According to FBSSchedules.com, NU has locked down exactly two of its six non-conference slots for 2019 and 2020, a 2019 road game at Stanford, and a 2020 home date with CMU. This seems late in the game to me, but perhaps the calculus around the CFP has changed the timetable.
Are there any teams you'd like to see?
Things to consider:
Can NU win?
Will people notice a win?
Does it matter for recruiting purposes?
Would it help Bowl stature / CFP placement?
Would it be a fun trip?
Here are some ideas. Note that I haven't looked at any future opponent schedules.
Bowl rematches, recruiting territory, major conference, but minor notice:
UCLA
Texas Tech
Good trips, winnable to very winnable:
Vanderbilt, again
Tulane
Good trips, less winnable:
Texas
Washington
Winnable games in fertile recruiting area that nobody will notice
FAU / FIU / UCF / Rice / SMU*
Houston (let's see where they're headed)
Georgia State or Kennesaw State (not sure if they're headed to FBS but I assume they are) but not Georgia Southern
*SMU is also a metaphysical peer, as the remaining Fighting Methodists.
Fun pseudo rivalry:
Northern Illinois
Great metro areas
Maryland
Rutgers
Let's beat the rapists:
Baylor
Southern academic peer that isn't Duke or
Vanderbilt:
Wake Forest
No way in hell:
Army
Georgia Tech
Navy
Any other g-d option team
Don't go there in September because the dome named for an air conditioning company isn't air conditioned:
Syracuse
Are there any teams you'd like to see?
Things to consider:
Can NU win?
Will people notice a win?
Does it matter for recruiting purposes?
Would it help Bowl stature / CFP placement?
Would it be a fun trip?
Here are some ideas. Note that I haven't looked at any future opponent schedules.
Bowl rematches, recruiting territory, major conference, but minor notice:
UCLA
Texas Tech
Good trips, winnable to very winnable:
Vanderbilt, again
Tulane
Good trips, less winnable:
Texas
Washington
Winnable games in fertile recruiting area that nobody will notice
FAU / FIU / UCF / Rice / SMU*
Houston (let's see where they're headed)
Georgia State or Kennesaw State (not sure if they're headed to FBS but I assume they are) but not Georgia Southern
*SMU is also a metaphysical peer, as the remaining Fighting Methodists.
Fun pseudo rivalry:
Northern Illinois
Great metro areas
Maryland
Rutgers
Let's beat the rapists:
Baylor
Southern academic peer that isn't Duke or
Vanderbilt:
Wake Forest
No way in hell:
Army
Georgia Tech
Navy
Any other g-d option team
Don't go there in September because the dome named for an air conditioning company isn't air conditioned:
Syracuse
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