- February 27th, 2017, 11:24 am
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Great job on the schedule. It's not easy to put together, that's for sure.
I will note though, because I'm familiar with Duke, I doubt we get them on the schedule within the next 7 years or so. They have a scheduling agreement with Northwestern that goes through 2025 (and probably will get extended beyond that). Notre Dame is on the schedule through 2020 and then back again in 2023. Kansas in 2021 and 2022. You will see one opening for 2018 and 2020, however, that is typically reserved for a local FCS program (NC Central, NC A&T...etc).
Duke's schedule typically is one mid-major or Amy/Navy. One team from the Big10/Big12. One game against a local FCS program. And when they aren't playing Notre Dame, they typically schedule one more mid-major home game. Very, very rarely will they travel to a mid-major program. The lone exception will be in 2021 when they play an in-state game at Charlotte. Point being, they have numerous scheduling agreements that essentially seal their schedule for the next 7 years.
With that said, I think one team you all should have looked at is Memphis. They have an opening for a 2019 home, a 2020 away game, and a 2021 home game. That would be a perfect 2-for-1.
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