVILLE (ESPN3) 1:30 PM
Nov. 21 Furman at Wofford * Spartanburg, S.C. (ASN) 3:30 PM

[FUBeAR]

I will attend the following
Oct 17 Mercer vs. ETSU Macon, Ga. 4:00 p.m. ESPN3 Or
Oct 17 KSU vs Gardner-Webb 1:00 P.M. Hall of Fame/Varsity Club

I'm using all of my comps for the ETSU game (Grandma BeAR & a friend coming down from NC), so I guess you're going to see the Owls cuz I know YOU ain't spendin' no money on tickets!

[813Jag]

Looks like I'll be adding the MEAC/SWAC Challenge to my list.

[Go...gate]

All hometown games this year, unless I can squeeze in a trip to an FCS game at Colgate or in the FCS vicinity (Columbia, Fordham, Lafayette. Lehigh, Monmouth, Pennsylvania, Villanova, Wagner).

Tentatively:

9/26 Lehigh at Princeton

10/2 Columbia at Princeton

10/10 Colgate at Princeton

10/31 Cornell at Princeton

11/14 Yale at Princeton

[Jiggs]

09/03 (Thu): Central Arkansas at Samford, 6:00 PM
09/12 (Sat): Florida A&M at Samford, 2:00 PM
09/19 (Sat): Chattanooga at Samford, 2:30 PM
09/26 (Sat): Mississippi State at Auburn, TBA
10/03 (Sat): San Jose State at Auburn, TBA
10/17 (Sat): The Citadel at Samford, 2:00 PM
10/31 (Sat): Furman at Samford, 2:00 PM
11/07 (Sat): Clark Atlanta at Samford, 2:00 PM
11/14 (Sat): Samford at Wofford, 1:30 PM ET
11/21 (Sat): Idaho at Auburn, TBA OR
11/21 (Sat): Samford at Mercer, TBA
11/28 (Sat): Alabama at Auburn, TBA

[APaladindad]

I'm using all of my comps for the ETSU game (Grandma BeAR & a friend coming down from NC), so I guess you're going to see the Owls cuz I know YOU ain't spendin' no money on tickets!
I know how to watch a bear game without a ticket! Plus I would consider it a good investment even if I have to pay to be able to watch my adopted nephew play and to provide some scouting videos for FU.xsmiley_wix

[Original_Siouxperfan]

Attending:

09/05 UND @ Wyoming in Laramie, WY
10/17 UND @ Weber State in Ogden, UT

Possible:

09/19 Sacramento State @ Weber State in Ogden, UT *
11/21 UND @ Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA (depending on playoff relevancy)

* I have attended the last three Weber State openers (McNeese State, Stephen F. Austin and NDSU, respectively). I will probably be attending this year's also, but will have to drive an hour and a half to Ogden immediately after watching what will be an emotion filled UND/NDSU game.

[ElCid]

I attended every home game in Charleston but 1 and a couple away games every year from 2008 when I retired from active duty until now. But this year my wife and I are taking a break and only going to a couple. That drive to Charleston every Friday and back on Sunday has gotten very old. So given my luck, this is the year we do pretty good.

5 Sept - Davidson at The Citadel
19 Sep - The Citadel at Ga So (maybe)
7 Nov - VMI at The Citadel

[LeadBolt]

Sept. 19 - W&M @ UVA
Sept. 26 - Stony Brook @ W&M
Oct. 31 - JMU @ W&M
Nov. 14 - Towson @ W&M
Nov. 21 - W&M @ Richmond

[ngineer]

I will make all Lehigh home games (5) versus Penn, Yale, Holy Cross, Georgetown and Laughyette.
Plan to attend Lehigh away games at CCSU, JMU, Princeton, Bucknell, Fordham and Colgate.
If Laughyette has a home night game on October 19, after we play Penn, will try and swing by Fisher for a gander.
Plan to attend first round FCS playoffs on November 28 and second round December 5....(;-)

[TTUEagles]

Army / Navy
That's it. Maybe there's a slight chance in hell that I go to one TTU game, but I'm not planning on it.

[UCMoc]

9/5 Chattanooga vs. Jacksonville State
9/12 Tennessee vs. Oklahoma
10/3 Tennessee vs. Arkansas
10/10 Chattanooga vs. Furman
10/31 Chattanooga vs. Western Carolina
11/7 Tennessee vs. South Carolina
11/14 Chattanooga vs. The Citadel
11/21 Chattanooga @ Florida State

*I would like to head to Samford vs Chattanooga on 9/19, but work may prevent it.

And before I catch too much hell about all the Tennessee games, that's what happens when you marry a UT grad.

[UNH72Plus]

Looking forward to a major road trip from New Hampshire to California for the UNH-San Jose State game.

Also, at least homecoming vs Elon - This is the wife's 40th reunion! How did we get so old all of a sudden?

Probably a few other home games, as well, and of course UNH's first trip to Frisco for the NC, LOL.

[CHIP72]

That's impressive! I try to get to different places but you take it to another level! Memphis at Houston should be fun!!

One of my brothers lives in Houston (but he probably won't live there much longer because he was laid off a few months ago - oil industry job), so I've been planning for a few months to visit him in the fall and hopefully attend both a Houston game and a Rice game. (As a side note, last year I went to the Eagles/Texans NFL game; my only regret is I didn't also see Temple/Houston but two trips in three weekends between DC and Houston would have cost a good bit of money and time.) The weekend of 10/31-11/1 would work better than the weekend of 11/14-11/15*, in part because I could definitely see both Rice (playing Friday 10/30) and Houston (playing Saturday 10/31), but I really want to go to that Notre Dame/Temple game. I wish that ND/TU game was almost any other Saturday excluding 9/5 (attending U.S. Open tennis in NYC), 9/19 (family visit + Lehigh & Lafayette games), maybe 10/24, or 11/21 (Lehigh/Lafayette 151 that I'll watch on TV).

*What's amazing about the weekend of Friday 10/30 to Sunday 11/1 is EVERY significant college (Division I-A/FBS and Division I-AA/FCS) or NFL team in or near Houston is playing at home that weekend:
10/30 (Fri): Louisiana Tech at Rice
10/31 (Sat): Vanderbilt at Houston
10/31 (Sat): Lamar at Houston Baptist
10/31 (Sat): College of Faith at Texas Southern
10/31 (Sat): South Carolina at Texas A&M
10/31 (Sat): Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Prairie View A&M
10/31 (Sat): Texas A&M-Commerce at Sam Houston State
11/01 (Sun): Titans at Texans

If Notre Dame/Temple wasn't on 10/31, my brother and I probably would have gone to the Rice game on Friday night, the Houston game on Saturday (and possibly another listed game depending on the VU/UH start time), and the Texans game on Sunday.

[CHIP72]

Why are you wasting time watching U of H and rice? Go to see Sam, SFA or mcneese

My brother lives in Houston, so my preference would be to see teams that are based in Houston. Among those three teams you mentioned, only SHSU is relatively close to Houston. Also to be honest, if I'm going to watch a college football game in person where I have no rooting interest, I'd rather watch a Division I-A/FBS game. (Don't misinterpret that as a lack of respect for Sam Houston State, or for that matter Stephen F. Austin or McNeese State.)

[CHIP72]

I was just curious which games people planned to attend this upcoming season across all college football divisions, from Division I-A/FBS to NAIA, and obviously including Division I-AA/FCS. I personally don't expect to attend quite as many Division I-AA/FCS games as I did last season (6), but I will probably attend more college football games overall than I did in 2014.

Here's my personal, planned schedule (all times Eastern):

09/19 (Sat): Penn at Lehigh, 12:30 PM
09/19 (Sat): Princeton at Lafayette, 6:00 PM
10/10 (Sat): Tulane at Temple, time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Penn State at Maryland (Baltimore), time TBA (probably 12:00 PM)
10/24 (Sat): Villanova at Towson, 7:00 PM - assuming no conflict with PSU/MD
10/31 (Sat): Notre Dame at Temple, time TBA
11/14 (Sat): Southern Mississippi at Rice, 3:30 PM
11/14 (Sat): Memphis at Houston, time TBA (hoping and thinking it will be 8:00 PM ET)
11/28 (Sat): Connecticut at Temple, time TBA
12/12 (Sat): Army vs Navy (Philadelphia), 3:00 PM - tentative

There are a few other game possibilities:

*If the 10/10 Tulane/Temple game is in the evening (highly unlikely), I will also attend either the Fordham/Penn game or the William & Mary/Villanova game, almost definitely the former, the same day.
*If the 10/24 Villanova/Towson game conflicts with Penn State/Maryland time-wise and the 10/31 Notre Dame/Temple game is an early afternoon game, I may try to attend the 10/31 Maine/Villanova game.
*There's a slim chance I may decide to go to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to see the Temple/SMU game on Friday 11/6.
*If the 11/14 Southern Mississippi/Rice and Memphis/Houston games conflict time-wise, I'll probably only attend Memphis/Houston.

Besides the aforementioned possibilities, any Division I-AA/FCS or Division II playoff games that involve one or more of the following teams - Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, or IUP - and are played near the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area on 11/28 or near the Washington, DC area on 12/5 are also possibilities.

Finally, I also plan to attend a handful of NFL (specifically Philadelphia Eagles) games this coming season.


Are you divorced or retired?

Single without kids and a relatively good-paying job.

Keep in mind that on the East Coast many schools and cities/urban areas are relatively close. I'm based in the DC area, but those games in Philadelphia are only a little more than 2 hours away (and I can use Amtrak to travel to/from Philadelphia, especially if I combine a Saturday college game with a Sunday NFL game for the trip). The games in the Baltimore area (the 10/24 Penn State/Maryland and Villanova/Towson games) are less than 1 hour away. Both Lehigh and Lafayette are located about 20-25 minutes from my parents' house, and I'll be visiting them the weekend I go to those games. Finally, one of my brothers lives in Houston, and I'll be visiting him when I attend the Houston and/or Rice games (hopefully both).

*My apologies to everyone - I sound like a broken record mentioning I have a brother who lives in Houston in three consecutive posts. :)

[CHIP72]

Any Bison fans considering attending the Youngstown State game? The more I look into it, the more interested I become. I was hoping the Browns were home that Sunday. The actually play at Pittsburgh which could be doable with a reasonably priced ticket.

Youngstown is pretty much exactly halfway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh and not overly far (about 75 miles to each), so that Browns/Steelers game should definitely be doable at least travel-wise.

[CHIP72]

3. Chip is the king of the FCS double header. I've done one in my life Cincinnati @ Temple afternoon Lehigh @ Penn night. Both games were at Franklin Field. That very likely is the only FBS/FCS double-header in college football history.

If you are talking about two games in the same stadium on the same day, you might be right Lehigh TU Owl - honestly I've never heard of such a thing (and the example you provided was before I started attending college football games on a regular basis). Clearing out the stadium after the day game and cleaning it up sufficiently for the night game is a task in and of itself. It's not uncommon to do that for two basketball games or basketball and hockey games at the same arena, but an arena is a lot smaller than a football stadium.

One thing is for sure, cleaning the restrooms at Franklin Field between the Cincinnati/Temple and Lehigh/Penn games was fairly quick! (For those unfamiliar with Franklin Field, it is a very old stadium and has a limited number of restrooms, all behind the lower deck stands, despite the fact it can seat up to 60,000 people.)

Incidentally, I've done A LOT of two site, single day doubleheaders in baseball and basketball as well as football, plus a few tripleheaders in basketball. I've also done a few two sports in one day doubleheaders (like Lehigh/Lafayette 150 and then 76ers/Knicks in NYC last November).

[CHIP72]

I will make all Lehigh home games (5) versus Penn, Yale, Holy Cross, Georgetown and Laughyette.
Plan to attend Lehigh away games at CCSU, JMU, Princeton, Bucknell, Fordham and Colgate.
If Laughyette has a home night game on October 19, after we play Penn, will try and swing by Fisher for a gander.
Plan to attend first round FCS playoffs on November 28 and second round December 5....(;-)

I think you mean September 19th because you referenced Lehigh's game with Penn. Assuming I'm correct, Lafayette does play a home night game the same day, against Princeton.

Incidentally, a Lehigh/Lafayette home doubleheader is also doable on October 3rd (Lehigh at 12:30 PM, Lafayette at 6 PM).

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I think you mean September 19th because you referenced Lehigh's game with Penn. Assuming I'm correct, Lafayette does play a home night game the same day, against Princeton.

Incidentally, a Lehigh/Lafayette home doubleheader is also doable on October 3rd (Lehigh at 12:30 PM, Lafayette at 6 PM).

The October 3rd double-head looks darn enticing, Yale at Lehigh and Fordham at Lafayette....

[CHIP72]

The October 3rd double-head looks darn enticing, Yale at Lehigh and Fordham at Lafayette....

I know I won't be attending that doubleheader because I'll be staying in the DC area that weekend and going to the Eagles/Redskins game at FedEx Field on Sunday 10/4. (On Saturday 10/3 I'll probably attend a rock concert, another type of event I increasingly like to frequent. DC has a lot of good rock music venues and a number of bands I like pass through from time to time. :))

[Southern Bison]

My tentative schedule:

8/29: NDSU Watch Party in CLT
9/5: Coastal Carolina @ Furman (OL FU - I have a fresh jar...wear your drinkin' shoes!)
9/12: W. Michigan @ Ga. Southern OR Presbyterian @ Charlotte
9/19: NDSU Watch Party in CLT
9/26: VMI @ Furman (3pm) & Chatty @ Presbyterian (7pm)
10/3: NDSU Watch Party in CLT
10/10: NDSU Watch party in CLT then Liberty @ Gardner-Webb
10/17: New Hampshire @ William & Mary
10/23-25: Road trip to Indiana State with 20 other alumni from the Charlotte region to host a tailgate party before the NDSU @ ISU-b game. Details to be posted soon.
10/31: Mercer @ The Citadel
11/7: Furman @ Western Carolina
11/14: NDSU @ Youngstown St. (possibly)
11/21: Coastal Carolina @ Liberty
1st round of Playoffs: Whichever matchup is closest.

Shoot me a PM if any AGS poster can meet up at any particular game.

[FUBeAR]

My tentative schedule:

10/31: Mercer @ The Citadel

Rootin' for the Bears or the Bellhops that day?

[Southern Bison]

Rootin' for the Bears or the Bellhops that day?
Neither...just looking for a good game in Charleston.

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[TheRevSFA]

I may be in CLT in November meeting with a customer. If so I'm gonna stay through the weekend and try to catch a FCS game in the region

[FUBeAR]

Neither...just looking for a good game in Charleston.

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Me too...even if it's not a good game, it's still Charleston and a good time can be had. Not sure where we'll be yet, but please come find the Mercer Football Players' Families' Tailgate and meet some Papa & Mama Bears. Maybe you'll rub of that Bison winning mojo off on us!

[Catsfan90]

All UNH home games
UNH@ Colgate, Stony Brook, Albany, Delaware, And hoping for William and Mary
Yale @ Dartmouth

[bkrownd]

No football this year unless there happens to be a game in Lincoln or La Crosse when I'm visiting grandparents.

[eiu1999]

Adding a game at Purdue to the schedule, the 10/10 V. Minnesota

[Ivytalk]

Harvard at Cornell on October 10. It will be my (and Mrs. Ivy's) first FB trip to Ithaca. I understand it's usually a good weekend to see fall foliage, if not great football.

[UCABEARS75]

All UCA games.

[BEAR]

It's week 3....still no home game.
Week 4 is an away game too...
We will finally have a home game week 5. xbowx

Nearly half the season is over and we will finally get a home game! xpissedx