Falcon Football Interlude....Schedule is out....no surprises

BG announced its football schedule today for the 2010 season, and if it contains a surprise, it is that no team on the schedule broke their contract and we are playing pretty much who we thought we would.

We will start by returning the trip to Troy to open the season, and then head to Tulsa, which is the start of a series.  Marshall will be our lone September home game (cue the wailing nation).  In another non-surprise, we are back to 5 home games, which Greg Christopher had said would be a result of the university's budget woes.  In this case, the result is a trip up to the Big House for a big payday.

Temple is back on the schedule, and now Akron disappears, based on the odd number of teams in the MAC East.  Cross-over wise, BG plays CMU, UT and WMU.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is something I had been hearing rumors about for some time....for the first time in 10 seasons, the BG/UT game will not wrap the season up.  Instead, it will be played the weekend before Thanksgiving.  I think both schools hope to see it become a better showcase and better attended by moving it away from the Holiday.  My opinion is that while I did enjoy the symbolism of finishing the season with our rivals, it is not the only way to do it, and I'm all for moving the game up to help the students get involved.

As for odd and messed up times, the game at the Glass Bowl could be at 6, which I don't like, but our only home game with a really screwed up start time COULD be WMU, but that is the day after Thanksgiving, and it doesn't have quite the impact.  Our other home weekday game starts at 8.

We are set for TV three times.  Once or twice on ESPN2, with the remainder being on ESPNU, which is kinda in-between as far as National TV goes.

BGSU’s 2010 Football Schedule

Sat., Sept. 4 – at Troy

Sat., Sept. 11 – at Tulsa

Sat., Sept. 18 – vs. Marshall

Sat., Sept. 25 – at Michigan

Sat., Oct. 2 – vs. Buffalo (Homecoming)

Sat., Oct. 9 – at Ohio

Sat. Oct. 16 – at Temple

Sat. Oct. 23 – vs. Kent State (Parents’ Weekend)

Sat. Oct. 30 – at Central Michigan

Wed., Nov. 10 – vs. Miami, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)

Wed., Nov. 17 – at Toledo, 6/8 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU) *

Fri., Nov. 26 – vs. Western Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN360.com) *