RFL Out Of Conference Scheduling thread

[Kodos]

This thread is for setting up OOC schedules against human owners. I will create a spreadsheet with team schedules to track this.


Here is Indiana's schedule. BOLD games are eligible to be changed. We have already agreed to play Notre Dame at Notre Dame -- which week has yet to be determined. I'd be open to possibly one more human game this year.

08/30 Western Kentucky at Indiana 
09/06 Murray State at Indiana 
09/20 Ball State at Indiana
09/27 Michigan State at Indiana
10/04 Indiana at Minnesota 
10/11 Iowa at Indiana 
10/18 Indiana at Illinois 
10/25 Northwestern at Indiana
11/01 Central Michigan at Indiana
11/08 Wisconsin at Indiana 
11/15 Indiana at Penn State 
11/22 Indiana at Purdue 

[Galaxy]

Notre Dame Football Schedule
Sept. 6 SAN DIEGO STATE
Sept. 13 MICHIGAN
Sept. 20 at Michigan State
Sept. 27 PURDUE
Oct. 4 STANFORD
Oct. 11 at North Carolina
Oct. 18 Open Date
Oct. 25 at Washington
Nov. 1 PITTSBURGH
Nov. 8 at Boston College
Nov. 15 vs. Navy (at Baltimore, Md.)
Nov. 22 SYRACUSE
Nov. 29 at USC

My schedule.

I would be willing to remove Pittsburgh and pencil you in for that weekend, or I'll drop a game to play you the 30th of August.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

I would be willing to remove Pittsburgh and pencil you in for that weekend.

Done deal, sir. Hoosiers' schedule is now set. I've added two OOC games, and that is enough I think for this season.
* = human opponent
** = I swapped out a generic opponent for Ball State, who we were originally scheduled to play before I added Boston College.

08/30 Western Kentucky at Indiana 
09/06 Ball State at Indiana **
09/20 Indiana at Boston College*
09/27 Michigan State at Indiana*
10/04 Indiana at Minnesota 
10/11 Iowa at Indiana 
10/18 Indiana at Illinois 
10/25 Northwestern at Indiana
11/01 Indiana at Notre Dame*
11/08 Wisconsin at Indiana 
11/15 Indiana at Penn State* 
11/22 Indiana at Purdue 

[SirFozzie]

08/30/08 at Kent State (OOC)
09/06/08 vs. Georgia Tech
09/20/08 vs. UCF (have a suggestion for vs Indiana this week) (OOC)
09/27/08 vs. FCS Team (OOC)
10/04/08 at North Carolina State
10/18/08 vs. Virginia Tech
10/25/08 at North Carolina
11/01/08 vs. Clemson
11/08/08 vs. Notre Dame (OOC)
11/15/08 at Florida State
11/22/08 at Wake Forest
11/29/08 vs. Maryland

[Kodos]

SirFozzie -- I've accepted your offer, and it will be at Boston College.

[Galaxy]

When we swamp out teams, do they re-schedule? Does Central Michigan and Pittsburgh play each other now? Ball State and UCF (are they in the same conference)? I would hate to screw up other schedules by leaving them a game short or something and have it impact on BCS rankings, bowl positions, ect.

[Bigsmooth]

Awesome, can't wait to get started. I'll be away from my Box until Sunday though. Good to see Notre Dame rolling in to Husky Stadium this season. I'm definitely willing to swap my week 3 game versus Oklahoma out with another human opponent. Anybody want to travel to Seatown?

[Eaglesfan27]

USC Schedule by Weeks in the game:

1: at Virginia
2: Bye
3: vs Ohio State
4: Bye
5: at Oregon State
6: Oregon
7: Arizona State
8: At Washington State
9: at Arizona
10: Washington
11: Cal
12: At Stanford
13: Bye
14: ND
15: at UCLA

Games eligible to be changed are highlighted, apparently any non-conference game including rivalries can be changed.

That being said, the only game I want to change is Virginia since my other OOC games are already against humans. I'd prefer to keep the game in week 1. Let me know if any of you want to play the 1st week.

[Kodos]

If my team had a prayer of winning, I'd play you. But we don't.

[Galaxy]

Sept. 6 SAN DIEGO STATE
Sept. 13 MICHIGAN
Sept. 20 at Michigan State
Sept. 27 PURDUE
Oct. 4 STANFORD
Oct. 11 at North Carolina
Oct. 18 Open Date
Oct. 25 at Washington
Nov. 1 Indiana
Nov. 8 at Boston College
Nov. 15 vs. Navy (at Baltimore, Md.)
Nov. 22 SYRACUSE
Nov. 29 at USC

We got 6 FOFC games. Very nice.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

USC Schedule by Weeks in the game:

1: at Virginia
2: Bye
3: vs Ohio State
4: Bye
5: at Oregon State
6: Oregon
7: Arizona State
8: At Washington State
9: at Arizona
10: Washington
11: Cal
12: At Stanford
13: Bye
14: ND
15: at UCLA

Games eligible to be changed are highlighted, apparently any non-conference game including rivalries can be changed.

That being said, the only game I want to change is Virginia since my other OOC games are already against humans. I'd prefer to keep the game in week 1. Let me know if any of you want to play the 1st week.

That USC-Ohio State game will be huge. I suspect it will have a rather big impact on the BCS rankings.

Once I can get this solid Notre Dame program back to the elite level, our game could be rather huge (they usually play very late in the season every year, correct?) every year.

[Eaglesfan27]

Yes, at least IRL their game is late every year.

[Galaxy]

Are we still sticking with the three games against other human players per year requirement?

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Yes, at least IRL their game is late every year.

Since it looks like you can move non-conference games around, we can keep it this way (in case it ever is moved).

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Are we still sticking with the three games against other human players per year requirement?

Yes. Or the SirFozzie exception where one Top 25 OOC opponent can take the place of playing a human opponent. (Although I prefer that you play 3 humans)

[Kodos]

BTW, all changes to the schedule from this thread have been reflected in-game at this point.

[Bigsmooth]

2008 Husky Schedule:


Aug. 30 at Oregon
Sep. 6 BYU
Sep. 13 Oklahoma
Sep. 27 Stanford
Oct. 4 at Arizona
Oct. 18 Oregon State
Oct. 25 Notre Dame
Nov. 1 at USC
Nov. 8 Arizona State
Nov. 15 UCLA
Nov. 22 at Washington State (Apple Cup)
Dec. 6 at California

Still willing to switch out that Sept. 13 game vs Oklahoma if anyone is interested. If not, I've got 2 humans and Oklahoma which fits the requirements.

[Anthony]

i don't know how to view my schedule, but the Michigan St. Spartans would be up to facing you on 9/13.

[Kodos]

Just log in to the dynasty, go to your preseason schedule, and pick the schedule option under that. (You'll see reorder depth chart, set redshirts, etc. in the same area.)

[Bigsmooth]

Originally Posted by Anthony

i don't know how to view my schedule, but the Michigan St. Spartans would be up to facing you on 9/13.

In Husky Stadium?

That would be great. Book it. Thanks.

[Anthony]

agreed. who are the Huskies? Washington?

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Anthony

agreed. who are the Huskies? Washington?

Yes, he is the Washington Huskies.

[DeToxRox]

Only the commish can schedule games, I think everyone is aware of that, but yeah.

Also, one bug in online dynasty, unless this has been fixed (I haven't read OS lately) is that only the commisioner controlled team can bring back players who they convince to stay when they're deciding to go to the draft or transfer.

It'll let you convince them to stay, and say clear as day "STAYING" next to their name but when you go to the next season they do not appear on their rosters. Ran into this problem in my buddies and I league, so he doesn't allow his guys to come back now since it can be a huge advantage.

[DeToxRox]

Dola, what I mean with the schedules is you cannot even see your teams upcoming schedule until you advance to the start of the year unless the commish posts it for you, unless I am retarded, which is possible, but my friend and I are 8 seasons in and I haven't seen it no matter how I try.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

In Husky Stadium?

That would be great. Book it. Thanks.

I will update the schedule for Michigan State to play at Washington on September 13th.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Also, one bug in online dynasty, unless this has been fixed (I haven't read OS lately) is that only the commisioner controlled team can bring back players who they convince to stay when they're deciding to go to the draft or transfer.

It'll let you convince them to stay, and say clear as day "STAYING" next to their name but when you go to the next season they do not appear on their rosters. Ran into this problem in my buddies and I league, so he doesn't allow his guys to come back now since it can be a huge advantage.

Noted. Why don't we just have a blanket rule that you can't try to convince them to stay.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sounds good to me. *Starts getting out the cash to convince Joe not to even consider going pro in 2 years*

[Kodos]

Luckily, IU has few NFL-caliber players, so I should be good to go.

[Kodos]

Here's the schedule so far. I have incorporated all the OOC changes, I believe. Bolded games are ones that have been changed from the original schedule. I have a couple still to do in-game tonight.

[Bigsmooth]

Thanks Kodos! Hopefully you will consider a game versus UW next season.

[Kodos]

We can probably make that happen. Just want to keep a couple of my AI cupcakes this season.

[cartman]

Galaxy, want to play me Week 1 or 2? Either South Bend or Austin, I don't have a preference.

Same for you, Kodos. I want a rematch from our first online game.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

Thanks Kodos! Hopefully you will consider a game versus UW next season.

The ass-kicking you gave me last night doesn't help your cause here.

[Kodos]

I'm thinking I may have to alter my 3 human opponents rule. Three teams currently play zero human opponents (UGA, Texas, West Virginia), and Boston College falls one short (2 human opponents) with no OOC Top 25 teams scheduled.

I can't understand the fun of joining an online dynasty if you don't actually want to play against any humans. I'm going to reserve the right to add Top 10 opponents OOC for each game that teams fall under the 3-game limit (to discourage trying to just beat up on the AI and run away with a championship). Please discuss.

I warned people about the iron fist.

[KWhit]

I missed (or forgot about) the three human rule. I am happy to schedule anyone to play. I don't have high hopes for winning a championship as I stink at this game anyway.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

USC Schedule by Weeks in the game:

1: at Virginia
2: Bye
3: vs Ohio State
4: Bye
13: Bye

Games eligible to be changed are highlighted, apparently any non-conference game including rivalries can be changed.

That being said, the only game I want to change is Virginia since my other OOC games are already against humans. I'd prefer to keep the game in week 1. Let me know if any of you want to play the 1st week.

It looks like UGA/USC could be a match for Week 1. What d'ya guys think? And maybe you could play cartman in Week 2?

Also, I'll play you if you need me to get up to three. I will go easier on guys who act like they are trying to comply (or are at least paying attention to the RFL).

[WVUFAN]

I didn't even know this had started -- I thought we were waiting till the patch.

Ok -- I need some opponents. Fozzie, you want to head back to the Big East another time to play WVU?

WVU would be happy to play Georgia, if there's room in their schedule.

[WVUFAN]

WVU's best open dates/replaceable dates are Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 5.

[Kodos]

Just bumping this to the next page to help with the scheduling.

[cartman]

Ah, I was thinking it was 3 out of conference human games, not just three overall. I guess it ends up being that for me, since I'm the only one in the Big 12.

[Kodos]

Yeah. Those of us in the Big 10 have an easier time meeting the requirement.

[KWhit]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

I didn't even know this had started -- I thought we were waiting till the patch.

Ok -- I need some opponents. Fozzie, you want to head back to the Big East another time to play WVU?

WVU would be happy to play Georgia, if there's room in their schedule.

Yeah, I can play you in week 1 or 2.

[KWhit]

Originally Posted by cartman

Ah, I was thinking it was 3 out of conference human games, not just three overall. I guess it ends up being that for me, since I'm the only one in the Big 12.

Wanna play either in week 1 or 2?

[Eaglesfan27]

I just got around to this thread, as I've been preoccupied. I'm happy to play any human in week 1 including Georgia. I'd strongly prefer to keep the game in week 1, though.

[Kodos]

Eager to start playing the games too?

If guys can post the specifics (which week, versus who, where played) once they've come to a firm agreement, that'd be very helpful for your benevolent commish. I've updated the game to reflect the schedule I posted above.

BTW, I made the schedule up based on actual team schedules found on the Internets, so some of the smaller OOC teams in the schedules may actually be a generic FCS team in game. In my case, I replaced one of them with Ball State (who had been on my original schedule but got replaced by my Week 4 Boston College game). If any of you want to make a similar move, just let me know. Or if you want to enjoy the ultimate cupcakes in your schedule, be my guest.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Yeah. Those of us in the Big 10 have an easier time meeting the requirement.

And Notre Dame. I think we'll likely play more human opponents year-in-and-year-out due to the rivals and the ability to schedule anyone.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by cartman

Ah, I was thinking it was 3 out of conference human games, not just three overall. I guess it ends up being that for me, since I'm the only one in the Big 12.

I spit on your Longhorns. I'm game to kick-off off the season against the crappy Longhorns and that thing they have called a "football team". At your house, do the great tunnel of Notre Dame?

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Eager to start playing the games too?

That is part of it. Also, I think the USC AD was very smart when he made sure his team had a week off before and after the Ohio State game. That game is going to be a war and I want to make sure I have all of my weapons

[cartman]

Ok, I'm up for playing Galaxy and the Domers in Week 1 in South Bend, and KWhit and his Dawgs in Austin during Week 2.

Does that work for you guys?

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by cartman

Ok, I'm up for playing Galaxy and the Domers in Week 1 in South Bend, and KWhit and his Dawgs in Austin during Week 2.

Does that work for you guys?

Deal. Notre Dame will remove the SD State game (will we have it set-up so they "replace" a game, and not lose one)?