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    From JGibson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 19:08:21 2022
    Actually only starts in 3 days with this stellar lineup:

    Austin Peay at Western Kentucky
    Nebraska vs. Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland
    Idaho State at UNLV
    UConn at Utah State
    Wyoming at Illinois
    Duquesne at Florida State
    Charlotte at Florida Atlantic
    Florida A&M at North Carolina
    North Texas at UTEP
    Nevada at New Mexico State
    Vanderbilt at Hawaii

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 19:37:01 2022
    There's a reason for that lineup: the only games allowed before the Thursday right before Labor Day are:

    (a) Games between two FCS teams that are nationally televised and played on the weekend - some people are claiming that Florida A&M-North Carolina qualifies because FAMU is FCS, but the way I read the bylaw, both teams have to be FCS

    (b) Games where at least one team is either Hawaii or a team playing an away game at Hawaii at some point (or didn't you notice a considerable number of Mountain West teams in that list? - the complete list is WKU, Vanderbilt, Duquesne, Nevada, Wyoming,
    Utah State, and UNLV); and

    (c) Games where the NCAA grants a waiver (e.g. the Dublin game, and I wouldn't be surprised if the NCAA gave a waiver to FAMU-UNC)

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to JGibson on Thu Aug 25 06:10:12 2022
    On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 9:04:30 AM UTC-4, JGibson wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 10:37:03 PM UTC-4, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
    There's a reason for that lineup: the only games allowed before the Thursday right before Labor Day are:

    (a) Games between two FCS teams that are nationally televised and played on the weekend - some people are claiming that Florida A&M-North Carolina qualifies because FAMU is FCS, but the way I read the bylaw, both teams have to be FCS

    (b) Games where at least one team is either Hawaii or a team playing an away game at Hawaii at some point (or didn't you notice a considerable number of Mountain West teams in that list? - the complete list is WKU, Vanderbilt, Duquesne, Nevada,
    Wyoming, Utah State, and UNLV); and

    (c) Games where the NCAA grants a waiver (e.g. the Dublin game, and I wouldn't be surprised if the NCAA gave a waiver to FAMU-UNC)
    Both Charlotte at FAU and North Texas at UTEP also seem to be outside of these rules or am I missing something? Both are CUSA conference games, so maybe that has something to do with it.

    Oh I see, here's how you get an exemption:

    Teams can also apply for an exemption to these rules, allowing them to play during Week 0 for a range of reasons. Those reasons can include extreme travel, like when Nebraska and Northwestern face each other in Dublin, Ireland, next weekend, or if they
    really, really want to, as was the case when Florida opened against Miami to kick off ESPN’s coverage of the 150th anniversary of college football in 2019.

    https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/08/college-football-week-0-games-explainer

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to The NOTBCS Guy on Thu Aug 25 06:04:27 2022
    On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 10:37:03 PM UTC-4, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
    There's a reason for that lineup: the only games allowed before the Thursday right before Labor Day are:

    (a) Games between two FCS teams that are nationally televised and played on the weekend - some people are claiming that Florida A&M-North Carolina qualifies because FAMU is FCS, but the way I read the bylaw, both teams have to be FCS

    (b) Games where at least one team is either Hawaii or a team playing an away game at Hawaii at some point (or didn't you notice a considerable number of Mountain West teams in that list? - the complete list is WKU, Vanderbilt, Duquesne, Nevada, Wyoming,
    Utah State, and UNLV); and

    (c) Games where the NCAA grants a waiver (e.g. the Dublin game, and I wouldn't be surprised if the NCAA gave a waiver to FAMU-UNC)

    Both Charlotte at FAU and North Texas at UTEP also seem to be outside of these rules or am I missing something? Both are CUSA conference games, so maybe that has something to do with it.

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 25 06:17:54 2022
    Teams can also apply for an exemption to these rules, allowing them to play during Week 0 for a range of reasons. Those reasons can include extreme travel, like when Nebraska and Northwestern face each other in Dublin, Ireland, next weekend, or if they
    really, really want to, as was the case when Florida opened against Miami to kick off ESPN’s coverage of the 150th anniversary of college football in 2019.

    I wouldn't be surprised if C-USA asked for waivers for Charlotte and North Texas-UTEP so it could draw up a conference schedule and still have WKU play 13 games, which it is allowed to do since one of them is an away game at Hawaii.

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