RE: MW + P12 for 2020?
Based on the OP, here is the Pac-4's intact OOC schedule:
W1: Colorado @ Colorado State
W1: BYU @ Utah
W1: NAU @ ASU
W2: ASU @ UNLV
W2: Montana St @ Utah
W3: Arizona @ Texas Tech
W3: BYU @ ASU
W3: Colorado @ Texas A&M
W3: Utah @ Wyoming
Here are the teams who lost games:
*W0 lose home: Arizona, UNLV
*W0 lose visit: NMSU
W1 lose home: OK State, Utah State, Arizona, CMU
W1 lose visit: Michigan, TCU
W1 lose neutral: Alabama
W2 lose home: Colorado, Arizona, Toledo
W2 lose visit: Colorado State, Houston, NMSU, Ohio State
W3: lose home: Penn State
W6: lose home: Notre Dame, Texas A&M
W6: lose visit: New Mexico St
W7: lose visit: New Mexico St
W11: lose visit: UConn
W11: lose home: BYU
W13: lose visit: Notre Dame, BYU
Keeping games against each other, the Pac-4 teams have each lost 3 away games; Utah has lost 3 home games, Colorado and Arizona have lost 4 home games, and ASU lost 5 home games. Colorado and Arizona can add FCS buy-games to their schedule.
The MW will have to rework its schedules after losing 4 members and now only has 7 conference games left. Each MW team therefore can play 1 Pac-4 team, filling a home and away on each Pac-4 team's schedule. UNLV can host a second Pac-4 team (replacing Week 0 California). New Mexico State *may be allowed to travel to Arizona Week 0.
The Pac-4 teams are now ALL down to needing 2 home and 2 away games to complete their schedules with the same number of home games as planned.
Week 1: Arizona will try its best to lure Michigan or TCU to campus now that the Pacific coast is closed. However, Alabama will be waiting in Dallas with a very appetizing matchup and will probably get first pick. OK State will also be competing to get Michigan to visit. Arizona currently has 7 home games scheduled and could sacrifice 1 by meeting the Crimson Tide in Dallas.
Week 2: Ohio State was heading to Oregon and may redirect their flight to Arizona or Colorado. Houston, NMSU, or Colorado State will go to the other. NMSU will probably visit one of these southwest teams before traveling to Toledo, who also lost a home game against SDSU.
Week 3: While the Pac-4 schedule is full this week, Penn State has a home opening. Utah's visit to Wyoming could be moved later into the year so that they could fill that home date.
Weeks 6 through 13: Arizona still needs 2 away games, Colorado and ASU need 1 home and 2 away, Utah needs 2 home and 1 away. 3 of those 7 away games can be used to fill holes at Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and BYU. There are 5 spots for those 4 home games: Notre Dame, BYU, UConn, and NMSU (twice); weeks 6 and 7 are good bye weeks, so likely NMSU fills only 1 of their 2 travel holes.
TaDa! each Pac-4 team has an 11 game schedule, while keeping their entire home game slate (with the possible exception of Arizona @ Jerry World). Now, if the Mountain West is able to play 8 conference games, the Pac-4 will be in a bigger pit.
(This post was last modified: 05-21-2020 07:34 AM by Crayton.)
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